Mason Lynch, Eva Helms, Myrtle Brown, and Betty Hinson Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0279

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Mason Lynch, Eva Helms, Myrtle Brown, and Betty Hinson Interviews

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

From the Collection:

The Uprising of '34 Collection demonstrates how communities can be impacted in contemporary ways by history and memory, decades after a series of events occur. Veterans of the events of 1934 and their descendants-black, white, mill worker, manager, union, and non-union- were interviewed about mill village life, work conditions, southern contemporaneous culture as well as the strike itself. This finding aid describes the digitized oral history-style interviews available in Georiga State University Library's Digital Collections.

Dates

Creation: 1987-1995

Creator

From the Collection: Stoney, George C. (Person)
From the Collection: Helfand, Judith (Person)

Restrictions on Access

All of the interviews are available online in GSU's Digital Collections.

Biographical Note

Betty Hinson was a looper at Belmont Hosiery in Belmont, N.C. Mason Lynch was a textile worker at the Chronicle Mill in Belmont, N.C. Myrtle Brown was a textile worker at the Chronicle Mill in Belmont, N.C. Eva Helms was a textile worker at the Chronicle Mill in Belmont, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (56:04 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Lynch, Brown and Helms discuss the 1934 strike, why George Stoney might be having trouble finding former union members, and life in the mill village. Hinson discusses music and dancing during her portion of the video.