Eula McGill Interview 15
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Scope and Contents of 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
- McGill, Eula, 1911-2003 (Interviewee, Person)
Restrictions on Access
All of the interviews are available online in GSU's Digital Collections.
Biographical Note
Eula McGill was a textile mill worker and union organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union.
Extent
1 item(s) (audio (48:09 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
McGill describes her entry into union life, working conditions in the mills, public reception to union efforts, and the effects of the early union years on the strikes of the 1930s.
Subject
- Dwight Manufacturing Company (Organization)
- Cannon Mills Company (Organization)
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404-413-2880
404-413-2881 (Fax)
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