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Eula McGill Interview 15

 Item
Identifier: L1995-13_AV0051

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

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.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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