Ernest Moore, E.O. Friday, Charlie Wetzell Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0337

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Ernest Moore, E.O. Friday, Charlie Wetzell 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

Ernest Moore was a textile worker in Gastonia, N.C. Ruby Moore was Ernest Moore's wife and she lived in Gastonia, N.C. E.O. Friday was an African American textile worker in Gastonia, N.C. Charlie Wetzell was the son of the owners of Armstrong Mills in Gastonia, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (1:56:22 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

The interview with Ernest and Ruby Moore shows their square dancing club in action. This lasts until 00:17:40. Friday discusses the history of his church, his wife and mother's work, golf, and other topics. Wetzell, in his interview discusses the military history museum he helps with, the complicated history of relations between mill owners and their employees, his childhood memories, his military history and other topics.