Ernest Moore, Ruby Moore, and E.W. Passmore Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0304

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Ernest Moore, Ruby Moore, and E.W. Passmore Interview

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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 at the Eagle Mill in East Gastonia, N.C. Ruby Moore was a textile worker at the Eagle Mill in East Gastonia, N.C. E.W. "Bob" Passmore was an employee with the Firestone Mill, previously known as the Loray Mill.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (58:09 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Passmore and Ernest Moore discuss the pros and cons of unionization. Ernest Moore and Ruby Moore show George Stoney, Jamie Stoney, and Judith Helfand around Gastonia, N.C.