Lonnie Morris Interview, 13 June 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0019

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Lonnie Morris 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: 13 June 1991

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

Lonnie Morris was a textile worker at the East Newnan Cotton Mill, in Newnan, Ga.

Extent

1 item(s) (audio (1:21:01 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Morris discusses his childhood, his family's move from their farm in Alabama, his work in the cotton mills, the impact of the NRA and the labor codes, the General Textile Strike of 1934 and other topics.