Budd and Edna Neil Interviews, 4 June 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0015

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Budd and Edna Neil 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: 4 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

Budd Neil was a textile worker from Newnan, Ga. Edna Neil was a textile worker from Newnan, Ga.

Extent

1 item(s) (audio (1:18:28 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Budd Neil talks about the 1934 strike, the impact of the strike, the National Recovery Act, and working as a child laborer. The second half of the interview is with several unidentified discussants who appear to be textile workers. The group discusses African American Mill workers, perceptions of the union in the 1930s, and perceptions of the union today.