Ruby Belk Newell and Maryanne Belk Smith Interview 2, 18 March 1992

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0391

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Ruby Belk Newell and Maryanne Belk Smith Interview 2

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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: 18 March 1992

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

Ruby Belk Newell was textile worker in the Louise Cotton Mill in Charlotte, N.C. Maryanne Belk Smith was a textile worker who worked in hosiery mills in Charlotte, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (56:08 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Newell and Smith discuss their careers in the textile and hosiery mills around Charlotte, N.C., growing up in the mill village, their father helping to feed strikers, and other topics.