Leona Parham and Etta Mae Zimmerman Interviews 3, 17 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0498

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Leona Parham and Etta Mae Zimmerman Interviews 3

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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: 17 August 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

Leona Parham was a textile worker. She is Etta Mae Zimmerman's sister. Etta Mae Zimmerman was a textile worker and union member from Hogansville, Ga.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (29:02 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Parham discusses flying squadrons, union organizing, and her life after the strike, especially how her two sons went in to management at various textile plants. Zimmerman discusses union organizing and her internment at Fort McPherson.