Leona Parham and Etta Mae Zimmerman Interview 4, 17 August 1990

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0751

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Leona Parham and Etta Mae Zimmerman Interview 4

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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 1990

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

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

Extent

1 item(s) (video (31:11 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Etta Mae Zimmerman was arrested for picketing during the 1934 strike and held at Fort McPherson for a week with her father. The sisters discuss what led up to the strike, living conditions inside the make-shift prison, and the names of fellow prisoners.