Fred Fussel, Doris Shavers, and Clara Haywood Interview, 24 July 1990
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Scope and Contents of 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: 24 July 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
Doris Shavers was a spinner in textile mills in Columbus, Ga. Clara Haywood was a textile worker from Columbus, Ga.
Extent
1 item(s) (video (30:45 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Shavers and Haywood discuss what life was like in a cotton mill village, working in a textile mill, and other topics.
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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