Paul Short, Betty Short, Pauline Pearson, and Mary L. Wiggins Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0046

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Paul Short, Betty Short, Pauline Pearson, and Mary L. Wiggins Interview

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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: 1987-1995

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

Pauline Pearson was a textile worker in Gastonia, N.C. Betty Pearson Short was a textile worker in Gastonia, N.C. Paul Short was a textile worker in Gastonia, N.C. Mary L. Wiggins was a textile worker in Gastonia, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (audio (50:23 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Pearson, Betty Pearson Short, and Paul Short discuss working in the textile mills, and the textile workers' strike of 1934. Wiggins discusses going to work at 13, working in textile mills, and the textile workers' strike of 1934.