Rose Slayton and Dr. Elliot White Interviews
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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: 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
Rose Slayton was a textile worker in the A.M. Smyre Mill. Dr. Elliott White was the son of the Holt Mill manufacturer.
Extent
1 item(s) (video (1:01:08 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Rose Slayton only appears at the beginning of this video. Dr. Elliott White tours his childhood home and the mill community, including the downtown Gastonia area, the exterior of three mills in the area (Cannon, Voorhees, and Sidney) and mill housing.
Subject
- A.M. Smyre Manufacturing Company (Gastonia, N.C.) (Organization)
- Cannon Mills Company (Organization)
- E.M. Holt Plaid Mills (Burlington, N.C.) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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