Mabel Sturges and Geraldine Orr Interview, 22 August 1990

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0717

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Mabel Sturges and Geraldine Orr 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: 22 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

Mabel Sturges was a textile worker from Rock Hill, S.C. Geraldine Orr was Mabel Sturges' niece.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (30:09 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Sturges discusses working in a textile mill as child, growing up in the mill village, her education, unionization and other topics. Orr helps Sturges to pack up canned goods.