Nanny Leah Washburn, Anne Romaine, and Clara Smith Interview
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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
Nanny Leah Washburn was a mill worker and a communist union organizer in Atlanta, Ga. Anne Romaine was a folksinger, songwriter, activist, and history professor. She grew up in rural North Carolina. Her grandparents worked in the Gastonia Cotton Mills, and Anne developed a lifelong interest in the lives of cotton mill workers. Clara Smith was involved in Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union.
Extent
1 item(s) (audio (54:19 duration))
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Washburn discusses some photos with Judith Helfand and George Stoney. Romaine sings several songs dealing with unions and the cotton mill.
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
100 Decatur St., S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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