Dr. Elliott White, Bill Allen and Frances Allen Interview 1

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0313

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Dr. Elliott White, Bill Allen and Frances Allen Interview 1

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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

Dr. Elliott White was the son of a mill owner in Graham, N.C. Bill Allen worked at various cotton mills in and around Graham, N.C.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (58:27 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Dr. White discusses his childhood memories of growing up around the mills of Graham, N.C., as well as his memories of the 1934 strike. Allen discusses his work in the cotton mills as a doffer, his childhood, his family, the Trollingwood mills, the Oneida mills, and the Hopedale Mills, as well as other topics.