Dr. Elliott White, Bill Allen, Frances Allen, William Schafner, and Annabelle Schafner Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0314

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Dr. Elliott White, Bill Allen, Frances Allen, William Schafner, and Annabelle Schafner Interviews

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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. Annabelle Schafner was a spinner at Dr. White's father's mill in Graham. William Schafner worked in Dr. White's father's mill.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (59:46 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 NC, the 1934 strike, Oneida Mill, Sidney Mill, Burlington Mill, and Trollingwood Mill. Allen discusses his work in the cotton mills, his children, the dynamiting of the Plaid Mill, attempts to unionize the mills in Graham, and other topics. Annabelle Schafner discusses her work as a spinner and other topics. William Schafner discusses playing baseball for the mill team, the strike, labor practices in the mill, and other topics.