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Mary Lou Whitlock Interview

 Item
Identifier: L1995-AV_0407

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

Restrictions on Access

All of the interviews are available online in GSU's Digital Collections.

Biographical Note

Mary Lou Whitlock was a spinner from Macon, Ga.

Extent

1 item(s) (audio (1:36:33 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Abstract

Whitlock discusses going to work at 12 years old, her work as a spinner, life in the mill village, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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