Clara Williams, Rex Sanders, Max Sanders Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0781

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Clara Williams, Rex Sanders, Max Sanders 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: 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

Rex Sanders was the son of a textile worker who was killed in Columbus, Ga. Max Sanders was the son of a textile worker who was killed in Columbus, Ga. Clara Williams was the wife of a textile worker who was killed in Columbus Ga.

Extent

1 item(s) (audio (1:05:53 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Rex Sanders, Max Sanders, and Williams discuss the textile workers' strike, the death of Reuben Sanders, issues unions face in the South, their opinions on the union and other topics.