Etta Mae Zimmerman Interview 3

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0783

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Etta Mae Zimmerman Interview 3

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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

Etta Mae Zimmerman was a textile worker and union member from Hogansville, Ga.

Extent

1 item(s) (audio (40:30 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Zimmerman discusses her family, work in the textile mills, and life in the textile village. Two unidentifed women are then interviewed for the remainder of the video, they discuss going to work in the textile mills, living in the mill village, alcohol in the mill village, education, and other topics.