Old Acquaintance Reunion 2

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0564

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Old Acquaintance Reunion 2

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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. Leona Parham is Etta Mae Zimmerman's sister.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (26:47 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

This video consists of a man discussing life in the mill village, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and the New Deal with Etta Mae Zimmerman, Leona Parham and various unnamed interviewees.