Etta Mae Zimmerman and Robert Zimmerman Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0752

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Etta Mae Zimmerman and Robert Zimmerman 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

Etta Mae Zimmerman was a textile worker and union member from Hogansville, Ga. Robert Zimmerman is Etta Mae Zimmerman's nephew.

Extent

1 item(s) (video (29:43 duration))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Etta Mae Zimmerman, Robert Zimmerman and an unidentified man discuss the textile workers' strike of 1934, working in the textile mill, and the aftermath of the strike.