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Gastonia (N.C.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Claude and Mabel Helton Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0284
Abstract

Claude and Mabel Helton talk about working conditions in the mills, the treatment of women textile workers, and the introduction of African American textile workers in the mills. Stoney also shows them footage of pickets in Gastonia, N.C. and New England.

Dates: 1987-1995

Claude Helton Interview 1, 1992

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0282
Abstract

Mabel discusses conditions in the mill village, the impact of World War II on women's jobs in the mill, and other topics. Claude discusses the store he ran next to his home, is involvement in the the union and the 1934 strike, his involvement in his local church and other topics.

Dates: 1992