Gastonia (N.C.)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Ragan and Woodrow Wright Interviews, 23 August 1991
Ragan discusses the McAdenville mills. Wright discusses growing up in a mill village, the 1934 Labor Day Parade in Gastonia, N.C., the textile workers' strike of 1934, wages, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and other topics.
Robert Ragan Interview 1, 23 August 1991
Ragan discusses schools in Gastonia in the early 20th century, and the textile workers' strike of 1934 from the perspective of the mill ownership.
Robert Ragan Interview 2, 23 August 1991
Ragan discusses how mill workers were recruited, the necessity of building mill villages, the differences between the New England textile industry and the Southern textile industry, efficiency in the mills, the textile workers' strike of 1934 and how the Great Depression affected the textile industry in 1934.
Robert Ragan Interview 3, 23 August 1991
Ragan discusses the movement of workers from the farms to the mill village, the relationship between the mills and churches, schools in Gastonia, and the history of various textile mills in Gastonia.
Robert Ragan Interview 4, 5 May 1994
Ragan discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, his father's reaction to it, and the impact that it had on unionization in the South.
Robert Ragan Interview 5, 5 May 1994
Ragan discusses his father's education and the founding of Ragan Spinning Company, the differences between the textile industry in New England and the South, and his work on a history of the textile industry in Gaston County.
Robert Ragan Interview 6, 5 May 1994
Ragan discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, unionization in the South, the impact of the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.