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Newnan (Ga.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Old Acquaintance Reunion 5, 9 June 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0585
Abstract

This video consists some exterior shots of Newnan, Ga., and the start of the Old Acquaintance Reunion.

Dates: 9 June 1991

Opal McMichael and Leona Parham Interview, 16 August 1990

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0750
Abstract

McMichael discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934 and her family. Parham talks with an acquaintance.

Dates: 16 August 1990

Opal McMichael and Roy Calhoun Interviews

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0405
Abstract

McMichael discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, life in the mill village, and other topics. Calhoun discusses working in the textile mills, the textile workers' strike of 1934, perceptions of cotton mill workers and other topics.

Dates: 1987-1995

Opal McMichael Interview, 16 August 1990

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0446
Abstract

McMichael discusses her family's move from their farm to the cotton mill village, attitudes in Newnan about unionization, the imprisonment of strikers, and the aftermath of the strike.

Dates: 16 August 1990

Opal McMichael Interview 2, 16 August 1990

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0572
Abstract

McMichael discusses working in a textile mill, union organizing, and the textile workers' strike of 1934.

Dates: 16 August 1990

Sallie Kate Hannah Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0014
Abstract

Hannah discusses what it was like to work in various types of mills (wool, cotton, hosiery), working conditions before and after Roosevelt's labor reforms, and what it was like living in and around the mill village.

Dates: 1987-1995

Woody Wood Interview, 13 June 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0581
Abstract

Wood discusses growing up in mill village, his father's role as a supervisor, and the textile workers's strike of 1934.

Dates: 13 June 1991