Belmont (Gaston County, N.C.)
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Alan Waffle, Yvonnie Hill and Ruth Archer Interview
Waffle discusses the way in which Hill's diaries of her working life are of value to the museum. Hill reads from her diaries and discusses her working life at Loray Mills, the Rex Mill, the Adrian Mill, and the Eagle Mill.
Alma Friday, Yvonnie Hill, and Alan Waffle Interviews
The first 29 minutes of this video consist of George Stoney and Jamie Stoney shooting exterior footage. Between minutes 29 and 38 the video consists of shots of Friday's home, while Friday and Stoney converse in the background. From minute 38 to the end of the video, Hill shows her diaries to Waffle, and Waffle explains the new textile museum exhibit to her.
Bessie London, Betty Hinson, Claude Ward, Porter McAteer Interview
Hinson discusses learning about the '34 strike, becoming involved in the project and other topics. McAtter discusses the relationship between industry and organized labor in Gaston County, politics in Gaston County and other topics. London discusses her life in Belmont, N.C. Ward discusses his working life at the Eagle Mill and the '34 strike.
Betty Hinson and Yvonnie Hill Interview 2
Hill discusses everyday life in the mill, her memories of the strike, the diaries she kept, what she did after working in the mills and other topics.
Betty Hinson and Yvonnie Hill Interviews
Hinson discusses her grandmother working in the cotton mills during the 19th century, her time working in the mills and other topics. Hill discusses her time working in the mill as a 14 year old, her battle with polio, the 1934 strike, the attempts to organize the mills and other topics.
Bruce Graham and Thelma Massey; Eagle Mill Reunion Interviews
Graham discusses the Labor Day parade in Gastonia and other topics. The second half of the video consists of the Eagle Mill Reunion with multiple discussions and multiple narrators.
Bruce Graham and Thelma Massey Interview 1
Graham discusses farming, working in the textile mills, and writing a letter to labor board asking that they help him get his back pay.
Bruce Graham and Thelma Massey Interview 2
Graham discusses his work at the Eagle Mill, the 1934 strike, and the letter he wrote to the National Recovery Administration. Massey discusses her work at Freightliner, the family land and other topics.
Charlie Wetzel, Elaine Pruitt, Bill Pruitt, and Roger Moore Interviews
Charlie Wetzel talks about his role in the mill and shows the filmmakers various historic artifacts that came from or were associated with the mills and mill life. Elaine Pruitt talks with George Stoney about potential research for the film (names, places, etc.). Roger Moore talks with Stoney about the process of making the documentary and what Stoney hopes to accomplish through making the film. Bill Pruitt's dialogue is minor and his role in this video is unclear.
Claude and Mabel Helton Interview
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.
Claude Helton and Ernest Moore Interview 1
Helton shows Stoney the areas where strikers picketed and where union members lived. Helton and Moore discuss the blacklist and the changes in wages and hours as a result of the New Deal.
Claude Ward and Harvey Michael Interview 1, 23 July 1992
Ward and Michael discuss the 1934 strike, work in the mills, life in the mill village, and other topics.
Claude Ward, Betty Hinson, Bessie London, and Bill Norris Interviews
Ward discusses what happened to some of the workers who protested post-strike treatment. Hinson discusses what happened to some of the workers who protested post-strike treatment, and life in the mill village. London discusses a mutual aid society formed by the women of Eagle Mill village. Norris sings a song that he was planning on singing at an upcoming reunion.
Eagle Mill Reunion Interview 1
The Eagle Mill Reunion brought together mill workers and families who lived in mill villages. Coverage of the reunion details conversations about mill village life, work after the mill, and the failure of a union at Eagle Mill in Belmont, N.C.
Eagle Mill Reunion Interview 2
The Eagle Mill Reunion brought together mill workers and families who lived in mill villages. Coverage of the reunion details conversations about mill village life, work after the mill, and the failure of a union at Eagle Mill.
E.O. Friday and Lucille Cloninger Interviews
Friday discusses his retirement and golf. Jaggers discusses his service in World War II, his time as an educator and police officer, and golf. Cloninger discusses her time working in the mills, her childhood, raising her children and her faith.
Ernest Moore Interview
Moore talks about what the mill village and the surrounding business used to look like, a Labor Day parade in Gastonia on the first day of the strike, and strikers' activities.
Harvey Michael interview, 23 July 1992
Michael discusses his childhood in the mill village at Eagle Mills in Belmont, N.C., his views on the union and other topics.
Henry Queen and Florine Queen Interview
Henry Queen and Florine Queen discuss life on the mill village, union organizing, conditions in the textile mill, the textile workers' strike of 1934 and other topics.
Joe Lineberger and Mrs. Lineberger Interview 1
Lineberger talks about his time as mill owner, his father, who was also a mill owner, relationships between management and labor, mill housing, the 1932 election and other topics. Lineberger discusses the Chronicle Mill, the Majestic Manufacturing Company, Imperial Yarn Mills, National Yarn Mill, Acme Mills, Linford -Stowe Spinning, Perfection Mill, Eagle Mill, Climax Mill and National Crescent Mill.