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Honea Path (S.C.)

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Claude Helton and Ernest Moore Interview 4

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0288
Abstract

Helton discusses the 1934 strike, and the deaths in Honea Path, S.C. Moore discusses the 1934 strike, the local Labor Day celebrations, his father's role in the union, the deaths in Honea Path, S.C., and the after effects of the strike.

Dates: 1987-1995

Dee Neely and Kathy Lamb Interviews, 1 August 1994

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0379
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Neely discusses a letter written by the employees of Irving Mills in Cooleemee, N.C., organizing for labor and civil rights in Cooleemee, and other topics. Lamb looks at several newspapers from around Honea Path, S.C. at the time of the strike, while reading ones that have to do with the deaths at Chiquola Mills.

Dates: 1 August 1994

Kathy Lamb Interview 1, 1 August 1994

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0380
Abstract

Lamb discusses some of the articles that she has found relating to the deaths at Chiquola Mills in Honea Path.

Dates: 1 August 1994

Kathy Lamb Interview 2, 1 August 1994

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0381
Abstract

Lamb discusses how find out about the strike impacted her life, the deaths at Chiquola Mill in Honea Path, S.C., and how the aftermath of the strike has impacted worker-union relations in the community.

Dates: 1 August 1994

Kathy Lamb Interview 3, 1 August 1994

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0382
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Lamb discuss the importance of learning the history of the deaths at Chiquola Mill, the resistance in the community to efforts to unionize the mills in the area after the Textile Workers' Strike of 1934, and the impact that these deaths had on the community.

Dates: 1 August 1994

Kathy Lamb Interview 4

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0387
Abstract

Lamb goes to the site of the funeral for the people killed at the Chiquola Mill, discusses these deaths with the man who now owns the land that funeral occurred on, and Elaine, a reporter from the local newspaper.

Dates: 1987-1995

Kathy Lamb, Robert Lamb and James Hughes Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0354
Abstract

Kathy Lamb, Robert Lamb, and Hughes discuss the deaths during the textile workers' strike of 1934, why the town has forgotten this event, the impact of the deaths on further attempts to organize textile workers in and around Honea Path, and other topics.

Dates: 1987-1995

R.A. Atkin and Ethel Atkin Interview, 18 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0666
Abstract

R.A. Atkin and Ethel Atkin discuss the textile workers' strike of 1934, the deaths at Chiquola Manufacturing Company, the impact of those deaths and other topics. An unidentified man talks about the deaths at Chiquola Manufacturing Company and his experiences working in the textile mills.

Dates: 18 August 1991

Ruth Davis and Unknown Man Interview

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0696
Abstract

Davis talks about her father, his death, and the community response. The unknown man in the video walks through the event step by step including visiting the funeral site.

Dates: 1987-1995

Ruth Davis Interview and Honea Path Scenes

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0695
Abstract

Ruth Davis's father was killed during the 1934 strike at Chiquola Mill in Honea Path, S.C.

Dates: 1987-1995

Sue Hill Interview 1

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0371
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Hill discusses her father's murder, the impact that it had on the family, the poverty they lived in, the deep sadness of her mother, and the company control over the lives of workers in Honea Path.

Dates: 1987-1995

Sue Hill Interview 2

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0372
Abstract

Hill discusses her father's murder in depth, and the impact that it had on her family.

Dates: 1987-1995

Thom Malcolm, Ollie Sharpe, R.A. and Ethel Atkin Interviews, 18 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0464
Abstract

Malcolm does cutaways for an interview he participated in. Sharpe discusses meeting Franklin D. Roosevelt and her anger at the term "linthead". R.A. Atkin and Ethel Atkin discuss working at Chiquola Manfacturing Company, unionization there and the impact of the eight-hour day, and the killings at Honea Path.

Dates: 18 August 1991