Concord (N.C.)
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Alma Miller, Rev. Richard Lisk, and Annie Honeycutt Interviews
Lisk discusses his childhood in the mill village, his father, and his father's work as a union organizer. Miller discusses her quilting, Red Lisk, working in the textile mill, her opinions on the union, and other topics. Honeycutt discusses her memories of Red Lisk, the union, and the aftermath of the textile workers' strike of 1934.
Annie Honeycutt Interview 1
Honeycutt talks about her family, working conditions in the mill, being blacklisted because of union membership, union activities and meetings, and mill housing.
Annie Honeycutt Interview 2
Honeycutt reads letters written by union leaders to various political leaders, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She also talks about the stretch-out system, working and health conditions in the mill, people being fired for joining the union at Cannon Manufacturing Company (which later acquired the Brown Mill), her husband's work for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and mill work during World War II.
Annie Honeycutt Interview 3
Honeycutt discusses her father's involvement in union, her husband's involvement in the union, the textile workers' strike of 1934, the aftermath of that strike and other topics.
Annie Honeycutt Interview 4
Honeycutt discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, union organizing, the impact of the New Deal, the legacy of the strike, and other topics.
Annie Honeycutt, Rev. Richard Lisk and LeGette Blythe Interviews
Honeycutt discusses a lawsuit invovling Cannon Mills and strikers, blacklisting of strikers by Cannon Mills, mill housing, the aftermath of the strike, the WPA and other topics. Blythe discusses reporting on the textile workers' strike of 1934 in North Carolina and how early attempts at organizing unions, led by communist organizers impact how the 1934 strike was viewed by the public.
Earl Belk and Frank Miller Interviews
Belk discusses his father's involvement in the textile unions, the textile workers' strike of 1934 and other topics. Miller discusses his organizing activities on behalf of the union, the textile workers' strike of 1934, the aftermath of the strike and other topics.
Eula McGill Interview 15
McGill describes her entry into union life, working conditions in the mills, public reception to union efforts, and the effects of the early union years on the strikes of the 1930s.
LeGette Blythe, Rev. Richard Lisk, and Yates Heafner Interviews
Blythe discusses his coverage of the textile workers' strike of 1934 for a local Charlotte, N.C. newspaper. Lisk and Heafner discuss Yates's memories of Red Lisk (Richard Lisk's father) and relationships between unions, workers and owners of textile mills.
Lucille Thornburgh and Cannon Mills Textile Workers Interview, 28 December 1991
The textile workers in this video were working to unionize Cannon Mills in 1991. The workers read letters written by various participants of the 1934 strike and react to their contents. Thornburgh discusses her involvement with the textile workers' strike of 1934, the letters she wrote to Washington, D.C., and how the strike has impacted her life.
Myrtle Jones and Larry Blatney Interview, 30 July 1994
Jones and Blatney discuss a letter that Jones' father wrote to Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 protesting violations of the minimum wage laws, working conditions for African Americans in the cotton mills, segregation, and other topics.
Myrtle Jones, Larry Blatney and Dee Neely Interviews, 30 July 1994
Jones and Blatney discuss the strike, and the letter Jones's father wrote to Franklin Roosevelt. Neely discusses a letter written to Washington, D.C. in which the African American workers at Irving Mill in Cooleemee, N.C.
Reverend Frank Miller and Reverend Richard Lisk Interview
Miller telephones Lisk and asks about his father's role in the union. Miller also talks about workers' relationship with the mill owners and the union, as well as how people would be fired and blacklisted if they joined the union.
Reverend Frank Miller Interview
Miller tours the industrial areas of Concord, North Carolina and shows the crew various mill houses and closed mills in the area.
Reverend Frank Miller Interview 1
Rev. Miller discusses his brother-in-law Red Lisk, helping to organize the local in Concord, his work as a loom fixer, life in the mill village, and other topics.
Reverend Frank Miller Interview 2
Rev. Miller discusses life in the mill village, his work at Cannon Mills, the 1934 strike, organizing the local of the union and his Baptist faith.
Reverend Frank Miller Interview 3
Rev. Miller discusses the economic conditions of mill workers, his childhood and other topics.
Rosa Mae King Murphy, Rev. Richard Lisk, Rev. Frank Miller, and Frank Miller Jr.
Lisk and Murphy discuss the organizing the union, life in the mills, and the impact of the strike. Lisk and Rev. Frank Miller discuss Red Lisk, Lisk's childhood, union orgainzing, preaching, and other topics.
Ruby Belk Newell Interview
Newell and an unidentified woman discuss the textile workers's strike of 1934, living in a mill village, union organizing, and other topics.
Yvonnie Hill and Rev. Frank Miller Interviews
Hill discusses handing over her diaries to Gaston County Museum. Miller discusses life in the mill village, union organizing, the 1934 strike, wages, and other topics.