Concord (N.C.)
Found in 4 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, 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.