Birmingham (Ala.)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Burns Cox, Grady Kilgro, Eula McGill, and James Interviews, 7 August 1991
Cox discusses his house and the improvements he made to it, and he gives an audio tour of the exterior of the mill. Kilgo discusses his former house, which was located right next to Cox's. McGill discusses working at Dwight Manufacturing. James discusses working at Dwight Manufacturing. James discusses working at Dwight Manufacturing.
Eula McGill Interview 2, 15 August 1991
McGill discusses growing up with a union-supportive father, working at a mill, and her beginnings as an union member and organizer.
Eula McGill Interview 11
McGill discusses her work as a union organizer, the textile workers' strike of 1934, 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.
Grady Kilgro, Eula McGill and Burns Cox Interview, 7 August 1991
Kilgro, McGill, and Cox discuss living in the mill village, company control of mill villages, Labor Day parades, the textile workers' strike of 1934, labor organizing, and the closing of the Dwight Manufacturing Company.
Grady Kilgro, Eula McGill, and Burns Cox Interviews, 7 August 1991
Kilgro discusses the impact of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, the National Recovery Act, Social Security, sexual harassment in the mills, and other topics. Kilgro, McGill, and Cox discuss union organizing, the textile workers' strike of 1934, the impact the strike had on the community and other topics.