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Gadsden (Ala.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:

Burns Cox and James Hoffman Interviews, 6 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0486
Abstract

Cox goes to an archive and looks at the charter for the Dixie Federation of Labor, a textile workers' union that existed locally Gadsden, Ala. prior to the strike. Hoffman discusses the sources he used for his thesis on the textile workers' strike of 1934, the unwillingness of people to discuss the strike, and why he chose to research this topic.

Dates: 6 August 1991

Burns Cox, Grady Kilgro, Eula McGill, and James Interviews, 7 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0490
Abstract

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.

Dates: 7 August 1991

Burns Cox Interview 1, 6 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0414
Abstract

Cox talks about the textile workers' strike of 1934, union organizing, a strike in the 1950s and other topics.

Dates: 6 August 1991

Burns Cox Interview 2, 6 June 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0415
Abstract

Cox discusses the creation of the Dixie Federation of Labor, its takeover by the United Textile Workers, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and the aftermath of the strike.

Dates: 6 June 1991

Burns Cox Interview 3

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0025
Abstract

Cox discusses the forming of the Dixie Federation of Labor, the United Textile Workers taking over, the textile workers' strike of 1934, the aftermath of the strike, and other topics.

Dates: 1987-1995

Carey E. Haigler papers

 Collection
Identifier: L1977-33
Abstract: Carey Haigler (1902- ) was a labor union official with the AFL-CIO. His papers, 1905, 1933-1970, include correspondence, minutes, and printed material relating to the Alabama Iron and Steel Council (1905, 1933-1935); correspondence, financial documents, minutes, speeches, reports, and printed material documenting the Alabama CIO (1942-1956); and correspondence, financial documents, diaries, work reports, speeches, broadcast scripts, and printed material relating to Region 8 of the AFL-CIO...
Dates: 1905, 1933-1970

Clyde Ware and Doyle Johns Interviews, 8 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0491
Abstract

Ware discusses blacklisting at Dwight Manufacturing Company, the United Textile Workers Convention in New York City, the National Recovery Act and other topics. Johns discusses his interest in local history and the history of Dwight Manufacturing Company and Gadsden , Ala.

Dates: 8 August 1991

Clyde Ware Interview 1, 8 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0478
Abstract

Ware discusses blacklisting, weapons and the textile workers' strike of 1934 and how being blacklisted impacted the rest of his career.

Dates: 8 August 1991

Clyde Ware Interview 2, 9 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0479
Abstract

Ware discusses labor organizing, blacklisiting, labor day parades, Franklin D. Roosevelt, picket lines, and life in the mill village.

Dates: 9 August 1991

Clyde Ware Interview 3, 9 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0481
Abstract

Ware discusses union organizing, blacklisting, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United Textile Workers Convention, and the National Recovery Act.

Dates: 9 August 1991

Doyle Johns Interview, 8 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0420
Abstract

Johns discusses his fathers general store, his childhood, growing up near the mill village, doffing at the Dwight Manufacturing Company, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and other topics.

Dates: 8 August 1991

Doyle Johns Interview 2, 8 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0487
Abstract

Johns discusses several recruitment documents that the Dwight Manufacturing Company and other industrial concerns in Gadsden used to entice workers to come work and live in Gadsden.

Dates: 8 August 1991

Eula McGill Interview 2, 15 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0566
Abstract

McGill discusses growing up with a union-supportive father, working at a mill, and her beginnings as an union member and organizer.

Dates: 15 August 1991

Eula McGill Interview 11

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0024
Abstract

McGill discusses her work as a union organizer, the textile workers' strike of 1934, and other topics.

Dates: 1987-1995

Eula McGill Interview 15

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0051
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1987-1995

Food World and Burns Cox Interview, 8 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0480
Abstract

Cox discusses his mill work life and his home life. The video transitions into a mobile recreation of the mill site and strike locations.

Dates: 8 August 1991

Gadsden Antique Mall 1, 11 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0461
Abstract

This video is of George Stoney and his crew at Gadsden Antique Mall, which is on the site of an old cotton mill and mill village in Gadsden, Ala.

Dates: 11 August 1991

Grady Kilgro, Eula McGill and Burns Cox Interview, 7 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0476
Abstract

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.

Dates: 7 August 1991

Grady Kilgro, Eula McGill, and Burns Cox Interviews, 7 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0477
Abstract

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.

Dates: 7 August 1991

Grady Kilgro Interview, 7 August 1991

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Identifier: L1995-13_AV0419
Abstract

Kilgro discusses the textile worker's strike of 1934, the National Recovery Act, evictions from mill homes, and the aftermath of the stirke.

Dates: 7 August 1991