Oral History Interview with Gladys and Glenn Hollar, February 26, 1980. Interview H-0128. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).
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Abstract
Gladys Irene Moser Hollar and her husband, Glenn Hollar, describe their childhood in rural North Carolina and their working lives in the glove industry and elsewhere. The Hollars grew up in large families in which everyone had to contribute to eke out a living. As a married couple, the Hollars spent most of their lives near Conover, N.C., moving from job to job and weathering the 1918 influenza epidemic, the Great Depression, and hostile supervisors before reaching retirement. In this interview, the couple shares recollections about laboring and rural life in the early 20th century.
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This interview is part of the Southern Oral History
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interviews housed at the Southern Historical Collection.
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Subjects
Farm life--North Carolina
Textile workers--North Carolina
Trade-unions--Textile workers--North Carolina
Women in the textile industry
Textile workers--Training of
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