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| Interviewer: | Lu Ann Jones |
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Eva Hopkins, March 5, 1980. Interview H-0167. Daily Life in a Charlotte Textile Mill: Eva Hopkins worked in a cotton mill from the 1930s until 1952 and recalls various aspects of millwork, union activity, social activities, and life in the mill villages. Interviewee: Eva Hopkins Interviewer: Lu Ann Jones Duration: 01:21:53 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 17 excerpts. | |
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George and Tessie Dyer, March 5, 1980. Interview H-0161. Community Life and Union Organizing Among Charlotte Mill Workers: George and Tessie Dyer discuss their jobs in Charlotte cotton mills and their lives outside of work. They describe their childhood and the work their parents and grandparents did. They recall the parties and social events that their friends participated in after work. The interview ends with their observations about local union activity. Interviewee: George Dyer, Tessie Dyer Interviewer: Lu Ann Jones Duration: 01:58:57 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 18 excerpts. | |
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Ralph Waldo Strickland, April 18, 1980. Interview H-0180. Working on the Rails: Ralph Waldo Strickland Remembers His Time as a Railroad Employee: Ralph Waldo Strickland grew up on an Alabama farm before joining the navy and later making a career with the Seaboard Railroad. He offers a range of recollections concerning his childhood in the rural South, his encounters with the Roosevelts following their relocation in 1921 to Hot Springs, Georgia, and life as a railroad worker and union member. Interviewee: Ralph Waldo Strickland Interviewer: Lu Ann Jones Duration: 02:23:00 Annotated Excerpts: Listen to and read all 17 excerpts. |