- Collection:
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Digital Collection
- Title:
- Testimony of Emma Burton
- Creator:
- Daly, A. M. (Alexander M.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Burton, Emma
- Date of Original:
- 1915-03-17/1915-03-27
- Subject:
- Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills
Textile factories--Georgia--Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills--Employees--History--20th century
Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Cotton textile industry--Georgia--Atlanta
Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Strike, Atlanta, Ga., 1914-1915
Wesley House (Atlanta, Ga.)
Wesley House (Atlanta, Ga.)--Finance
Methodist Settlement House (Atlanta, Ga.)
Nelson, R. M.
Remsen, Charles
Rhodes, Clarence A.
Ballenger, W. L.
Blosser, Roy
Paine, C. H.
Shellenberger, William
Exposition Mills (Atlanta, Ga.)
Central United Methodist Church (Kansas City, Kan)
Cotton textile industry--Employees
Governmental investigations
United Textile Workers of America
United States. Commission on Industrial Relations
Work environment--Georgia--Atlanta
Industrial relations--Georgia--Atlanta
Employees--Georgia--Atlanta
Industrial housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Housing--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Diseases--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Health and hygiene--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Medical care--Georgia--Atlanta
Early childhood education--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Education (Early childhood)--Georgia--Atlanta
Textile workers--Education (Elementary)--Georgia--Atlanta
Child labor--Georgia--Atlanta
Pellagra--Georgia--Atlanta
Food service--Georgia--Atlanta
Nursery schools--Georgia--Atlanta
Child care services--Georgia--Atlanta
Hospitals--Georgia--Atlanta
Physicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Social settlements--Georgia--Atlanta
Lodging-houses--Georgia--Atlanta
Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Methodist Church--Georgia--Atlanta
Methodist Church--Education--Georgia--Atlanta
Charity
Wages--Textile workers--Georgia--Atlanta
Sick leave--United States
Sunday schools--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Social conditions
Women--Health and hygiene--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Employment--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
Kindergarten--Georgia--Atlanta
Clinics--Georgia--Atlanta
Social classes--Georgia--Atlanta
Moral conditions--Georgia--Atlanta
Poor--Georgia--Atlanta
Tonsillitis--Georgia--Atlanta
Hookworm disease--Georgia--Atlanta
Alum--Georgia--Atlanta
Flour
Cooks--Georgia--Atlanta
Luncheons--Georgia--Atlanta
Cooking schools--Georgia--Atlanta
Boys--Societies and clubs
Girls--Societies and clubs
Sewerage--Georgia--Lindale
Sanitation--Georgia--Lindale
Toilets--Georgia--Lindale
Child labor--Law and legislation - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Cabbagetown, 33.748162, -84.3665927 - Medium:
- testimonies
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- A witness for the Mill, Head Resident of the Wesley House Emma Burton discusses conditions in the mill village and company housing, the Mill clinic, education provided by the Mill, public health, and child labor practices.
The Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills Exhibit is a joint project between the Georgia Tech Library and Information Center's Archives and Records Management, Digital Initiatives, and Systems departments. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://exhibit-archive.library.gatech.edu/fulton_bag/item2b6a.html?collection=ms004&filename=ms004-017.xml
- Extent:
- 23 p. ; 8.5"x11"
- Original Collection:
- Box 8, Folder 33 Burton, Emma, Miss (E.B.) March 1915, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills records, Archives, Library and Information Center, Georgia Institute of Technology.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Institute of Technology. Library. Archives, Records Management and Digital Curation Department
- Rights:
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