- Collection:
- Uprising of '34 Collection
- Title:
- Reading letters from textile workers to government agencies
- Contributor to Resource:
- Helfand, Judith, 1964-
- Date of Original:
- 1990/1999
- Subject:
- Letters
Wages
Blacklisting, Labor
Labor union locals
Textile workers
Textile factories
Textile workers--Labor unions
Sexual harassment
Working class women
Wages--Women
United States. National Recovery Administration
United States. Department of Labor. Office of the Secretary
United Textile Workers of America - People:
- Johnson, Hugh S. (Hugh Samuel), 1882-1942
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Alabama, Etowah County, Gadsden, Dwight Manufacturing Company
United States, Alabama, Lee County, Opelika, 32.64541, -85.37828
United States, Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville, 34.7304, -86.58594
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, Georgia, Bibb County, 32.80659, -83.69776
United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, Bibb Manufacturing Company
United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, Pepperell Manufacturing Company
United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, 32.50996, -84.87704
United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771
United States, Georgia, North Carolina, 34.92535, -85.26773
United States, North Carolina, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, 35.22709, -80.84313
United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury, 35.67097, -80.47423 - Medium:
- oral histories (document genres)
interviews - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- This video consists of several unidentified people reading letters written by textile workers between 1933 and 1934 to various people and agencies in Washington DC. The letters focus on conditions in the textile mills, the stretch-out, violations of the National Recovery Act and other topics.
- Local Identifier:
- L1995-13_AV0135
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uprising/id/465
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to this item is owned by Georgia State University Library. Georgia State University Library has made this item available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Reading letters from textile workers to government agencies, no date. L1995-13_AV0135, The Uprising of '34 Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 00:58:40
- Original Collection:
- Southern Labor Archives
The Uprising of '34 Collection
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/472 - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
