- Collection:
- Uprising of '34 Collection
- Title:
- Nanny Leah Washburn, Anne Romaine, and Clara Smith Interview
- Creator:
- Washburn, Nanny Leah
Romaine, Anne
Smith, Clara - Contributor to Resource:
- Helfand, Judith, 1964-
- Date of Original:
- 1990/1999
- Subject:
- Women textile workers
Photographs
Working class women--Family relationships
Working class--Songs and music
Textile workers
Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry
Prisons
Child labor
Textile workers--Labor unions
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union - Location:
- United States, Georgia, North Carolina, 34.92535, -85.26773
United States, North Carolina, Gaston County, Gastonia, 35.26208, -81.1873 - Medium:
- oral histories (document genres)
audio cassettes - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Nanny Leah Washburn was a mill worker and a communist union organizer in Atlanta, Ga. Anne Romaine was a folksinger, songwriter, activist, and history professor. She grew up in rural North Carolina. Her grandparents worked in the Gastonia Cotton Mills, and Anne developed a lifelong interest in the lives of cotton mill workers. Clara Smith was involved in Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers' Union.
Washburn discusses some photos with Judith Helfand and George Stoney. Romaine sings several songs dealing with unions and the cotton mill. - Local Identifier:
- L1995-13_AV0779
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/uprising/id/491
- 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):
- Nanny Leah Washburn, Anne Romaine, and Clara Smith, interviewed by Judith Helfand, no date. L1995-13_AV0779, The Uprising of '34 Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 00:54:19
- 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:
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