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Interview no. | H-0098-1 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | H.3. Piedmont Industrialization, 1974-1980: Bynum, N.C. |
Project description | Interviews, 1976-1979, about industrialization in Bynum, N.C., a company-owned mill town in Chatham County. Many interviewees worked at the J.M. Odell Manufacturing Company, a spinning mill, for part or all of their careers. Topics include technology, the impact of the Depression and World War II on the mill, paternalism, work discipline, work division by sex and race, unionization attempts, brown lung and other health hazards of mill work, recollections of London family members who ran the mill, mill village life, and the transition from company to private ownership in the 1970s. Interviews were chiefly conducted as part of the "Perspectives on Industrialization: The Piedmont Crescent of Industry, 1900-1940" project. |
Date | 20 September 1976 |
Interviewee | Snipes, John Wesley, b. 1901. |
Interviewee occupation | Farmers |
Interviewee DOB | 1901 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Glass, Brent D. |
Abstract | John Wesley Snipes was born near the town of Bynum in Chatham County, North Carolina, in 1901. His family is as old as the county and played a role in its history: his great-grandfather won a land grant from England, and one grandfather fought in the Civil War and owned a slave. In this interview, Snipes relates his family history, entwining it with the history of Chatham County. He remembers chasing geese on his grandparents' farm; Civil War veterans' tales of combat; rural recreations like corn shuckings, candy pulls, or rabbit hunts; home remedies administered by an African American woman; and more. Snipes provides a detailed portrait of an early twentieth-century farming community, self-reliant and religious, and shares his concerns that the values of his youth are fading. |
Subject Topical |
Textile workers--North Carolina. Bynum (N.C.)--Social life and customs. Farm life--North Carolina--Bynum. |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | H-0098-1_Audio |