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Object Description
Interview no. | H-0257 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | H.7. Piedmont Industrialization, 1974-1980: Greenville, S.C. |
Project description | Interviews, 1976-1980, about industrialization in Greenville, N.C., chiefly documenting the growth of the textile industry there. Topics include the development of the prosperous town, the neighborhoods in which black servants lived, and the mill villages; work experiences and daily lives of mill workers, most of whom migrated from farming communities; moving from farming to industrial work; work conditions; safety; stretchouts; wages; paternalism; the division of labor by gender; home work; the impact of the Depression and World War II; violence in the mills; unionization; and health concerns. Interviews were chiefly conducted as part of the "Perspectives on Industrialization: The Piedmont Crescent of Industry, 1900-1940" project. |
Date | February 15, 1980 |
Interviewee | Soderberg, Walter E. |
Interviewee occupation | Executives |
Interviewee DOB | 1914 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer |
Tullos, Allen, 1950- Mass, Billy. |
Subject Topical |
Textile industry--South Carolina--Greenville. Textile industry--Technological innovations. Textile machinery--Design and construction. |
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 |
Description
Interview no. | H-0257_1_1 |