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Interview no. | H-0248 |
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 | 2 May 1980 |
Interviewee | Hardin, Alice Grogan, 1911?- |
Interviewee occupation |
Textile workers Factory workers |
Interviewee DOB | 1911 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Tullos, Allen, 1950- |
Abstract | Alice Grogan Hardin grew up on a farm in Greenville County, SC, working there until financial trouble pushed her family into textile mill work. Grogan remembers farm work and mill work in this interview, offering insights on rural southern life in the first half of the 20th century. Her memories of Woodside Mill, the largest in the South, are largely positive: the mill fostered a strong community, and the only strike she remembers seemed to end without incident. This interview provides a colorful glimpse into the patterns of rural southern life. |
Subject Topical |
Greenville County (S.C.)--Social life and customs. Women textile workers--South Carolina--Greenville. Textile factories--South Carolina. Farm life--South Carolina--Greenville County. Pellagra--South Carolina--Greenville. Textile workers--South Carolina--Greenville. Company towns--South Carolina--Greenville. |
Subject Name |
Hardin, Alice Grogan, 1911?- Hardin, Grover. Woodside Mills (Greenville, S.C.) |
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-0248_Audio |