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Title: Evelyn Grindstaff oral history interview, 1999 February 22
Creator: Grindstaff, Evelyn, 1922-
Date Created: 1999-02-22
Subjects--Topical: Mills and mill-work, Work environment, Textile workers, Dyslexia, Functional literacy
Description: Evelyn Grindstaff recounts her life and forty-five years working in textile mills in Gastonia, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her experiences working at the Groves Mills beginning at the age of fifteen, her husband's World War II service...

Title: Mary Nixon oral history interview, 2005 November 18
Creator: Nixon, Mary W., 1941-
Date Created: 2005-11-18
Subjects--Topical: Tobacco farms, Textile workers, Mills and mill-work, Strikes and lockouts, Labor unions, Diabetes, Diabetes in children
Description: Mary Nixon recounts her life and experiences living in rural Yadkin County, North Carolina. She describes growing up on a tobacco farm, how her family grew most of the food they ate, and how she and her siblings would miss school in order to help ...

Title: Nettie House oral history interview, 2006 October 24
Creator: House, Nettie S., 1924-
Date Created: 2006-10-24
Subjects--Topical: Textile workers, Depressions, Race relations, School integration
Description: Charlotte native Nettie House describes her life growing up in Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood, her experiences during World War II, and her married life in Charlotte during the postwar period. Her father came to Charlotte from Union County to wo...