Interview with Vera Johnston - OH 093

Vera Taylor Johnston

Interviewer

Victoria Hickcox

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Abstract

This interview was conducted with Vera Taylor Johnston (1913-1988) regarding her experiences working in a local mill. She discusses family life, work attitudes, and experiences growing up in the area. Also discussed are mill villages, black-white relations, unionization, and mill prospects for the future.

This interview was conducted by Victoria Hickcox who was a junior Sociology major at Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. The interviews result from her participation in an exchange program involving a study of mill villages. Dr. Jack Turner, Sociology Dept., helped coordinate the research at Winthrop. The original cassette contained three separate interviews conducted by Victoria for the project which included this one, an interview (OH 155) with Clarence Luther Wilson (1917-1993) and Doris Griffin Wilson (1918-2006), and an interview (OH 96) with Calvin Forrest Stallings (1915-1982).

Publication Date

1-18-1982

Unique Identifier

OH 093

Format

1 Cassette; MP3; WAV;

Length

00:53:12

Restrictions

This interview is open for use.

Disciplines

Oral History

Keywords

Farm Life, Mill Village, Cotton, 1900s

Interview with Vera Johnston - OH 093

LC Subject Headings

Springs Cotton Mills, Textile workers -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill, Textile workers -- Social life and customs, Textile workers -- Family relationships, Textile workers -- Attitudes, Cotton manufacture -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill, Textile industry -- South Carolina -- Rock Hill, Race relations, Labor unions

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