Some of the Younger Workers in the Beaumont Mills - photo by Lewis Wickes Hine
Readings
Assigned reading from Textile Town:
- Chapter 4 (p. 151-181)
- Additional sections related to Tuesday's theme:
- Want Ad (p. 43)
- A War of Words (p. 73-74)
- Migration from the Mountains (p 83-84)
- Cotton Manufacturers Association Ad (p. 114)
- Spreading the Union Bug (p. 192-193)
- Keeping Union Members Out (p. 198-199)
Review sections from Inquiry Design Model as necessary.
Resources for Tuesday (for use during sessions)
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How To Google For Primary Sources - Search Terms Created by Robin M. Katz, MLIS - University of California, Riverside; Primary Source Literacy Librarian. Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA - Robin M. Katz, Jan 2021
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Evaluating Primary Sources Online - Cultural Heritage Websites Created by Robin M. Katz, MLIS - University of California, Riverside; Primary Source Literacy Librarian. Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA - Robin M. Katz, Jan 2021
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National Child Labor Committee CollectionWorking as an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), Lewis Hine (1874-1940) documented working and living conditions of children in the United States between 1908 and 1924. The NCLC photos are useful for the study of labor, reform movements, children, working class families, education, public health, urban and rural housing conditions, industrial and agricultural sites, and other aspects of urban and rural life in America in the early twentieth century. The collection consists of more than 5,100 photographic prints and 355 glass negatives, given to the Library of Congress, along with the NCLC records, in 1954 by Mrs. Gertrude Folks Zimand, acting for the NCLC in her capacity as chief executive.
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Uprising of '34 Collection - Digital Library of GeorgiaThe Uprising of '34 is a documentary film, released in 1995, that tells the story of the General Textile Strike from the perspective of those who experienced it firsthand. During the film's production, over 300 hours of interviews were conducted with former mill workers, their children and grandchildren, labor organizers, mill owners, and others who experienced or were affected by the strikes. The recorded interviews are held in Georgia State University Library's Special Collections and Archives.