Evelyn Grindstaff oral history interview, 1999 February 22

Digital Record

Identifier: GF-GR0375

Staff Only

Digital Object (sound_recording_nonmusical)

Dates

1999-02-22

Summary

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, her struggles with dyslexia and her pride in her daughter's education, and the changes in society and technology over her lifetime.

Extent

43 Minutes

Language of Materials

English

Linked Records

David Goldfield student oral history project on change in the Charlotte region | Evelyn Grindstaff, 1999 February 22

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Oral Histories, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository

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