Crown Cotton Mills [Dalton, Georgia] Oral History Tapes, 1984/1985

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Crown Cotton Mills [Dalton, Georgia] Oral History Tapes, Ms1988-023, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
Abstract:
The collection contains oral history tapes of employees at the Crown Cotton Mills in Dalton, a textile town in the Appalachian Valley of northwest Georgia. Most of mill hands interviewed worked for Crown from the 1920s through 1960s.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Crown Cotton Mills [Dalton, Georgia] Oral History Tapes, Ms1988-023, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains oral history tapes of employees at the Crown Cotton Mills in Dalton, a textile town in the Appalachian Valley of northwest Georgia. Most of mill hands interviewed worked for Crown from the 1920s through 1960s, and all interviews were conducted by VT professor J. Douglas Flamming.

Biographical / historical:

Crown Cotton Mills was a textile mill in Dalton, Georgia.

J. Douglas Flamming was a visiting history professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1984 to 1985.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated Special Collections and University Archives in 1988.
Processing information:

The collection is unprocessed. Minimal description was completed prior to 2002.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard