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Oral history interview with Roy Lee and Mary Ruth Auton, February 28, 1980 interview H-0108, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). Cover Image E-book

Oral history interview with Roy Lee and Mary Ruth Auton, February 28, 1980 [electronic resource] : interview H-0108, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).

Interview H-0108, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) (other title)
Interview with Roy Lee and Mary Ruth Auton, February 28, 1980 (portion title)
Auton, Roy Lee, 1913-1991 (interviewee). Auton, Mary Ruth. (interviewee). Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd. (interviewer). Southern Oral History Program. (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary:

"I've had a hard life, " Roy Lee Auton remarks in this interview. Auton moved through a number of jobs, fought in World War II and the Korean War, married three times, and was still working at the time of the interview at age sixty-seven. Auton's violent relationships with his first two wives dominate the stage in this interview, but the supporting cast includes reflections on a long laboring life, descriptions of the rhythms of mill and factory work, opinions on unions, and Auton's commitment to maintaining his dignity and independence at the factory or in his love life. This is an engaging interview with a self-reliant white southern laborer. Auton's wife, Mary Ruth, makes a very brief appearance at the end of the interview.

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Duration: 03:04:29.
Interview participants: Roy Lee Auton, interviewee; Mary Ruth Auton, interviewee; Jacquelyn Hall, interviewer.
Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.
Title from menu page (viewed June 4, 2008).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 205.3 kilobytes, 337 megabytes.
Original Version Note:
Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series H, Piedmont industrialization, 1974-1980, interview H-0108, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Jean Houston. Original transcript: 53 p.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player.

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Subject:
Auton, Mary Ruth > Interviews.
Auton, Roy Lee, 1913-1991 > Interviews.
Blue collar workers > Employment > North Carolina.
Blue collar workers > North Carolina > Interviews.
Blue collar workers > North Carolina > Attitudes.
Blue collar workers > North Carolina > Social life and customs.
Families > North Carolina.
Women textile workers > North Carolina > Interviews.
Burlington (N.C.) > Social life and customs.
Catawba County (N.C.) > Social life and customs.
Genre:
Oral histories.