Oral history interview with Arthur Little, December 14, 1979 [electronic resource] : interview H-0132, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007).
Milk delivery boy Arthur Little hated getting up early to deliver milk and dreamed of owning a glove factory instead. In this interview he describes realizing that dream and details the glove-making industry in Newton, NC. Most of this interview focuses on Little's life as a factory owner and his observations about work in his mill. He describes a relatively unchanging industry, where work methods and the young, mostly female workforce have evolved little over the course of decades. Little disapproves of unions and government spending, which may reflect his struggles during the Great Depression and his hard-earned financial success. He sees the role of the Ku Klux Klan in the aftermath of the Civil War positively, however--a view that perhaps reflects the beliefs of many of his generation in the rural South. This interview will offer researchers a useful top-down look at the glove-making industry in North Carolina.
Electronic resources
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Edition: Electronic edition
- Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2007.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Duration: 01:49:31.Interview participants: Arthur Little, 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 on February 7, 2008).
- Type of Computer File or Data Note:
- Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 219 kilobytes, 200 megabytes.
- Original Version Note:
- Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series H, Piedmont industrialization, interview H-0132, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Jean Houston. Original transcript: 52 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:
- Little, Arthur, 1908- > Interviews.
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Populist Party (N.C.)
Businessmen > North Carolina > Newton > Interviews.
Businessmen > North Carolina > Newton > Attitudes.
Glove industry > North Carolina > Employees.
Glove industry > North Carolina > Management.
Glove industry > North Carolina > Newton.
Industrial relations > North Carolina.
Racism > North Carolina.
Textile workers > Labor unions > North Carolina.
Textile workers > North Carolina > Social conditions.
Women textile workers > North Carolina.
North Carolina > Race relations. - Genre:
- Oral histories.
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