Helen Raulston papers, 1929-1982 (bulk 1929).

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Helen Raulston papers, 1929-1982 (bulk 1929).

The Helen Raulston papers consist of two 16mm films and a videocassette copy showing the 1929 strike at the American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff rayon plants in Elizabethton, Tenn. In addition, there are two typed narratives of interviews conducted in August 1982 by Archives director Ellen Garrison with Mrs. Raulston and Alice and Charles E. Bowman, all of whom had worked at the Bemberg and Glanzstoff plants.

1 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7374955

East Tennessee State University, TET

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Raulston, Helen, 1909-1985.

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Helen Raulston (1909-1985), a native of Elizabethton, Tenn., went to work for American Bemberg in 1929 and was laid off in 1932. American Bemberg Corporation, affiliated with the German rayon giant Vereinigte Glanzstoff Fabriken (VGF), began operating a rayon plant in Elizabethton, Tenn., in 1926. The companion Glanzstoff plant, owned by VGF and operated by American Glanzstoff Corporation, opened in 1928. It became North American Rayon Corporation (NARC) in 1934. In 1948...

American Bemberg Corporation

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American Glanzstoff Corporation.

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