Oral history interview with Steve Powell, 2006 September 21.

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Oral history interview with Steve Powell, 2006 September 21.

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Interview with Steve Powell, former employee of the Texas Textile Mill and longtime resident of McKinney, Tex., concerning his childhood and education in McKinney public schools; work as cotton picker for local farmers; parents' jobs in the mill; family life on "the mill block;" importance of the New Deal; memories of 1948 tornado; social life in McKinney; nature of work at the mill; union organizing; determination to earn an education so as not to have to work in the mill any longer; graduation from Baylor University; family history. Appendix consists of five leaves of photocopies of photographs.

47, [6] leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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SNAC Resource ID: 7970081

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Texas Community Oral History Project

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Baylor University.

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Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project.

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Powell, Steve, 1945-

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Kilgore, Deborah

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