Oral history interview with James H. Johnson, 1996 Dec. 4 / conducted by Dawn Patrick.

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Oral history interview with James H. Johnson, 1996 Dec. 4 / conducted by Dawn Patrick.

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James H. Johnson talks about his experiences working at Fieldcrest mills (originally Bradley Manufacturing, later owned by Reeves Brothers) for 47 years. He discusses working conditions, spinning and weaving processes, technological changes he witnessed, the positions he held (doffing and spinning room fixing), buyouts and changes in management, unions, wages, benefits, race relations, mill sports teams, brown lung, safety equipment, a work-related injury he sustained, automation of many tasks, and training provided by the mill.

Typescript: [12] leaves, bound ; 29 cm.Sound recording: 1 sound cassette : analog.

Columbus State University, Simon Schwob Memorial Library

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Columbus State University, Simon Schwob Memorial Library

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Johnson, James Henry, 1930-

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James H. Johnson moved from a farm near Panama City, Fla., to Columbus, Ga. at the age of sixteen to work in what was then Bradley Manufacturing, later Fieldcrest Mills. Mr. Johnson started as a doffer and later worked in the spinning department as a fixer. He retired in 1993 after 47 years of service. From the description of Oral history interview with James H. Johnson, 1996 Dec. 4 / conducted by Dawn Patrick. (Columbus State University). WorldCat record id: 72678167 Johnso...

Patrick, Dawn Lee

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Bradley Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ga.)

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Fieldcrest Mills Inc.

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Fieldcrest Mills was a Marshall Fields Company that produced an assortment of textiles including blankets, bedspreads, towels, bed sheets, bath accessories, bath rugs, rugs and furniture coverings; their warehouses were located in Draper, Leaksville and Spray, North Carolina. These three towns combined in 1967 to become Eden, North Carolina. The company changed in 1986 when Fieldcrest Mills merged with Cannon Mills of Kannapolis, North Carolina, becoming Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. Then in 1997 the ...