Erwin Cotton Mills oral histories, 2000.

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Erwin Cotton Mills oral histories, 2000.

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Oral history interviews with former mill workers of the Erwin Cotton Mills in Erwin, N.C. Interviews were conducted by students in Bruce McNair's honors class at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., in November 2000. The collection also includes partial transcriptions of the interviews created by the students as part of their coursework.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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