Cedartown Strike scrapbook, 1951

Summary

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1951

Extent:

1 Linear Feet (1 scrapbook)

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Cedartown Strike scrapbook, ms4023, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The Cedartown Strike scrapbook collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and handouts mostly related to the textile mills strikes of 1951 in Cedartown and Rome, Georgia. It also includes clippings from the 1937 Hershey plant strike and a variety of pro-labor poetry and prose.

Biographical / historical:

The Cedartown Textile strike of 1951, and the Aragon Mill strike in Rome, Georgia occurred at about the same time and were followed closely by the Cedartown Standard newspaper. The TWUA (Textile Worklers Union of America) struck both mills for several months, and the struggle was followed in depth by the newspaper, who became involved in a scuffle between a group of local businessmen and the newspaper editors themselves.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Scrapbooks.
Labor movement -- Georgia -- History.
Textile industry -- Georgia.
Labor unions -- Georgia.
Clippings (information artifacts)

Places:

Cedartown (Ga.)

Preferred citation:

Cedartown Strike scrapbook, ms4023, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.