Brown Lung Association Records, 1973-1983

Collection Number: 04463

Collection Title: Brown Lung Association Records, 1973-1983

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Size	10.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 3500 items)
Abstract	The Brown Lung Association (BLA) and related organizations (Brown Lung Legal Center, Carolina Brown Lung Association, and Southern Institute for Occupational Health), operated chiefly in North and South Carolina, but also in Georgia and Virginia, circa 1974-1986. The BLA conducted breathing clinics, carried out lobbying and media campaigns, and filed workers' compensation claims for textile workers who were victims of byssinosis, or brown lung disease. Chiefly records of the central office of the Brown Lung Association, which incorporate the files of the Southern Institute for Occupational Health and the Brown Lung Legal Center, documenting the organizational, legal, and financial activities of these groups. Topics include special projects, fundraising, staffing, state legislation, workers' compensation, federal regulations, and research on brown lung disease. Also included are materials relating to approximately 120 byssinosis cases heard before the North Carolina Industrial Commission between 1977 and 1981. Frequent defendants in these cases are J. P. Stevens, Burlington Industries, Cone Mills, and Fieldcrest Mills. Also included are a set of eleven volumes that provide information on the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the Asheboro and Greensboro BLA chapters, medical panels, North Carolina legislation, and the North Carolina Governor's Panel on Brown Lung; videotapes of BLA meetings; audio tapes of protest songs; photographs of textile workers; and computer tapes containing copies of a U.S. Dept. of Labor study on brown lung.
Creator	Brown Lung Association.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Brown Lung Association Records #4463, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Candace Carraway and Betty Bailey of Durham, N.C., and Florence Sandlin of Julian, N.C., in August 1986 and October 1987.

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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In October 1974, Mike Szpak received a seed-grant from the Youth Project, a community-service agency based in Washington, D.C., to develop an organization that would combat the problem of byssinosis (brown lung) in the Carolinas. By early 1975, Szpak had successfully established a local brown lung association in Columbia, S.C., had initiated plans and fundraising for associations in several other locations, and had created the Southern Institute for Occupational Health to sponsor and coordinate organizational efforts to fight brown lung.

By the end of the year, the Carolina Brown Lung Association (later shortened to Brown Lung Association or BLA) had emerged out of these earlier efforts and assumed the form it would keep throughout the early 1980s. The Association organized local chapters (originally in the Carolinas, but later also in Georgia and Virginia), conducted breathing clinics, carried out lobbying and media campaigns, and filed workers' compensation claims for textile workers. The Brown Lung Association's major successes included the reform of South Carolina's compensation laws, passage of stricter federal cotton dust standards, attraction of media attention to brown lung, and the payment of workers' compensation to textile workers disabled by the disease.

The Brown Lung Legal Center grew out of the Brown Lung Association's Legal Committee in the late 1970s. This organization focused on the legal complications of receiving compensation for brown lung victims.

The activities of the Brown Lung Association decreased during the early 1980s as a result of deteriorating economic conditions in the textile industry and reforms in workers' compensation laws and industrial standards. By 1986, the Association was virtually inactive.

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Chiefly central office of the BLA, which incorporates the files of the Southern Institute for Occupational Health and the Brown Lung Legal Center, and documents the organizational, legal, and financial activities of the these groups. Topics include special projects, fundraising, staffing, state legislation, workers' compensation, federal regulations, and research on brown lung disease. Also included are materials relating to approximately 120 byssinosis cases heard before the North Carolina Industrial Commission between 1977 and 1981. Frequent defendants in these cases are J. P. Stevens, Burlington Industries, Cone Mills, and Fieldcrest Mills; a set of eleven volumes that provide information on the North Carolina Industrial Commission, the Asheboro and Greensboro BLA chapters, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, BLA clinics, medical panels, North Carolina legislation, and the North Carolina Governor's Panel on Brown Lung; and videotapes of BLA meetings, audio tapes of protest songs, photographs of textile workers, and computer tapes containing copies of a U.S. Department of Labor study on brown lung.

Contents list

Expand/collapse Series 1. Office Files, 1974-1983.

About 3,150 items.

Files from the central office of the Brown Lung Association. Most files retain titles assigned by BLA staff; a few titles have been changed to clarify contents. Several files were added during processing to hold loose material.

Folder 1	Affirmative Action Statement of the BLA #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 1
Folder 2	American Textile Manufactures Institute vs. U.S. Dept. of Labor #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 2
Folder 3	Background of the BLA #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 3
Folder 4-11	Bi-State (N.C.-S.C.) Board #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 4-11 Folder 4 Folder 5 Folder 6 Folder 7 Folder 8 Folder 9 Folder 10 Folder 11
Folder 12	BLA Literature: Brown Lung Blues #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 12
Folder 13-15	BLA Literature: Brown Lung Reporter #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 13-15 Folder 13 Folder 14 Folder 15
Folder 16	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Aiken (S.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 16
Folder 17	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Albemarle (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 17
Folder 18	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Anderson (S.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 18
Folder 19	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Columbia (S.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 19
Folder 20	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Eden (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 20
Folder 21	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Ephraim Lowder Memorial #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 21
Folder 22-23	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Greensboro (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 22-23 Folder 22 Folder 23
Folder 24	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Greenville (S.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 24
Folder 25	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Lincoln-Gaston (S.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 25
Folder 26	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Richmond-Scotland (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 26
Folder 27	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Roanoke Rapids (Va.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 27
Folder 28	BLA Literature: Chapter Publications - Spartanburg (S.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 28
Folder 29	BLA Literature: Fliers #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 29
Folder 30-37	BLA Literature: Miscellaneous #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 30-37 Folder 30 Folder 31 Folder 32 Folder 33 Folder 34 Folder 35 Folder 36 Folder 37
Folder 38	BLA Literature: News Releases #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 38
Folder 39	BLA Literature: State Publications - Georgia #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 39
Folder 40-42	BLA Literature: State Publications - North Carolina #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 40-42 Folder 40 Folder 41 Folder 42
Folder 43-47	BLA Literature: State Publications - South Carolina #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 43-47 Folder 43 Folder 44 Folder 45 Folder 46 Folder 47
Folder 48	BLA Literature: State Publications - Virginia #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 48
Folder 49-54	BLA Miscellaneous Records #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 49-54 Folder 49 Folder 50 Folder 51 Folder 52 Folder 53 Folder 54
Folder 55	Breath of Life Organizing Campaign #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 55
Folder 56-57	Briefs for cases before U.S. and N.C. supreme courts) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 56-57 Folder 56 Folder 57
Folder 58	Briefs #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 58
Folder 59	Brody-Haskett Grievance #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 59
Folder 60	Brown Lung Legal Center Annual Report, 1979 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 60
Folder 61	Brown Lung Week, 7-14 October 1979 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 61
Folder 62	Burlington Industries #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 62
Folder 63	Byssinosis Conference, 14-16 April 1980 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 63
Folder 64-66	Campaign for Human Development #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 64-66 Folder 64 Folder 65 Folder 66
Folder 67	CETA #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 67
Folder 68	Chapter Material: Burlington (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 68
Folder 69	Chapter Material: Eden (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 69
Folder 70	Chapter Material: Erwin (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 70
Folder 71	Chapter Material: Greensboro (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 71
Folder 72	Chapter Material: Lincoln-Gaston (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 72
Folder 73	Chapter Material: Richmond-Scotland (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 73
Folder 74	Chapter Material: Richmond-Scotland (N.C.) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 74
Folder 75	Chapter Reports, 1980 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 75
Folder 76	Chapter Reports, 1981 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 76
Folder 77	Clinics #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 77
Folder 78-88	Clippings about Brown Lung #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 78-88 Folder 78 Folder 79 Folder 80 Folder 81 Folder 82 Folder 83 Folder 84 Folder 85 Folder 86 Folder 87 Folder 88
Folder 89	Compensation Problems #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 89
Folder 90	Compensation Problems, Specific #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 90
Folder 91	Compensation Workshop #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 91
Folder 92	Cone Mills Litigation #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 92
Folder 93	Correspondence, 1974 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 93
Folder 94	Correspondence, January-March 1975 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 94
Folder 95	Correspondence, April-May 1975 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 95
Folder 96	Correspondence, June-July 1975 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 96
Folder 97	Correspondence, August-September 1975 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 97
Folder 98	Correspondence, October-November 1975 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 98
Folder 99	Correspondence, December 1975 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 99
Folder 100	Correspondence, 1976 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 100
Folder 101	Correspondence, 1977 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 101
Folder 102	Correspondence, 1978 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 102
Folder 103	Correspondence, 1979 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 103
Folder 104	Correspondence, 1980 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 104
Folder 105	Correspondence, 1981 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 105
Folder 106	Correspondence, 1982 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 106
Folder 107	Correspondence, 1983 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 107
Folder 108	Correspondence, Undated #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 108
Folder 109-111	Cotton Dust Standard #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 109-111 Folder 109 Folder 110 Folder 111
Folder 112	Cotton, Inc. #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 112
Folder 113	Cotton Mills #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 113
Folder 114-117	Department of Labor Study, 1979 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 114-117 Folder 114 Folder 115 Folder 116 Folder 117
Folder 118	Doctors #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 118
Folder 119	Education, Medical Strategies #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 119
Folder 120	Education, Workers' Compensation #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 120
Folder 121	Executive Board #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 121
Folder 122-125	Federal Government Publications #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 122-125 Folder 122 Folder 123 Folder 124 Folder 125
Folder 126	Finance Committee #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 126
Folder 127	Folklore of Protest #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 127
Folder 128-131	Fundraising #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 128-131 Folder 128 Folder 129 Folder 130 Folder 131
Folder 132	Georgia Manufacturers Association #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 132
Folder 133	Georgia-Virginia Hiring Committee #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 133
Folder 134-141	Governor James B. Hunt's Brown Lung Study, 1980 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 134-141 Folder 134 Folder 135 Folder 136 Folder 137 Folder 138 Folder 139 Folder 140 Folder 141
Folder 142	Grievance Procedure #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 142
Folder 143	History of Recognition of Brown Lung #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 143
Folder 144	Industry Media Campaign #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 144
Folder 145	Interviews - CBLA #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 145
Folder 146	IRS Determination Letters #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 146
Folder 147-148	Legal Committee #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 147-148 Folder 147 Folder 148
Folder 149	Legal Manual #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 149
Folder 150-151	Legislation, Federal #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 150-151 Folder 150 Folder 151
Folder 152-156	Legislation, North Carolina #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 152-156 Folder 152 Folder 153 Folder 154 Folder 155 Folder 156
Folder 157	Legislative Committee #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 157
Folder 158-164	Liberty Mutual Insurance Company #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 158-164 Folder 158 Folder 159 Folder 160 Folder 161 Folder 162 Folder 163 Folder 164
Folder 165	List of Depositions & Medical Articles Bibliography #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 165
Folder 166	Lowder, Ephraim, Grievance #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 166
Folder 167-168	Meetings: Memos, Minutes, & Agendas #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 167-168 Folder 167 Folder 168
Folder 169	Miscellaneous #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 169
Folder 170	Mountain Life and Work, 1975-1980 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 170
Folder 171	Mountain Life and Work, 1981-1982 #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 171
Folder 172	National Committee on the Self-Development of People #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 172
Folder 173	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 173
Folder 174	North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers - Compensation Committee #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 174
Folder 175	North Carolina Approved State Plan for Enforcement of State Standards #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 175
Folder 176-178	North Carolina State Board of the BLA #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 176-178 Folder 176 Folder 177 Folder 178
Folder 179	North Carolina Compensation Statistics #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 179
Folder 180-187	North Carolina Industrial Commission #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 180-187 Folder 180 Folder 181 Folder 182 Folder 183 Folder 184 Folder 185 Folder 186 Folder 187
Folder 188	North Carolina WOA Activities #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 188
Folder 189-192	Occupational Safety and Health Administration #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 189-192 Folder 189 Folder 190 Folder 191 Folder 192
Folder 193	Occupational Safety and Health Administration Open Records Campaign #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 193
Folder 194	Prevalency of Brown Lung Data #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 194
Folder 195	Social Security Data #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 195
Folder 196	South Carolina Approved State Plan for Enforcement of State Standards #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 196
Folder 197	South Carolina Compensation Procedures #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 197
Folder 198	South Carolina Industrial Commission #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 198
Folder 199	South Carolina Legal Strategy #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 199
Folder 200	South Carolina Medical Crosstabs #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 200
Folder 201	South Carolina Workers' Compensation Data #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 201
Folder 202-206	Southern Institute for Occupational Health #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 202-206 Folder 202 Folder 203 Folder 204 Folder 205 Folder 206
Folder 207	Southern Poverty Law Center #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 207
Folder 208-213	Staff #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 208-213 Folder 208 Folder 209 Folder 210 Folder 211 Folder 212 Folder 213
Folder 214	Stevens (J. P. Stevens) #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 214
Folder 215	Training Materials for Organizers #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 215
Folder 216	Virginia Materials #04463, Series: "1. Office Files, 1974-1983." Folder 216

Expand/collapse Series 2. Compensation Hearings, 1973-1981.

About 300 items.

Arrangement: numerically by BLA-assigned number.

Material relating to about 120 byssinosis compensation hearings before the North Carolina Industrial Commission, chiefly 1977-1981. Material relating to each hearing is filed in a separate folder labelled with plaintiff/defendant and BLA number.

Defendants are J. P. Stevens, Burlington Mills, Cone Mills, Fieldcrest Mills, and other North Carolina textile mills. Types of materials in the files are chiefly opinions and awards, memoranda, affidavits, petitions, copies of correspondence, briefs, transcripts of evidence, orders, and medical evaluations.

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Weave Room #04463, Series: "2. Compensation Hearings, 1973-1981." Folder 217-219

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Whitney Reports #04463, Series: "2. Compensation Hearings, 1973-1981." Folder 220

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Expand/collapse Series 3. Volumes, 1975-1981.

12 items.

Contents of loose-leaf binders produced by the BLA central office and local chapters have been placed in folders labeled by volume number.

Folder 365	Volume 1. Compensation Materials. Report of North Carolina Industrial Commission Study on brown lung; BLA compensation legal handbook; and other materials relating to workers' compensation for brown lung victims. About 75 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 365
Folder 366	Volume 2. Resource Materials. Materials for the use of local BLA chapters. About 75 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 366
Folder 367	Volume 3. Clinic Materials. Materials relating to BLA's breathing clinics for textile workers. About 25 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 367
Folder 368-369	Volume 4. OSHA Manual. Suggestions for working with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. About 100 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 368-369 Folder 368 Folder 369
Folder 370	Volume 5. Doctors' Panels. Materials relating to several 1980 medical panels dealing with brown lung. About 60 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 370
Folder 371-374	Volume 6. North Carolina Governor's Panel. Materials relating to Governor Hunt's 1979 panel study on brown lung, including clippings. About 300 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 371-374 Folder 371 Folder 372 Folder 373 Folder 374
Folder 375-377	Volume 7. North Carolina Governor's Panel Follow-up. Materials related to reactions to Governor Hunt's 1979 panel study on brown lung, including clippings. About 200 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 375-377 Folder 375 Folder 376 Folder 377
Folder 378-381	Volume 8. North Carolina Legislation. Materials relating to brown lung, workers' compensation, and other legislation in North Carolina. About 300 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 378-381 Folder 378 Folder 379 Folder 380 Folder 381
Folder 382	Volume 9. Asheboro Chapter. Minutes, reports and other materials of the Asheboro (N.C.) chapter of the BLA. About 50 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 382
Folder 383	Volume 10. Greensboro Chapter. Minutes, reports, and other materials of the Greensboro (N.C.) chapter of the BLA. About 25 pages. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 383
Folder 384-386	Volume 11. Cotton Dust Kills! Newspaper clippings relating to brown lung, compensation, and other concerns of the BLA. About 200 clippings. #04463, Series: "3. Volumes, 1975-1981." Folder 384-386 Folder 384 Folder 385 Folder 386

Expand/collapse Series 4. Audio-Visual Materials, 1978-1981 and undated.

47 items.

Expand/collapse Subseries 4.1. Pictures and Slides, Undated.

31 items.

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Six photographs of unidentified textile workers at home and on the job. #04463, Subseries: "4.1. Pictures and Slides, Undated." P-4463/1-6

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26 color slides: 12 unidentified individual workers at home and in the workplace; 8 unidentified groups of workers, mostly on the job; and 5 unidentified workplace scenes. #04463, Subseries: "4.1. Pictures and Slides, Undated." P-4463/7-31

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Expand/collapse Subseries 4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981.

9 items.

Audiotape T-4463/1	"Brown Lung Cotton Mill Blues" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." T-4463/1
Audiotape T-4463/2	"Community Focus RAN-7/15/79" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." T-4463/2
Audiotape T-4463/3	"Press Conference 6/19/78" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." T-4463/3
Audiotape T-4463/4	"Pratt Action" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." T-4463/4
Audiotape T-4463/5	"1/15/79 NC OSHA Slide Show" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." T-4463/5
Audiotape T-4463/6	"ATMI Film showing 3/2/81 w/ Q&A Erwin NC" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." T-4463/6
Audiotape T-4463/7	"Lawyers Training Session 1/20/78 Tape I" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." T-4463/7
Audiotape T-4463/8	"Lawyers Mts. 1/30/78 Tape II" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." T-4463/8
Audiotape T-4463/9	"Newscast fm Ch 2 Press Con. June 19" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." T-4463/9
Folder 387	"Song of the Canary" #04463, Subseries: "4.2. Audio Tapes, 1978-1981." Folder 387

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5 items.

Folder V-4463/1	"Brown Lung PSA" #04463, Subseries: "4.3. Videotapes, Undated." Folder V-4463/1
Folder V-4463/2	"Brown Lung Tape" #04463, Subseries: "4.3. Videotapes, Undated." Folder V-4463/2
Folder V-4463/3	"Press Conference on Access to Medical Records" #04463, Subseries: "4.3. Videotapes, Undated." Folder V-4463/3
Folder V-4463/4	"Song of the Canary" #04463, Subseries: "4.3. Videotapes, Undated." Folder V-4463/4
Folder V-4463/5	"Working for Your Life" #04463, Subseries: "4.3. Videotapes, Undated." Folder V-4463/5

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2 items.

Folder CT-4463/1	"DOL study-BLA copy" #04463, Subseries: "4.4. Computer Tapes, 1980." Folder CT-4463/1
Folder CT-4463/2	"DOL copy-Chip's copy" (4/1/80) #04463, Subseries: "4.4. Computer Tapes, 1980." Folder CT-4463/2

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Processed by: Mark Beasley, November 1986; Patricia Gantt, May 1989; Jill Snider, March 1990

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

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Collection Number: 04463 Collection Title: Brown Lung Association Records, 1973-1983

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Collection Number: 04463

Collection Title: Brown Lung Association Records, 1973-1983