Inventory of the Gastonia Gazette Correspondence, 1929, 1939
Collection Number 3867-z
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
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Aderholt, D. A., d. 1929.
Beal, Fred Erwin, 1896-1954.
Truitt, Will, fl. 1929.
- Title
- Gastonia Gazette Correspondence, 1929, 1939
- Call Number
- 3867-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 6 items.
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Gastonia Gazette Correspondence, #3867-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Aderholt, D. A., d. 1929.
- Beal, Fred Erwin, 1896-1954.
- Gastonia (N.C.)--History--20th century.
- Gastonia gazette.
- International Labor Defense.
- Labor unions and mass media--North Carolina--History--20th century.
- Textile Workers' Strike, Gastonia, N.C., 1929.
- Textile workers--Labor unions--North Carolina.
- Textile workers--North Carolina--Economic conditions.
- Truitt, Will, fl. 1929.
Collection Overview
Communications addressed to the editor of the Gastonia (N.C.) "Gazette," April-July 1929, concerning the drive to organize North Carolina textile workers, the strike at Manville-Jenckes mill, and murder charges against Fred Erwin Beal and others following the shooting of Police Chief D. A. Aderholt on June 7, 1929. Also included are: communication from Beal and Will Truitt, strike organizers; two letters from anonymous individuals; and two news releases from the International Labor Defense. Also included is a copy, 1939, of a printed petition addressed to Governor Clyde R. Hoey of North Carolina, asking pardon for Beal, with space for signatures.