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Size | 6 items |
Abstract | The Gastonia (N.C.) Gazette was a newspaper owned and run by four generations of men in the Atkins family, including Benjamin E. Atkins (1848-1909) and his sons James William Atkins (1880-1965) and Emmet D. Atkins. The collection contains communications addressed to the editor of the 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. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011
Updated by: Laura Hart, August 2021
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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The Gastonia (N.C.) Gazette was a newspaper owned and run by four generations of men in the Atkins family, including Benjamin E. Atkins (1848-1909) and his sons James William Atkins (1880-1965) and Emmet D. Atkins.
Back to TopThe collection contains 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.
Back to TopFolder 1 |
Correspondence, 1929-1939 |
Reel M-3867/1 |
Microfilm copy of collection, 1929-1939 |