Oral history interview with Gladys and Glenn Hollar, February 26, 1980
Subtitle: interview H-0128, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Hollar, Glenn, 1908-1988, interviewee; Hall, Jacquelyn Dowd, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Glove industry; Employees; Women textile workers; Country life; Social life and customs; Training of; Strikes and lockouts; Clothing trade
Other titles: Interview H-0128, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Gladys and Glenn Hollar, February 26, 1980; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Gladys Irene Moser Hollar and her husband, Glenn Hollar, describe their childhood in rural North Carolina and their working lives in the glove industry and elsewhere. The Hollars grew up in large families in which everyone had to contribute to eke out a living. As a married couple, the Hollars spent most of their lives near Conover, NC, moving from job to job and weathering the 1918 influenza epidemic, the Great Depression, and hostile supervisors before reaching retirement. In this interview, the couple shares recollections about laboring and rural life in the early 20th century. While they share some details about their lives, this interview is not particularly rich in reflection.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on May 29, 2008).

Interview participants: Gladys Irene Moser Hollar, interviewee; Glenn Hollar, interviewee; Jacquelyn Hall, interviewer.

Duration: 01:48:14.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series H, Piedmont industrialization, interview H-0128, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Jean Houston. Original transcript: 65 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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