Oral history interview with Thomas R. Ellington, October 10, 1983
Subtitle: interview C-0122, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Bulla, Ben F., 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: 2006
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Textile workers; Employment; Social conditions; Industrial relations
Other titles: Interview C-0122, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Thomas R. Ellington, October 10, 1983; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Thomas Ellington worked in the Sellers Manufacturing Company in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, for over thirty years. In this interview, he discusses the interaction between employees at the mill and Everett Jordan, the mill owner. Jordan treated the workers at his mill well and was loved and respected within his community. Ellington recounts two instances in which Jordan solved conflicts between the superintendent and the employees by firing the superintendent. He also describes how the mill employees used their own form of currency to trade for goods at the mill village store.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on November 12, 2008).

Interview participants: Thomas R. Ellington, interviewee; Ben Bulla, interviewer.

Duration: 01:14:48.

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

Text encoded by Mike Millner .  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series C, Notable North Carolinians, interview C-0122, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 32 p.

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

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