Garneau, Arthur: Mill Worker. Interviewed by Thomas R. Beardsley, 1990. “You Knew You Had to Work Under Those Conditions, Because There Were Four or Five People Waiting for Your Job.”
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Title
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Garneau, Arthur: Mill Worker. Interviewed by Thomas R. Beardsley, 1990. “You Knew You Had to Work Under Those Conditions, Because There Were Four or Five People Waiting for Your Job.”
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Description
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Arthur Garneau was born in Barford, Quebec in 1907. After a varied adventurous life, and a momentous cross-country drive, he arrived in Willimantic, CT in 1930, during the Great Depression. There is a graphic account of working conditions in Willimantic’s Corn Spinning Company plant on Bridge Street. The interview also contains some interesting accounts of life and characters in Willimantic.
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Subject
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textile workers; oral history; labor history
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Creator
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thomas r. beardsley
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Contributor
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Arthur Garneau
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Date
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1990
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Format
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audio mp3 digitized from cassette
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Type
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Sound
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Rights
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The recordings are (c) Windham Textile and History Museum.
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Relation
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Oral History Collection
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Provenance
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Digitized by Dr. Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann - digitized the content, 2020
