Monroe, Irene: Mill Worker. Interviewed by Thomas R. Beardsley, 1991. “I Was Just a Mill Hand. It Was in My Blood.
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Title
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Monroe, Irene: Mill Worker. Interviewed by Thomas R. Beardsley, 1991. “I Was Just a Mill Hand. It Was in My Blood.
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Description
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Irene Monroe spent more than 30 years at the American Thread Company in Willimantic, CT — save for some wartime service and family leave — and she enjoyed every minute of it. She was born in Willimantic in 1919. Her father was a blacksmith. Irene worked in the finishing department in Mill Number Six. She witnessed the gradual change from cotton to synthetic textiles. Irene recalled the various ethnic groups, management, and a member of the 1960s pop group, the Monkees, who spent his summers working at American Thread.
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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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Irene Monroe
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Date
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1991
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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
