Interview with Geraldine Childress, Oran Matney Reed, Mildred Hampton Reed, October 25, 1988
Project: Etowah (Tennessee) Historical Commission Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Geraldine Childress talks in great detail about her family's involvement on the railroad as well as her father's work as an engineer. The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 is a topic of immense discussion as Oran Matney Reed and Childress share their experiences in Etowah, Tennessee during the strike, as well as working in the Reed Brother's Department Store.Interview Accession
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Oran Matney Reed
Mildred Hampton Reed
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Childress, Geraldine Ada Interview by Sandra Brewer. 25 Oct. 1988. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Childress, G.A. (1988, October 25). Interview by S. Brewer. Etowah (Tennessee) Historical Commission Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Childress, Geraldine Ada, interview by Sandra Brewer. October 25, 1988, Etowah (Tennessee) Historical Commission Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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