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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Crown Cotton Mills [Dalton, Georgia] Oral History Tapes, Ms1988-023, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated Special Collections and University Archives in 1988.

Processing Information

The collection is unprocessed. Minimal description was completed prior to 2002.

Administrative History

Crown Cotton Mills was a textile mill in Dalton, Georgia.

Biographical History

J. Douglas Flamming was a visiting history professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1984 to 1985.

Scope and Content

The collection contains oral history tapes of employees at the Crown Cotton Mills in Dalton, a textile town in the Appalachian Valley of northwest Georgia. Most of mill hands interviewed worked for Crown from the 1920s through 1960s, and all interviews were conducted by VT professor J. Douglas Flamming.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Crown Cotton Mills (Dalton, GA)
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Textile manufacturers
• Textile workers

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Crown Cotton Mills [Dalton, Georgia] Oral History Tapes by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).