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OH 1652

About the Interviewee

IntervieweePOWELL, Steve (b. 1945)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1652
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Texas Textile Mill Oral History Project. Former employee of the Texas Textile Mill and longtime resident of McKinney, Texas. Childhood and education in McKinney public schools; work as cotton picker for local farmers; parents’ jobs in the mill; family life on “the mill block;” importance of the New Deal; memories of 1948 tornado; social life in McKinney; nature of work at the mill; union organizing; determination to earn an education so as not to have to work in the mill any longer; graduation from Baylor University; family history.
Interviewer(s)Deborah Kilgore
Physical Description46 pp.
Terms of UseOpen