Richard F. Strickland and other men with vehicle

Item

Identifier: PHC.00050.005

Staff Only

Dates

Record Keeping: 2000 March 1
1910-1930s

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Please send requests to heritagecenter@johnstonnc.com or through the ArchivesSpace request form.

Extent

From the Collection: .0375 Linear Feet (one legal size folder)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Included note reads, "Richard Furman Strickland, seated on running board, circa 1930s(?) helped organize union in cotton mills across NC (incl. Selma) Granddaughter Dorothy Howell Taylor 3601 N. Hwy 39, Selma, recalls hearing that merchants/restaurant owners in Smithfield refused to sell him anything after he helped organize mills there. (7/29/98)

Mr. Strickland buried orig. at Crochev Cem. later moved to Selma Memorial Gardens b. Oct 9, 1893, Stedman, Cumberland Co. d. Nov 9, 1957, Lynnhaven, VA lived in J. Co. from about 1915 to the early 1950s"