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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Fries Textile Mill Oral Histories Oral History with Roger Hines, August 3, 2022 (Ms2019-045)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[An oral history interview with Roger Hines, a former worker in the Fries textile mill. He began working in the card room in the 1970s, and worked intermittently in the slash room, as a spare hand, and on the interdraft. In this interview, Roger recounts life in Fries both in and out of the mill, particularly focusing on the local schools. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2022-08-03">2022-08-03</a>]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=109&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Foralhistory-dev.cloud.lib.vt.edu%2Fohms-viewer%2Fviewer.php%3Fcachefile%3DMs2019-045_RogerHines.xml%22+target%3D%22blank%22%3EClick+here+for+synced+audio+and+transcript%3C%2Fa%3E"><a href="https://oralhistory-dev.cloud.lib.vt.edu/ohms-viewer/viewer.php?cachefile=Ms2019-045_RogerHines.xml" target="blank">Click here for synced audio and transcript</a></a>]]></dcterms:references>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Fries Textile Mill Oral Histories Oral History with Chris Cooper, April 4, 2022 (Ms2019-045)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Fries+%28Va.%29">Fries (Va.)</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[An oral history interview with Christine &quot;Chris&quot; Beamer Cooper, a Fries native who grew up in the Hollow, a small neighborhood within Fries. After moving to Galax in the 1960s, she worked for the Roses department store for forty years and settled in Mount Airy, North Carolina. In this interview, Chris talks about growing up as an African American in the town, attending segregated schools and eventually integrating, and local histories of native families. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2022-04-04">2022-04-04</a>]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=109&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Foralhistory-dev.cloud.lib.vt.edu%2Fohms-viewer%2Fviewer.php%3Fcachefile%3DMs2019-045_ChrisCooper.xml%22+target%3D%22blank%22%3EClick+here+for+synced+audio+and+transcript%3C%2Fa%3E"><a href="https://oralhistory-dev.cloud.lib.vt.edu/ohms-viewer/viewer.php?cachefile=Ms2019-045_ChrisCooper.xml" target="blank">Click here for synced audio and transcript</a></a>]]></dcterms:references>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=51&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Oral+histories">Oral histories</a>]]></dcterms:type>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Fries Textile Mill Oral Histories Oral History with Dennis Hines, (Ms2019-045)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Fries+%28Va.%29">Fries (Va.)</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[An oral history interview with Dennis Hines, who, despite descending from generations of textile mill workers, never worked in the mill. In this interview, Dennis talks about his family&#039;s history with the town, growing up in Fries, and what happened when the mill shut down. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Unknown">Unknown</a>]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=47&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Permission+to+publish+material+from+the+Fries+Textile+Mill+Oral+Histories+Collection+must+be+obtained+from+Special+Collections+and+University+Archives%2C+Virginia+Tech.">Permission to publish material from the Fries Textile Mill Oral Histories Collection must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech.</a>]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=109&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Foralhistory-dev.cloud.lib.vt.edu%2Fohms-viewer%2Fviewer.php%3Fcachefile%3DMs2019-045_DennisHines.xml%22+target%3D%22blank%22%3EClick+here+for+synced+audio+and+transcript%3C%2Fa%3E"><a href="https://oralhistory-dev.cloud.lib.vt.edu/ohms-viewer/viewer.php?cachefile=Ms2019-045_DennisHines.xml" target="blank">Click here for synced audio and transcript</a></a>]]></dcterms:references>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Fries Textile Mill Oral Histories Oral History with Craig Wood, April 24, 2022 (Ms2019-045)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Fries+%28Va.%29">Fries (Va.)</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Craig Wood is a former CPA who grew up in Fries, Va., but moved away for college and a career. Upon retirement, he moved into his parents&#039; former house with his wife. While growing up, he worked in the mill over the summer in the cloth and spinning rooms. Wood&#039;s family also worked at the mill, with his grandfather as the manager of the company store, father as office manager, and mother as a secretary to the general manager. <br />
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In the interview, he recounts his memories of growing up with family very closely connected to the mill. He tells stories of working at the recreation center over the summer, and of the people in Fries. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=40&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=2022-04-24">2022-04-24</a>]]></dcterms:date>
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