John E. Jervis Oral History

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections/University Archives Oral History Register for John E. Jervis John E. Jervis John E. Jervis Labor Collection, The Labor Advocate, June, 1970, p.1 D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville, 28804
Title	John E. Jervis Oral History
Creator	John E. Jervis
Alt. Creator	Interviewer: Dr. Louis D. Silveri
Subject LCSH:	Central labor councils -- United States -- North Carolina Industries -- Environmental aspects Labor unions -- Southern States -- History Strikes and lockouts -- Southern States -- History
Subject Keyword:	American Enka ; Labor ; Politics ; Central Labor Union ; Union organizing ; Race relations ; Industrial pollution ; Strikes
Description	The interview includes discussion of Jervis's ancestry, his work at American Enka and with the Central Labor Union, his evaluation of various labor leaders and politicians (FDR, the Kennedys, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, and others), and his assessment of local politicians and leaders. Transcript of interview only: no tape.
Publisher	D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804
Contributor	John E. Jervis
Date	Electronic Record Issued: 2001-07-19
Type	Text
Format	TRANSCRIPT :69 double-spaced pages
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/jervis.html
Source	Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Language	English
Relation	John E. Jervis Labor Collection ; SHRC Dorothy Gaston Oral History ; SHRC J. Wilson Ayers Oral History
Coverage	1920'2-1976 ; Western North Carolina
Rights	No restrictions ; Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Acquisition	Donor number: 23 ; Date of acquisition: August, 1977
Processed By	Southern Highlands Research Center staff , 1978 ; Special Collections staff, 2001
Interview Date	1976-06-28
Biography	John Jervis was born in Marshall, NC, on March 10, 1909, to a family of educators. His Grandfather Jervis was President of Mars Hill College for seven years, while his father taught school briefly and then owned and edited newspapers in Marshall, Old Fort, and Bryson City, NC. Jervis was an early employee of American Enka, where he worked from the late 1920's until he retired in 1966. During this time he was an officer in the local union at Enka and simultaneously an officer in the Central Labor Union, organized in Asheville in 1881. Jervis became a trustee and delegate to the C.L.U. in 1940, secretary-treasurer in 1941, and president in 1946, a post he held continuously until the 1970's, except for a two-year hiatus while he was absent from Asheville working with the Furniture Union.
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