Ried, Ellie: Transcribed interview

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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Ried, Ellie: Transcribed interview

Entry/Object ID

2021.08.54

Scope and Content

TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW - no recording available Interviewer: Roberta Murant Interview Date: 2013 Ellie Reid is from Cornwall and moved to Almonte with her husband Jack in 1959. Ellie did not work in the textile industry but Jack was a manager of the dye house for Zephyr Textiles. Jack began working for Canadian Cottons in Cornwall as soon as he graduated high school. Canadian Cottons sent Jack to the Hamilton Institute of Technology to study synthetic textiles when they were new to the industry. In her interview Ellie describes the conditions of the mill house they rented when they first moved to Almonte. After living in the mill house for four years they built their own house. Jack recieved a medal for outstanding work in the field of dye technology and it application to the textile industry from Ciba which was a major dye company at the time. Ellie also discusses how Almonte, its local business and buildings have changed since she moved here. OLD TEXT Ellie’s husband Jack was the manager of the dye house at Zephyr Textiles in the 1960s; he won a medal from CABA, a large dying company, and she talked about how he would mix colours. They lived in mill housing. She discussed wages and community life. No video recording available, interviewer: Roberta Murant

Collection

Mill Workers Memory Project

Cataloged By

Natalia Pochtaruk

Lexicon

Search Terms

Zephyr Textiles, dye house, mill housing, CABA, colour mixing, wages, community life, 1959, noise, smell, 1960s, Cornwall, Canadians Cottons, Hamilton Institute of Technology, dryer, award, Ciba, Ormstown, Quebec, dye colours, housing, church, IGA, Coleman Street

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Ried, Ellie: Transcribed interview

Archive Details

Creator

MVTM

Location

Location

Building

Library

Category

Permanent

Date

November 7, 2023

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Ried, Ellie

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Murant, Roberta

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Ried, Jack

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Newton, Rob

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Kennedy, Terry

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Erskine, Johnny

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Gunn, Harry

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Morton, Stan

General Notes

Note

Notes: Zephyr Textiles; dye house; mill housing; CABA; colour mixing; wages; community life. Status By: Cameron Hill

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[email protected]

Create Date

August 5, 2021

Updated By

Unknown

Update Date

February 13, 2023