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Interview no. | I-0079 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | I.2. Business History: North Carolina Business History |
Project description | Interviews, 1995-1999, with leaders of traditional and emergent North Carolina industries, such as furniture, banking, tobacco products, textiles, poultry, food and food services, tourism, pharmaceuticals, computers, and steel. Interviewees describe the origins and evolution of their companies; changes and problems they confront; the impact of businesses on the communities in which they operate; and regional, national, and global developments that will affect future prospects. |
Date | 23 March 1999 |
Interviewee | Smith, Sherwood H., 1934- |
Interviewee occupation | Executives |
Interviewee DOB | 1934 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Sherwood Smith, Chairman of the Board of Carolina Power and Light (CP&L) reflects on the energy business, and business in general, in North Carolina from the 1960s to the late 1990s. As he moves from describing his role at CP&L to reflections on the wider economic life of North Carolina, Smith produces a picture of a state dedicated to economic growth and the intellectual and physical infrastructure to encourage it. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. Chief executive officers--North Carolina. Electric utilities--North Carolina. Nuclear industry--North Carolina. |
Subject Name |
Smith, Sherwood H., 1934- Carolina Power and Light Company. North Carolina Global TransPark Authority. |
Subject Geographic | Research Triangle Park (N.C.) |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | I-0079_Audio |