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Interview no. | B-0058 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | B.1. Individual Biographies: General |
Project description | Biographical interviews, 1962-1983, aimed at balancing the lack of personal letters and diaries, which are becoming increasingly scarce in the public record. Interviewees include educators, business leaders, political activists, professional workers, authors, artists, homemakers, tobacco workers, domestic servants, and others in North Carolina and the southern region. |
Date | November 1, 1981 |
Interviewee | Williams, James Baber. |
Interviewee occupation | Merchants |
Interviewee DOB | 1914 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Bulla, Ben F. |
Abstract | Jimmy Williams’ grandfather operated the company store near the Saxapahaw mill owned by the family of B. Everett Jordan. He discusses his life there as a young man in the Depression era, the store and mill and the role they played in gradually revitalizing the town, industrial race relations in the period, and Jordan’s accomplishments and skills as a manager. |
Subject Topical |
Textile industry--North Carolina. Textile workers--North Carolina. |
Subject Name | Jordan, B. Everett (Benjamin Everett) |
Citation | Interview with James Baber Williams by Ben F. Bulla, 1 November 1981. B-0058 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. | B0058_Audio_1 |