Harvie C. Jordan recalls co-founding his paper company, the Dixie Tag and Envelope Manufacturing Company, describes contract work that it undertook for the U.S. government during World War II, and discusses its significance in Charlotte, North Carolina. Other topics discussed include Mr. Jordan's work as a traveling salesman during the Great Depression; his father, Arthur Buist Jordan's prominence as a businessman and politician in Dillon, South Carolina; and how they both prospered after the 1929 stock market crash.