Hager, Dorothy, 1936-

Felkner, Peter H.

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1993-11-02

1 audio file (24:55) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (10 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Dorothy "Dot" Hager was a 57-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place at the Charlotte Pipe and Foundry corporate office in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Alexis, Gaston County, North Carolina in 1936. She was educated at a high school in Stanley, North Carolina, and was employed by Charlotte Pipe and Foundry in the payroll department and as a secretary/treasurer in the accounting department.

Dorothy "Dot" Hager recounts her thirty-nine years at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry as she advanced from the payroll department to her position as secretary-treasurer in the accounting department. In her role as secretary-treasurer, she explains her responsibility in managing the company's money and she describes how their accounting system had evolved over time from simple and unsophisticated adding machines in the 1950s to personal computers which allowed them to process vast amounts of complex information. She explains how these technological innovations improved their methods for tracking company gains and losses, and increased the efficiency and speed of her accounting work. Having worked for three generations of the Dowd family, who owned and ran the company, Mrs. Hager offers her unique perspective on their strong leadership, as well as the positive workplace relationships that existed amongst employees and company management.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Corporate treasurers

Hager, Dorothy, 1936-

Accounting--Technological innovations
Corporate treasurers
Corporations--Accounting
Employees--Effect of technological innovations on
Foundries--Accounting
Industrial relations
Pipe mills
Work environment

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1950-2000

Levine Museum of the New South

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:263