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Title
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Jim Price oral history interview, 1993 June 8
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Interviewee
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Price, James Wilson, 1921-2011
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Interviewer
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Felkner, Peter H.
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Contributor
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Raborn, Earl, 1927-2015
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Place of Publication
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Publisher
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J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Date of Interview
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1993-06-08
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Physical Description
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1 audio file (35:53) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (15 pages)
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Object Type
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sound recording-nonmusical
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Genre
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spoken word
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Language
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eng
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Interviewee Biography
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Jim Price was a 72-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place at one of the properties owned by Charlotte Pipe and Foundry in either Charlotte or Union County, North Carolina. He was born in Monroe, North Carolina, in 1921. He served in the Air Force, then installed mechanized equipment and worked as a foreman and salesperson at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry.
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Abstract
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In this interview, Jim Price recounts his fifty years of service at the Charlotte Pipe and Foundry as well as his Air Force training during World War II. Mr. Price describes the working conditions at Charlotte Pipe as perilous in nature and discusses how they could occasionally lead to injury and death. He talks about how overall conditions improved as the foundry modernized and mechanized over time. He explains how the technical training he received during the war prepared him for the automation work techniques and the complicated machines that were later installed at the foundry. Also, Mr. Price describes relationships between foundry employees and their supervisors. In particular, he fondly remembers working under a plant manager who was known as a "slave driver," but who was also both fair and loyal to his most dedicated, hardworking employees.
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Digital Object Notes
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MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.
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Interviewee Occupations
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Foundry workers
Mechanical engineers
Sales personnel
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Subjects--Names
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Price, James Wilson, 1921-2011
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Subjects--Organizations
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Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company
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Subjects--Topics
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Foundries
Industrial relations
Ironwork
Mechanization
Mechanical engineering
Pipe mills
Piping--Design and construction
Work environment
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Subjects--Geographic
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North Carolina--Charlotte
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Subjects--Genre
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Interviews
Oral histories
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Coverage--Dates
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1940-2000
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Digital Collection Title
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Levine Museum of the New South
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Digital Collection Series Title
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Charlotte Pipe and Foundry
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Digital Project Title
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Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city
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Rights
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The materials included on this web site are freely available for private study, scholarship or non-commercial research under the fair use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, United States Code). Any use beyond the provisions of fair use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication, broadcast, redistribution or mounting on another web site always require prior written permission and may also be subject to additional restrictions and fees. UNC Charlotte does not hold literary rights to all materials in its collections and the researcher is responsible for securing those rights when needed. Copyright information for specific collections is available upon request.
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Grant Information
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Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
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Internet Media Type
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audio/mpeg
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Identifier
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MU-PR0210
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Handle URL
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:297