Williams, Don, 1939-2004

Felkner, Peter H.

Raborn, Earl, 1927-2015

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1993-10-22

1 audio file (42:28) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (15 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Don Williams was a 54-year-old man at the time of interview , which took place at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry, Plastics Division in North Carolina. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1939. He completed high school and worked in the plastics plant and industrial division at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry.

In this interview, Don Williams recounts his twenty-five year career at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry and discusses his current position in the company's newly created Industrial Division. Hired in 1968, Mr. Williams discusses how he came to work at Charlotte Pipe and his experience working in the nascent Plastics Division. He provides technical details of plastic pipe molding, as well as a brief history of the division that focuses on the considerable growth of the Plastics Division. Mr. Williams also discusses company policies and the Plastic Division's work scheduling, and how the schedule flexibility helped workers. Throughout the interview, he shares anecdotes about his co-workers, foremen, and the founders of the company, the Dowd family.

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

Plastics workers

Williams, Don, 1939-2004

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company

Foundries
Flextime
Foundry workers
Plastic pipe industry
Mechanization
Pipe mills
Piping--Design and construction
Work environment

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1960-2000

Levine Museum of the New South

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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