Barber, Jasper Dennis, 1932-2002

Felkner, Peter H.

Raborn, Earl, 1927-2015

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1993-09-22

1 audio file (26:40) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (11 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Jasper Barber was a 61-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Plastics Division in Union County, North Carolina. He was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina in 1932. He finished high school, and was employed with Charlotte Pipe and Foundry as a machinist, foreman, and manager of Production Tool Services.

Jasper Barber was a Charlotte Pipe and Foundry employee for twenty seven years at the time of the interview. Mr. Barber was hired in 1968 as a machinist for the newly created Plastics Division, and he discusses the various early practical and administrative challenges for the Plastics Division. He also discusses the technical details of plastic pipe molding and the growth of the pipe industry. Throughout the interview, Mr. Barber shares anecdotes about co-workers and foremen at Charlotte Pipe, and when asked about the reason for Charlotte Pipe's growth, he responds that the company's treatment of its workers is key to its success.

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

Blue collar workers
Executives

Barber, Jasper Dennis, 1932-2002

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company

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

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1960-1990

Levine Museum of the New South

Charlotte Pipe and Foundry

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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MU-BA0214

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