Title Information
Title
Interview with Bill Smith
Name: Personal
Name Part
Mendez, Araceli
Role
Role Term: Text
interviewer
Name: Personal
Name Part
Smith, Bill
Role
Role Term: Text
interviewee
Type of Resource
mixed material
Origin Information
Date Created (encoding="w3cdtf", keyDate="yes")
2011-10-27
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Physical Description
Extent
2 sound recordings + 1 PDF
digitalOrigin
born digital
Abstract
Oral history interview with Bill Smith about the Mashapaug Pond community, Providence, R.I. Smith was an employee at Gorham Co. beginning in 1967, which was the year the Textron Corp. bought the business. He kept an extensive personal archive of work-related pamphlets, news articles, etc., which he shares with the interviewer while describing his work there. He also discusses changes in the economy and the foundry business over time, and their impact on the company and his own work.
Note
This oral history was conducted by a Brown University student in Anne Valk and Holly Ewald's fall 2011 course "Oral History and Community Memory".
Genre (aat) (authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
oral histories (literary works)