Authors

Jan Smith

Interviewer

Jennifer Stock

Files

Download

Download Full Text (13.7 MB)

Description

This interview is one of a series conducted with former employees of the Huntington Owens-Illinois, Inc. glass bottle factory. Much of this interview is concerned with the matter of race relations at the Huntington Owens factory. Mrs. Smith describes her experiences as an Owens employee, and explains how her minority status (being both Black, and a woman) affected her career. She began work at the factory in 1966 and was employed there until the December 1994 shut-down. Mrs. Smith's time at Owens was spent exclusively in the selecting department, and she describes the physical and social conditions in this, the traditionally all-female section of the Owens factory.

Publication Date

1994

Identifier

OH64-517

Type

Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Smith, Jan, 1943- -- Autobiography.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. Glass Container Division (Huntington, W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. Glass Container Division (Huntington, W. Va.). Retirees' Association -- Oral histories.
Glass container industry -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Shift systems -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-517.

Rights

Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.

Oral History Interview: Jan Smith

Share

COinS