Interviewer
Christina Kasprzak
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Description
This interview is one of a series conducted with former employees of the Huntington Owens-Illinois, Inc. glass bottle factory. Ms. Sandra Peterson, born July 30, 1941, worked at the Owens glass plant for twenty-eight years as the Personnel secretary. In this interview, Ms. Peterson discusses the details of her job, company-sponsored activities, worker-management relations, and the many changes which occurred over the years with both management and technology. Ms. Peterson talks about the many friends she made at the factory and the difficulty and sadness of the final months at work before the plant shut down. Ms. Peterson was laid off when the plant closed in December of 1993.
Publication Date
1994
Identifier
OH64-521
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-521.
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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.
Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-521, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Peterson, Sandra, 1941- -- 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.