Authors

Paul Niday

Interviewer

Christina Kasprzak

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This interview is one of a series conducted with former employees of the Huntington Owens-Illinois, Inc. glass bottle factory. Mr. Paul Niday, born October 16, 1933, began working at Owens- Illinois, Inc. in 1952. He performed numberous jobs at the plant and retired in 1993 as a mechanical foreman, just seven months before the plant shutdown. Mr. Niday discusses the details of his work, changes that occurred over the years, union activities, company-sponsored events and the specific contributions of blacks and women at the factory.

Publication Date

1994

Identifier

OH64-534

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Niday, Paul, 1933- -- 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.
Glass factories -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.

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Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-534.

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Oral History Interview: Paul Niday

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