Interviewer
Jennifer Stock
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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. Kenny Partlow was an employee at the Owens Illinois glass plant. He discusses: his employment history (at Owens Illinois and elsewhere); different jobs and duties at the plant; labor unions (including one that Mr. Partlow was president of); strikes and lockouts; machines taking jobs from employees; individuals such as Denny Silvis (a plant manager), Opal Mann, Kitty Dukakis, & Senator Ned Jones; the closing of the plant; racial & gender integration at the plant some discussion of politics; a very brief section on eating buffalo/beefalo; sports (mainly boxing); his views on Huntington, WV; and economics.
Publication Date
1994
Identifier
OH64-537
Type
Text
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-537.
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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, OH64-537, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Partlow, Kenny E., 1934- -- Autobiography.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. Glass Container Division (Huntington, W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Glass factories -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Plant shutdowns -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Shift systems -- Oral histories.