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Jennifer Stock

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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. Flem A. Brumfield was an employee at the Owens-Illinois glass factory. He discusses: his experiences working at the plant; unions and strikes; seniority at the plant; machines at the plant; men and women at the plant; management; a brief discussion on recycling; social activities at the plant; race relations at the plant; health problems at the plant; West Virginia and Huntington in general; the government; and other topics.

Publication Date

1994

Identifier

OH64-604

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Brumfield, Flem A. 1942- -- Autobiography.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. Glass Container Division (Huntington, W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Glass factories -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.
Glass factories -- Technological innovations -- Huntington (W.Va.) -- Oral histories.
Discrimination -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.

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Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-604.

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Oral History Interview: Flem A. Brumfield

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