Interviewer

Robert D. Sawrey

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Description

This interview is one of a series conducted concerning West Virginia business history. This interview concerns the history of the Anderson Newcomb-Stone & Thomas Company. He discusses: the Cable Cash Carrier System; flooding problems; credit systems and problems with them; different departments of the store; problems in the working relationship between Newcomb's father and E. G. Anderson; and individuals such as William B. Anderson, E. G. Anderson, & Charles Anderson; store displays; the effects of World War 1 on the business; and problems they experienced with Huntington newspapers.

Publication Date

1983

Identifier

OH64-308c

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Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Newcomb, William B., -- Autobiography.
Anderson Newcomb-Stone and Thomas Company -- Oral histories.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Oral histories.
Business enterprises -- Oral histories.
Business enterprises -- Oral histories.

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Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-308c.

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Oral History Interview: William B. Newcomb

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