Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project.
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman David Swett, Jr., conducted 17 July 2006 by John Egerton as part of a cooperative effort between the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project and the Southern Foodways Alliance. During the interview, Swett discusses such topics as his grandfather, Walter Swett's, establishment of the family restaurant, Swett's; his grandfather's encounters with...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman and civic leader James Stephen Turner, conducted 21 June 2006 by Andrea Blackman as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour and 51 second interview, Turner discusses such topics as his childhood and early education in Kentucky; the importance of community support for families and businesses;...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman and civic leader Edward F. (Eddie) Jones, conducted 3 Nov. 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour interview, Jones discusses such topics as growing up in East Nashville during the Great Depression; how he became a journalist and started working for the Nashville...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman and civic leader Kenneth L. Roberts, conducted 27 July 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour and 42 second interview, Roberts discusses such topics as his family and education; Nashville during the 1950s when he first came to town to attend law school at Vanderbilt;...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman and civic leader Nelson Andrews, conducted 25 Aug. 2006 by Cabot Pyle as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour and 46 minute interview, Andrews discusses such topics as Nashville during the 1940s when he first came to town as a child; leadership; attending Vanderbilt; the advantages...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader E.W. "Bud" Wendell, conducted 22 June 2007 by Cabot Pyle as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the two hour interview, Wendell discusses such topics as his early career as a Shield Man with National Life and Accident Life Insurance and how the Grand Ole Opry was a promotional...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman Thomas Charles (T.C.) Jones, conducted 10 April 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Library Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour interview, Jones discusses such topics as his childhood and education growing up in Nashville; his family; working for General Shoe Corporation; businesses and restaurants...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville business and civic leader Betty Chiles Nixon, conducted 19 June 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Library Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the one hour interview, Nixon discusses such topics as her childhood; her father, John Chiles, and his Cross Keys Restaurant; the decline of business in downtown Nashville;...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Madison businessman Douglas G. Odom, Jr., conducted 5 June 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Library Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 80 minute interview, Odom discusses such topics as his childhood; his family's business, Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, including the role his mother, Louise Odom, played in the business's...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman Douglas B. Havron, conducted 4 April 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Library Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 95 minute interview, Havron discusses such topics as his childhood and education growing up in Nashville; his family; his early aspiration to become the director of marketing for the...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman, former State Representative for the 53rd District, civic leader, and Davidson County, Tennessee Clerk John H. Arriola, Jr., conducted 5 June 2007 by James T. Havron as part of the Library Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour interview, Arriola discusses such topics as his childhood and education...
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Scope and content: Oral history interview with Nashville businessman and civic leader David Kirpatrick (Pat) Wilson, conducted 13 Sept. 2006 by Cabot Pyle and Kenneth L. Roberts as part of The Turner Interviews series of the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project. During the 1 hour and 14 minute interview, Wilson discusses such topics as his childhood and education; attending Wallace University School; serving...