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Oral history interview with Gordon Berkstresser, III, April 29, 1986 interview H-0263, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Interview with Gordon Berkstresser, III, April 29, 1986 (portion title)
Interview H-0263, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) (other title)

Berkstresser, Gordon A (Interviewee). Raub, Patricia (Interviewer). Southern Oral History Program. (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: This interview is a manual on the past, present, and future of the textile industry in the American South. Gordon Berkstresser III moved from management positions in the textiles into academia, where he studies the industry. In this detailed, dense interview, Berkstresser describes some of the changes that have taken place in American textiles over the course of the 20th century and how industry leaders have responded to those changes. He sees the textile industry as dynamic, both technologically and methodologically, but also sees it in a state of crisis, threatened by imports, a weak political position, and calcified ideas. Berkstresser describes complex political and business arrangements with clarity, making this interview a useful, detailed source for information about the textile industry.

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Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2007.

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General Note:	Duration: 01:16:11. Interview participants: Gordon Berkstresser, III, interviewee; Patricia Raub, interviewer. Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers. This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South. Title from menu page (viewed on May 29, 2008).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 98.7 kilobytes, 139 megabytes.
Original Version Note:	Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series H, Piedmont industrialization, interview H-0263, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Patricia Raub. Original transcript: 35 p.
Funding Information Note:	Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser with Javascript enabled and multimedia player.