Interview with Wayne Carson

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Wayne Carson

Subject

Air quality management
Blue Ridge Paper Products
Carson, Wayne, 1939-
Champion International Corporation
Champion Paper and Fibre Company -- Employees
Employee ownership
Employee stock options
Industries
Paper industry -- Environmental aspects
Paper industry -- Management -- Employee participation
Paper industry workers -- Labor unions
Paper mills
Robertson family
Robertson, Reuben B. (Reuben Buck), 1879-1972
Water quality management -- North Carolina -- Canton
Young Men's Christian Associations of North Carolina

Description

Wayne Carson describes being hired on at the mill in the late 50s. He discusses the YMCA, the Robertson family, environmental issues, and the union. Although he was retired, Carson shares his perspective on the employee buyout, and Evergreen.

Creator

Carson, Wayne, 1939?-

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - HIST 474/574

Publisher

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Date

1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;
2009-11-20;

Contributor

Hughes, Kevin

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

application/pdf; audio/mp3;
sound recordings
transcripts
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

35715
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35715

Date Created

2017-02-22

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Canton (N.C.)
Haywood County (N.C.)

Extent

1:23:27 (sound recording)(duration)
19 pages (transcript)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Carson, Wayne, 1939?-, “Interview with Wayne Carson,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/35715.