Publication Date
7-18-2016
Abstract
Oral history interview with Fred Williams, conducted by Lisa K. Miller on 29 June 2016. Mr. Williams owns Williams Sales in Nashville, Tennessee and sold and repaired sewing and other apparel machines for many of the Kentucky garment factories when they were still operating. This interview was part of the Garment Workers in Kentucky Oral History Project. The audio interview can be accessed by clicking the "Download" button. This download may take several minutes. A transcript of the interview, as well as photographs of the interviewee and his shop can be accessed by clicking on "Additional Files."
Disciplines
Fashion Business | Labor History | Oral History | Sales and Merchandising
Recommended Citation
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &; Williams, Fred; and Miller, Lisa Karen, "Interview with Fred Williams (FA 865)" (2016). FA Oral Histories. Paper 160.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_fa_oral_hist/160
MR AND MRS FRED WILLIAMS
FRED WILLIAMS ASSISTANTS JEREMY AND JEREMIAH.jpg (234 kB)
FRED WILLIAMS ASSISTANTS JEREMY AND JEREMIAH
FRED WILLIAMS FRISTER & ROSSMAN SEWING MACHINE.jpg (270 kB)
FRED WILLIAMS FRISTER & ROSS MACHINE
FRED WILLIAMS HAT SEWING MACHINE.jpg (244 kB)
FRED WILLIAMS HAT SEWING MACHINE
FRED WILLIAMS IN WORKSHOP WITH BROTHER MACHINE.jpg (286 kB)
FRED WILLIAMS IN WORKSHOP WITH BROTHER MACHINE
FRED WILLIAMS MODERN BROTHER MACHINE.jpg (262 kB)
FRED WILLIAMS MODERN BROTHER MACHINE
FRED WILLIAMS SON AND HEIR.jpg (387 kB)
FRED WILLIAMS SON AND HEIR
FRED WILLIAMS TREADLE MACHINE.jpg (266 kB)
Comments
This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu