Jamieson, Bill: Video interview

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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Bill Jamieson: Origformat: Print-Photographic
Bill Jamieson

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Jamieson, Bill: Video interview

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2021.08.11

Scope and Content

VIDEO INTERVIEW Interviewer: Terri Clarke Interview Date: July 23, 2014 Said that when he started it was the decline of the textile industry. He was introcuded to the textile industry by his father who worked in the Thoburn mill. In 1953 Bill was hired at the Rosamond mill in Almonte and worked there for 3 months before moving to the Rosamond's mill in Grand-Mere, Quebec. He worked quality control in management, would look for imperfections in production as well as worker performance. There were different fabrics produced in different mills, Rosamond’s made worsted yarn. Bill has an educational background in textiles. He studied textile engineering at university in Philadelphia and graduated with a bachelor of science. He said communication was maintained between workers and management. The mill was a loud work environment that impacted his hearing later in life. He talked about the danger of the carding machine and an incident where a worker got his arm stuck in it. Bill was also the superindendent of the Kenwood plant in Arnprior and began working for the Ontario government at age 45. Video recording available. Interviewer: Terri Clarke Conducted July 23, 2014?

Collection

Mill Workers Memory Project

Cataloged By

Natalia Pochtaruk

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Rosamond Mill, decline, quality control, management, carding machine, injury, accident, working conditions, carding, danger, workplace safety, bill sears, terri clarke, 2014, kenwood, kenwood mill, arnprior, education, philadelphia, university, engineering, hearing loss, science, textile engineering, zephyr, zephyr textiles

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Object Name

Jamieson, Bill: Video interview

Archive Details

Creator

MVTM

Location

Location

Building

Library

Category

Permanent

Date

November 7, 2023

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Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jamieson, Bill

Person or Organization

Sears, Bill

Person or Organization

clarke, terri

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Note

Status By: Cameron Hill

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[email protected]

Create Date

August 5, 2021

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Update Date

November 11, 2023