Molly McMillin interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-09-27
Molly McMillin, an aviation reporter for the local "Wichita Eagle" newspaper, talks about reporting on Boeing throughout the company's upturns, downturns, strikes, and the recent news and execution of the company's withdrawal from the Wichita community. She also discusses her own career in journalism and her family's relation to Boeing, where several members of her family have been employed over the years.
Jo Wood interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2013-02-15
Jo Wood is a female materials expeditor who worked at Boeing for 31 years. She talks about several jobs she held before starting at Boeing, including working at a dry cleaners, a department store, and at Cessna aircraft before staring at Boeing. She was trained to cut fabric and upholstery. At Boeing, she started as a stock clerk and was upgraded to a materials…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Wood, Jo - O'Higgins, Briana M.
Date:2013-01-01
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David Robertson interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2013-02-04
David Robertson talks about his job doing maintenance on heating equipment and air conditioners at the Boeing plant. He is also a union representative. He talks about his dad, who worked for Boeing for 38 years, and being involved with Boeing organized sports teams and social events as a child. He explains how he initially went to work for Cessna, then came to Boeing…
Contributor:
Robertson, David - Occupational Folklife Project - O'Higgins, Briana M.
Date:2013-01-01
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Mario Cervantes interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2013-01-21
Mario Cervantes talks about his job as a Boeing machinist, and leaving his machinist job to become a full-time AFL-CIO union liaison in 2002. He explains that his father worked for Boeing and he began as a pattern maker. He talks about the factory; his job; his training; the work environment; issues with management; strikes; union contributions to the workscape; and his family and…
Contributor:
Cervantes, Mario - Occupational Folklife Project - O'Higgins, Briana M.
Date:2013-01-01
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David Dodson interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-09-25
David Dodson talks about working as an engineer at Boeing for 33 years. He explains how during the plant closing he was offered a job with Boeing, if he moved to Oklahoma, but instead decided to accept a job at Spirit. He was interviewed after his third day of work at his new employers. He talks at length about his education; his career choices;…
Contributor:
O'Higgins, Briana M. - Occupational Folklife Project - Dodson, David
Date:2012-01-01
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Richard Ziegler interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-11-03
Dick Ziegler was the public/media relations person for Boeing until from 1996 the company sold its commercial side to Onex in 2005. He talks extensively about his job; the external and internal politics and challenges faced by the firm; workplace politics; being fired and rehired; and what it is like to work at the top-levels of a huge, multifaceted corporation.
Contributor:
Ziegler, Richard - Occupational Folklife Project - O'Higgins, Briana M.
Date:2012-01-01
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Doug Smith interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-10-26
Doug Smith is a tooler and mechanic for Spirit AeroSystems. He worked for Boeing up until the divestiture in 2005, when he was offered a job with Spirit. He talks about his training; his tasks and responsibilities at Boeing; how the plant was organized and the work environment; his co-workers; and the uncertainty of Boeing workers as their jobs were moved to Seattle or…
Carl Brewer interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-11-16
Interview with Mayor of Wichita, Carl Brewer. Before becoming Mayor, Carl Brewer worked at Boeing. He talks about his stepfather working for Boeing and then, after his military service, starting out as a sheet metal cutter for Cessna before going to work in the Boeing factory himself. He talks about working for both the commercial and military side of Boeing and rising in positions…
Contributor:
Occupational Folklife Project - Brewer, Carl - O'Higgins, Briana M.
Date:2012-01-01
Film, Video
Connie Palacioz interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-11-30
Connie Palacioz talks about working as a airplane riveter on Boeing planes during World War II. She is currently working to restore a B29 at the Aviation Museum, and she speaks about her hope to fly in one of the B29s for the first time before she dies. Throughout the interview, she provides excellent details of her jobs; identifies and explains the skills she…
Steve Rooney interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-02-18
Steve Rooney talks about his job as milling machinist at Boeing, and explains how he became a full-time union rep, and eventually rose to be President of the Kansas Machinist Union. Both his dad and grandfather worked for Boeing, and in this detailed interview, he talks extensively about Wichita's relation to the airplane industry; politics and organization of work and workers at Boeing; strikes,…
Contributor:
Rooney, Steve - Occupational Folklife Project - O'Higgins, Briana M.
Date:2012-01-01
Film, Video
Garland Moore interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-04-03
Garland Moore is a maintenance mechanic at the Boeing Company and former union rep for the Machinists Union. He talks about his experiences working for Boeing and dealing with the culture changes that resulted from Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas, as well as the benefits and difficulties he encountered as a union rep and as president of his local, and his feelings toward Boeing's…
Jennifer Marshall interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-01
Jennifer Marshall, a structural engineer with Spirit Aerosystems, talks about her experiences working for Boeing from 1997-2005, and the transition from Boeing to Spirit in 2005 after Boeing sold their commercial division. She also discusses her feelings about Boeing's announced departure from Wichita and what she believes the impact on the community will ultimately be.
Contributor:
Powell, Fletcher - Occupational Folklife Project - Marshall, Jennifer
Date:2013-01-01
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Terry Rush interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-07
Terry Rush, currently the manager of a mobile home park, talks about his 13 years working as an assembler for The Boeing Company in Wichita. He describes the "boom and bust" years, including the impact of repeated layoffs, and talks about his initial excitement over innovative management methods at Boeing, and his disappointment when those methods were abandoned by the company.
Contributor:
Rush, Terry - Powell, Fletcher - Occupational Folklife Project
Date:2013-01-01
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Mary Rush interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-03
Mary Rush, wife of former Boeing assembler Terry Rush, talks about the impact of Terry's employment at Boeing on Mary and their family, both the benefits and the costs. She addresses the attractiveness of the salary and work benefits, as well as the difficulty of Terry's long work hours and overtime, and the effects of Terry's work disappointments on him and the family.
Contributor:
Powell, Fletcher - Occupational Folklife Project - Rush, Mary
Date:2013-01-01
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Sandra Reddish interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-14
Sandra Reddish, collections manager at Fort Riley Museums, talks about her memories of working as an engineer for The Boeing Company in the 1990s and some of her discoveries while researching the history of Boeing.
Ming Liu interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-28
Ming Liu, engineer at Spirit Aerosystems, talks about his path from Taiwan, to Wichita State engineering professor, to R&D engineer at Boeing, to Spirit, including his recruitment from Wichita State to Boeing. He discusses the details of his work for Boeing and his experience traveling to China for Boeing as an instructor to Chinese companies and engineers.
Contributor:
Powell, Fletcher - Occupational Folklife Project - Liu, Ming C. (Ming Chao)
Date:2013-01-01
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John Savute interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-03
John (Pete) Savute, owner of Savute's Restaurant in Wichita, talks about the history of the well-known "aviation" theme of his restaurant and the business's connection to the aviation industry. He explains how Boeing employees' patronage of Savute's helped build and grow the restaurant, and how Boeing's "boom and bust" years affected his business.
Contributor:
Powell, Fletcher - Occupational Folklife Project - Savute, John
Date:2013-01-01
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Barry Ellis interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-06
Barry Ellis, owner of Money Town Pawn Shop, talks about his experience with Boeing employees as customers of his business, how his business was affected by Boeing's "boom and bust" years, how he developed personal relationships with Boeing employees through his business, and how he sees Boeing's departure from Wichita affecting his business and the larger community.
Contributor:
Powell, Fletcher - Ellis, Barry - Occupational Folklife Project
Date:2013-01-01
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Mike Pompeo interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-10
Mike Pompeo, US Congressman for the 4th District of Kansas, talks about his family's history in the aviation industry, about being a small business owner and supplier for The Boeing Company, as well as the so-called "Boeing Tanker Deal" that preceded Boeing's departure from Wichita. He also discusses the events surrounding Boeing's announced departure, and how he sees Boeing's departure affecting Wichita and the…
Contributor:
Pompeo, Mike - Occupational Folklife Project - Powell, Fletcher
Date:2013-01-01
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John McKenzie interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-10
John McKenzie, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate, talks about the impact of The Boeing Company on the housing market in Wichita, including through Boeing's "boom and bust" years, and following the announcement of Boeing withdrawal from Wichita.
Contributor:
Powell, Fletcher - Occupational Folklife Project - McKenzie, John
Film, VideoMolly McMillin interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-09-27 Molly McMillin, an aviation reporter for the local "Wichita Eagle" newspaper, talks about reporting on Boeing throughout the company's upturns, downturns, strikes, and the recent news and execution of the company's withdrawal from the Wichita community. She also discusses her own career in journalism and her family's relation to Boeing, where several members of her family have been employed over the years.
Film, VideoJo Wood interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2013-02-15 Jo Wood is a female materials expeditor who worked at Boeing for 31 years. She talks about several jobs she held before starting at Boeing, including working at a dry cleaners, a department store, and at Cessna aircraft before staring at Boeing. She was trained to cut fabric and upholstery. At Boeing, she started as a stock clerk and was upgraded to a materials…
Film, VideoDavid Robertson interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2013-02-04 David Robertson talks about his job doing maintenance on heating equipment and air conditioners at the Boeing plant. He is also a union representative. He talks about his dad, who worked for Boeing for 38 years, and being involved with Boeing organized sports teams and social events as a child. He explains how he initially went to work for Cessna, then came to Boeing…
Film, VideoMario Cervantes interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2013-01-21 Mario Cervantes talks about his job as a Boeing machinist, and leaving his machinist job to become a full-time AFL-CIO union liaison in 2002. He explains that his father worked for Boeing and he began as a pattern maker. He talks about the factory; his job; his training; the work environment; issues with management; strikes; union contributions to the workscape; and his family and…
Film, VideoDavid Dodson interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-09-25 David Dodson talks about working as an engineer at Boeing for 33 years. He explains how during the plant closing he was offered a job with Boeing, if he moved to Oklahoma, but instead decided to accept a job at Spirit. He was interviewed after his third day of work at his new employers. He talks at length about his education; his career choices;…
Film, VideoRichard Ziegler interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-11-03 Dick Ziegler was the public/media relations person for Boeing until from 1996 the company sold its commercial side to Onex in 2005. He talks extensively about his job; the external and internal politics and challenges faced by the firm; workplace politics; being fired and rehired; and what it is like to work at the top-levels of a huge, multifaceted corporation.
Film, VideoDoug Smith interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-10-26 Doug Smith is a tooler and mechanic for Spirit AeroSystems. He worked for Boeing up until the divestiture in 2005, when he was offered a job with Spirit. He talks about his training; his tasks and responsibilities at Boeing; how the plant was organized and the work environment; his co-workers; and the uncertainty of Boeing workers as their jobs were moved to Seattle or…
Film, VideoCarl Brewer interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-11-16 Interview with Mayor of Wichita, Carl Brewer. Before becoming Mayor, Carl Brewer worked at Boeing. He talks about his stepfather working for Boeing and then, after his military service, starting out as a sheet metal cutter for Cessna before going to work in the Boeing factory himself. He talks about working for both the commercial and military side of Boeing and rising in positions…
Film, VideoConnie Palacioz interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-11-30 Connie Palacioz talks about working as a airplane riveter on Boeing planes during World War II. She is currently working to restore a B29 at the Aviation Museum, and she speaks about her hope to fly in one of the B29s for the first time before she dies. Throughout the interview, she provides excellent details of her jobs; identifies and explains the skills she…
Film, VideoSteve Rooney interview conducted by Briana M. O'Higgins, 2012-02-18 Steve Rooney talks about his job as milling machinist at Boeing, and explains how he became a full-time union rep, and eventually rose to be President of the Kansas Machinist Union. Both his dad and grandfather worked for Boeing, and in this detailed interview, he talks extensively about Wichita's relation to the airplane industry; politics and organization of work and workers at Boeing; strikes,…
Film, VideoGarland Moore interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-04-03 Garland Moore is a maintenance mechanic at the Boeing Company and former union rep for the Machinists Union. He talks about his experiences working for Boeing and dealing with the culture changes that resulted from Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas, as well as the benefits and difficulties he encountered as a union rep and as president of his local, and his feelings toward Boeing's…
Film, VideoJennifer Marshall interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-01 Jennifer Marshall, a structural engineer with Spirit Aerosystems, talks about her experiences working for Boeing from 1997-2005, and the transition from Boeing to Spirit in 2005 after Boeing sold their commercial division. She also discusses her feelings about Boeing's announced departure from Wichita and what she believes the impact on the community will ultimately be.
Film, VideoTerry Rush interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-07 Terry Rush, currently the manager of a mobile home park, talks about his 13 years working as an assembler for The Boeing Company in Wichita. He describes the "boom and bust" years, including the impact of repeated layoffs, and talks about his initial excitement over innovative management methods at Boeing, and his disappointment when those methods were abandoned by the company.
Film, VideoMary Rush interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-03 Mary Rush, wife of former Boeing assembler Terry Rush, talks about the impact of Terry's employment at Boeing on Mary and their family, both the benefits and the costs. She addresses the attractiveness of the salary and work benefits, as well as the difficulty of Terry's long work hours and overtime, and the effects of Terry's work disappointments on him and the family.
Film, VideoSandra Reddish interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-14 Sandra Reddish, collections manager at Fort Riley Museums, talks about her memories of working as an engineer for The Boeing Company in the 1990s and some of her discoveries while researching the history of Boeing.
Film, VideoMing Liu interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-28 Ming Liu, engineer at Spirit Aerosystems, talks about his path from Taiwan, to Wichita State engineering professor, to R&D engineer at Boeing, to Spirit, including his recruitment from Wichita State to Boeing. He discusses the details of his work for Boeing and his experience traveling to China for Boeing as an instructor to Chinese companies and engineers.
Film, VideoJohn Savute interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-03 John (Pete) Savute, owner of Savute's Restaurant in Wichita, talks about the history of the well-known "aviation" theme of his restaurant and the business's connection to the aviation industry. He explains how Boeing employees' patronage of Savute's helped build and grow the restaurant, and how Boeing's "boom and bust" years affected his business.
Film, VideoBarry Ellis interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-06 Barry Ellis, owner of Money Town Pawn Shop, talks about his experience with Boeing employees as customers of his business, how his business was affected by Boeing's "boom and bust" years, how he developed personal relationships with Boeing employees through his business, and how he sees Boeing's departure from Wichita affecting his business and the larger community.
Film, VideoMike Pompeo interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-10 Mike Pompeo, US Congressman for the 4th District of Kansas, talks about his family's history in the aviation industry, about being a small business owner and supplier for The Boeing Company, as well as the so-called "Boeing Tanker Deal" that preceded Boeing's departure from Wichita. He also discusses the events surrounding Boeing's announced departure, and how he sees Boeing's departure affecting Wichita and the…
Film, VideoJohn McKenzie interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-05-10 John McKenzie, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Real Estate, talks about the impact of The Boeing Company on the housing market in Wichita, including through Boeing's "boom and bust" years, and following the announcement of Boeing withdrawal from Wichita.