Accession Number: 2006.13.20
Scope & Content: Gary Jones, who retired from the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) in 2004, talks about working as a proofreader in the company's Talking Book Studio and about checking recorded materials and repaired braillewriters in the Quality Control Department. He also talks about the APH cafeteria and its first managers, Sam and Adam Begley; about the changes that occurred at the company with unionization in 1981; and about changes in technology that affected his job. He also discusses racial integration at the Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB) when he was a student there during the 1950s, and he mentions Otis Eades, an African American band teacher at the school.
Narrator: Jones, Gary
Interviewer: Randles, Raymond
Interview Date: 03/07/2006
Interview Length: 99 minutes
Interview Place: Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
Extent: 99 minutes
Collection: APH Oral History Collection
Credit Line: APH Oral History Collection, 2006.13
Media Type: Compact Disc
Subjects: American Printing House for the Blind Employees Interviews Proofreading Quality control
Interview Restrictions: All copyrights belong to the American Printing House for the Blind. Contact the Museum concerning any restrictions.