Interviewer
Alexander Keith Windham
Image Gallery
- The Bleachery Way : A Study of the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company, 1960-2017. Windham, Alexander Keith, 1992-; Winthrop University. College of Arts and Sciences.; Winthrop University, 2017
- Interview with Robert and Geraldine Allen – OH 535
- Interview with Jack Bolin – OH 536
- Interview with James Covington – OH 537
- Interview with Michael Joslin Gordon – OH 539
- Interview with Donald Hardin – OH 540
- Interview with Earl Honeycutt – OH 541
- Interview with Donald Parrish – OH 542
- Interview with Betty Jo Rhea – OH 543
- Interview with Willie George Hall, Donald Parish, and Thomas Roach III – OH 544
- Interview with Emile Russett – OH 545
- Interview with Leoda Starnes – OH 546
- Interview with Bob Thompson – OH 547
- Interview with Stephen Turner – OH 548
- Interview with Gary L. Williams – OH 549
- Interview with Thomas L. Williams – OH 550
- Interview with Samuel Saye Williams, Jr. – OH 551
- Interview with Vivian Zeiders – OH 552
- William H. Grier, Sr. Scrapbook Collection – Accession 567
- Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company Records – Accession 368
- Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company History – Accession 207 M91 (177)
- Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company Videos – Accession 1587
- Bleachery Beacon Newsletter Collection – Accession 196
- Walter Thomas Jenkins Collection - Accession 1719
- David Stroupe Collection - Accession 1629 - M799 (856)
Abstract
In his July 7, 2017 interview with Alex Windham, William Bill Easley detailed his thoughts and memories of his time associated with the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company referred to locals as the Bleachery. Easley spoke of the time of the 1920s through 2017 and on the follow topics: Race relations, his father Joseph Easley Assistant Plant Manager of the Bleachery and his childhood around his father, day-to-day job responsibilities and actions when he began work for Springs, technology changes, the buyout of the Bleachery by Springs, the decline of the Bleachery, his work as a Springs employee, his thoughts on the redevelopment of the Bleachery site into University Center at Knowledge Park and his activities until 2017. Also Easley offered his opinions on how Rock Hill was impacted by the Bleachery from the 1930s to 2017.
Publication Date
7-7-2017
Unique Identifier
OH 538
Format
MP3;
Length
00:47:51
Restrictions
This interview is open for use.
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Easley, William; Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company; Bleachery; and Windham, Alexander Keith, "Interview with William Easley - OH 538" (2017). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 538.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/614
