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Oral History Interview with C. W. Tinney, May 30, 1978

Description: Interview with C. W. Tinney, a salesman, electric furnace pioneer, and corporation founder. The interview discusses his family background and education; experience as a rural schoolteacher; his job as a salesman of school equipment and electrical appliances; his employment with Mathes; experience building dealerships; development of the electric furnace; the founding of Electric Products, inc., the growth, and expansion; and selling out to Square D Electric.
Date: May 30, 1978
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd & Tinney, C. W.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Steven Barry Segal, October 30, 2009

Description: Interview with Barry Segal, a Canadian-American immigrant to suburban Flower Mound, Texas. The interview discusses his childhood and education in Montreal and at Queen's University in Ontario; experience as member of Anglophone minority and as a Jew in Quebec; first impressions of the U.S.; family history, including grandparents' immigration from Europe; job offer from impressions of the U.S.; computer programmer in California; experiences with U.S. healthcare system; return to Canada and marri… more
Date: October 30, 2009
Creator: Cohen, Bruce & Segal, Steven Barry
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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