Interview with Margaret Sines and Friends (audio only)

Interview with Margaret Sines and Friends (audio only)

Margaret Sines

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Interviewers

Jay Gavan

Description

Interview with Margaret Sines and her friends from Gibson (Annie Hatfield, Donna Siebart, and Linda Bradford), recorded on April 18, 2013 at her home in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Recorded by interviewer James 'Jay' Gaven for a Kalamazoo Valley Museum exhibit on Gibson Guitars. She worked at the Gibson Guitar factory on Parsons Street in Kalamazoo from January 1966 to June 1977. They recount their memories at the factory, including:

  • Comradery at the factory and socializing with other employees
  • Working in to Plastics, cutting fingerboards
  • Working in the Woodshop, sanding and shaping the guitar necks
  • Dangers of getting clothes or hair caught in the machinery
  • Annie Hatfield, who started in 1963, worked on frets using stinky glue
  • Union strike for wages, the walkout and picket line
  • women who worked at Gibson during WWII
  • famous customers: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Dickens, Roy Clark, Ted Nugent
  • family-oriented work environment
  • Gibson's move to Nashville
  • Heritage Guitars

Date of Interview

4-18-2013

Location of Interview

Kalamazoo (Mich.)

Series

Gibson Guitar Factory Oral Histories

Keywords

Gibson Inc., Gibson guitar, Guitar makers, Guitar history, Factories, Personal narratives

Disciplines

Oral History | Other Music | Public History

Language

ENG

Document Type

Book

Length of video

01:04:35

Length of video log

n/a

Interview with Margaret Sines and Friends (audio only)

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