Barry Ellis interview conducted by Fletcher Powell, 2013-06-06.
Ellis, Barry, 1953- interviewee.
Powell, Fletcher, 1978- interviewer.
Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor.
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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.
Recorded at the Money Town Pawn Shop, Wichita, Kansas, June 6, 2013.
Boeing Aircraft Factory Workers : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2012-2013 (AFC 2012/036: 00477) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers.
Ellis, Barry, 1953---Interviews.
Boeing Aerospace Company--Employees.
Strikes and lockouts.
Unemployment.
Pawnbrokers--Interviews.
Corporations.
Family-owned business enterprises.
Layoff systems.
Armed Forces.
Plant shutdowns.
Self-employed.
Small business.
Aircraft industry--Kansas--Wichita.
Wichita (Kan.),
Boeing Aircraft Factory Workers : Archie Green Fellows Project, 2012-2013
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