OH180 Anna Grace Howard Oral History
Collection Title
Jackson Purchase Oral History Project - World War II
Series Number
OH180
Interviewee
Howard, Anna Grace
Interviewer
Graves, Judy
Date Interviewed
March 18th, 1996
Processed by
Benjamin J. Drake
Date Processed
September 19th, 2012
Description
1 sound disc (39 minutes)
Abstract
Anna Grace Howard discusses her career at the Ken-Rad Tube Manufacturing Corporation during the 1940s. She describes experiences working in a vacuum tube manufacturing plant during the Second World War. She also mentions the influence of labor unions and the changes that occurred when Ken-Rad was acquired by the General Electric Company in 1952.
Biographical/Historical Note
Anna Grace Howard worked periodically for the Ken-Rad Tube Manufacturing Corporation and the General Electric Company in Owensboro, Kentucky during the 1940s and 1950s. She was one of thirteen children. She worked at Ken-Rad at the age of sixteen in 1941.
General Information
No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.
Subject Headings/Descriptors
Howard, Anna Gracie, 1925-
Ken-Rad Tube Manufacturing Corporation (Owensboro, Ky.)
Owensboro (Ky.) - Business, industries, and trades - Vacuum-tubes.
Owensboro (Ky.) - History Labor Unions - Kentucky - Owensboro.
Recommended Citation
Graves, Judy, "OH180 Anna Grace Howard Oral History" (2025). World War II. 13.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-wwii/13
Audio Transcript
