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OH 1446

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeHUDSPETH, C. E. (b. ca. 1930)
ProfessionsCotton gin foreman

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1446
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the Ray Roberts Lake Oral History Project. Cotton gin foreman. His comments and observations about changing patterns of cotton production and cotton gin operations in Denton County, Texas, 1960-1987. Processes for separating trash, lint, and seeds; changing technology for ginning operations; the Massey gin’s role in marketing cotton; fluctuations in cotton demand and prices; a tour of the Pilot Point cotton gin and the complete ginning process; maintenance of gin machinery; the cottonseed oil market; cleaning and drying cotton.
Interviewer(s)Jim Renner, Kate Singleton
Physical Description55 pp.
Terms of UseOpen