| Interviewee | EVERITT, William C. (b. 1923) |
| Professions | Owner and operator |
| Employers | Brook-Mays Music Company and C. & S. Music Company |
| Interview ID # | OHB 0053 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | Owner and operator, Brook-Mays Music Company and C. & S. Music Company, Dallas, Texas. Family background; comments on Depression in Comanche, Texas; experiences playing trombone with North Texas State’s Aces of Collegeland band; duty as radar technician and infantryman during World War II; experiences in postwar Austria; teaching music in Dallas public schools and managing band department of Brook-Mays Music Company; election as president of company, 1954; history of Brook-Mays Music Company; interest in C. & S. Music Company, Fort Worth, 1960; buyout of company, 1974; locations of Brook-Mays and C. & S. Stores; growth of market; employment of band clinician; increase in musical instrument prices; personnel requirements for music stores; comments on competition in Dallas-Fort Worth market; views on government regulations; advertising approach; views on service to customers and community; development of music listening test. |
| Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
| Physical Description | 122 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
