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Oral History Interview with Marcia Taylor, May 31, 1995

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Interview with Marcia Taylor, a homemaker, concerning her recollections of the history of the Nocona Boot Company and its founder, Ms. Enid Justin.
Date: May 31, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Taylor, Marcia
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, August 23, 1995

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Interview with Marguerite Holcomb, a former employee of the Nocona Boot Company from 1952 to 1976, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Holcomb discusses employer-employee relations, boot-making, fashion changes, union activities, expansion and factory outlets, and Ms. Enid's civic activities.
Date: August 23, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Holcomb, Marguerite Oklahoma
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Luciel Leonard, August 3, 1995

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Interview with Luciel Leonard, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas from 1939 to 1983, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin, the attempts to unionize during the 1950s, and the changes in the product line.
Date: August 3, 1995
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Leonard, Luciel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Oral History Interview with Steve A. Pickens, May 30, 1996

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Interview with Steve Pickens, a businessman and former President of the Nocona Boot Company, concerning his experiences as a financial analyst for Justin Industries, comptroller for Nocona Boot Company from 1983 to 1984, general manager of Nocona from 1984 to 1987, and President of Nocona from 1987 to 1995. Pickens comments on Nocona's founder, Enid Justin; the "Urban Cowboy" craze and plant expansion in 1981; the reorganization of the boot manufacturing process; marketing and advertising strategies and the "Hero Series" posters; on-the-job training of plant executives; employer-employee relations; wages and benefits; the western wear sales downturn in 1993; layoffs; the diversification of the product line; the creation of the "show boot;" and his termination as President in 1995.
Date: May 30, 1996
Creator: Lipscomb, Carol & Pickens, Steve A.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library