Tucker, Emerson 2021-01-12
The interview begins with brief details about Emerson Tucker’s family. These details include information about his family’s travels to Texas and Emerson’s decision to go to Texas Tech. The bulk of the interview covers Emerson’s involvement in the cotton industry. He talks at detail about his involvement in the development of technologies and instruments for measuring fiber properties of cotton. The growth of the lab at Plains Cotton Co-Op (PCCA) led to wide spread changes in how cotton was marketed and sold. In addition, the interview discusses the establishment of the Denim Mill in Littlefield, Texas. The interview provides a wealth of knowledge about the history of the cotton industry, cotton-fiber labs, and the textile market.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Emerson Tucker
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: November 1, 2019
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 02:01:20 (2 hours 1 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and background; Working at Plains Cotton Co-op; Performance testing cotton; Cotton quality; Acquiring funding; how the technology spread; Accepting the new processes; Consulting for Levi Strauss; The impact PCCA had on the global cotton industry; What he worked on after shutting down the fiber testing line; Organizations he was a member of; donations to the SWC; Reflections on his career
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to audio in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/374636 >
Related Interview: Tucker, Emerson 2019-11-01
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