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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Willie Taylor
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Willie Taylor.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 32 min., 27 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Corporate executive Willie J. Taylor was born on September 2, 1932 in Centerville, Mississippi. The youngest of three children, his parents were Tena and Lois Taylor. In 1946, Taylor graduated from Chicago public schools -- Forestville Elementary School and Dunbar Vocational High School. At the age of twenty, Taylor worked for the United States Postal Office before joining the United States Army Signal Corps. During post World War II, with the growth of technology, research and development, Taylor took a job as a research assistant at the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute. In 1966, Taylor joined Sonicraft Inc. as its Vice President of Operations, overseeing production, equipment installation and remote radio communications. In 1982, Sonicraft Inc. signed a multimillion dollar manufacturing contract with the U.S. Air force, making it the largest single series contract the government has ever awarded a minority owned business.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Willie Taylor
Willie Taylor
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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