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Oral history interview with Richard Barentine, January 28, 1999 interview I-0068, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). Cover Image E-book

Oral history interview with Richard Barentine, January 28, 1999 interview I-0068, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Interview I-0068, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) (other title)
Interview with Richard Barentine, January 28, 1999 (portion title)
Barentine, Richard 1944- (interviewee). Darr, Dorothy 1946- (interviewer). Mosnier, Joseph (interviewer). Southern Oral History Program. (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: Richard Barentine arrived in Winston-Salem, NC, certain that the modest city in the middle of the state held a great deal of potential. In this interview, he describes his effort to nurture that potential, first as a member of the city's Chamber of Commerce, and eventually as CEO of the International Home Furnishing Marketing Association. Barentine took the lead in transforming the Southern Furniture Exposition into the International Home Furnishings Market, a wholesale furniture event of international importance. For most of this interview, Barentine recalls his efforts to shape and expand "the Market," detailing his strategy as it unfolded over a period of years. He also describes his focused leadership style, which emphasizes communication, and reflects on the history of Winston-Salem and North Carolina's furniture trade, which is expanding its global reach. This interview will be useful to researchers interested in Winston-Salem's furniture industry and in business leadership.

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2006.

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General Note:
Duration: 03:05:00.
Interview participants: Richard Barentine, interviewee; Joseph Mosnier, interviewer; Dorothy Darr, interviewer.
Text encoded by Mike Millner. Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.
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Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 153 kilobytes, 338.8 megabytes.
Original Version Note:
Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series I, Business history, interview I-0068, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 71 p.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Subject:
Barentine, Richard 1944- Interviews
International Home Furnishings Marketing Association (High Point, N.C.)
Chief executive officers North Carolina Interviews
City promotion North Carolina Winston-Salem
Furniture industry and trade Societies
Furniture industry and trade North Carolina History 20th century
Industries North Carolina History 20th century
Trade associations North Carolina History 20th century
High Point (N.C.)
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
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Oral histories.
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