Oral history interview with William C. Everitt, 1981 February 6.

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Everitt, William C., 1923-. Oral history interview with William C. Everitt, 1981 February 6.

Oral history interview with William C. Everitt, 1981 February 6.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/129992846

Interview with William C. Everitt concerning his experiences as owner and operator of Brook-Mays Music Company and C. & S. Music Company in Dallas, Texas. Everitt discusses his family background, the Depression in Comanche, Texas, his experiences playing trombone with North Texas State's Aces of Collegeland band, his duty as a radar technician and infantryman during World War II, and his experiences in postwar Austria. He also talks about teaching music in Dallas public schools, managing the band department of Brook-Mays Music Company, his election as President of the company in 1954, the history of Brook-Mays, his interest in C. & S. Music Company in Fort Worth in 1960, and the buyout of the company in 1974. Everitt shares his thoughts on the locations of Brook-Mays and C. & S. Music stores, the growth of the market, his employment of a band clinician, the increase in the price of musical instruments, personnel requirements for the music stores, competition in the Dallas-Fort Worth market, as well as his views on government regulations, his advertising approach, service to customers and community, and the development of the music listening test.

122 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT