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Title	Oral history interview with David Swett, Jr., 2006 July 17, excerpt 05
Personal name	Swett, David E., 1968- --Interviews
Corporate name	Swett's Restaurant (Nashville, Tenn.)--History Swett's Restaurant (Nashville, Tenn.)--Fire, 1988
Topical entry	Business Enterprise African Americans Popular Culture Food Disasters Businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville African American businesspeople--Tennessee--Nashville Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Family-owned business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Minority business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville African American business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville Restaurants--Tennessee--Nashville Food service--Tennessee--Nashville Dinners and dining--Tennessee--Nashville Disasters--Tennessee--Nashville Fires--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry	Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources Nashville (Tenn.)--Commerce
Description	An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville businessman David Swett, Jr., conducted on 17 July 2006 by John Egerton as part of a cooperative effort between the Nashville Public Library's Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project and the Southern Foodways Alliance. Swett discusses how the family restaurant recovered from a fire that occurred in 1988 less than one month after opening a new building. The complete interview, as well as a transcript, is available in the repository.
Creator	Swett, David E., 1968- (Interviewee); Egerton, John (Interviewer)
Publisher	Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219
Date	2006-07-17
Type	Sound; Oral histories
Format	audio/mp3 (1 min., 49 sec.)
Identifier	NBLSwettD1007clip1
Source	Excerpted from: NBLSwettD digital recording converted from wav to mp3 format in 2006.
Language	English
Relation	Nashville Business Leaders Oral History Project
Coverage	2000-2009
Rights	U.S. and international copyright laws protect this digital content, which is provided for educational purposes only and may not be downloaded, reproduced, or distributed for any other purpose without written permission. Please contact the Special Collections Division of the Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street, Nashville, Tennessee, 37219. Telephone (615) 862-5782.
Location	Closed Stacks-NBLSwettD1007clip1