Interview with Robert Swan, October 19, 2012

Project: Providing Library Services for Bluegrass Entrepreneurs Oral History Project

Interview Summary

This is an interview with Robert Swan of Great Bagel, which opened in August 2011. He discusses his culinary and business background, why he chose to open a bagel shop and what he did to prepare for doing so. He also talks about sourcing ingredients and why he purchases local and organic ingredients as much as possible.

Interview Accession

2012oh191_plsbe009

Interviewee Name

Robert Swan

Interviewer Name

Jon Peter Hesseldenz

Patricia Jennings Hartman

Interview Date

2012-10-19

Interview Keyword

businesses culinary school entrepreneurship Great Bagel (Lexington, Ky.) Library services library services

Interview LC Subject

Bagels Bakers and bakeries Boston (Mass.) Cooking schools Cooking--Study and teaching Entrepreneurship Lexington (Ky.) Libraries and business Local foods Restaurants Restaurants--Kentucky Small business--Kentucky Small business--Ownership Swan, Robert Swan, Robert--Interviews

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Swan, Robert Interview by Jon Peter Hesseldenz. 19 Oct. 2012. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Swan, R. (2012, October 19). Interview by J. P. Hesseldenz. Providing Library Services for Bluegrass Entrepreneurs Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Swan, Robert, interview by Jon Peter Hesseldenz. October 19, 2012, Providing Library Services for Bluegrass Entrepreneurs Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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