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Title:
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Carol and Robert Elliott Oral History:
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Creator:
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Elliott, Robert, 1920-,
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Identifier:
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OH 0016 ELL
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Description:
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The Oral History Collection cThis oral history interview was conducted by Miriam Breckenridge; transcribed by Claudia Walsworth; and edited by Ginger Piotter, Sandra Hofferber, and Clara Spiegel.
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Description:
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This history takes us into the process of wool development from grading the wool, trucking the wool, profit margins and the wool market. Discussion of the following topics: how wool becomes cloth; labor issue in wool market; bale packers; at the wool warehouse; profit margins in the wool trade; the wool market; the Elliot family in the wol business; synthetic fibers versus wool; changes and innovations in the wool market; international influences on the wool market; buying Frank Gigalard's wool; the wool crash of 1951; family life of a wool buyer; the future of wool.
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Subject, Topical:
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Wool.
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Subject, Topical:
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Fibers.
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Subject, Organization:
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R. C. Elliott Company
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Contributor:
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Interviewer: Breckenridge, Miriam.
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Date Original:
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1980.
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Publisher:
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The Community Library,
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Format:
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audio/mpeg
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Coverage, Temporal:
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1980.
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Rights:
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No restrictions. Copyright laws and fair use laws apply.
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