COLLECTION NAME:
Wood River Valley Oral Histories
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TCL~4~4
Wood River Valley Oral Histories
Collection
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Title:
Carol and Robert Elliott Oral History:
title
Carol and Robert Elliott Oral History:
Title
false
Creator:
Elliott, Robert, 1920-,
creator
Elliott, Robert, 1920-,
Creator
false
Identifier:
OH 0016 ELL
identifier
OH 0016 ELL
Identifier
false
Description:
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.
description
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.
Description
false
Description:
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.
description
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.
Description
false
Subject, Topical:
Wool.
subject_topical
Wool.
Subject, Topical
false
Subject, Topical:
Fibers.
subject_topical
Fibers.
Subject, Topical
false
Subject, Organization:
R. C. Elliott Company
subject__organization
R. C. Elliott Company
Subject, Organization
false
Contributor:
Interviewer: Breckenridge, Miriam.
contributor
Interviewer: Breckenridge, Miriam.
Contributor
false
Date Original:
1980.
date
1980.
Date Original
false
Publisher:
The Community Library,
publisher
The Community Library,
Publisher
false
Format:
audio/mpeg
format
audio/mpeg
Format
false
Coverage, Temporal:
1980.
coverage__temporal
1980.
Coverage, Temporal
false
Rights:
No restrictions. Copyright laws and fair use laws apply.
rights
No restrictions. Copyright laws and fair use laws apply.
Rights
false