Carol and Robert Elliott Oral History:

Elliott, Robert, 1920-,

[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., 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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Carol and Robert Elliott Oral History:

Elliott, Robert, 1920-,

[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., 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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