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Cain, Gordon, 1912-. Oral history interview with Gordon A. Cain, 1992 February 18

Title: Oral history interview with Gordon A. Cain, 1992 February 18

Gordon A. Cain begins the interview by discussing his early influences from the chemical and engineering disciplines. He next recounts his undergraduate education at Louisiana State University during the Great Depression. He describes his first jobs in the chemical industry and his first patents. He enlisted during World War II as a captain and served in the Pacific with an Army heavy mortar company. After the war he worked in scientific intelligence in Germany. Returning to the United States, Cain shifted the direction of his career away from chemical engineering and into management, consulting and ownership of various chemical and high technology concerns. Cain then discusses his experiences as head of Vista, Cain Chemical and the Sterling Group and the impact of venture capital and leveraged buyouts on his career and on the chemical industry. He describes his philosophy and standards for running these large companies, including employee ownership and the Deming system. Cain concludes the interview with a discussion of his family and hobbies and an analysis of the changing business climate.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings ; cassettesTranscript : (50 leaves) ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76937847 View

Freeport Sulphur Company. Drilling platform photographs, circa 1960.

Title: Drilling platform photographs, circa 1960.

2 identical images of a group of connected offshore drilling platforms.

ArchivalResource: 2 photographs ; 11 x 14 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/263687442 View

Jones, Charles Adam, 1861-1934. Papers, 1933-1934.

Title: Papers, 1933-1934.

Consists of an unpublished 380 page typescript of Jones' memoirs of his life and career, plus a 26 page picture album of family photographs.

ArchivalResource: 1 microfilm reel (30 ft.) : negative.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26200590 View

Freeport Sulphur Company. Letter, 1942, to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letter, 1942, to Lewis Mumford.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 l.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155868482 View

John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney family papers, 1826-2010

Title: John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney family papers 1826-2010

The papers consist of correspondence, topical files, writings, legal and financial papers, photographs, scrapbooks, and audiovisual material documenting John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney and their extended family. The papers provide a substantive resource for the study of the private and public lives of the Whitney family, a prominent American family, widely known for its members' engagement in business, public service, government service, publishing, philanthropy, horse racing and breeding, and fine art collecting.

ArchivalResource: 242.35 linear feet (472 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1938 View

Lincoln, Rod M. Rod M. Lincoln collection, 1933-1987.

Title: Rod M. Lincoln collection, 1933-1987.

This collection consists of photographs, construction drawings, printed items and papers relating to Freeport Sulphur Co. and the town of Port Sulphur. Photographs show images of plant operations, mines and ports, town buildings and residents. Drawings consist of blueprints, maps, plats and engineering drawings for industrial and residential construction at Grande Ecaille and Port Sulphur. There is also a drawing produced by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the Barataria levee system in Plaquemines Parish. Papers contain correspondence, notices and informal reports. They illustrate the close relationship between Freeport Sulphur Co. and its involvement in town affairs, as well as its subsequent withdrawal. The collection also reflects the fear of Communist sabotage that was prevalent in the United States during the 1950s.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/703255608 View

Lincoln, Rod M. Rod M. Lincoln collection of photographs of the Freeport Sulphur Company, circa 1933-1983.

Title: Rod M. Lincoln collection of photographs of the Freeport Sulphur Company, circa 1933-1983.

Photographs documenting various aspects of facilities and mining operations of the Freeport Sulphur Company, Louisiana. Most of the views depict the Grande Ecaille Mine, Grandeport, and Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

ArchivalResource: 32 photographs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122357260 View