Oral history interview with Drue Calhoun, 1979 March 27.

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Oral history interview with Drue Calhoun, 1979 March 27.

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Interview with Drue Calhoun concerning his experiences as a pioneer distributor of automatic gasoline nozzles. Calhoun, along with his wife, Margaret Calhoun, discusses his early work experiences in Gordon, Texas, his employment with Self Motors in Denton, Texas in 1925, and his experiences as a service station owner and operator during the Depression. He also talks about his career in the Air Force, the problems of the service station business, discovering and entering the automatic nozzle business, his methods of financing and selling, as well as the role of Mrs. Calhoun in the business, the entry of Charles Kregel into the business, and selling the business.

77 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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Texas Business Oral History Project.

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Calhoun, Margaret

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Calhoun, Drue, 1910-

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Jenkins, Floyd

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Self Motors (Denton, Tex.)

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Kregel, Charles.

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