Oral history interviews with Howard O. Guess, 1990.

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Oral history interviews with Howard O. Guess, 1990.

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Guess discusses the relations among the Pew family financial office, the Sun Oil Company, and the Glenmede Trust Company. He recalls the various members of the Glenmede Trust Company board of directors and its workings. He discusses his relations with J. Howard Pew and Mabel Pew Myrin. He also discusses Glenmede's sale of the Farm Journal and General Crude Oil, Sun Oil's acquisition of Becton-Dickinson, and the issue of diversifying Glenmede's stock holdings.

Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes (3 hr.) : analog.Transcript: 93 leaves ; 28 cm.

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Pew Charitable Trusts Library

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