Oral history interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, 1995 August 23.

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Oral history interview with Marguerite Oklahoma Holcomb, 1995 August 23.

Interview with Marguerite Holcomb, a former employee of the Nocona Boot Company from 1952 to 1976, concerning her employment at the Nocona Boot Company in Nocona, Texas, and her recollections of its founder, Ms. Enid Justin. Holcomb discusses employer-employee relations, boot-making, fashion changes, union activities, expansion and factory outlets, and Ms. Enid's civic activities.

23 leaves ; 29 cm.

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Texas Business Oral History Project.

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Nocona Boot Company

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Holcomb, Marguerite, 1907-

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Lipscomb, Carol

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Justin, Enid, 1894-1990.

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Enid Justin, daughter of pioneer bootmaker J. H. Justin, took over her father's Nocona boot factory after his death in 1918 and her brothers' moved to Fort Worth to re-establish the H. J. Justin and Sons Company there. Her Nocona Boots have become world-famous. From the description of Papers, 1939-1965. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 26123144 ...