Oral history interviews of the Graco Inc. Oral History Project, 1982-1985.

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Oral history interviews of the Graco Inc. Oral History Project, 1982-1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31735324

Eight interviews documenting the history of Graco Inc., founded in 1926 by Russell and Leil Gray in Minneapolis, Minn. It began with the development of a grease gun for use in automobile service stations and expanded to include equipment that could handle most fluid and semi-solid materials used in industry. Narrators discuss the company's products, growth and management, family involvement with the company, family relationships, and corporate philanthropy. INTERVIEWEES: Russell J. Gray, Lee D. Harness, Robert F. Hasse, Maynard B. Hasselquist, Barbara Gray Koch, David A. Koch, Charles F. Murphy, Claudia H. Wheaton. The project also includes one sound cassette of interviews with friends and associates of Russell Gray, recorded at the dedication of the Russell J. Gray Technical Center, Minneapolis in 1983.

Sound recordings : 26 sound cassettes (60 min. each)Transcripts : 8 v. ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7324363

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Gray, Russell D.

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Bacon, Victor F

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Gray, Leil.

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Smith, Robert Freeman, 1930-....

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur C247 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x00015a American visitor to Manchuria and Mongolia. From the description of Robert Smith reports, 1932-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867320 Born in Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 1757; volunteer in war of revolution; member of Maryland legislature; secretary of the navy, 1801-05; attorney general 1805; secretary of sta...

Hasse, Robert F.,

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Mason, Raymond, 1922-2010

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Graco Inc.

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The firm was established in 1926 by brothers L. L. and Russell J. Gray as the Gray Company, Inc., and was for many years a family-owned business selling automobile lubrication equipment to service stations and automobile dealership service departments. During World War II the company made cartridge dies, aircraft parts, mobile lubricating rigs, and tank track pins for the war effort. It broadened its product base after the war to eventually include specialized pumps, reg...

Fogerty, James E., 1945-

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Harness, Lee D.,

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Wheaton, Grier.

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Jorgenson, Harry,

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Graco Inc. Oral History Project.

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For biographical information see individual description sheets in the oral history notebooks. From the description of Oral history interviews of the Graco Inc. Oral History Project, 1982-1985. (Minnesota Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 31735324 ...

Hasselquist, Maynard B.,

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Murphy, Charles F.

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White, Fred,

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Koch, David A.

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Volna, William,

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Lindquist, Russell W.,

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Eull, Marvin,

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Koch, Barbara Gray,

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Murphy, Harry D

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Dale, Maxine, 1913-

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Chichester, Priscilla,

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Wheaton, Claudia Hunt,

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