Oral history interview with Bette Graham, 1977 August 3 and 1980 April 2.

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Oral history interview with Bette Graham, 1977 August 3 and 1980 April 2.

http://iii.library.unt.edu/record=b2204263~S12

Interviews with Bette Graham concerning her experiences as a secretary; her invention of Liquid Paper (1956-1960); her early marketing and production of Liquid Paper (1960-1962); developing a business policy and forming a management team; creating the Bette Clair McMurray Foundation (1976) and the Gihon Foundation (1978); selling the Liquid Paper Corporation to the Gillette Company (1979); serving as a Christian Science practitioner.

77, [3], 7, [1], 8, 10, [1] leaves ill., facsims. ; 28 cm.

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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