Oral history interview with E. Robert Kinney, 2009.

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Oral history interview with E. Robert Kinney, 2009.

E. Robert Kinney talks about his early life in Maine, his crab-canning business, the acquisition of the business by Gorton's, his term as a leader in Gorton's and its merger with General Mills, his tenure as president, chairman, and CEO of General Mills, and his impressions of life in Minnesota.

Sound recordings : 4 sound cassettes (60 min. ea.)Transcript : 43 p. ; 28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7949731

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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