Herbert Retzlaff papers [manuscript], 1954-1978.

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Herbert Retzlaff papers [manuscript], 1954-1978.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727361811

Collection includes: Correspondence, including congratulations, invitations, etc. regarding Fred Meyer Inc. and some to the German Consulate; Programs for award banquets at Fred Meyer Inc.; History of Fred Meyer Inc.; Biography of Fred Meyer; Organizational charts of Fred Meyer Inc., ca. 1954.

.45 cubic feet (1 document case)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8096839

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Fred Meyer, Inc.

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Fred G. Meyer was born Frederick Grubmeyer in 1886 in Brooklyn, New York. He moved West in the 1900s starting in Alaska and eventually making his way to Portland, Oregon. He married Eva Chatfield Chiles who would become his business partner and the inspiration behind Eve's Restaurants which were coffee shops attached to many Fred Meyer stores. Fred G. Meyer died in 1978 at the age of 92. His will established a charitable trust to create a philanthropic organization now known as the Meyer Memoria...

Retzlaff, Herbert.

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Herbert Retzlaff was born in Germany and moved to Oregon. He attended the Oregon Institute of Technology, worked as C.P.A. and began working for Fred Meyer Inc. in 1933 where he became controller in 1944 and vice president in 1955. From the description of Herbert Retzlaff papers [manuscript], 1954-1978. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 727361811 Herbert Retzlaff was born in Germany and moved to Oregon. ...

Meyer, Fred G., 1886-1978.

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