Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Russell J. Gray

Titles: Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Russell J. Gray (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: 1901-1983, born in Minneiska, Minnesota. In 1926, Russell and his brother Leil founded the Gray Company in Minneapolis. 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. Russell was in charge of development and manufacturing and Leil managed the company. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: His family; interest in music; the founding of the Gray Company (Graco Inc.): its products and history, also a curative Powder X that his father discovered and attempted to market.

Dates

• 09/21/1982 - 09/28/1982 (Interviews conducted 9/21/1982 and 9/28/1982.) (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Gray, Russell J.
• interviewer: Fogerty, James E.
• subject: Graco Inc.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 8.1
• Accession Number: AV1985.114.1

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project' <OH 8>

Quantity: 4 hours sound cassette 85 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 240 minutes length

Subjects

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