Graco Inc. Oral History Project

Titles: Graco Inc. Oral History Project (Supplied title)

Description: The Graco Inc. Oral History Project documents the history of the company through interviews with twelve influential employees, including co-founder Russell J. Gray, as well as a series of shorter interviews completed at the dedication of the Russell J. Gray Technical Center at Graco's main plant shortly after Mr. Gray's death in 1983. The Graco project makes a significant contribution to Minnesota and national business history, and also provides the Company with information for its own use in tracing the development of Company products, corporate structure, and its position in the national and international marketplace. The project is a testament to the Company's care for its heritage, and understanding of the role of the past in determining the present and planning for the future.

Dates

• 09/21/1982 - 09/13/2000 (Creation)

Interviews

• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Roger L. King' <OH 8.11>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Dedication of Russell J. Gray Technical Center' <OH 8.8>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Barbara Gray Koch' <OH 8.5>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Maynard B. Hasselquist' <OH 8.4>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Robert F. Hasse' <OH 8.3>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Claudia Hunt Wheaton' <OH 8.9>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Lee D. Harness' <OH 8.2>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with George Aristides' <OH 8.10>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Charles F. Murphy' <OH 8.7>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with David A. Koch' <OH 8.12>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with Russell J. Gray' <OH 8.1>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Graco Inc. Oral History Project: Interview with David A. Koch' <OH 8.6>

Creation

• interviewer: Fogerty, James E.
• interviewee: Aristides, George
• interviewee: Bacon, Victor
• interviewee: Chichester, Priscilla
• interviewee: Dale, Maxine
• interviewee: Eull, Marvin
• interviewee: Gray, Russell J.
• interviewee: Harness, Lee D.
• interviewee: Hasse, Robert F.
• interviewee: Hasselquist, Maynard B.
• interviewee: Jorgenson, Harry
• interviewee: King, Roger L.
• interviewee: Koch, Barbara Gray
• interviewee: Koch, David A.
• interviewee: Lindquist, Russell
• interviewee: Mason, Ray
• interviewee: Murphy, Charles F.
• interviewee: Smith, Robert
• interviewee: Volna, William
• interviewee: Wheaton, Claudia Hunt
• interviewee: White, Fred
• subject: Graco Inc.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 8
• Accession Number: AV1985.114
• Accession Number: AV1986.290
• Accession Number: AV2002.122

Holding Type: Oral History - Project

Quantity: 1 project 35 hours sound cassette 732 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Subjects

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