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OHB 0058

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeDINN, Wallace L. (b. 1885)
ProfessionsFounder
EmployersW. L. Dinn & Company Insurance, Inc

About this oral history

Interview ID #OHB 0058
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFounder, W. L. Dinn & Company Insurance, Inc., Corpus Christi, Texas. Family background; work as ranchhand in Live Oak, Texas; employment as bookkeeper in Alice and Corpus Christi; entry into life insurance sales, 1920; land development in Corpus Christi, 1926; growth of insurance company personnel and coverage; description of administrative personnel; civic activities; views on qualities necessary to develop successful business.
Interviewer(s)Floyd Jenkins
Physical Description22 pp. plus documents (22 pp.)
Terms of UseOpen