| Interviewee | WHITE, W. Erle (b. 1907) |
| Professions | Founder |
| Employers | White’s Auto Stores |
| Interview ID # | OHB 0023 |
| Date(s) of interview | , |
| Description | Founder, White’s Auto Stores. Family background; early work experiences; education; work in auto supply stores, garages; starting own business in Clinton, Oklahoma, during Depression; location of home office in Wichita Falls; expansion and growth through franchising and company-owned stores; diversification of merchandise lines in auto stores; effects of growth on organizational structure; employee relations; views toward unions; selling out to Household Finance, 1969; comments about family-operated businesses; other business interests with Mercantile Credit Corporation, Beacon National Insurance Company, Eureka Life Insurance Company, White Fuel Corporation, ranching. |
| Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
| Physical Description | 127 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
