OHB 0059 | Oral History

OHB 0059

Chairman of board, president, general manager, and treasurer, Blue Bell Creameries, Brenham, Texas. Family background; history of Brenham Creamery Company; work in creamery as boy; description of cream churning process; closing of butter manufacturing operation, 1958; work as route supervisor for Swift Ice Cream Company, 1949, and Blue Bell Creameries, 1951; employment as manager of Blue Bell, 1951; origin of Blue Bell label; highlights of managerial years; branch openings in Austin and Houston; personnel recruitment and selection; entry into ice cream jobbing business, 1967; branch openings in Beaumont and Mesquite; advertising approaches; comments on company’s sales and market share; comments on financing operation and organizational structure; views on government regulations; views on his role in future of company; effects of oil boom near Brenham; comments on ingredients used in products; civic and trade association activities; views on development of successful business.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 143 pp. plus documents (11 pp.)
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Floyd Jenkins
Date of Interview August 18, 1981

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