| Interviewee | KLINGENBERG, Elmo (b. 1917) |
| Professions | President and general manager |
| Employers | Fort Worth Stockyards Company |
| Interview ID # | OHB 0074 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | President and general manager, Fort Worth Stockyards Company, Fort Worth, Texas. Family background; dairy farming in Washington County, Illinois; experiences teaching in one-room school, Washington County, 1935; military service during World War II; employment with United Stockyards Corporation and placement as management trainee at Fort Worth Stockyards, 1946; promotion to yardmaster, 1953; brief description of stockyards activities, early 1900s; geographical area served and volume of business; description of cattle transportation by rail and truck; comments on meat packing operations in stockyards; description of Fort Worth Livestock Exchange; explanation of “private treaty” arrangement between buyers and sellers; description of livestock auctioning process; comments on stockyards company’s sources of income; explanation of waste disposal; comments on duties of personnel; volume of livestock sold at auction; description of weighing and feeding operations; comments on price controls during World War II; remodeling of stockyards facility, 1960s and 1970s; comments on Niles City and its incorporation into Fort Worth; appointment as president and general manager, 1971; company name changes; description of union activities at stockyards; trends in livestock operations in Texas; civic activities; comments on government regulations. |
| Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
| Physical Description | 127 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
