| Interviewee | FENOGLIO, W. H. (b. 1909) |
| Professions | General and regional manager |
| Employers | Haverty’s Furniture Company |
| Interview ID # | OHB 0080 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | General and regional manager, Haverty’s Furniture Company, Houston, Texas. Family Family background; Fenoglio settlement in Montague County, Texas; farming in Montague; comments on grape production and effects of Prohibition on business; education in Montague; effects of Depression in Montague; employment with Haverty’s Furniture, 1928; history of company; work as door-to-door salesman and origin of $1.00 down and $1.00 a week credit business; expansion of stores in Houston; promotion to store floor salesman, 1939; promotion to assistant manager and manager of Houston stores; appointment to and experiences on board of directors, 1960; purchasing and closing out of National Stores chain, 1961; building stores in Houston suburbs, 1960s; experiences as western regional manager of stores; comments on buying merchandise for stores; views on management training; sales volume and competition in Houston market; closing of Houston stores, 1980; financing of stores and organizational structure; comments on unionization of Haverty’s stores in Houston; experiences dealing with warehouser’s strike; use of advertising; views on success of Dallas store; comments on Depression in Houston; participation in trade associations; dealings with OSHA and EEOC; managerial practices; civic activities in Houston and Nocona, Texas. |
| Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
| Physical Description | 150 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
