Interviewee | PIERCE, Wilford (b. 1909) and Mattie (b. 1916) |
Professions | Owners and operators of Pierce’s in Denton |
Interview ID # | OHB 0103 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | Owners and operators of Pierce’s, Denton, Texas. Wilford’s family background; experiences working at Evers Hardware; effects of Depression in Denton; description of business on Denton Square, 1920s; Mattie’s family background; her comments on farming near Blum, Texas; experiences at Texas Woman’s University; establishment of greeting card and gift business, Denton, 1945; expansion into small appliances and sporting goods; description of hunting and fishing inventory; experiences with customers purchasing firearms; comments on repair business; sale of business, 1977; comments on volume of sales; views of husband-wife business relationship; description of personnel. |
Interviewer(s) | Floyd Jenkins |
Physical Description | 70 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |