Business | Oral History

Business

OH 0118

Businessman. His observations on the settlement and development of the Coastal Bend area of South Texas, 1910-68. Ruhmann Manufacturing Company; rural social life.

OHB 0004

President, Mary Kay Cosmetics. Recollections of his mother’s (Mary Kay. selling career and its impact on her own company; relations with sales personnel; their decision to form own company; marketing and sales motivation; wig business; pricing; dual management system; legal aspects and government regulations; views on government regulation, self-regulation, consumerism, product quality; reasons for going public with stock; financing methods; contract and private labeling; budgeting; Australian experiences; expansion;

OH 1053

Businessman. His experiences concerning the Kaiser Permanente Prudential Insurance Company joint venture in providing health care.

OH 1500

Businessman, musician. His recollections concerning the development of the Northside (Fort Worth, Texas) Hispanic community, his music career, and the evolution of his family’s Mexican foods business. Immigration of his parents and grandparents from Mexico, 1919; employment of his father with Swift & Co., Fort Worth; opening of the family grocery store, 1941; economic importance of Swift & Co.

OH 1049

Businessman. His experiences concerning the Kaiser Permanente-Prudential Insurance Company joint venture in providing health care.