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Summary:

Interviews with Bette Graham concerning her experiences as a secretary; her invention of Liquid Paper (1956-1960); her early marketing and production of Liquid Paper (1960-1962); developing a business policy and forming a management team; creating the Bette Clair McMurray Foundation (1976) and the Gihon Foundation (1978); selling the Liquid Paper Corporation to the Gillette Company (1979); serving as a Christian Science practitioner.

Table of Contents:

• Leaves [1]-14: pt. 1 of April 2, 1980 interview
• leaves 15-49: August 3, 1977 interview
• leaves 50-77: pt. 2 of April 2, 1980 interview
• speech before the New Enterprise Club, Harvard Business School (8 leaves)
• interview for Radio KXXK (8 leaves)
• transcript of speech by Graham to Rotary Club, as played on John Allen's At Random (10 leaves)
• photocopy of clipping from May 14, 1980 Dallas Morning News about services for Bette Claire Graham (1 leaf).

Author/Creator:

Graham, Bette Nesmith, 1924-1980

Contributors:

Anderson, Ruth I.

Jenkins, Floyd Harold

Texas Business Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Weaver Collection

Weaver Collection Juvenile

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Bette Graham, 1977 August 3 and 1980 April 2 [by Graham, B.N.]

Related Series:

Business Oral History; [volume] 10

Subjects:

Graham, Bette Nesmith, 1924-1980 — Oral history

Liquid Paper Corporation — Oral history

Bette Clair McMurray Foundation — Oral history

Gihon Foundation — Oral history

Office equipment and supplies industry — Texas — Oral history

Christian Scientists — Texas — Oral history

Businesswomen — Texas — Oral history

Business enterprises — Texas — Oral history

Women — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Business oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interviews conducted August 3, 1977 and April 2, 1980 for the Texas Business Oral History Project, North Texas State University Oral History Collection. Interviewers: Ruth Anderson (1977) and Floyd Jenkins (1980), Professors of Business Administration, North Texas State University.
The Liquid Paper Corporation Records are processed and available for viewing in the University Archives.

Physical Description:

77 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 7 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 8, 10 pages, 1 unnumbered leaves : illustrations, facsimiles ; 28 cm

Call Numbers:

OHB 10

OCLC Numbers:

44118489