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Summary:

Interviews with Olgie Ivey, Mary Louise Ivey Bardas, and Ben C. Ivey, Jr. concerning their experiences with Ben C. Ivey, Sr. and the Ben C. Ivey Oil Company in Denton, Texas. Olgie Ivey (Mrs. Ben C. Ivey, Sr.) and Mary Louise Ivey Bardas (daughter of Ben C. Ivey, Sr.) discuss the family business of Ben C. Ivey, Sr. in Denton, Texas, the family background, Ben Ivey's education, his ownership of automobile dealerships and the Sinclair distributorship in the 1930s and 1940s, and their civic activities. Ben C. Ivey, Jr., son of Ben C. Ivey, Sr. and President of Ben C. Ivey Oil Company in Denton, Texas, discusses his family background, his father's automobile and oil business, the creation of Ben C. Ivey Oil Company in 1959, the growth of the business, the background of Sinclair Oil Company, and the sale of gasoline and automotive products. He also talks about gasoline price fluctuations, the purchase and delivery of oil products to markets, personnel, financing the business, government regulations, the future of oil jobbing, his volunteer activities with the Denton State School, his cab and limousine business, and his civic activities.

Table of Contents:

• Leaves [1]-44: October 17, 1979 interview with Olgie Ivey (Mrs. Ben C. Ivey, Sr.) and Mary Louise Ivey Bardas
• leaves 45-91: November 14, 1979 interview with Ben C. Ivey, Jr.
• leaves 91-146: November 28, 1979 - continuation of interview with Ben C. Ivey, Jr.

Author/Creator:

Ivey family

Contributors:

Jenkins, Floyd Harold

Ivey, Olgie

Bardas, Mary Louise Ivey

Ivey, Ben Curtis, 1935-

Texas Business Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with the Ivey family, 1979 October 17, November 14 and 28 [by Ivey]

Related Series:

Business Oral History; [volume] 39

Subjects:

Ivey, Ben Curtis, 1898-1969

Ivey family — Oral history

Ivey, Olgie — Oral history

Bardas, Mary Louise Ivey — Oral history

Ivey, Ben Curtis, 1935- — Oral history

Ben C. Ivey Oil Company — Oral history

Sinclair Oil Corporation — Oral history

Petroleum industry and trade — Oral history

Automobile industry and trade — Oral history

Petroleum products — Oral history

Gasoline — Prices — Oral history

Petroleum law and legislation — Oral history

Family-owned business enterprises — Texas — Denton — Oral history

Businessmen — Texas — Denton — Oral history

Women — Oral history

Denton (Tex.) — Commerce — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Business oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interviews conducted in 1979 for the Business Archives Project, North Texas State University Oral History Collection. Interviewer: Dr. Floyd Jenkins of the College of Business, North Texas State University.

Physical Description:

146 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OHB 39

OCLC Numbers:

144617776