| Description |
Sound recordings ; cassettes |
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Transcript : (28 leaves) ; 29 cm. |
| Series |
Chemical Heritage Foundation Oral History Transcript ; 0304
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| Note |
Interviewed conducted by Arnold Thackray in Wilmington, Delaware. |
| Summary |
Millard G. Gamble capped his thirty-nine year career in sales and marketing of fibers at E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company as the vice president of the Textile Fibers Department. Gamble begins the interview by discussing his family life and education as an undergraduate at Wesleyan University. He talks about his post-graduation experiences working for the United States Department of Agriculture and as an officer with the United States Navy. Gamble reflects on joining Du Pont in 1945 and his sales experience in the Rayon [later named Textile Fibers] Department. Gamble was moved to various marketing and manufacturing jobs before becoming the director of the industrial marketing division and eventually the general director of marketing divisions. He elaborates on a number of contributions that the Textile Fibers Department made to the Du Pont Company and discusses the development of various fibers. He also talks about the influence of several leaders in the Textile Fibers Department. Gamble's final years at Du Pont were spent as the general manager for textile fibers, where he was responsible for developing worldwide apparel and home fabrics. He became the vice president of the Textile Fibers Department in 1983 and then retired in 1984. |
| Cite As |
Millard G. Gamble interviewed by Arnold Thackray at Wilmington, Delaware. (Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, Oral History Transcript 0304.) |
| Note |
Sound recordings Science History Institute. |
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Transcript Science History Institute. |
| Use |
No restrictions on access. Reproduction and use with permission. Chemical Heritage Foundation. |
| Biography |
Born in Brooklyn, New York on 8 March 1919. Education: B.A., social science, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (1941). Employment: 1945-1984 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. |
| Indexes |
Transcript has been indexed. |
| Note |
Part or all of this item has been digitized by Science History Institute. |
| Subject(s) |
Gamble, Millard G., 1919- -- Interviews.
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
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Industrial management -- Biography.
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Industrial management -- Interviews.
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Selling -- Fibers.
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Selling -- Textile fibers, Synthetic.
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Textile fibers, Synthetic -- Marketing.
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Fibers -- Marketing.
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| Genre |
Oral histories.
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Interviews. aat
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| Alternate Author |
Thackray, Arnold, 1939- interviewer.
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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| Alternate Title |
Millard G. Gamble oral history interview. |
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