Finding Aid to the Lon Hughes KQW Interviews,
1946-1947
MS 1441A
Finding aid prepared by California Historical Society staff.
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© 2001, revised 2010
Title: Lon Hughes KQW interviews
Date (inclusive): 1946-1947
Creator:
Hughes, Lon
Collection Number: MS 1441A
Extent:
1 box
(0.25 Linear feet)
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Transcripts of 25 interviews of presidents of major firms based in California, on their adjustments to the postwar economy,
conducted by Hughes for a series of radio public service announcements, sponsored by Sutro & Co. and aired over station KQW.
Each interview includes a brief background of the corporation and biographical data on its executive members.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lon Hughes KQW Interviews, MS 1441A. California Historical Society.
Biography
From August 1946 to February 1947, Lon Hughes conducted a series of Public Service Announcements concerning post World War
II development of United States national industries. Utilizing an interview format, the broadcasts were designed to
bring San Franciscans up-to-the-minute-information from the men who guide the destinies of the great corporations of our nation. The series was sponsored by Sutro & Company and was aired Sunday evenings over station KQW.
Scope and Contents
Transcripts of 25 interviews of presidents of major firms based in California, on their adjustments to the postwar economy,
conducted by Hughes for a series of radio public service announcements, sponsored by Sutro & Co. and aired over station KQW.
Each interview includes a brief background of the corporation and biographical data on its executive members.
Hughes questions interviewees on the ways in which their industry was affected by the European War; the methods of how wartime
economy was to be transformed into a postwar economy; and, how public demand for quality goods and services change over time.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
KQW (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Sutro & Co. (San Francisco, Calif.)
California--Economic conditions.
Corporations--California.
Executives--California--Interviews.
Radio programs, Public services--California.
United States--Economic conditions.
Interviews.
Transcripts.
Folder 1
Bailey, F.A.:
Matson Navigation Company
1946 October 6
Folder 2
Bingham, Wheelock H.:
O'Connor Moffatt & Company
1947 January 26
Folder 3
Black, James B.:
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
1946 August 11
Folder 4
Crafts, James F.:
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
1946 September 22
Folder 5
Davies, Paul L.:
Food Machinery Corporation
1946 October 27
Folder 6
Follis, R.G.:
Standard Oil Company of California
1946 September 1
Folder 7
Fuller, H.H. Bethlehem:
Pacific Coast Steel Corp.
1946 October 20
Folder 8
Giannini, L.M.:
Bank of America
1947 January 12
Folder 9
Humphrey, William:
Tide Water Associated Oil Company
1946 August 18
Folder 10
Kaehler, Ronald:
San Francisco Stock Exchange
1946 December 8
Folder 11
Kessler, N.A.:
Super-Cold Corporation
1946 November 10
Folder 12
Lawson, Ernest:
Pacific Public Service Company
1946 December 29
Folder 13
McKenzie, G.S.:
Creameries of America, Inc.
1946 November 24
Folder 14
Lowe, W.H.:
Paraffine Companies, Inc.
1946 December 1
Folder 15
McLaughlin, D.H.:
Homestake Mining Company
1947 January 5
Folder 16
Mercier, A.T.:
Southern Pacific Company
1946 August 25
Folder 17
Miedel, R.J.:
Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company
1946 September 29
Folder 18
Oostermeyer, J.:
Shell Chemical Corporation
1947 January 19
Folder 19
Patterson, W.A.:
United Air Lines
1946 October 13
Folder 20
Rheem, R.S.:
Rheem Manufacturing Company
1946 September 15
Folder 21
Schram, Emil:
New York Stock Exchange
1947 March 2
Folder 22
Schwartz, Sidney L.:
Sutro & Company
1947 February 9
Folder 23
Tognazzini, Roland:
Union Sugar Company
1946 November 3
Folder 24
Weisman, F.R.:
Hunt Foods, Inc.
1946 December 15
Folder 25
Zellerbach, J.D.:
Crown Zellerbach Corporation
1946 November 17
