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Levi Strauss & Co.: Tailors to the World : oral history transcript / and related material, 1972-1976.
BANC CD 057:1-20; BANC MSS 77/76 c; Phonotape 2602 A:1-13; Phonotape 3145 C:1-20
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Title:

Levi Strauss & Co.: Tailors to the World : oral history transcript: and related material, 1972-1976

Creator/Contributor:

Nathan, Harriet, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Grether, E. T. (Ewald Theophilus), 1899-1994

Creator/Contributor:

Haas, Walter A., 1889-1979, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Haas, Walter A., 1916-1995, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Koshland, Daniel E. (Daniel Edward), 1892-1979, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Haas, Peter E., interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Interviews with Walter A. Haas, Sr., Daniel E. Koshland, Sr., Walter A. Haas, Jr., and Peter E. Haas, the four presidents of the firm since World War I. Comments on the growth of the company from regional manufacturer to multinational corporation; problems of transition from family-owned enterprise to a public one; the company's policy of social responsibility, etc. Appended: photocopies of documents supporting the interviews. with this, as v. 2 (portfolio): Additional documentary material (Copies of annual reports, brochures, articles, clippings, etc.).

Date:

1972 (issued)

Subject:

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Levi Strauss and Company.
Business enterprises -- United States
United States -- California -- Berkeley

Note:

tape recorded interview conducted 1972-1973 by Harriet Nathan for the Regional Oral Office, the Bancroft Libray, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1976 :
Introduction by E.T. Grether.
Copies of photographs inserted.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
[376] leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z2016
BANC CD 057:1-20
BANC MSS 77/76 c
Phonotape 2602 A:1-13
Phonotape 3145 C:1-20

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Related Item:

http://nma.berkeley.edu/ark:/28722/bk0005z2016