Oral History Interview with the Ivey Family

Résumé du livre

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.