Working life with Lionel Samson & Son and profiles of the Samson family members [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret McPherson

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AuthorLambert, Desmond Anthony Stephen, 1921-; McPherson, MargaretDescriptionStarted at 15 as an office boy at Lionel Samson's after a writing test -- Brief history of the oldest family business in Australia -- Samsons working in the family business in 1937 -- Duties of an office boy -- Telephone exchange -- Liquor wholesalers -- All accounts copied in special bound volumes for police inspection -- Introduction of carbon paper during World War II -- Developing an interest in history by reading old correspondence -- 1939: promoted to purchase clerk -- Supplying railway refreshment rooms and ordering flour from the mills -- Purchase of tobacco for Aborigines working on stations -- Mrs Katherine Samson flying from Adelaide -- 1940: shipping and customs clerk -- Working with bonded goods -- Accounts for Fremantle Harbour Trust -- Customs duty calculations and customs regulations -- Staff changes brought by the war -- World War II service -- Bottling in the store -- Distribution rights -- Changes in the company after the war -- 1950: accountant -- Agencies and diversification -- 1978: restoration, establishment and opening of a museum in the Old Samson cottage in Cliff Street -- 1982: retirement -- Biography of Michael Samson (1844-1907)ImprintMagna Entertainment, 1992.LanguageEnglishDate Published1992NotesInterview conducted by Margaret McPherson on 13 and 25 October 1992. Access: open. Original tape held at Battye Library; no copy madeContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: See also B/SAMSON, 069 [pamphlet file] Fremantle City Library Local History CollectionDewey ClassOH/LAMAudio FormatUnknown

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Barcode30118000425342LocationOral History Collection

PeopleSamson FamilyMichael SamsonDesmond Anthony Stephen LambertSuburbSouth Fremantle SubjectFanny Samson Cottage MuseumLionel Samson and SonWholesalersCollectionOral History Collection