Interview with George Ducharme
IntervieweeInterview with
George Ducharme
American, born 1930
InterviewerInterviewed by
Bruce M. Stave
American, 1937 - 2017
InterviewerInterviewed by
Sondra Astor Stave
Date2009 February 5
Mediumdigitized audio cassette tape
DimensionsDuration: 1 Hour, 18 Minutes, 58 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionAudio cassette tape of an interview with George Ducharme. He was interviewed on February 5, 2009 by Bruce M. Stave and Sondra Astor Stave at his home in Hartford, Connecticut.
George was born on March 1, 1930 in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended Barnard School, Northeast Junior High, and Weaver High School. After high school he worked at Bryant Chapman, a Sealtest Division, as an accounts payable clerk until he was drafted for the military. He served in the Air Force during the war, then went back to Sealtest. He then decided to attend college so he could be considered for manager positions. He graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1955. While in college, he worked full-time at Mead Clothes on Asylum Street in Hartford. He was elected as President of the Student Council in college, and he shares his memories of this role. He accepted a position at Sears after graduating college and was stationed at a store in West Virginia. In 1957, he left Sears to work for G. Fox & Co. in the Internal Audit Department. He describes his memories of G. Fox. and what his job was like in the Audit Department. He then moved to the Inventory Department, and he describes the inventory process. He shares his memories of Beatrice Fox Auerbach. George then became the Assistant to the Budget Director and then the Budget Director, a position he held for three years. George left G. Fox in 1966. He describes how he left the store. He describes his friendship with Ann Uccello and Mary Barry, and how he helped Ann Uccello get elected to the Hartford City Council. George was Ann Uccello's campaign manager. In 1970, George took a job with the Hartford Knights football team as the Marketing and Public Relations Manager. After the Hartford Knights ceased operations, he went to work for the Hartford Whalers for four years. He compares G. Fox to Korvette's. He describes G. Fox at Christmas. He ends the interview by stating how working at G. Fox helped him grow in his career.
George was born on March 1, 1930 in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended Barnard School, Northeast Junior High, and Weaver High School. After high school he worked at Bryant Chapman, a Sealtest Division, as an accounts payable clerk until he was drafted for the military. He served in the Air Force during the war, then went back to Sealtest. He then decided to attend college so he could be considered for manager positions. He graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1955. While in college, he worked full-time at Mead Clothes on Asylum Street in Hartford. He was elected as President of the Student Council in college, and he shares his memories of this role. He accepted a position at Sears after graduating college and was stationed at a store in West Virginia. In 1957, he left Sears to work for G. Fox & Co. in the Internal Audit Department. He describes his memories of G. Fox. and what his job was like in the Audit Department. He then moved to the Inventory Department, and he describes the inventory process. He shares his memories of Beatrice Fox Auerbach. George then became the Assistant to the Budget Director and then the Budget Director, a position he held for three years. George left G. Fox in 1966. He describes how he left the store. He describes his friendship with Ann Uccello and Mary Barry, and how he helped Ann Uccello get elected to the Hartford City Council. George was Ann Uccello's campaign manager. In 1970, George took a job with the Hartford Knights football team as the Marketing and Public Relations Manager. After the Hartford Knights ceased operations, he went to work for the Hartford Whalers for four years. He compares G. Fox to Korvette's. He describes G. Fox at Christmas. He ends the interview by stating how working at G. Fox helped him grow in his career.
Object number2009.85.30
NotesSubject Note: From 2006 to 2008, the Connecticut Historical Society carried out an oral history project to collect first-hand impressions of G. Fox & Co. and its long-time president, Beatrice Fox Auerbach. Over thirty former employees, as well as two of Mrs. Auerbach's grandchildren, Dorothy Brooks Koopman and Rena Koopman, contributed their memories in interviews conducted by the Stave Group, Oral History Consultants. Funding Note: In 2006, the Connecticut Historical Society received a grant from the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to support the collection of oral histories, the cataloging of G. Fox & Co. materials and Fox and Auerbach family materials, and the creation of web pages. Additional funding for the oral histories was provided by The Prospect Fund, The Brookside Fund, and The Maple Tree Fund. The Connecticut Historical Society gratefully acknowledges these generous supporters. Without such generosity, this project would not have been possible.
Subject Terms
- Hartford
- Hartford (Conn.)
- Department stores
- Employees
- G. Fox & Co.
- Oral history
- Interview transcripts
- Interviews
- Oral narratives
- Retail trade
- Education
- College students
- Sears, Roebuck and Company
- Fox, Beatrice, 1887-1968
- Uccello, Antonina P., 1922-2023
- Elections
- Voting
- Politics, practical
- City council (Hartford, Conn.)
- Women
- Women politicians
- Politicians
- Hartford Knights (Football team)
- Sports
- Football
- Hartford Whalers (Hockey team)
- Hockey
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Christmas
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- G. Fox & Co. Collection
- Remembering G. Fox & Co.
Collections
- G. Fox & Co.
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