Boyle, Gertrude "Gert" and Boyle, Timothy "Tim"
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content: Allison, David Kite
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content: Velasquez, Steve
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content: Yeingst, William
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews / Audio Interviews
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content: 75.96 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 01:22:58, audio/mp3)
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content: 2014-11-20
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content: Item NMAH-AC1365-BDA0005
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Oral history interview with Gertrude "Gert" Boyle, former President and Board Chair of Columbia Sportswear, and her son Timothy "Tim" Boyle, current President of Columbia Sportswear. Originally from Germany, Gert Boyle recounts growing up with a secular Jewish family in Nazi Germany; fleeing to the United States; arriving to Portland, Oregon via New York City; studying social work and meeting her husband Neal at the University of Arizona; family and homelife; working with Neal to help grow her father's company, which later became Columbia Sportswear; assimilating through work, language, religion and culture; and leading the family business after her husband's death. Tim Boyle recounts helping with the family business after his father's death through marketing, manufacturing and management decisions.