| Title: |
Reminiscences of Richard Leonard Carlton
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A15
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Continental Group Project
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| Description: |
Education; work for Continental Can as accounting and credit clerk; steamboat can shipments, Baltimore-Eastern Shore; management personalities; delinquent accounts, customer credit, interest charges; rivalry with American Can; Depression; warehouse receipt financing; duties as credit manager, New Orleans and San Francisco; increased use of telephone in business; impact of Robinson-Patman Act; packers canners vs. general line canners; move to head office in New York; Credit Department organization,; evaluation of Continental Can.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 107 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Written permission required from Continental Group. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1975 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Carlton, Richard Leonard, 1903-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1903
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| Speaker occupation: |
Assistant Treasurer; General Credit Manager
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| Age at speaking: |
72
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| Document date: |
1975
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| Interviewer: |
Nackman, Mark E.
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Accountants; Oral history
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Carlton, Richard Leonard, 1903-; Containers; Continental Can Company, Inc; Credit departments; Credit managers
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017389-12832
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