| Title: |
Reminiscences of Walter J. Coker
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A37
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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: |
Family, educational background; accounting work for South Paperboard, Gair; Port Wentworth pulp mill; evaluation of Hodge operations; Continental Can's southern plan expansion program; employee reactions to Continental's acquisition of Gair; installation of cost systems; Hopewell plant operations and products; construction, organization of Augusta mill, problems; manufacturing of profit versus volume items; economic, morale problems at Augusta; survival-expansion project at Hodge; training, public relations programs; advantages and demands of plant manager position; management-union friction at Hopewell; need for semi-chemical paperboard expansion; Hopewell energy collection program.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 118 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: |
Coker, Walter J., 1927-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1927
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| Speaker occupation: |
Plant manager
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| Age at speaking: |
48
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| Document date: |
1975
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| Interviewer: |
Nackman, Mark E.
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Accountants; Accounting; Executives; Oral history
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Coker, Walter J., 1927-; Continental Can Company, Inc; Factory management; Paper industry and trade
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018124-13567
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