| Title: |
Reminiscences of Raymond G. Fisher
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A83
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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: |
Early government statistical programs; Washington during New Deal; War Production Board allocation work; postwar rebuilding efforts in Berlin; strength of Continental's European subsidiaries; German vs. English social and economic structure; work for Rockefellers; Eisenhower campaign; General Clay's business philosophy, effects on Continental; steel strike, 1950s, move to packaging, 1950s mergers; success of Mills process in plastics markets; competition with American Can; acquisition and reorganization of Shellman plants; history of Diversified Products Group, coordination problems, sales; trends in can business over last twenty years; White Cap operations; product life cycles, profitability; production, distribution, profit problems of Bondware; Tee-pak, Crest cups; paper-plastic competition; international operations since the 1960s; coordination of European manufacturing and marketing programs; obsolescence of European licensee arrangements; worldwide expansion into economic developing areas, especially Brazil; foreign woodland resources; Russian business cooperation, association; future developmental possibilities in China, Indonesia.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 163 leaves, Tape: 2 reels
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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: |
Fisher, Raymond G., 1911-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1911
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| Speaker occupation: |
Executive
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| Age at speaking: |
64
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| Document date: |
1975
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| Interviewer: |
Nackman, Mark E.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Consolidation and merger of corporations; Executives; International business enterprises; North America; Oral history; Presidents--United States--Election--1952; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Container industry; Continental Can Company, Inc; Fisher, Raymond G., 1911-; Paper containers
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018619-14062
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