| Title: |
Reminiscences of Robert Elkington Wood
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A132
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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: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background, West Point; Philippines, 1901-02; Panama Canal, 1905-15; DuPont, General Asphalt; World War I: shipbuilding program, Army Transport Service, Acting Quartermaster General; Montgomery Ward, 1919-24; establishment of retail stores; Sears, Roebuck, 1924-61: shopping centers, profit sharing, Allstate; New Deal; America First; supply problems in World War II: labor relations.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 110 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part I, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1961 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Wood, Robert Elkington, 1879-1969
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1879
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| Speaker occupation: |
Executive; Government official
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| Age at speaking: |
82
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| Document date: |
1961
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| Interviewer: |
Weisberger, Bernard T.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; Panama; Panama Canal; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Department stores; Executives; Government executives--United States; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; Panama; Panama Canal; U.S. Army; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Montgomery Ward; Sears, Roebuck and Company; Wood, Robert Elkington, 1879-1969
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019159-14602
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