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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Iver J. Olsen and Ann Olsen
RLIN number: NXCP88-A37
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: Continental Group Project
Description: Family, immigration to the United States, early life in Tacoma, Washington; machinist apprenticeship; early jobs; beginning career with Continental Can as a die maker; master mechanic in Oakland and Seattle; women employees during World War II; seventeen years as plant manager; union-management relations.
Extent: Transcript: 93 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
Restrictions: Access: Written permission required from Continental Group. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1974 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Olsen, Iver J., 1895-
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1895
Speaker occupation: Plant manager
Age at speaking: 79
Document date: 1974
Interviewer: Nackman, Mark E.
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Women--Employment
Topics discussed - Other terms: Container industry--Equipment and supplies; Continental Can Company, Inc; Factory management; Olsen, Ann; Olsen, Iver J., 1895-; Supervisors, Industrial
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0019913-15356