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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Fred S. Hinkle
RLIN number: NXCP88-A66
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: Continental Group Project
Description: Paper bag sales; specialty bags; burlap, cotton vs. multiwall paper bag construction; history of Betner Bag Company; pioneer paper products; research for Electrolux; Betner acquisitions, diversification; Betner sales force; heat seal and cellophane bags; military packaging work, World War II and Korean War; Betner and Shellmar merger with Continental Can; consolidation of flexible packaging facilities; Texas labor situation, plant closure; Paoli, Mt. Vernon plant sites; duties as sales manager.
Extent: Transcript: 109 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 1975 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Hinkle, Fred S., 1912-
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1912
Speaker occupation: Assistant sales manager
Age at speaking: 63
Document date: 1975
Interviewer: Nackman, Mark E.
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Consolidation and merger of corporations
Topics discussed - Other terms: Containers; Continental Can Company, Inc; Hinkle, Fred S., 1912-; Paper containers; Sales personnel
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0020225-15667