| Title: |
Reminiscences of William I. Myers
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A86
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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: |
Education and academic career; role in New Deal farm program; Farm Credit Administration; Continental Can's management crisis of 1950; problems of raising capital for rapid expansion in the 1950s; sale of Hazel-Atlas Glass; expansion abroad; comments on Continental Can's top management.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 70 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: |
Myers, William I., 1891-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1891
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| Speaker occupation: |
Business executive
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| Age at speaking: |
84
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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: |
Agriculture--United States; Executives; International business enterprises; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; Oral history; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Continental Can Company, Inc; Myers, William I., 1891-; United States--Economic policy--1933-1945
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020436-15878
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