Oral history interview with Alfred Abplanalp 1975

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Name:: Abplanalp, Alfred (Interviewee), Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
Title:: Oral history interview with Alfred Abplanalp 1975
Abstract:: Work for Continental Can servicing closing machines; Green Giant account; transfer to sales department; comments on senior executives; effects of the Depression on sales; construction of Mankato plant; Conway Scholarships; work as District Sales Manager, Minnesota and north Wisconsin region.
Collection Name:: Continental Group project
Subjects:: Executives; Containers; Sales management; Abplanalp, Alfred; Continental Can Company
Format:: oral histories; sound recordings
Genre:: Interviews
Date:: 1975
Note:: Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on January 15, 1975.
Note (Provenance):: Alfred Abplanalp, Gift 1975
Language:: English
Library Location:: Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record:: 13534446
Digital Project:: Time Based Media
Persistent URL:: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-r0bz-e387