Reminiscences of Robert Elkington Wood, 1961
- Name
- Wood, Robert E. (Robert Elkington), 1879-1969 (Interviewee)
- Weisberger, Bernard T (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Robert Elkington Wood, 1961
- Abstract
- 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
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Government executives--United States; Executives; Department stores; New Deal, 1933-1939; Panama Canal (Panama); United States Politics and government 1933-1945; Wood, Robert E. (Robert Elkington), 1879-1969; Sears, Roebuck and Company; Montgomery Ward; United States. Army
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 110 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Executive, government official
- Note
- Interviewed by Bernard T. Weisberger
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
- Catalog Record
- 15345290
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-6ebe-v660
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.