Oral history interview with Louis F. Kalmar 1975
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- Name
- Kalmar, Louis F (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E
- Title
- Oral history interview with Louis F. Kalmar 1975
- Abstract
- Childhood; company store in West Virginia mining town; forestry school; World War II: D-Day in Europe, Luzon landing; 1946, Robert Gair Company; expansion and land acquisition in southern United States; large scale site preparation for tree planting; selection of parent trees, seed orchards, testing and propaogation; Southern Advance Company; changes in conservation and reforestation practices; Co ntinental's woodlands program at time of Gair acquisition; marketing research and banking; communication with corporate management; present and projected status of woodland operation.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Foresters; Executives; World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American; Forests and forestry; Conservation of natural resources; Paper industry; Kalmar, Louis F; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Vice president, general manager of Woodlands Division.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on May 2, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- Louis F. Kalmar, Gift 1976
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13540656
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-441t-6e27
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.