Oral history interview with Robert E. Lambert 1974
Oral history interview with Robert E. Lambert 1974
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- Name
- Lambert, Robert E (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Robert E. Lambert 1974
- Abstract
- Family background and education; memories of Depression; can manufacturing technology during the 1930s; 1939 Continental Can sales representative in Oil City, Pennsylvania; Army service 1942-46; improvements in can manufacturing technology during World War II; construction of new plant in Pittsburgh; difficulties in finding new customers in western Pennsylvania; management of Pittsburgh plant; labo r problems; Continental Can's concern for its reputation.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Sales personnel; Sales management; Depressions--1929--United States; Factory management; Labor unions--Officials and employees; Lambert, Robert E; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1974
- Note (Biographical)
- District sales manager.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on October 3, 1974.
- Note (Provenance)
- Robert E. Lambert, Gift 1974
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13540743
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ny5c-3q78
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.