Name
Westerbeck, Colin L (Interviewee)
Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Colin L. Westerbeck 1975
Abstract
Family owned can company, manufacturing custom and specialty cans: sale of company to Continental Can, 1935; national sales promotion of beer can to brewing industry; anecdotes about Anheuser Busch and Falstaff; can self-manufacture; responsibilities as district sales manager; products and distribution of various plants.
Collection Name
Continental Group project
Subjects
Sales personnel; Manufacturing processes; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Sales management; Containers; Westerbeck, Colin L; Continental Can Company
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1975
Note (Biographical)
District sales manager.
Note
Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on January 13, 1975.
Note (Provenance)
Colin L. Westerbeck, Gift 1975
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13549159
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-x2zz-c683
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.