Oral history interview with Howard B. Chadwick and Anthony Civitello 1975
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- Name
- Chadwick, Howard B (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Civitello, Anthony (Interviewee)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Howard B. Chadwick and Anthony Civitello 1975
- Abstract
- History of paper bag business, Benjamin C. Betner and Thomas M. Royal; packaging, food retailing in early 1900s; Betner Bag Company's development of glassine paper, polyethyline, bagmaking and printing equipment; Benco filling machine; the Depression; Devon plant location and employee transportation problems; competitors; National Recovery Act and unionization of Betner plants; development of insta nt coffee; Betner's growth, World War II; small unit packaging; Betner and Continental Can merger in 1953; product diversification; duties of executive sales manager and plant manager.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Sales personnel; Executives; Paper containers; Manufacturing processes; Sales management; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Chadwick, Howard B; Civitello, Anthony; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Executive sales manager.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on October 25, 1974 and February 7, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- Howard B. Chadwick and Anthony Civitello, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13536859
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-pc9h-9m23
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.