Reminiscences of Hokan Bjornstrom Steffanson, 1960
Abstract
Early life, education, business experiences in Sweden; travel to United States, 1909; business ventures, United States and Canada; Kraft pulp, paper mills, oil, investments; business and finance during World War I and Depression; Swedish-American cultural and educational activities; New York, N.Y. society and social life; experiences on TITANIC, 1912; Metropolitan Club, Newport and Carlsbad; commen ts on Wall Street, investments and investing, estate management, Prohibition, antenuptial agreements; Pinchots and United States aid to Finland, 1940; imnpressions of Ivar Kreuger, Oskar Froding, Hjalmar Branting; the Eno family; Mary Eno Steffanson, Carl Milles, George McDonald, Ignace Paderewski, Axel Wenner-Gren, Edward R. Finch
Capitalists and financiers; Business enterprises--20th century.--United States; Shipwrecks; Swedish Americans; New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs; United States Foreign relations 1933-1945; Björnström-Steffansson, Mauritz Håkon, 1883-1962