Oral history interview with William I. Myers 1975
Oral history interview with William I. Myers 1975
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- Name
- Myers, William Irving (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with William I. Myers 1975
- Abstract
- Education and academic career; role in New Deal farm program; Farm Credit Administration; Continental Can's management crisis of 1950; problems of raising capital for rapid expansion in the 1950s; sale of Hazel-Atlas Glass; expansion abroad; comments on Continental Can's top management.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Executives; New Deal, 1933-1939; Agriculture--United States; International business enterprises; United States Economic policy 1933-1945; Myers, William Irving; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Business executive.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on January 21, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- William I. Myers, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13546709
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-az4c-x520
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.