Oral history interview with Gene P. Oehlberg 1975
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- Name
- Oehlberg, Gene P (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Gene P. Oehlberg 1975
- Abstract
- Chicago rotary and can seaming machines; apprenticeship, closing machine servicing; business travels 1920s-1940s, effects of Depression on canners; duties as regional supervisor of services; Canadian operations, equipment products expansion, competition with American Can; Gair and Perga equipment; administration of 1950 consent decree, impact on industry; establishing new customer service and sales policies, contract plans; viablility of Canadian and American operations over the years.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Executives; Containers; Factory management; International business enterprises; Sales management; Oehlberg, Gene P; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Administrator.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on February 18 and March 3, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- Gene P. Oehlberg, Gift 1976
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13546764
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-h5n0-0856
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.