Oral history interview with Harold Bergstrom 1975
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- Name
- Bergstrom, Harold (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Harold Bergstrom 1975
- Abstract
- Employment conditions in 1920s; family life; work with Cottrell precipitators for Research Corporation; occupational disease research for Travelers Insurance; heat sealing; development of liquipak fibre drums; development of drums for explosives, chemical warfare materials; steel vs. fibre drums Container Company's, merger with Continental Can; Hans Eggerss; Continental Can acquisitions; research d epartment's incorporation into Chicago setup.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Executives; Containers; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Research, Industrial; Bergstrom, Harold; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Director of research and development.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on March 4, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- Harold Bergstrom, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13534680
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-v0qv-zm09
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.