Name
Björnström-Steffansson, Mauritz Håkon, 1883-1962 (Interviewee)
Ackerman, Carl W. (Carl William), 1890-1970 (Interviewer)
Title
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
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
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
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1960
Physical Description
1,997 pages
Note (Biographical)
Financier, executive
Note
Interviewed by Carl W. Ackerman
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
15182986
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-94v3-wm50
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.