Oral history interview with James Wirsta 1975
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- Name
- Wirsta, James (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with James Wirsta 1975
- Abstract
- Family emigration from Poland to Canada; work on McDonald's general line cans; merger with Continental Can; lithography of the 1930s; work in press and lithography departments; employee supervision; correlation of safety to plant efficiency and productivity; move to new Toronto plant; employee absenteeism, tardiness, drinking.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Lithographers; Supervisors, Industrial; International business enterprises; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Personnel management; Lithography; Canada Economic conditions 1918-1945; Wirsta, James; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Production supervisor.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on May 23, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- James Wirsta, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13549264
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-j8pz-ws61
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.