Name
Dyke, George E (Interviewee)
Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with George E. Dyke 1975
Abstract
Transportation at turn of century; Wall Street broker; stock sales for Gair; Gair family; effects of Depression; construction of shipping containers, cartons, paperboard; use of waste paper vs pulp; modernization of Piermont plant; history of Owens-Illinois; Lucius Clay and Continental Can management personalities, merger; new bookkeeping system; cylinder vs fourdrinier machine; folding carton plan ts, profit margins; effects of World War II on Gair; pulp allocation; work in Office of Price Administration; Gair's Southern expansion; water pollution problems with Augusta plant; Southern woodland acquisitions; Richmond corrugated plant purchase; Gair-Ft. Wayne deal.
Collection Name
Continental Group project
Subjects
Executives; Containers; Depressions--1929--United States; Factory management; Waste paper--Recycling; Dyke, George E; Continental Can Company
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1975
Note (Biographical)
Business executive.
Note
Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on December 20, 1974 and January 7, 1975.
Note (Provenance)
George E. Dyke, Gift 1975
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13537059
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-mp1b-p735
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.