Oral history interview with Harvey H. Fell 1974
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- Name
- Fell, Harvey H (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Harvey H. Fell 1974
- Abstract
- Education; employed by Container Company, 1934; expansion of market for fiber drums in the 1930s; new products; cost accountant, 1943; Container Company during World War II; merger with Continental Can, 1942; shift to industrial accounting; memories of H.A. Eggerss, Charles Eggerss, Carle Conway; personnel policies and concern for community relations; plant manager, 1954.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Supervisors, Industrial; Accountants; Container industry; Consolidation and merger of corporations; Factory management; Accounting; Fell, Harvey H; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1974
- Note (Biographical)
- Plant manager.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on September 24, 1974.
- Note (Provenance)
- Harvey H. Fell, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13537909
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-540b-8804
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.