Oral history interview with Peter E. Fagan 1974
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- Name
- Fagan, Peter E (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Peter E. Fagan 1974
- Abstract
- Educated at Northwestern University and American Institute of Accountants, Chicago; Army experience in France, World War I; early accounting experience; credit department accountant for Continental Can in San Francisco; growth of West Coast operations in the 1930s; West Coast Sales Manager; discussion of management personnel; warehouse receipts and open credit practices; contracts with independent packers; 1950 consent decree, consultant to Continental after retirement.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Accountants; Executives; Accounting; Sales management; Fagan, Peter E; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1974
- Note (Biographical)
- Executive; accountant.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on September 9, 1974.
- Note (Provenance)
- Peter E. Fagan, Gift 1974
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13537892
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-nq3f-tc54
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.