Oral history interview with Frank W. Burns 1974
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- Name
- Burns, Frank W (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Frank W. Burns 1974
- Abstract
- Youth and adventures, Chicago and California; 1918, Ford apprenticeship as machinist, tool and die maker; American Can, Pacific Can; move in 1937 to Continental Can as salesman: can companies, competition and products on West Coast; quality control; reduced edge, aluminum and flat top beer cans, vacuum can, tin coating; salesmanship, customers; impressions of Ellison Hazard, Carle Conway Thomas Fog arty, and others.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Sales personnel; Containers; Factory management; Manufacturing processes; Sales management; Burns, Frank W; Continental Can Company
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1974
- Note (Biographical)
- Sales representative.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on September 11 and November 7, 1974.
- Note (Provenance)
- Frank W. Burns, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13534908
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-sheh-5n20
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.