Oral history interview with Joseph A. Kissinger 1975
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- Name
- Kissinger, Joseph A (Interviewee)
- Nackman, Mark E (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Joseph A. Kissinger 1975
- Abstract
- Experience with early business machines 1920s; education in chemistry; work as lacquer and enamel formulator for paint company; laboratory assistant at Continental Can; rivalry and consolidation of research departments; Troyer-Fox engineering skills; West Coast fish canning; standardization, cooperation of can maker and salesman; research and development; work of Heller Associates; beer can researc h; manager of Manufacturing research Services; developments in tinplate and solder World War II; move to Baltimore plant; Research Center, Chicago.
- Collection Name
- Continental Group project
- Subjects
- Executives; Manufacturing processes; Containers; Container industry--Equipment and supplies; Research, Industrial; Kissinger, Joseph A
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1975
- Note (Biographical)
- Administrative Assistant to General Manager.
- Note
- Interviewed by Mark E. Nackman on January 30, 1975.
- Note (Provenance)
- Joseph A. Kissinger, Gift 1975
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13540700
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ssem-hk87
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.