Reminiscences of Walter J. Coker : oral history, 1975.

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Reminiscences of Walter J. Coker : oral history, 1975.

Family, educational background; accounting work for South Paperboard, Gair; Port Wentworth pulp mill; evaluation of Hodge operations; Continental Can's southern plan expansion program; employee reactions to Continental's acquisition of Gair; installation of cost systems; Hopewell plant operations and products; construction, organization of Augusta mill, problems; manufacturing of profit versus volume items; economic, morale problems at Augusta; survival-expansion project at Hodge; training, public relations programs; advantages and demands of plant manager position; management-union friction at Hopewell; need for semi-chemical paperboard expansion; Hopewell energy collection program.

Transcript: 118 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

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Plant manager. From the description of Reminiscences of Walter J. Coker : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419263 ...