reminiscences of George E. Dyke : oral history, 1975.

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reminiscences of George E. Dyke : oral history, 1975.

Transportation at turn of century; Wall Street broker; stock sales for Gair; Gair family; effects of Depression; construction of shipping containers, cartons, paperboard; use of waste paper vs pulp; modernization of Piermont plant; history of Owens-Illinois; Lucius Clay and Continental Can management personalities, merger; new bookkeeping system; cylinder vs fourdrinier machine; folding carton plants, profit margins; effects of World War II on Gair; pulp allocation; work in Office of Price Administration; Gair's Southern expansion; water pollution problems with Augusta plant; Southern woodland acquisitions; Richmond corrugated plant purchase; Gair-Ft. Wayne deal.

Transcript: 116 leaves.tape: 2 reels.

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Business executive. From the description of reminiscences of George E. Dyke : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528834 ...