Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with William Allin, 1975.Biographical NoteExecutive.
Scope and ContentsEmployment with Advance Bag and Paper Company; paper sales business in the South in the 1930s; move to Boston; considerations in company expansion; diversification in bag industry; importance of efficient sales organization; Southern Advance merger with Gair, then Continental Can; integrating Hodge, Port Wentworth and Hopewell operations; responsibilities as group vice president; refurbishing Hodge operation.
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