Oral history interview with Louis F. Kalmar, 1975.

Biographical Note

Vice president, general manager of Woodlands Division.

Scope and Contents

Childhood; company store in West Virginia mining town; forestry school; World War II: D-Day in Europe, Luzon landing; 1946, Robert Gair Company; expansion and land acquisition in southern United States; large scale site preparation for tree planting; selection of parent trees, seed orchards, testing and propaogation; Southern Advance Company; changes in conservation and reforestation practices; Continental's woodlands program at time of Gair acquisition; marketing research and banking; communication with corporate management; present and projected status of woodland operation.

Subjects

• Conservation of natural resources.
• Continental Can Company.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Foresters--Interviews.
• Forests and forestry.
• Interviews.
• Kalmar, Louis F.--Interviews.
• Nackman, Mark E.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Paper industry.
• World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.