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Oral history interview with John H. Dennis [electronic resource], 1975

Creator: Dennis, John H.
Project: Continental Group project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Sound file: digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Assistant to plant manager.

Scope and Contents

Early employment; payroll clerk at lumber mill; paper tester, stock room clerk; history of Hodge-Hunt Lumber Company; company store; 1926 formation of Southern Advance Bag and Paper Company; anecdotes concerning various persons and training at Hodge Plant in Louisiana; payroll handling and employee salaries; unionization; Hodge production and machinery; bleached paper mill; Southern Advance merger with Robert Gair, 1955; tornado incident; modernization of Hodge by Continental; Continentalization.

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