Oral history interview with William H. Puschel [electronic resource], 1975

Biographical Note

Machinist, plant manager.

Scope and Contents

Life in Germany during World War I; machine work for McDonald and merger with Continental Can; experiences as Clearing plant manager: seasonal operations of vegetable packs, machine shop operations and inventories, Campbell Soup contract; plant renovation; management of Elwood, Indiana plant; design contract for Western Electric's Nike project; setting up Clearing Defense Plant, 1952; project manager for Nike Zeus.

Subjects

• Continental Can Company.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Factory management.
• Germany--History--William II, 1888-1918.
• Interviews.
• Machinists--Interviews.
• Nackman, Mark E., interviewer.
• Nike rocket.
• Oral histories.
• Puschel, William H.--Interviews.
• United States. Department of Defense.
• Western Electric Company.