Oral history interview with Howard P. Ryan [electronic resource], 1974

Biographical Note

Plant manager.

Scope and Contents

Cornell University, agriculture in central New York; with Continental Can in Syracuse, 1915-1950: drill press operator, production manager, purchasing agent; Chicago office, 1950-1957: manager of patents, shipping cans, leasing machines to canning companies; technological improvements; impressions of executives.

Subjects

• Containers.
• Continental Can Company.
• Factory management.
• Interviews.
• Manufacturing processes.
• Nackman, Mark E., interviewer.
• Oral histories.
• Ryan, Howard P.--Interviews.
• Supervisors, Industrial--Interviews.