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Oral history interview with Richard Leonard Carlton, 1975.

Creator: Carlton, Richard Leonard
Project: Continental Group project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 107 pages Sound recording 1 reel
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Assistant Treasurer; General Credit Manager.

Scope and Contents

Education; work for Continental Can as accounting and credit clerk; steamboat can shipments, Baltimore-Eastern Shore; management personalities; delinquent accounts, customer credit, interest charges; rivalry with American Can; Depression; warehouse receipt financing; duties as credit manager, New Orleans and San Francisco; increased use of telephone in business; impact of Robinson-Patman Act; packers canners vs. general line canners; move to head office in New York; Credit Department organization,; evaluation of Continental Can.

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