Reminiscences of Nathan Cummings : oral history, 1984.

Biographical Note

Industrialist.

Scope and Contents

Reminiscences of business acquisitions: C.D. Kenny, Electrolux, Sprague-Warner; founding of Consolidated Grocers; views on qualities of a successful entrepreneur; bankruptcy of family shoe business; art collection.

Subjects

• Art--Collectors and collecting.
• Bankruptcy.
• Business enterprises.
• Businessmen--United States--Interviews.
• Cummings, Nathan, 1896-1985.
• Entrepreneurship.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1987.