Containerization Oral History Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Harlander, Leslie
label: Creator
content: Gibson, Andrew
label: Interviewer
content: Donovan, Arthur
label: Creator
content: Cushing, Charles
label: Creator
content: Boylston, John
label: Creator
content: Seiberlich, Carl
label: Creator
content: Pfeiffer, Robert
label: Creator
content: Powell, Stanley
label: Creator
content: Richardson, Paul
label: Creator
content: Seaton, Bruce
label: Creator
content: Horvitz, Wayne
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Creator
content: Katims, Ron
label: Creator
content: Morrison, Scott
topic: label: Topic
content: Transportation -- 1990-2000
label: Topic
content: Transportation equipment industry -- 1990-2000
label: Topic
content: Ships -- Cargo -- 1990-2000
label: Topic
content: Shipping -- 1990-2000 -- United States
label: Topic
content: Shipment of goods -- 1990-2000
label: Topic
content: Containers -- 1990-2000
label: Topic
content: Containerization -- 1990-2000
label: Topic
content: Container ships -- 1990-2000
label: Topic
content: Container industry -- 1990-2000
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Commissioned for the National Museum of American History.
creator: label: Creator
content: Harlander, Leslie
label: Creator
content: Gibson, Andrew
label: Interviewer
content: Donovan, Arthur
label: Creator
content: Cushing, Charles
label: Creator
content: Boylston, John
label: Creator
content: Seiberlich, Carl
label: Creator
content: Pfeiffer, Robert
label: Creator
content: Powell, Stanley
label: Creator
content: Richardson, Paul
label: Creator
content: Seaton, Bruce
label: Creator
content: Horvitz, Wayne
label: Creator
content: Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
label: Creator
content: Katims, Ron
label: Creator
content: Morrison, Scott
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content: Containerization Oral History Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: This project consists of oral history interviews with individuals who initiated and implemented the post-World War II revolution in the transportation industry known as containerization.  This technological and organizational revolution, a product of American innovation and entrepreneurship, has transformed the way cargos are loaded and moved on ships, trains, trucks, and barges. The introduction of trailer-sized containers as the units for loading cargo abroad ships has transformed commercial shipping.  Loading items abroad ship in boxes, barrels, and bags, a system known as break-bulk, was replaced by containerization.  Containerization is one of the fundamental technologies in modern society.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1995-1998
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Oral histories created by Arthur Donovan and the Lemelson Center.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0639
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Transcripts
label: Type
content: Oral history
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Audio cassettes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is ivided into two series.

Serties 1: Audio cassettes, 1995-1998

Series 2: Transcripts, 19956-1998
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, 2000.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Oral history -- 1990-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews -- 1980-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Audio cassettes -- 1990-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Original audio cassettes and transcripts of oral history interviews with individuals involved in the transportation industry known as containerization. Arthur Donovan was the principal interviewer.