Title
Interview with Frank Jewitt
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Date of Interview
7-20-2001
Duration of Audio File
Audio File 1 -- 01:04:50; Audio File 2 -- 01:12:55
Interviewee
Frank H. Jewett II
Age
Born 1917, was 84 at the time of the interview. Passed away in 2011 at the age of 93.
Gender
Male
Description
Frank H. Jewett II was a chemist in Warren's R&D laboratory from 1942 until the early 1950s. He provides a very detailed account of the technical work of improving the mill's high quality publication papers. Jewitt also lends a remarkable, rich depiction of three mill managers in the era, and the nepotism and politics of Warren's management.
Birth Place
Danforth, Maine
Residence
Buxton, Maine
Occupation/Work History
Research Chemist, Mill Manager
Role
Management
Mill or Principal Employer
S.D. Warren Company, St. Regis Paper
Mill Location
Westbrook, Maine
Keywords
S.D. Warren Company, business history, research and development, management culture, paternalism
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Hillard, Michael G. PhD, "Interview with Frank Jewitt" (2001). S.D. Warren Company. 48.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/sd-warren/48
Comments
Important accounts of three mill managers: John Hyde, Everett Ingalls, and Rudy Greep. Differentiates between Hyde and other managers who understood the technical nature of paper production, and Greep and others who did not. Depiction of Hyde's successful paternalism in a mill of more than 2000 workers, and how Ingalls and Greep lacked Hyde's touch either in employee relations or production management. Left in early 1950s to become a mill manager of a St. Regis plant in Michigan.