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Junior engineer to president, director of Phelps Dodge, 1937 to 1983 : oral history transcript / 1996.
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Title:

Junior engineer to president, director of Phelps Dodge, 1937 to 1983 : oral history transcript / 1996
Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Fenzi, Warren E. (Warren Emmanuelle), 1915-, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Swent, Eleanor, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Kinneberg, Arthur H.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Warren Fenzi discusses his family history, Santa Barbara boyhood, education at California Institute of Technology; World War II and Korean War demand for copper; working for Phelps Dodge in Arizona, including being their representative to Southern Peru Copper Corp., and later serving as their Director and President.

Date:

1996 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-az
Phelps Dodge Corporation.
Southern Peru Copper Corporation.
Mining engineers -- Arizona -- Interviews
Copper mines and mining -- Arizona

Note:

Warren E. Fenzi ; introduction by Arthur H. Kinneberg. Interview conducted by Eleanor Swent in 1995. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of: Western mining in the twentieth century oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interview also available. Classified as: Phonotape 2855 C:1-18.
Also available online.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Volume includes index.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (xiii, 172 p.) : port. ; 28 cm.
18 sound cassettes.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.