Automotive History
Other Relevant Collections
Telegrammed petition against Judge
Edward Black, Genesse County Circuit
Court, 1937. Folder "General Motors
'Sit Down Strike,' misc. Box 2, Michael
Gorman papers. Click to enlarge
Bennett, Wells Ira
- Wells I. Bennett papers, 1916-1965.
- 3.4 linear ft. and 1 outsize folder.
Architect, professor and dean of the College of Architecture and Design of the University of Michigan.
Professional papers, notebooks, sketches and architectural plans, and files on specific building projects, including work on the Flint campus of the University of Michigan, automobile parking structures, and miscellaneous Ann Arbor and University of Michigan buildings; also records of various state and national architectural accreditation and registration boards, especially the Michigan State Board of Registration for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors; and photographs
Brazer, Marjorie Cahn.
- Marjorie Cahn Brazer papers, 1955-1992.
- 2 linear ft.
Secretary of the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Transportation Authority (AATA).
Minutes, 1969-1973, financial statements, reports, and photographs of the AATA largely concerning the problems of mass transportation and the development of the "Dial-a-Ride" system; also papers concerning the development of streets and automobile parking facilities in the city.
Brown, William Ellis
- William E. Brown papers, 1923-1972.
- 11 linear ft. and 3 v.
Republican mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945-1957.
Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and miscellanea concerning the off-street system of parking, housing, the new city charter, the new Veterans Administration Hospital, attempts to build a new city hall, his political campaigns, and his support of Albert E. Cobo for governor of Michigan in 1956; also scrapbooks, 1945-1962, containing newspaper clippings and other materials relating to his mayoralty; records of his various Ann Arbor-based business firms, notably in real estate and automobile sales, and photographs.
Carton, John Jay
- John J. Carton papers, 1883-1921.
- 17 linear ft. and 3 v.
Flint, Michigan, attorney and Republican state representative.
Correspondence concerning the automotive industry, particularly the founding of General Motors, state politics, and the Constitutional Convention of 1907-1908; also docket books, 1883-1921, with record of cases handled by Carton and his partners. Correspondents include: Frederick M. Alger, Russell A. Alger, James B. Angell, Albert J. Beveridge, Aaron T. Bliss, John W. Blodgett, Everett L. Bray, Buick Motor Company, Julius C. Burrows, Clarence M. Burton, Augustus C. Carton, Chevrolet Motor Company, Walter P. Chrysler, Edwin Denby, Detroit United Railway, Luren D. Dickinson, Gerrit J. Diekema, Dort Motor Car Company, Herbert H. Dow, William C. Durant, Durant-Dort Carriage Co., Grant Fellows, Flint Gas Company, General Motors Corporation, Genesee County War Board, Alexander J. Groesbeck, Lawton T. Hemans, Harry B. Hutchins, Patrick H. Kelley, Paul H. King, Frank Knox, Thomas R. Marshall, Michigan Manufacturers Association, Michigan Railroad Commission, Michigan State Bar Association, Michigan War Preparedness Board, Charles S. Mott, Newspaper Cartoonist?s Association of Michigan, Chase S. Osborn, Pere Marquette Railroad Company, Miles Poindexter, William C. Procter, John T. Rich, Albert E. Sleeper, Henry C. Smith, Samuel W. Smith, William Alden Smith, State League of Republican Clubs of Michigan, Justis S. Stearns, Tawas Sugar Company, Charles E. Townsend, Arthur H. Vandenberg, and Fred M. Warner.
Conard, Alfred Fletcher
- Alfred Fletcher Conard papers, 1959-1971.
- 5 linear ft.
Professor of Law at the University of Michigan.
Records of his activities as president of the Association of American Law Schools, including executive committee minutes, committee files, and other materials; also research materials concerning automobile injury litigation. Boxes 4-5 contain files on auto injury litigation.
Fine, Sidney, collector
- Sidney Fine collected research materials, ca. 1900-ca. 1970 (scattered).
- 13 linear ft.
Professor of history at the University of Michigan.
Collected materials pertaining to his research interests; include materials relating to automobile code of the N.R.A., including correspondence, memoranda, testimony, minutes of the meetings of mediation and negotiation with the auto industry, and decisions of the Automobile Labor Board; and copies of FBI and Justice Department files relating to the 1967 Detroit riot.
Gorman, Michael Arthur
- Michael Arthur Gorman papers, 1920-1958.
- 2 linear ft.
Form letter that non-striking GM workers mailed
to President Roosevelt, 1937. Folder "General
Motors 'Sit Down Strike,' misc. Box 2, Michael
Gorman papers. Click to enlarge.
Editor of the Flint (Mich.) Journal.
Correspondence and topical files concerning his newspaper career in Flint, the role of the Flint Journal in the development of the city, the General Motors sit-down strike of 1937, and the position of automobile industry to Flint; and photographs. Correspondents include: Fred Allen, Albert E. Cobo, H. H. Curtice, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Frank D. Fitzgerald, Gerald R. Ford, E. P. Forrestal, Daniel F. Gerber, Arthur Godfrey, Tom Harmon, Harlan Hatcher, Herbert Hoover, Helen Keller, William S. Knudsen, Ann Landers, Charles A. Lindbergh, George Montgomery, Charles S. Mott, Richard Nixon, Norman Rockwell, Dinah Shore, Kim Sigler, Lowell Thomas, Arthur Vandenberg, and G. Mennen Williams.
Griffith, Walter T.
- Walter T. Griffith papers, undated.
- 26 items
Resident of Detroit, Michigan.
Drawing of scenes of late nineteenth century Detroit, Michigan, together with attached explanatory notes; also six manuscripts containing his reminiscences of Detroit and the surrounding area and of the early automobile industry.
Hart, Philip A.
- Philip A. Hart papers, 1948-1976.
- 281 linear ft., 3 oversize volumes and 2 oversize folders.
U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1959-1976.
Legislative, staff, and Press files; other records relating to operation of Hart office; speeches and press releases; political materials detailing Democratic Party activities and his election campaigns in 1964 and 1970; and photographs and films; include materials documenting the legislative issues of the 1960s and 1970s, especially civil rights, environmental protection, and the Vietnam War.
Kennedy, George Donald
- G. Donald Kennedy papers, 1928-1968.
- 6 linear ft.
Civil engineer, Michigan state highway commissioner, and president of the Portland Cement Company in Chicago.
Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, and reports relating to his professional career; contain files relating to his work as municipal engineer in Pontiac, with the Mackinac Straits Bridge Authority, the American Association of State Highway Officials, the Automotive Safety Foundation, and the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority; include papers relating to highway and airport construction, to economic mobilization during World War II, the Willow Run Bomber Plant, Democratic Party politics, and the campaign visit of Franklin Roosevelt to Michigan in 1936. Correspondents include: Prentiss M. Brown, Richard E. Byrd, Albert E. Cobo, Frederick Delano, James A. Farley, Edward Jefferies, Edward H. Litchfield, Thomas H. McDonald, Rodolfo Michelf, Frank Murphy, Chase Osborn, George Romney, Charles Sorenson, Murray D. Van Wagoner, Henry A. Wallace, and G. Mennen Williams.
Krebs, M. (Michelle)
- Michelle Krebs papers, 1984-2009..
- 9.3 linear feet and 2 oversized items.
Michelle Krebs is an authority on the automotive industry, writes regularly for numerous automotive publications, and is an adjunct professor at Detroit's College for Creative Studies.
The collection includes her writings on the automobile industry, research materials collected as part of her work, and promotional materials received from automobile companies about new car models, mainly in the form of photographs, CDs, DVDs, and videotapes.
Littmann, David L.
- David L. Littmann papers, 1964-2006.
- 13 linear feet and 1 oversized folder.
Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Comerica Bank, author of the bank's monthly business brochure and numerous editorials, oft-quoted commentator.
The collection contains seven series: Biographical, Correspondence, Manuscripts, Publications, Press, Speeches, and Audio Visual materials, relating to Michigan and the national economy, tax policy, and the automobile industry.
May, George S.
- George S. May papers, 1946-1947, 1950-1951, and 1987-1999.
- 2.2 linear ft.
Historian.
Files relating to his research on the history of the automobile in Michigan, including tapes and transcripts of interviews with individuals about early history of the automobile.
Moody, Blair
- Blair Moody papers, 1928-1954 and undated.
- 31 linear ft.
Senator Moody (dark suit, right) taking Kaiser-Frazer
Willow Run tour. Folder "Kaiser-Frazer Willow Run
Tour." Box 28, Blair Moody visual materials series.
Detroit newspaperman and United States Senator from Michigan.
Correspondence chiefly with his wife, mother and other family members, concerning his 1952 senatorial campaign and his newspaper work in the United States and abroad during World War II; also include Moody's record of voting in the Senate; appointment books; scrapbooks of newspaper articles written by Moody and published for the most part in the Detroit News and Barron's Weekly [34 vols.]; tape recordings; films; addresses; notes; and miscellaneous newspaper articles and other materials; extensive correspondents; and photographs.
Pound, Arthur
- Arthur Pound papers, 1928-1968
- 1 linear ft.
Historical writer.
Correspondence, drafts of works, research materials, and copies of articles; include draft of book on Lake Ontario, research materials on the RCA corporation and radio broadcasting, research materials on the history of General Motors; manuscript on the state of American society probably 1941, written by California Senator Sheridan Downey.
Welch, Kenneth Curtis
- Kenneth Curtis Welch papers, 1915-1972.
- 13.6 linear ft.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, architect and planner.
Correspondence, writings, working files, and photographs for out-of-state and Michigan projects, primarily in Grand Rapids, Lansing, Flint, and East Lansing; professional materials relating to problems of urban planning, the design of department stores and shopping centers, his general interest in lighting designs, traffic patterns, and parking areas, and to his work with the Lake Michigan Region Planning Committee, the American Institute of Architects and the Michigan Society of Architects; also Welch family materials, including record, 1915-1925, of the Welch Manufacturing Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Of interest to the automotive history researcher: Welch's parking plans.
Developed by Rachael Dreyer, Graduate Reference Assistant, July 2009.