J. Herbert Newport collection, 1922-1991.

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J. Herbert Newport collection, 1922-1991.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182736235

Collection contains: documents related to Newport's design work, including drawings and photographs; manuscript material for his book "The Duesenberg" (Philadelphia: Chilton, 1970) co-authored with Louis Steinwedel; and correspondence, photographs, advertisements, and ephemera, drawings, and various research materials related to the continuing popularity of the Duesenberg automobile as a collector's item.

12 linear ft. ; (4 record center boxes, 2 photograph boxes, 7 oversize boxes and 6 oversize folders)

University of Michigan

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SNAC Resource ID: 6943372

University of Michigan

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Nash-Kelvinator Corporation

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Corporation formed from a merger of Kelvinator Corporation and Nash Motors in 1938. From the description of Kelvinator water cooler dealer campaign information, 1939. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 191746964 ...

Mormon Meteor (Automobile).

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Steinwedel, Louis William

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Brunn & Company.

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Newport, J. Herbert

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Born in 1906, Newport began his career as designer/engineer in 1927 as an apprentice at Brunn and Company in Buffalo, New York. He went on to work brief stints at Floyd-Derham, Inc. (Rosemont, Pennsylvania), DuPont Motors (Wilmington, Delaware), Dietrich, Inc. (Detroit, Michigan), General Motors (Detroit), and Studebaker Corporation (South Bend, Indiana); served as chief designer for Duesenberg, Inc. from 1933 to 1935. From the description of J. Herbert Newport collection, 1922-1991....

Wolff, Raymond.

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