Papers, 1921-1982.

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Papers, 1921-1982.

Includes autobiographical reminiscences and the recollections of Boyd's research collaborator Thomas Midgley. Also offprints and tearsheets of published papers, unpublished papers and speeches, reviews and correspondence related to his books. Includes manuscript in Chinese of Boyd's book, Professional amateur: the biography of Charles Franklin Kettering. Also one scrapbook of personal and family-related material.

2 linear ft.

eng,

chi,

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SNAC Resource ID: 7001896

Ohio State University Libraries

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Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958

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Inventor, scientist, and humanitarian, best known for his invention of the automobile self-starter and his co-founding of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; founder of DELCO; official of General Motors; b. near Loudonville, Ohio; resident of Dayton, Ohio. From the description of Charles Kettering collection, ca. 1930-ca. 1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70958264 Charles F. Kettering was born August 28, 1876 in Loudonville, Ohio to Jacob and Martha K...

Boyd, Thomas Alvin, 1888-

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Boyd and Kettering were General Motors Corporation men. General Motors Institute of Technology was named for Kettering in the 1990s. The Clarke Historical Library has a published copy of Professional Amateur : The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering. From the description of Collection, 1919,1976. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 41147186 Ohio State University ('18, '38, '53) noted for his work with Thomas Midgley on the development of ethyl gasoline. He w...

Midgley, Thomas, 1889-1944

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