R. Ford Bentley papers, 1830-1990, bulk 1930-1970.

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R. Ford Bentley papers, 1830-1990, bulk 1930-1970.

Personal, family, and professional papers including: photographs and genealogical materials relating to Bentley's maternal grandparents, the Ford and Dyas families; correspondence and clippings concerning Bentley's education at Asheville School and Brown University; files relating to the Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co., Miehle-Goss-Dexter, and Rockwell International; files concerning Bentley's own companies, Graphic Engineering Services, Inc., Bentley & Co., and Ladd, Southworth and Bentley; documents concerning the founding of the National Printing Equipment Association.

2.3 linear feet (6 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7431484

Newberry Library

Related Entities

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Brown University Dramatic Society.

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Rockwell International

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The Columbus Aircraft Division of Rockwell International began operations in November of 1950, when North American Aviation, the then-parent company of Rockwell International, bought out the facilities and operations of the Curtiss-Wright Plant located near Port Columbus Airport on the city's east side. The Rockwell plant was operational on December 4, 1950. Initially, the division handled contracts left over from the Curtiss-Wright operation and manufactured spare parts for a variety of "non-cu...

Dyas family.

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Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Company

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Miehle-Goss-Dexter, Inc.

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Graphic Engineering Services, Inc.

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Ford family.

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Bentley, R. Ford (Robert Ford), 1909-1994.

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Chicago marketing and advertising executive with the Miehle Printing Press and Manufacturing Co. and, after 1948, principal of his own marketing firms that held the Miehle account and that of its successors, Miehle-Goss-Dexter and Rockwell International. His father was Arthur Bentley (1876-1946), Miehle executive. From the description of R. Ford Bentley papers, 1830-1990, bulk 1930-1970. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 40945935 ...

Bentley, Arthur, 1876-1946.

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Ladd, Southworth & Bentley

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Asheville School (Asheville, N.C.)

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