Papers, 1963-1991.

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Papers, 1963-1991.

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Collection contains news clippings, printed reports, legal documents, and correspondence relating to the court case between Ralph Nader and General Motors and Vincent Gillen. The bulk of the materials are photocopies or carbon copies.

1.66 linear ft. (2 boxes, 1 carton)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Gillen, Vincent P.

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Vincent W. Gillen, born April 30, 1910, was by training an attorney. However, between the 1930s and 1955, he worked as an FBI agent, corporate personnel officer, and college professor. In the late 1950s he purchased FIDELIFACTS, a franchise which specialized in pre-employment screening. In January 1966, General Motors hired Vincent Gillen to conduct an investigation of Ralph Nader. Nader, author of Unsafe at Any Speed (1965), accused General Motors and other automobile m...

General motors corporation

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Nader, Ralph, 1934-

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Ralph Nader (b. Feb. 27, 1934, Winsted, CT) graduated from Princeton University (1955) and received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School (1958). After law school he served in the U.S. Army as a cook. Starting in 1959, Nader began practicing as a lawyer in Hartford, CT, while lecturing at the University of Hartford. He was also a writer for the Christian Science Monitor and The Nation. In 1964, he relocated to Washington, DC to serve as a consultant to Assistant Secretary of Labor Daniel Patrick M...