General Tire and Rubber Company records, 1940-1973.

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General Tire and Rubber Company records, 1940-1973.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/436148915

The bulk of these records relate to the 1964-1966 disputes between the General Tire and Rubber Company and some of its major competitors, including the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the B.F. Goodrich Company, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and the Unites States Rubber Company over the patent rights on oil-extended rubber. The records relating to General Tire's legal proceedings, consisting of court records of the case from Washington, Baltimore, and Cleveland courts, as well as technical reports, manufacturers' literature (of the 1940-1955 era), and microfilm.

100 cubic feet (99 boxes)300 microfilm reels

University of Akron, Bierce Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7530013

University of Akron, Bierce Library

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General Tire & Rubber Co.

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The General Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Akron natives William O'Neil and Winfred E. Fouse. Opening their first production plant in East Akron on September 29, 1915, the new company began making just repair materials for tires, but moved on to produce their own brand of tires, becoming the fifth major manufacturer of tires in the United States. In 1949 oil-extended rubber was discovered in a laboratory at General Tire's Akron facility by Gilbert Swart, Emert S. Pfau, and Kermit V. Wein...

Goodyear tire and rubber company

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Goodyear put pneumatic tires on 1917 Packard trucks for the first interstate trucking run between its Akron tire factory and Boston to prove that air-filled tires could make long-haul trucking possible. From the description of Wingfoot Express press kit, [ca. 1984-1987]. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 41001463 ...

United States Rubber Company

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Rubber products manufacturing firm formed in 1892 through the consolidation of various companies, including the Boston Rubber Company and L. Candee and Company, New Haven, Conn. From the description of Records of Boston office, 1876-1900 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269580845 ...

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

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B.F. Goodrich Company

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Akron, OH. From the description of Trade catalogs, ca.1915. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122579155 The B.F. Goodrich Company began in 1870. Originally called Goodrich, Tew and Company, the organization was founded by Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, Harvey W. Tew, Henry S. Sanderson, Robert Newland, and David N. Marvin. Their partnership was intended to make rubber and because of their choice of location in Akron, Goodrich, Tew and Company (GTC) be...