Papers of Charles E. Duryea, 1878-1957 (bulk 1898-1930).

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Papers of Charles E. Duryea, 1878-1957 (bulk 1898-1930).

Charles Duryea's papers offer evidence to support his claim that he designed and built the first gasoline automobile in the U.S., as well as other claims related to automobile sales, advertising and racing. Important topics covered are: Automobile Old Timers Association, automotive history, bicycle history, Chicago Times Herald race; Duryea controversy; patent history, Selden patent case. Notable correspondents include David Beecroft, Roy D. Chapin, William Deats, Frank Duryea, M. Jerry Duryea, Andrew L. Dyke, Elwood P. Haynes, Charles B. King, Arthur Pound and George Romney.

14 boxes (6 linear ft.) + 1 storage box.991 blueprints.

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King, Charles B., (Charles Brady), b. 1868

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Duryea, Charles E., 1861-1938

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Born near Canton, Ill. on Dec. 15, 1861, Duryea was first interested in bicycles and in 1888 formed the Duryea Manufacturing Co. in Washington, D.C. to produce his Sylph bicycle. As an expert in patents, he testified for Henry Ford in the Selden v. Ford patent trial. His younger brother Frank James joined him in the bicycle business and in 1892 they began work on their first gasoline autombile. The Duryea Motor Wagon Co. was formed in 1895 in Springfield, Mass. In 1898 the brother parted company...

Romney, George W., 1907-1995

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Romney Associates was the unit established by George Romney and his campaign staff in his quest of the Republican nomination for President in 1968. This unit was responsible for research, speech writing, press and public relations, scheduling and travel arrangements, and responding to the governor's out-of-state correspondence. From the description of George W. Romney/Romney Associates subgroup, 1963-1968 (bulk 1967-1968). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 79295968 ...

Selden, George Baldwin, 1846-1922

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Duryea, M. Jerry (Merle Jerry)

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Chapin, Roy D. (Roy Dikeman), 1880-1936

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Papers of Roy D. Chapin, Jr., chairman of the board of American Motors Corporation. From the description of Roy D. Chapin papers, 1942-1978. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419057 President of Hudson Motor Car Company and U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1932-1933. From the description of Roy Dikeman Chapin papers, 1886-1937. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418948 Roy D. Chapin, automobile manufacturer and secretar...

Duryea Motor Wagon Co.

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Pound, Arthur, 1884-1966

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Arthur Pound, June 1, 1884 - Jan. 14, 1966, was born in Pontiac, Michigan. He worked for a variety of newspapers as an editor and editorial writer between 1913 and 1940. In 1935 and 1936 Pound was a research professor of American history at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1940 to 1944 Pound served as state historian and Director of the Division of Archives and History for New York. Pound is the author of The Iron Man in Industry, 1922; Johnson of the Mohawks, (with Richard E. Day), 1930; Hawk...

Deats, William

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Automobile Old Timers, Inc.

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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947

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Industrialist and philanthropist Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, grew up on a farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. Mechanically inclined from an early age, he worked in Detroit machine shops as a young man and became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in 1891. Henry and Clara Jane Bryant, married in 1888, had one child, Edsel, born in 1893. In that same year, Henry tested his first internal combustion engine, and by 1896 completed his first car, the Quadricycle. Ford partnered in ...

Beecroft, David, 1875-1943

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Duryea, J. Frank (James Frank), 1869-1967

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Haynes, Elwood, 1857-1925

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Dyke, A. L. (Andrew Lee), 1875-

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