Henry and Wilfred Leland collection, 1910-1953.

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Henry and Wilfred Leland collection, 1910-1953.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52206392

Papers are of both Henry Leland and his son Wilfred C. Leland and include: company history of the Lincoln Motor Co.; the Cadillac Motor Car Co.; the Leland and Faulconer Mfg. Co.; typed manuscript of Leland biography Master of Precision by his wife; family genealogy; and photographs of the Lelands and both car companies.

17 linear ft.34 boxes4 volumes.

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7648969

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Leland, Wilfred C., 1869?-1958

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Leland, Ottilie M.

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Lincoln Motor Company (Detroit, Mich.)

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Olds, Ransom Eli, 1864-1950

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Leland family.

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Leland, Henry Martyn, 1843-1932

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Born Barton, VT, 1843; gun mechanic during Civil War; designed automobile engines; served on first board of directors and first general manager of Cadillac Automobile Co., 1902; left Cadillac and founded Lincoln Co., 1917. From the description of Diary, 1913. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 32058281 Henry Leland was co-founder of the Cadillac Motor Car Co. and founder of the Lincoln Motor Co. With his son Wilfred and three others he formed the Leland and Fau...

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Cadillac Motor Car Company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

Inyo Chemical Co.

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