Papers of Claude E. Cox, 1896-1960 (bulk 1902-1915).

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Papers of Claude E. Cox, 1896-1960 (bulk 1902-1915).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52535900

Subjects covered include early automobile production at Standard Wheel and Overland Co., cost analysis at General Motors in 1912, scientific commercial research and projected cyclcecar manufacture. Important correspondents include Banus Neal, Scott Prime, C.L. Wood and C.G. Fisher. Includes photographs of Cox and his family, of the Wilcox automobile, the Overland and Wilcox factories and of Commercial Engineering Labs.

11 boxes + 1 OVSD.3 ledgers.3 notebooks.6.5 linear ft.

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7655105

Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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H.E. Wilcox Motor Car Company (Minneapolis, Minn.)

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Cox, Claude E. (Claude Earnest), 1879-1964.

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Automotive engineer, designed and built the first Overland, president of Overland Car Co., director of research at General Motors, president of Commercial Engineering Laboratories and of Barlett Avenue Associates, among other positions. From the description of Papers of Claude E. Cox, 1896-1960 (bulk 1902-1915). (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52535900 ...

Standard Wheel Company (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Wood, Cecil L.

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Overland Car Company (Indianapolis, Ind.)

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Prime, Scott

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Commercial Engineering Laboratories (Detroit, Mich.)

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Willys-Overland Motors, Inc.

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In 1908 John North Willys bought the Overland Automotive Division of Standard Wheel Company. In 1912 renamed Willys-Overland Motor Company. From 1912 to 1918 Willys was the second largest producer of automobiles in the United States behind only Ford Motor Company. The Overland Four model was one of the first "compact" cars. Considered a failure. From the description of Records, 1918, 1970. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 53964660 ...

Bartlett Avenue Associates, Inc. (Detroit, Mich.)

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Fisher, Carl G. (Carl Graham), 1874-1939

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Real estate developer and entrepreneur. From the description of Papers, 1896-1958 (bulk 1914-1939). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70951368 Entrepreneur and real estate developer, of Miami Beach, Fla. From the description of Papers, 1896-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70945465 ...

Neal, Banus

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