Collection on Frank Johnson, 1904-1957 (bulk 1904-1942)

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Collection on Frank Johnson, 1904-1957 (bulk 1904-1942)

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The Collection on Frank Johnson consists fo three oral history transcripts of interviews conducted by Russell F. Johnson with engineers and designers who worked with his father, Frank Johnson, throughout his career at Leland and Faulconer Company, Cadillac Motor Compamy, Lincoln Motor Car Company, and Ford Motor Company. The collection also includes pocket diaries and notebooks kept by Frank Johnson between 1904 and 1942 which document his professional career as an automotive engineer and his personal and family life. For more detailed information, see Frank Johnson's oral reminiscence available at the Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford.

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Russell F. Johnson's father, Frank Johnson, was born in Paris, Michigan in 1871 and attended local public schools and Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). After earning a degree in mechanical engineering in 1895, Frank Johnson worked as a tool designer and engineer with the Leland and Faulconer Company. Leland and Faulconer Company was a noted machine and tool shop started by Henry M. Leland in 1890 that supplied engines, transmissions, and steering gear to Henry Ford Company ...

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