Leroy D. Cole automotive collection, 1950-1952.

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Leroy D. Cole automotive collection, 1950-1952.

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The Leroy D. Cole Automotive collection is comprised of two items. The first is a presentation piece entitled "Ford Motor Company General Manufacturing Division Automatic Transmission Plant." It includes a plot plan of the Cincinnati, Ohio plant, a diagram of an automatic transmission, and an organizational chart. Also included are brief resumes for the following key executives: M. L. Katke, plant manager; S. C. Cabell, purchasing engineering manager; John B. Lawson, controller; Edward M. Sirhal, plant engineer; Louis F. Surride, quality control manager; V. E. Van Saw, special assignment; Howard M. Bash, industrial relations manager; Ray Duff, chemical engineer; F. J. Fairbrother, production engineering manager; E. J. Hildebrandt, general superintendent of production; E. J. Hollenbeck, production control manager; and S. F. Steiner, industrial engineering manager. The second item is a scrapbook of material regarding the same Ford plant. It includes photographs, printed material, newspaper articles, departmental communications, and organizational charts. Photographs document the construction of the plant, Ford executives visiting the area, aerial views of the plant, component parts, and automatic transmissions (including the first produced in August of 1950 and number 300,000 produced in September of 1952). There are also a few images of engines being built at the Chicago Aircraft Engine Plant of Ford Motor Company (several parts of the aircraft engine were manufactured at the Cincinnati Automatic Transmission Plant).

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