Edgar F. Kaiser papers, 1886-1981.

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Edgar F. Kaiser papers, 1886-1981.

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The bulk of the papers were transferred to The Bancroft Library by Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. and consist primarily of corporate files from Kaiser's tenure as president and chairman of the board of Kaiser Industries Corporation. Also included are records from his earlier career as vice president and general manager of Oregon Shipbuilding Corp. and Kaiser Company, Inc., followed by those from his tenure as president of Kaiser Motors Corp. and general manager of Kaiser-Frazer Corporation's automobile plant at Willow Run, Mich. Also included are personal papers given by Kaiser's family.

Originals: 500 cartons, 1 box, 32 v., 9 oversize folders (ca. 600 linear ft.)Microfilm: 104 reels ; 16 mm.Copy of Ivory Coast material, 3 folders from Carton 328 : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3234, 406 frames) and positive.Copy of v. 18, "Summary of land acquisitions, 1942-1946" : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3292) and positive.Copy of Shipbuilding-Northwest, Oregon Shipbuilding-Additional Facilities Estimates, Plan I and II, 1941 (Carton 62, folder 10): 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 3318, 112 frames) and positive.

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Kaiser Motors Corporation

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Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation

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Trefethen, Eugene E. (Eugene Edgar), 1909-

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Biographical Chronology 1909 Eugene E. Trefethen, Jr. born on July 27 in Oakland, California, the son of E. E. and Georgia Carroll Trefethen. Met Edgar F. Kaiser when they were junior high school classmates. Attended University High School in Oakland from 1922 to 1926. 1926 Began working for Henry J. Kaiser as a sand and gr...

Kaiser, Edgar F. (Edgar Fosburgh), 1908-1981

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Industrialist Edgar F. Kaiser was the son of Henry J. Kaiser, who was the founder of numerous Kaiser enterprises such as Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. and Kaiser Steel Corp. Edgar Kaiser began his career in the 1920s as superintendent of a natural gas pipeline project. In the 1930s he supervised dam projects, including the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state. He went on to serve in executive positions at various Kaiser companies, including Oregon Shipbuilding Corp., the automobile manufact...

Henry J. Kaiser Company

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Kaiser Industries Corporation

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