Stout Metal Airplane Division records subseries, 1920-1942.

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Ford Motor Company. Superintendents Office. Stout Metal Airplane Division records subseries, 1920-1942.

Stout Metal Airplane Division records subseries, 1920-1942.

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The Stout Metal Airplane Division records subseries is organized into three subsubseries. The Stout Metal Airplane Division subsubseries, 1920-1942 (67.6 cubic ft.), Acc. 18, includes the operating records of Ford Motor Company's aircraft manufacturing division. The records include purchase orders for parts, tools, and equipment as well as purchase orders for repair parts from airplane customers; administrative records and subject files from William B. Mayo's office and Robert T. Walker, Mayo's assistant; sales and service material including advertising samples, correspondence, service files, and maintenance and repair work orders; engineering and technical information including aircraft design, production data, technical and performance reports, and some design drawings. The subsubseries also includes construction and facility maintenance records for Ford Airport, parts and tool catalogs, and financial records. Of special interest are detailed disposition and maintenance records for most of the aircraft built by Ford Motor Company between 1926 and 1932. The Stout Metal Airplane Company subsubseries, 1922-1925 (3.2 cubic ft.), Acc. 251, contains copies of form letters sent by William B. Stout to Detroit area industrial, commercial, and political leaders soliciting investment funds for his newly established airplane manufacturing company. The subsubseries includes letters to these same investors by Stout requesting that they agree to Henry Ford's proposed purchase of Stout Metal Airplane Company. The Aircraft Engineering Department records, 1929-1935 (2.8 cubic ft.), Acc. 383, consists of technical reports, stress analysis reports, design drawing summary lists, parts and assembly materials testing reports, and correspondence.

73.6 cubic ft.

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