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Tecumseh Products Company records, 1930-2009

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The Tecumseh Products Company records series (12.6 linear feet and 12.2 GB) documents the history, business operations, and organizational structure of Tecumseh Products from 1930 to 2009. The series contains written accounts of the company's history and founder, reports, product descriptions, correspondence, a ceremonial replica of a compressor, photographs and audiovisual material. This series is separated into five subseries: History and Biographical Material, Presidential Files, Business and Financial Material, Printed Material, and Photographs and Audiovisual Material.

Tecumseh Products Company records, 1930-2009
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Tecumseh Products Company records, 1930-2009

14.4 linear feet (in 15 boxes) — 12.2 GB (online) — 1 artifact

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Tecumseh Products Company, founded in 1934 by Ray W. Herrick (1890-1973) and Charles Floyd Sage (1889-1961), manufactures hermetic compressors for refrigeration products and air conditioners. The Herrick Foundation, founded by Herrick, and the Sage Foundation, founded by Sage, are both philanthropic organizations that support education, civic, and religious causes. Records document the business operations of each company and include correspondence, annual reports, printed material, photographs, and audiovisual material.

The collection consists of two series: Tecumseh Products Company records, 1930 to 2009, and the Herrick Foundation records, 1947 to 2006. The Tecumseh Products Company series includes written company histories, biographical material, correspondence of Tecumseh Products Co. presidents, financial material, annual reports, newsletters, manuals, technical product descriptions, photographs of employees, buildings, and products, audiovisual recordings of events, trainings, and plant tours, and a ceremonial replica of a compressor. The Herrick Foundation records series is comprised of primarily correspondence and project files.

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History and Biographical Material, 1934-2008

The History and Biographical Material subseries is comprised of biographical material on Ray W. Herrick including photographs and printed material; celebratory publications on Tecumseh Products Company including one book in Spanish commemorating 35 years of business in Brazil; local and national newspaper clippings on the growth, development, and changes in company history; an artifact replica of a compressor, awarded to Todd Herrick, in celebration of 170 million compressor sold in Brazil; and scrapbooks. Five of the scrapbooks were disassembled; the order of the pages was maintained. The scrapbooks are comprised of notable correspondence including letters from Henry Ford II (present in all scrapbooks), Robben W. Fleming, President of the University of Michigan (Correspondence, Kenneth G. Herrick, 1977-1982, folder 2 of 3), Ronald Reagan regarding membership in the National Republican Senatorial Inner Circle (Correspondence, Kenneth G. Herrick, 1982-1990, folder 1 of 4), and former President George H. Bush (Correspondence, Kenneth G. Herrick, 1982-1990, folder 2 of 4).

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