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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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Business and Financial Material, 1930-2002

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The Business and Financial Material subseries includes two financial ledgers (1930-1934); a legal agreement regarding the distribution of market shares in Tecumseh Products (1937); annotated organizational charts; a Board of Directors, "Compressor Business Overview" presentation (2007); and technical product descriptions, specifications, drawings, and notices from the Parts Depot Division.

In: Tecumseh Products Company records, 1930-2009Tecumseh Products Company records, 1930-2009
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Photographs and Audiovisual Material, 1940-2007

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The Photographs and Audiovisual Material subseries is grouped by format and topic. The photograph grouping consists of people, events, buildings and plants; employees working in a factory setting; and machine operation. The bulk of photographs are close-up images of the parts and products Tecumseh manufactures, organized by part or model number circa 1940s-1970s, such as hermetic compressors, condensers, and semiconductors.

Audiovisual material, including VHS tapes, born digital, and reel-to-reel audiotapes, is grouped by topic and contains recordings of speeches, a fiftieth anniversary celebration, video scrapbook, commercial, Tecumseh Products Co. philosophy, history, training for employees, and plant tours (some videos are in Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages).

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