F. LEROY HILL
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| Series 1 | Box 1 - 2 | Diaries, February 1, 1906 - July 7, 1913; January 1, 1918 - August 6, 1922; January 1, 1942 - December 31, 1977. Included in this series are both original diaries and photocopied diaries. The diaries contain a listing of FLH's daily personal and business activities, including meetings, dinner invitations, social activities and short personal entries. In general the entries do not include substantial information or private evaluation. When known, the location where the diary was written is mentioned, and efforts were made to include description of significant entries. Arranged chronologically. |
| Series 2 | Box 3 - 17 | Correspondence, 1918 - 1977. The correspondence series contains personal, business, and political correspondence. The series is arranged as received. Box 3, 1918 - 1942, is arranged by subject and then chronologically. Box 4 and part of Box 5 are arranged chronologically. All files after 1942, Boxes 5-17, are arranged chronologically in alphabetical order. The titles of the original files have been underlined in the file description. Note: FLH maintained files both at home and at his office. Correspondence, especially business correspondence, can be found in the Correspondence series and the Business Documentation and Correspondence series. |
| Series 3 | Box 18-46 | Business Documentation and Correspondence, 1918-1980. The business documentation and correspondence series contains correspondence, financial statements, annual records, business records, legal documentation, engineering and business articles, photographs, engineering sketches, blueprints, and catalogs. The series is arranged in chronological order according to a report written by FLH which describes his business activities throughout his life. A listing and brief description of the companies found in the collection has been added to the finding aid. |
| Series 4 | Box 47-48 | Personal Materials. The personal material series contains unpublished writings, political conference materials, publications, manuscripts, blueprints, and engineering articles. The contents of this series are files that were placed separately from other materials in the collection. The materials are of personal importance to FLH and reflect his many interests and life. |
| Series 5 | Box 49 | Photographs. The series contains a few oversized photographs and sketch of FLH at various stages of his life. |
| Series 6 | Box 50-54 | Scrapbooks. This series consists of five scrapbooks which contain photographs, advertising and promotional material, press releases, engineering articles, and newspaper articles. Four of the scrapbooks are for companies with which FLH was associated: Aero Screw, Air Associates, Hill Machine Co., and Hill-Rockford Co. The remaining scrapbook contains articles and photographs of airplanes built during World War II by various countries. |
| Series 7 | Box 55 | Artifacts and Oral Interview. This series contains personal memorabilia from FLH's life and taped interview with Ellen Hill by Susan K. Hess, October 10, 1995. |
| Series 8 | Box 56 | Oversized Materials. The oversized series contains encapsulated materials that were originally located in other files. The original location of these items are designated in the individual file folder descriptions. |
| Series 9 | Box 57-60 | Oversized Blueprints. The oversized blueprints series contains blueprints of Hill-Rockford Co. machinery, equipment, and buildings. |
Folder-level Description
| Box 1 | FF1 | Diary, February 1, 1906 - March 30, 1906. Contains entries written at age 11, in Manitowoc, Michigan. (copy) |
| The diaries contained in FF2-6 were written in Berkeley, California and on various trips. |
| Box 1 | FF2 | Diary, March 29, 1907 - June 17, 1908. Entries are intermittent.(copy) |
| Box 1 | FF3 | Diary, March 30, 1908 - February 20, 1910. Entries are intermittent.(copy) |
| Box 1 | FF4 | Diary, February 23, 1910 - June 14, 1912. Entries are intermittent. (copy) |
| Box 1 | FF5 | Diary, June 15, 1912 - November 8, 1912. Entries are intermittent. (copy) |
| Box 1 | FF6 | Diary, November 9, 1912 - July 7, 1913. Contains entries concerning employment at Hall Scott Motor Company and conversations with Al Hall. (copy) |
| Box 1 | FF7 | Diary, January 1, 1918 - August 6, 1922. The entries are intermittent for 1918 and 1922. Contains entries concerning FLH's engineering activities at Dayton Wright field, in Dayton, Ohio during World War I, and his attempts to enter the Navy during the war. Also included are personal entries about Victor and Mary Loughheed. Victor Loughheed is the author of Vehicles in the Air (1909) and Aeroplane Designing for Amateurs (1909), and is the half-brother of Allen and David Loughheed, the founders of Lockheed Aviation. (original) |
| Box 1 | FF8 | Diary, January 1, 1918 - August 6, 1922. This is a copy of the original diary found in FF7. (copy) |
| The diaries in FF9-15 were primarily written in Rockford, Illinois, unless otherwise stated in the diary. |
| Box 1 | FF9 | Daybook, 1942. Entries are intermittent. (original) |
| Box 1 | FF10 | Diary, 1943 - 1947. (original) |
| Box 1 | FF11 | Diary, 1948 - 1952. Included in the file is a newspaper article concerning Hill Machine Company's new factory building. (original) |
| Box 1 | FF12 | Diary, 1953 - 1957. (original) |
| Box 1 | FF13 | Diary, 1958 - 1962. (original) |
| Box 1 | FF14 | Diary, 1963 - 1967. (original) |
| Box 1 | FF15 | Diary, 1963-1967. Copy of original diary found in FF14. (copy) |
| Box 2 | FF1 | Diary, 1968 - 1972. (original) |
| Box 2 | FF2 | Diary, 1973 - 1977. Written on the back cover are the birth dates of FLH's daughters. FLH suffered a stroke in 1975, and many of the entries written after his stroke are difficult to read. |
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| Box 3 | FF2 | Alice Blue Clemo. Personal correspondence with Alice Clemo, including photographs. Also contained in the file is a copy of a letter , 6-21-1937, sent to Alice Clemo by a friend in Youngstown, during the C. I. O. strike of 1937. |
| Box 3 | FF3 | 1920-21 H. I. CROW - Coores Re Motive Products Co. Etc. Business correspondence with Harold Crow, concerning activities of Motive Products Co. |
| Box 3 | FF4 | Business and personal correspondence 1917-1919, including correspondences, contracts, and prospectus concerning the attempted purchase of J. L. Hicks Gas Engine Co. by FLH. |
| Box 3 | FF5 | Beverly Letters 1930-32. Personal correspondence with Beverly Hill. |
| Box 3 | FF6 | Beverly Letters 1933-35. Personal correspondence with and concerning Beverly Hill. |
| Box 3 | FF7 | Bev 1936. Personal correspondence with and concerning Beverly Hill. |
| Box 3 | FF8 | Bev 1937. Personal correspondence with and concerning Beverly Hill. |
| Box 3 | FF9 | Bev 1938. Personal correspondence with and concerning Beverly Hill. |
| Box 3 | FF10 | Bev 1939. Personal correspondence with and concerning Beverly Hill. |
| Box 3 | FF11 | Bev 1940. Personal correspondence with and concerning Beverly Hill. Also included are letters written by Beverly Hill while she was visiting Hill's sister, Isabella (Hill) Perkins, in Shanghai, China at the onset of World War II. |
| Box 3 | FF12 | Bev 1941. Personal correspondence with and concerning Beverly Hill. Also included are letters concerning the reaction of FLH's family to the AA strikes and other national issues. |
| Box 3 | FF13 | Beverly Letters 1943-44. Personal correspondence with and concerning Beverly Hill. |
| Box 3 | FF14 | Isabella Perkins 1931-35. Personal correspondence with Isabella Perkins. |
| Box 3 | FF15 | Isabella Perkins 1936. Personal correspondence with Isabella Perkins. |
| Box 3 | FF16 | Isabella Perkins 1937. Personal correspondence with Isabella Perkins. |
| Box 3 | FF17 | Isabella 1938-39. Personal correspondence including letters concerning the events in Shanghai during the second Sino-Japanese war, previous to the onset of World War II. |
| Box 3 | FF18 | Isabella 1940. Personal correspondence with Isabella Perkins while she was living in Shanghai, China, concerning the problems with the Japanese government and its takeover of Shanghai, the British evacuation of Shanghai, and their feelings about the U.S. staying out of World War II. |
| Box 3 | FF19 | Isabella 1941. Personal correspondence with Isabella Perkins, including correspondence concerning the following issues: the bombing of Pearl Harbor; Isabella's husband, Jim Perkins, and his situation in Shanghai after the bombing of Pearl Harbor; problems encountered by AA with the C.I.O.; and the U.S. dealings with the Japanese. |
| Box 3 | FF20 | Isabella 1942-43. Personal correspondence with Isabella Perkins, including correspondence concerning her husband, Jim, who was in an internment camp in Shanghai during World War II, and FLH's marriage to Ellen. |
| Box 3 | FF21 | From Melba 1924-1939. Personal correspondence with Melba Hill, FLH's first wife. |
| Box 3 | FF22 | 1932 Mom & Pop Letters. Personal correspondence with FLH's parents. |
| Box 3 | FF23 | 1933 Mom's Letters. Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill concerning family matters. |
| Box 3 | FF24 | 1934 Mom's Letters. Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill concerning family matters. |
| Box 3 | FF25 | 1935 Mom Letters. Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill concerning family matters. |
| Box 3 | FF26 | Mom 36. Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill concerning family matters. |
| Box 3 | FF27 | Mom 37. Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill concerning family matters. Also included are correspondence concerning Isabella's husband, Jim Perkins, and correspondence concerning the depression, the high cost of food, the difficulty acquiring certain foods, and government policies. |
| Box 3 | FF28 | Mom 38. Personal correspondence concerning family matters. |
| Box 3 | FF29 | Mom 39. Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill concerning family matters and a telegram concerning the death of F. L. Hill, Sr. |
| Box 3 | FF30 | Mom 40. Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill concerning family matters. |
| Box 3 | FF31 | Mom 41 &42. Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill concerning family matters. |
| Box 3 | FF32 | Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill. |
| Box 3 | FF33 | Eileen Hillyer Ryan Knight. Personal correspondence from Eileen Hillyer, 1932-39. |
| Box 3 | FF34 | Victor & Mary Lougheed. Personal correspondence from Victor, Mary and Jimmie Lougheed, 1929-37. |
| Box 3 | FF35 | Uncle Fred & Aunt Edna. Personal correspondence written to FLH and Nellie Hill from Fred and Edna Potter. (1936, 1942, 1943, 1950) |
| Box 3 | FF36 | Aunt Hattie & Margaret. Personal correspondence from Hattie Thurston and Margaret Thurston to FLH and Nellie Hill. (1935, 1938-40) |
| Box 4 | FF1 | 1918-1919 F. Leroy Hill Personal. Correspondence concerning the possible manufacturing of Marine Engines by FLH and Harold Crow. Business correspondence from FLH concerning independent engineering projects. Prospectus of plan to manufacture marine engines. Correspondence concerning FLH's WW I activities while working in connection with Hall-Scott Motors, including reports on Progress of SE-5 (coded letter). Letters with Naval Reserve concerning FLH's status and position, including applications. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF2 | 1920-1921 F. Leroy Hill Personal. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning the Adam-Hill Company, and contract and report on diecasting job done for Victor Lougheed in association with the Enterprise Foundry Company. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF3 | Hill Misc. Personal 1927-1928. Personal and business correspondence. Includes personal stock purchase records of FLH. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF4 | 1928 Personal FLH & Air Associates. Personal and business correspondence concerning AA and FLH's initial employment with the firm. Personal letter from Harold Crow to Ray Acres. Personal letter from Allen Loughheed, founder of Lockheed Aviation. Group of letters from Ray Acres concerning the sale of Avian airplanes for AA and Lockheed Aviation. Personal and business correspondence, from Bill Lear , founder of Lear Aviation. Group of letters from Clifford Thompson (Tommy), concerning business and personal matters. Group of letters from J. J. King, personal and business, concerning Bodine Electric. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF5 | 1929. Personal and business correspondence including letters to and from Bill Lear and others concerning AA. Minutes from Board of directors meeting for AA, 10-29-1929. Personal and business correspondence from Haven Page, founder of AA. AA contract concerning the building of an experimental glider for use in connection with motor boats. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF6 | 1929-1930-31-32-35. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with James Edwards, President of Jesco Lubricants Co., concerning the purchase of stock, refinancing, manufacturing, and organizational matters of the company. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF7 | 1930. Personal and business correspondence, including letters with Haven Page, founder of AA. AA Board of Directors' minutes for a special meeting, 1-8-1930. AA executive committee minutes, 3-31-1930, concerning liquidation of airplane sales department. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF8 | 1931. Personal and business correspondence, including AA. Letters and paper written by FLH concerning airplane servicing for American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Aeronautic Division. Personal and business correspondence from Allen Lougheed, founder of Lockheed Aviation. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF9 | 1932-33-34 FLH. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning AA and with Haven Page. Includes financial statements and report to stockholders for AA, and brochure and membership list about the Institute of Aeronautical Science. Letter to Isabella (Hill) Perkins concerning family matters. Letters from Victor Lougheed, both personal and business. Report, sketches, and engineering specifications concerning airplane with tapered wing. Personal and business letters from Ray Acres, including correspondence concerning AA and aviation industry. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF10 | Girls - 1934 Personal correspondence, grouped by writer: Annie Gould - 35,38,40-41; Irma Bennett Stone - 1933; Helen Trent - 1932,33; Eleanor Atwell - 34-35 - inserts from Victor Lougheed (9-4-34); Florine Shelby - 1934; Elizabeth (Mike) Brooks - 1934-35; Edith Brigden - 1933; Elizabeth Warren 1933; Lou Stowe - 1933 (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF11 | 1935 - FLH. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Allen Lockheed and Haven Page. Correspondence and brief history of Pacific Airmotive Corp., Ltd. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF12 | 1936 Hill - Personal. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning AA and Haven Page. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF13 | 1936 Hill - Personal. Continuation of FF12. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF14 | Correspondence - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1937. Personal and business correspondence, including concerning AA refinancing, stockholders meetings, and proxies. Also AA daily business and personal correspondence, and a copy of a contract for FLH to purchase AA stock. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF15 | Correspondence - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1937. Continuation of FF14. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning AA. Lease agreement for apartment at Hilton Hill, Garden City, N.Y. Letter to Beverly. Refinancing and purchase of stock by FLH. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF16 | Correspondence - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1937. Continuation of FF14 and FF15. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence for AA, list of stockholders for AA, Inc., 1937, and correspondence concerning AA take-over of Nicholas-Beazley. Also included is an application for Overland Release Device patent to U.S. Patent office by FLH. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF17 | Political Correspondence - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1938. Political correspondence concerning the work of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce to repeal the Wagner Act, letters from R. C. Ingersoll, President of Ingersoll Steel. Correspondence concerning the Wagner Act and Walsh-Healey Act, and correspondence to and from FLH expressing his opinion on union activities, the C.I.O., and problems encountered at AA. Copies of Senator Edward R. Burke's radio address of 2-7-1938 and address to congress 4-5-1938, concerning the repeal of the Wagner Act. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF18 | Correspondence - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1938. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning AA. Correspondence from Allen Lockheed and attached article concerning the maiden flight of the Alcor Junior Transport, a transportation plane designed by Allen Lockheed, dated 3-11-1938. Also included is correspondence with Jim and Isabella (Hill) Perkins. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF19 | Correspondence - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1938. Continuation of FF18. Personal and business correspondence, including memos from Harold Crow concerning the closing and operations of the Marshall Branch of AA. Also included is correspondence with Ray Acres and Harold Crow concerning personal matters, AA operation, and problems encountered by AA with the C.I.O. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF20 | Ray Acre - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1939. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning AA daily operations. Personal and business correspondence with Ray Acres and H. I. Crow. Letters to Isabella Hill Perkins from FLH, concerning AA stock. Also included are employment letters and résumés for FLH for various years. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF21 | Personal and business correspondence for 1939, including correspondence concerning AA, the Spencer-Larsen Aircraft Corp., and Bill Lear. Also included are correspondence sent to the New York Herald Tribune concerning the New Deal. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF22 | Personal and business correspondence for 1939, including correspondence concerning AA and the Spencer-Larsen Aircraft Corp. Also included is correspondence with Allen Lockheed concerning the reorganization of Alcor Corporation. (copy) |
| Box 4 | FF23 | Personal and business correspondence for 1939 to and from FLH concerning AA, including office correspondence at AA concerning employee problems, wages, and overtime allowance. Also included are administration memos (9-7-1939), concerning FLH's personal and business opinion on wages and work hours. |
| Box 4 | FF24 | Personal and business correspondence for 1939, including correspondence concerning AA, the C.I.O. and unionization. Also included is correspondence concerning FLH's testimony before Senate Labor Committee on amendments to the Wagner Act. |
| Box 5 | FF1 | Financial - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1940. Personal, business, and political correspondence including financial receipts for purchase and sale of AA stock and other companies. |
| Box 5 | FF2 | Paid Bills - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1940. Personal and political correspondence. |
| Box 5 | FF3 | Ray Acre - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1940. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence with Ray Acres concerning AA. |
| Box 5 | FF4 | Haven B. Page - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1940. Personal and business correspondence with Haven Page including correspondence concerning AA and the N.L.R.B. Also included is an article from the Washington Post entitled "Wilkie for President." |
| Box 5 | FF5 | Misc. Correspondence - F. Leroy Hill Personal 1940. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA. Also included are correspondence and articles concerning a federal indictment for price fixing against aircraft companies. The file also contains the following: (1) Letter and membership list of New Jersey State Council of National Aeronautic Association; (2) 2-13-40 letter to N.L.R.B. concerning AA position to use all legal means against Board and its decisions; (3) Copy of transcript of conversation with John Templeton, representative of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Local Union No. 483, concerning the use of union movers in AA move from Garden City to Bendix, New Jersey; (4) 9-8-1940 correspondence to Senator Rush D. Holt from FLH concerning issues related to the state of the country and problems brought forth by the New Deal activities; (5) Employment agreement of FLH for AA. |
| Box 5 | FF6 | Scandrett, Tuttle & Chalaire 1941. Correspondence with the legal firm of Scandrett, Tuttle and Chalaire which represented AA. Also included are correspondence concerning the registration statement of AA with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the seizure of the AA plant by the Army, and activities of the N.L.R.B. |
| Box 5 | FF7 | FLH General Correspondence 1941 A-L. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA. Also included in the file are the following: (1) Correspondence supporting FLH's position in the union fight against AA; (2) Correspondence concerning the take over of AA by the army; (3) Correspondence and newsletters concerning the Committee for Constitutional Government and their right to work movement; (4) Copy of America's Future magazine; (5) Correspondence with Assemblyman Walter J. Freund of New Jersey concerning the actions of AA in its fight against unionization and the mediation board. |
| Box 5 | FF8 | FLH General Correspondence 1941 A-L. Continuation of FF7. |
| Box 5 | FF9 | Financial F. Leroy Hill - Personal 1941. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA. |
| Box 5 | FF10 | Miscellaneous Correspondence F. Leroy Hill - Personal 1941. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA. The following items are also included in this file: (1) Correspondence and news release by FLH representing Air Associates along with a corresponding story concerning the events of the case from its beginning; (2) News release concerning the strike by the C.I.O., mediation board, labor, defense emergency, and the U.S. Army's attitude toward AA; (3) 11-17-1941 telegram from J. Parnell Thomas to Robert Patterson, Undersecretary of War, concerning the War Department's that AA management be removed before army will return control to company; (4) Copy of Senator W. Lee O'Daniel's press release concerning the A.F.L., C.I.O., and the right of Americans to work; (5) 10-17-41 letter from the National Defense Mediation Board requesting AA to reinstate the workers on strike; (6) News release concerning the strike by the C.I.O. at the AA plant on July 15th, 1941. |
| Box 5 | FF11 | Ray Acre R. Leroy Hill - Personal 1941. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence with Ray Acres concerning AA. Also included are correspondence concerning the C.I.O., union strikes, wage difficulties in the aviation industry, the War Department, and World War II. |
| Box 5 | FF12 | FLH General Correspondence 1941 M-Z. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning AA daily business activities, AA problems with the C.I.O.,unionization, and the Army's seizure of AA plants. Also included is correspondence with R. H. Simonds, President of Simonds Worden White Co., concerning an insert in the Dayton Herald concerning unionization activities. (Copy of insert is encapsulated and located in Box 56) |
| Box 5 | FF13 | A 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA. Also included are financial statements for James L. Adams & Co. |
| Box 5 | FF14 | B 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA, Aero Screw, and Aircraft Standard Parts Co. |
| Box 5 | FF15 | C 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA, Aircraft Standard Parts Co., Aero Screw, and Colgate Aircraft Corporation. |
| Box 5 | FF16 | Walter Chalaire 1942-1943. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA and Aero Screw. |
| Box 5 | FF17 | D 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning Aero Screw. |
| Box 5 | FF18 | E 42-43. Personal and business correspondence with James A. Edwards, president of Jesco Lubricants Co. |
| Box 5 | FF19 | F 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA and Aero Screw. |
| Box 5 | FF20 | Earl Harding 42-43. Personal and business correspondence with Earl Harding concerning problems of industrialization in the U.S., AA problems, labor issues, and war production. |
| Box 5 | FF21 | G 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning AA. |
| Box 5 | FF22 | Ray Acre 1942. Personal and business correspondence with Ray Acres concerning AA, Aircraft Standard Parts Co., Mono-Ball Bearings, and war production. |
| Box 5 | FF23 | Ray Acre 1943. Personal and business correspondence with Ray Acres including correspondence concerning AA, Aero Screw, Aircraft Standard Parts Co., and Airmotive Supply Co. |
| Box 5 | FF24 | H 42-43. Personal and business correspondence with Dome Harwood regarding Hill-Bartelt Machine Co., Aero Screw, and Aircraft Standard Parts Co. |
| Box 5 | FF25 | I 42-43. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 5 | FF26 | J 42-43. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 5 | FF27 | K 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co., AA, and Aero Screw. |
| Box 5 | FF28 | L 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning Allen Lockheed, Magmatic Minerals Corporation, and Victor Loughheed. Also included is an autobiography of Allen Lockheed which includes a brief business history of Lockheed Aviation. |
| Box 5 | FF29 | Mc 42-43. Business correspondence including correspondence concerning Aero screw. Also included is correspondence and reports from George P. McNear Jr., president of Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad concerning government takeover due to problems his company faced from unions. |
| Box 5 | FF30 | M 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning Aero Screw. |
| Box 5 | FF31 | N 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning Aero Screw. Also included is a press release by the National Association of Manufacturers concerning government labor policies. |
| Box 5 | FF32 | O 42-43. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 5 | FF33 | P 42-43. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Haven Page concerning AA. |
| Box 5 | FF34 | F. A. Potter 1942-1943. Personal and business correspondence with Fred Potter concerning Aero Screw. |
| Box 5 | FF35 | I. H. Perkins 1942-1943. Personal and business correspondence with Isabella Hill Perkins including correspondence concerning Aero Screw and AA. |
| Box 5 | FF36 | R 42-43. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with AA. |
| Box 5 | FF37 | S 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning Aero Screw. |
| Box 5 | FF38 | H. V. Snyder 1942-1943. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co. and Aero Screw. |
| Box 5 | FF39 | T 42-43. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 5 | FF40 | U 42-43. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 5 | FF41 | W 42-43. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence with H. C. Dodge, president of S. A. Woods Machine Company, concerning Americans' right to work. |
| Box 6 | FF1 | Airmotive Supply Co. 44-45. Business correspondence, including correspondence with Aero Screw. Also includes financial statements, tax returns and price lists. |
| Box 6 | FF2 | Ray Acre 44-45. Personal and business correspondence to and from Acres. Includes correspondence concerning AA, Aero Screw, Airmotive Supply Co., Aircraft Standard Parts Co. Inc., Hill Machine Co., Texokana Supply Co. Also includes correspondence concerning Harold Crow, president of AA. |
| Box 6 | FF3 | Air Associates Inc., 43-44-45. Business correspondence with AA, including annual reports, stockholder reports and financial statements for 1940 and 1941. |
| Box 6 | FF4 | B 44-45. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co. Inc., and Aero Screw. Also includes copy of indentured trust of Loyall L. Barr. |
| Box 6 | FF5 | Walter Chalaire 44-45. Personal and business correspondence with Walter Chalaire, including correspondence concerning labor situation, the National War Labor Board, and wage rate schedules. Also includes correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co., Machine Salvage Corp., Aero Screw, and Cotta Transmission Co. |
| Box 6 | FF6 | C 44-45. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence concerning the Constitutional Education League and Aircraft Standard Parts Co., Inc. Also includes a Dunn & Bradstreet, Inc. report concerning Colgate Aircraft Corporation. |
| Box 6 | FF7 | D 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co., Inc. and Aero Screw. |
| Box 6 | FF8 | E 44-45. Business correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co. and Econo Manufacturing Co. Also includes financial statements for Econo Manufacturing Co. |
| Box 6 | FF9 | F 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning AA. |
| Box 6 | FF10 | G 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Aero Screw and Aircraft Standard Parts Co. |
| Box 6 | FF11 | H 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, primarily with Harold Hansell and Dome Hardwood. Contains correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co., Cotta Transmission Co., Rystrom Engineering Co., Aero Screw and Hansell & Company. Also includes correspondence concerning the nation's labor union problems, renegotiations with the Armed Forces, and the Price Adjustment Board. |
| Box 6 | FF12 | I 44-45. Personal correspondence, including correspondence with William Ingles, member of the Labor Relations Council, concerning President Truman's attitudes toward the National Labor Relations Administration and the unions. |
| Box 6 | FF13 | J 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including financial statements and correspondence with Jesco Lubricant Co., and Aircraft Standard Parts Co. |
| Box 6 | FF14 | L 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Victor and Mary Loughheed and Magmatic Mineral Corporation. |
| Box 6 | FF15 | M 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Hill Machine Co. and Aero Screw. Also includes correspondence with and newspaper article about Ross Martain, of Northern Indiana Brass Co., concerning problems with labor unions and government takeovers. |
| Box 6 | FF16 | Machine Salvage Co. Contains business correspondence and financial statements for 1944-45 for Machine Salvage Co. |
| Box 6 | FF17 | N 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning the National Association of Manufacturers. |
| Box 6 | FF18 | O 44-45. Business correspondence, including correspondence with Lee Oldfield. Also includes correspondence with Aircraft Standard Parts Co. and Laboratory Equipment Co. |
| Box 6 | FF19 | Perkins 44-45. Personal and business correspondence with Isabella Hill Perkins and Jim Perkins. |
| Box 6 | FF20 | F. A. Potter 44-45. Personal and business correspondence with Fred Potter. Including correspondence concerning Aero Screw and Rystrom Engineering Co. |
| Box 6 | FF21 | P 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co. and AA. Also includes correspondence with Haven Page, and a copy of Page's release from active duty after WWII from the Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics. |
| Box 6 | FF22 | R 44-45. Personal and business correspondence. Including correspondence concerning Hill Machine Co., Aircraft Standard Parts Co., Aero Screw and AA. |
| Box 6 | FF23 | H. V. Snyder 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Aero Screw, Rystrom Engineering Co., Cotta Transmission Co., Texoma Supply Co., Hill Machine Co., and Aircraft Standard Parts Co. |
| Box 6 | FF24 | S 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Pete Smith, concerning end of war production. Also includes brochures for Chapin Co. products where Pete Smith was employed, and correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co. |
| Box 6 | FF25 | T 44-45. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 6 | FF26 | U 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence and financial statements for the University Club of Rockford. |
| Box 6 | FF27 | V 44-45. Personal correspondence with Al Volk. |
| Box 6 | FF28 | W 44-45. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co. Also includes correspondence concerning Wings Club, Inc., its 1942-43 yearbook, and certificate of membership (The certificate of membership is encapsulated in box 56) |
| Box 6 | FF29 | XYZ 44-45. Business correspondence concerning Aircraft Standard Parts Co. with Ed Zeh. |
| Box 6 | FF30 | Aldrich Co., 1947. Business correspondence, brochures, financial statements and newspaper articles concerning Aldrich and Polo Pump Co., Inc. Also includes Alrich/Polo purchase agreements. |
| Box 6 | FF31 | A 46-47. Personal and business correspondence concerning Aero Screw, AA and Polo Pump Co. Also includes correspondence with Ray Acres. |
| Box 6 | FF32 | B 46-47. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence and progress reports for the Aldrich Co. Also includes financial statements for Barr Inc., and a financial report on the Breeze Corp. Inc., ending October 17, 1946 (from Dun & Bradstreet.) |
| Box 6 | FF33 | C 46-47. Personal and business correspondence. Includes correspondence from the Committee for Constitutional Government concerning small business labor relations. |
| Box 6 | FF34 | D 46-47. Personal and business correspondence. Includes correspondence with Ernest W. Dichman, a copy of his professional record, a report by Dichman on aviation in China, and reports on the Automatic Lateral Stability and Control Device for aircraft including the C-45. Also includes photographs of the O-2H aircraft incorporating the Dichman lateral stability and control device. Also includes copies of the patent papers for device. |
| Box 6 | FF35 | E 46-47. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 6 | FF36 | F 46-47. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 6 | FF37 | G 46-47. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 6 | FF38 | Hansell 46-47. Personal and business correspondence with Howard Hansell and Hansell & Company. Also includes correspondence concerning Aldrich Co., Polo Pump Co., Breeze Corp., and Rystrom Engineering. Also includes correspondence and financial statements for Roberts Numbering Machine Co. |
| Box 6 | FF39 | H. V. Snyder 46-47. Personal and business correspondence with Harold Snyder concerning Polo Pump Co., Aldrich Co., Hill Machine Co., Breeze Corp. Inc., Rystrom Engineering Co., and Aircraft Standard Parts Co. Also includes personal, legal, and financial correspondence. |
| Box 6 | FF40 | H 46-47. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Beverly Hill and Dome Hardwood. |
| Box 6 | FF41 | I 46-47. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning the Polo Pump Co. Also includes correspondence and a copy of Bill S1171, The Ball-Burton-Hatch Labor Relations Bill to Amend the N.L.R.B. Also includes other correspondence concerning labor and management. |
| Box 6 | FF42 | J 46-47. Personal and business correspondence with Jay R. Jamison. |
| Box 6 | FF43 | K 46-47. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 6 | FF44 | L 46-47. Contains illustrations of Lear, Inc. automatic pilot. |
| Box 6 | FF45 | Mc 46-47. Business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Polo Pump Co. |
| Box 6 | FF46 | M 46-47. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning the Aldrich Co. |
| Box 6 | FF47 | N 46-47. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 6 | FF48 | Perkins, Potter 46-47. Personal and business correspondence with Edna and Fred Potter, and Isabella and Jim Perkins. |
| Box 6 | FF49 | P 46-47. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Polo Pump Co. and Aircraft Standard Parts Co. Also includes correspondence with Haven Page. |
| Box 6 | FF50 | R 46-47. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Roberts Numbering Machine Co. and Hill Machine Co. |
| Box 6 | FF51 | S 46-47. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Steven Manufacturing Co., and its financial statements. Also includes correspondence with the Society of Sentinels, an organization which promotes individual freedom and limited government restriction. Also contains a newspaper article from the Society of Sentinels, entitled "An Open Letter to President Truman," which concerns the repeal of the New Deal Acts. (The newspaper article from the Society of Sentinels is encapsulated in Box 56.) |
| Box 6 | FF52 | T 46-47. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Clifford V. Thompson. Also includes correspondence and newspaper articles concerning the strike at Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad Company. |
| Box 6 | FF53 | U 46-47. Personal correspondence with United Airlines. |
| Box 6 | FF54 | V 46-47. Business correspondence with R. E. Van Sickle Company, a general accounting business. |
| Box 6 | FF55 | W 46-47. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence from C. E. Wilson, president of General Motors Corp., concerning General Motors' problems with the C.I.O. |
| Box 7 | FF1 | A 1948-1949. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence and financial statements for Aldrich Co., Aircraft Electronics Associates and J. L. Adams Co. |
| Box 7 | FF2 | B 48-49. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Breeze Corp. |
| Box 7 | FF3 | C 48-49. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning the Breeze Corporation. |
| Box 7 | FF4 | Carreau & Co. - F. Leroy Hill Acct. Personal correspondence, including stock transactions. |
| Box 7 | FF5 | D 48-49. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF6 | F 48-49. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF7 | G 48-49. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Polo Pump Co. and correspondence with Charles C. Gaver. |
| Box 7 | FF8 | H 48-49. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Howard Hansell, and correspondence concerning Hansell & Co., Super Electronics Products Corp., and Polo Pump. Also includes correspondence with political organizations. |
| Box 7 | FF9 | O. P. Harwood 48-49. Personal correspondence with Dome Harwood. |
| Box 7 | FF10 | K 48-49. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF11 | L 48-49. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with William P. Lear and Lear, Inc. |
| Box 7 | FF12 | M 48-49. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF13 | N 48-49. Personal, business, and political correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF14 | P 48-49. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Jim and Isabella Perkins, Haven Page, and Fred Potter. Also contains correspondence concerning the Breeze Corporation. |
| Box 7 | FF15 | R 48-49. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF16 | S 48-49. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Harold V. Snyder and correspondence concerning Polo Pump Co. |
| Box 7 | FF17 | T 48-49. Personal correspondence, including correspondence with Bob Thurston concerning union problems. |
| Box 7 | FF18 | U 48-49. Personal correspondence, including correspondence and financial statements for the University Club of Rockford. |
| Box 7 | FF19 | V 48-49. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF20 | A 50-51. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF21 | B 50-51. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Breeze Corp., blueprints for the freezemeter, Aircraft Standard Parts Co., (ASPC), Bussey Research Laboratory. Also contains correspondence with William H. Bussey. |
| Box 7 | FF22 | C. 50-51 Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF23 | D 50-51. Personal and business correspondence with Ernest W. Dichman. |
| Box 7 | FF24 | E 50-51. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF25 | F 50-51. Personal, business, and political correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF26 | G 50-51. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning AA. |
| Box 7 | FF27 | H 50-51. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Howard Hansell and Beverly Hill. Also contains correspondence and annual report for Sentry Safety Control Corp., and correspondence concerning Lowell Adams Factors. |
| Box 7 | FF28 | Harwood 50-51. Personal correspondence with Dome and Leona Harwood. |
| Box 7 | FF29 | J 50-51. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF30 | K 50-51. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF31 | L 50-51. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence, brochures and photographs from Lear, Inc. |
| Box 7 | FF32 | Mc 50-51. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF32A | M 50-51. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with the Market Street National Bank, concerning stock transactions. |
| Box 7 | FF33 | N 50-51. Personal and political correspondence, including correspondence with the National Economic Council, Inc. |
| Box 7 | FF34 | F. A. Potter 50-51. Personal and business correspondence with Fred Potter (Uncle). |
| Box 7 | FF35 | Perkins 50-51. Personal and business correspondence with Jim and Isabella Perkins. |
| Box 7 | FF36 | P 50-51. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Haven Page, and correspondence concerning AA and the Breeze Corporation. |
| Box 7 | FF37 | R 50-51. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF38 | H. V. Snyder 50-51. Personal and business correspondence with Harold Snyder (attorney). Also correspondence concerning FLH's property at 601 State Street. |
| Box 7 | FF39 | S 50-51. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF40 | T 50-51. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Bob and Evelyn Thurston. |
| Box 7 | FF41 | U 50-51. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence and financial statements from the University Club of Rockford. |
| Box 7 | FF42 | V 50-51. Personal and business correspondence with Arnold Bernhard & Co., Inc., concerning the publication, The Value Line Investment Survey. |
| Box 7 | FF43 | W 50-51. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF44 | A 52-53. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF45 | B 52-53. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with and articles entitled "The Blue Notes" written by Alice Blue. Also contains correspondence with Maxwell W. Balfour, and photographs of the plane that Balfour built. |
| Box 7 | FF46 | C 52-53. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Walter Chalaire, concerning Lowell-Adams Factors Co. and business dealings with Howard Hansell. |
| Box 7 | FF47 | D 52-53. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Paul H. Davis & Co., concerning stock transactions. |
| Box 7 | FF48 | E 52-53. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Hill Machine Company. |
| Box 7 | FF49 | F 52-53. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence and annual reports from the Foundation for Economic Education, Inc. |
| Box 7 | FF50 | G 52-53. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondences concerning AA and 1952 annual report from AA. |
| Box 7 | FF51 | Beverly 52-53. Personal correspondence with Beverly Hill. |
| Box 7 | FF52 | H 52-53. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Earl Harding. |
| Box 7 | FF53 | Harwood 52-53. Personal correspondence with Dome and Leona Harwood. Includes correspondence concerning Francestown, New Hampshire property and financial records for property. |
| Box 7 | FF54 | K 52-53. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF55 | L 52-53. Personal and business correspondence. Including correspondence, annual reports and stockholder reports from Lowell-Adams Factors Corp. Also contains correspondence with Ross Bros. & Montgomery, a certified public accounting firm. |
| Box 7 | FF56 | Mr 52-53. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF57 | M 52-53. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF58 | N 52-53. Personal and political correspondence, including correspondence with the National Economic Council and the National Committee for Victory. Includes survey and literature. |
| Box 7 | FF59 | O 52-53. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF60 | Perkins 52-53. Personal and business correspondence with Jim and Isabella Perkins. |
| Box 7 | FF61 | P 52-53. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Haven Page, and correspondence concerning AA. |
| Box 7 | FF62 | Potter 52-53. Personal and business correspondence with Fred Potter. |
| Box 7 | FF63 | R 52-53. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Inland Steel Co. concerning labor problems. |
| Box 7 | FF64 | Snyder 52-53. Personal and business correspondence with Harold V. Snyder, including correspondence concerning Polo Pump Co. |
| Box 7 | FF65 | S 52-53. Personal correspondence, which includes a brochure for Hudson Department Store. |
| Box 7 | FF66 | T 52-53. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 7 | FF67 | U 52-53. Personal correspondence, including correspondence and financial statements for the University Club of Rockford. |
| Box 7 | FF68 | W 52-53. Personal correspondence, including correspondence with the Wall Street Journal and articles concerning excess profits tax. |
| Box 7 | FF69 | I.S.I 52-53-54. Personal correspondence with the Intercollegiate Society of Individuals, an organization of college students dedicated to individual liberty and limited government. Also contains copies of newsletter (The Individualist), minutes, reports, brochures, and membership list for organization. |
| Box 8 | FF1 | A 54-55. Personal and political correspondence, including correspondence with, literature about and financial statements for America's Future. |
| Box 8 | FF2 | B 54-55. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence from Alice Blue. Also includes correspondence concerning Balance Aircraft Corp., Breeze Corporation, Inc., and Cousins and Cousins, attorneys at law. |
| Box 8 | FF3 | C 54-55. Personal correspondence, including correspondence from the Civic League, Inc. |
| Box 8 | FF4 | D 54-55. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Detroit Hardware Co. Also includes a letter to Ernest (Dyke) W. Dichman from FLH, discussing his opinion of Senator McCarthy, President Eisenhower, and President Roosevelt. |
| Box 8 | FF5 | F 54-55. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence from the Foundation for Economic Education. Also includes correspondence and financial statements from Food Engineering Corp. |
| Box 8 | FF6 | H 54-55. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence from Howard Hansell. Also contains correspondence from Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corp, concerning a helicopter development project; correspondence and brochures from El-Tronics, Co.; and a Standard & Poor's report on Bethlehem Foundry & Machine Co. |
| Box 8 | FF7 | O. P. Harwood. Personal correspondence with Dome Harwood from Francestown, New Hampshire. |
| Box 8 | FF8 | I-J 54-55. Personal and political correspondence, including correspondence with and literature from the Institute of Fiscal and Political Education concerning the encroachment of totalitarian philosophies in America. |
| Box 8 | FF9 | Beverly Hill. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 8 | FF10 | K-L 54-55. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence from Herbert Kohler, of the Kohler Company, concerning thoughts on collective bargaining and union activities. |
| Box 8 | FF11 | M 54-55. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence and financial statements concerning Mackey Airlines, Inc. |
| Box 8 | FF12 | N 54-55. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence concerning the National Economic Council, Inc. |
| Box 8 | FF13 | O 54-55. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 8 | FF14 | F. A. Potter. Personal and business correspondence with Fred Potter, including correspondence concerning a prospective retail bookstore. |
| Box 8 | FF15 | P 54-55. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence from Haven Page. Also includes correspondence and financial statements for Mackey Airlines, Inc. |
| Box 8 | FF16 | Perkins, Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Personal and business correspondence with Jim and Isabella (Hill) Perkins. |
| Box 8 | FF17 | R 54-55. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence concerning Bellanca Aircraft Corp. |
| Box 8 | FF18 | Harold V. Snyder 1954. Personal and business correspondence with Harold Snyder, including correspondence concerning Hill Machine Co., State Pharmacal Co., Neotronics, Inc., and Consolidated Cosmetics, Inc. Also includes correspondence and 1954 annual report for Unexcelled Chemical Corporation. |
| Box 8 | FF19 | S 54-55. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence concerning Bellanca Aircraft Corp. and Market Street Bank. |
| Box 8 | FF20 | T 54-55. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 8 | FF21 | U-V 54-55. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 8 | FF22 | WXYZ 54-55. Personal and political correspondence, including correspondence concerning union activities, and correspondence and articles from the Wall Street Journal, entitled "The Changed America." |
| Box 8 | FF23 | Beverly. Personal correspondence with Beverly Hill. |
| Box 8 | FF24 | A 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence concerning Atlanta Steel Castings Co. Also contains correspondence concerning the American Economic Foundation, an organization interested in America's future education; and correspondence with Representative Leo E. Allen of Illinois, concerning foreign and domestic aid and other national issues. Also contains literature concerning Marxism and socialism. |
| Box 8 | FF25 | B 56-57. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence and articles from Alice Blue. |
| Box 8 | FF26 | C 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence concerning Hill Machine Co. Also contains correspondence with Eugene W. Castle, author of The Great Giveaway, concerning foreign aid. |
| Box 8 | FF27 | D 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence, financial statements and 1955 annual report for Detroit Gray Iron Foundry Co. Also contains correspondence with Senator Everett E. Dirkensen concerning foreign and domestic aid and other national issues. |
| Box 8 | FF28 | Domestic Service 1956-57. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 8 | FF29 | F 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence, literature and newspaper articles concerning The Freedom School, Inc., a school dedicated to the libertarian philosophy of individualism. Also includes correspondence with the Foundation for Economic Education, Inc. |
| Box 8 | FF30 | G 56-57. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Charles C. Gaver and correspondence concerning AA. |
| Box 8 | FF31 | H 56-57. Personal, business and political correspondence, including correspondence with Human Events, a conservative publication. Also contains correspondence with Earl Harding, and a copy of a newspaper article written by Harding, entitled "Political Prescience," concerning labor policies. |
| Box 8 | FF32 | O. P. Harwood. Personal and business correspondence with Dome and Leona Harwood, including correspondence concerning Hill Machine Co. |
| Box 8 | FF33 | Hansell 57. Personal and business correspondence with Howard Hansell, including correspondence concerning stock transactions. Also contains correspondence concerning Breeze Corp., Synchronous Flame, Inc., and Aldrich Co. |
| Box 8 | FF34 | Hansell 56. Personal and business correspondence with Howard Hansell, including correspondence concerning stock transactions. Also includes correspondence concerning Skillman Manufacturing Co., Elgin American, Inc., Bellanca Corp., and Walter E. Selck & Co. |
| Box 8 | FF35 | Nellie. Personal correspondence with Nellie Hill from St. Anne's School. |
| Box 8 | FF36 | I 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence with Robert M. Gaylord, president of Ingersoll Milling Machine Co., concerning the Foundation of Economic Education seminar. Also contains correspondence and literature with the Institute of Fiscal and Political Education. |
| Box 8 | FF37 | J 56-57. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Jenks, Kirkland, Grubbs & Keir, concerning stock transactions of Ribbon Copies of America and other firms. |
| Box 8 | FF38 | K 56-57. Personal and political correspondence. Contains a photocopy of a letter from Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts concerning aid to Poland. (The original letter can be found in MS 92-14.) Also contains a copy of letter and a news release from Senator John F. Kennedy to Secretary of State Dulles concerning aid to Poland. |
| Box 8 | FF39 | Keith School. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 8 | FF40 | L 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence concerning Lanolin Plus, Inc. Also contains and article from American Bee Journal, entitled "Royal Jelly: A Review." |
| Box 8 | FF41 | M 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence, stockholder reports, and 1956 annual report from Mackey Airlines, Inc. Also includes correspondence with Manion Forum organization. |
| Box 8 | FF42 | Mc 56-57. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 8 | FF43 | N 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence and literature concerning the National Economic Council, Inc. |
| Box 8 | FF44 | O 56-57. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 8 | FF45 | P 56-57. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Jim & Isabella (Hill) Perkins, Fred Potter, and Haven Page. Also includes correspondence, articles and financial statements concerning Parrex Mining Syndicate and Tamiami Corporation. |
| Box 8 | FF46 | R 56-57. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Republic Aviation Corp., concerning union problems. |
| Box 8 | FF47 | S 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence with Walter E. Selck, and correspondence concerning Synchronous Flame, Inc. and Lanolin Plus, Inc. |
| Box 8 | FF48 | Harold V. Snyder 1956-57. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Synchronous Flame, Inc., State Pharmacal Co., Lanolin Plus, Church of Religious Science, Walter E. Seleck and Co., and Roberts Manufacturing Co. Also contains a copy of correspondence from Harold Snyder to Senator Styles Bridge expressing his disappointment in President Eisenhower. |
| Box 8 | FF49 | T 56-57. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 8 | FF50 | W 56-57. Personal, business, and political correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF1 | Atlantic Steel Castings Co. Business correspondence, including financial statements and stockholder reports. |
| Box 9 | FF2 | Americans for Tax Reduction 1956-57-58. Political correspondence with Americans for Tax Reduction, an organization against high government spending and excessive taxation. (Please note: Political correspondence for 1958-59 with Congressman Leo E. Allen of Illinois are found in Box 12, FF3, entitled, AEF Corres - F.L.H. Tariffs.) |
| Box 9 | FF3 | B 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence including correspondence with Alice Blue. |
| Box 9 | FF4 | Hector M. Chisholm & Co. Ltd. Personal and business correspondence with a Canadian stock broker. |
| Box 9 | FF5 | C 58-59. Personal, business and political correspondence, including correspondence with Walter Chalaire and others concerning Cotta Transmission Co. and the Campaign for the 48 States (see box 9 FF 6). Also included is a copy of an editorial letter submitted to the Wall Street Journal expressing FLH's opinion on the labor unions and the Wagner Act. |
| Box 9 | FF6 | Campaign for the 48 States. Contains correspondence,
literature, membership lists, contribution lists, articles, and minutes
of the organization. This organization was dedicated to limiting and restricting
the centralized powers of the federal government and to strengthen sovereignty
of the individual states. Also includes a proposed resolution to call a
constitutional convention to amended the U.S. Constitution. The amendments
are as follows: (1) Byrd-Bridges Amendment: balanced budget amendment; (2)
Reed Dirkensen Amendment: income tax amendment.
(3) Bricker Amendment: treaty amendment; (4) Mundt-Coudert Amendment: electorial college amendment; (5) Reed-Walter Amendment: amendment that would give the individual states direct power to amend the U.S. Constitution. |
| Box 9 | FF7 | D 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence including correspondence concerning Vance Industries. Also includes correspondence with Senator Everett Dirkensen of Illinois concerning income tax. |
| Box 9 | FF8 | E 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF9 | Employment Correspondence. Business correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF10 | F 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence including correspondence with E. D. Flinterman, a business consultant, concerning various companies. Also contains correspondence with and literature about the Freedom School and the Foundation for Economic Education. |
| Box 9 | FF11 | G 58-59. Personal and business correspondence including correspondence with Charles C. Gaver. |
| Box 9 | FF12 | H 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence including correspondence with Howard Hansell and correspondence concerning Synchronous Flame, Inc., Vance Industries, and Atlantic Steel Castings. Also contains correspondence with Dome Harwood and articles about and photographs of the early flying days in Rockford. |
| Box 9 | FF13 | Beverly Hill. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF14 | I 58-59. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning the Ingersoll Seminar. |
| Box 9 | FF15 | Intercollegiate Society of Individualists, Inc. 1961-62-63. Political correspondence, literature and articles concerning IDI. |
| Box 9 | FF16 | J 58-59. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF17 | K 58-59. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF18 | L 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence concerning Lanolin Plus, Inc. and Liberty Lobby. |
| Box 9 | FF19 | M 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence concerning Manion Forum, Hill Machine Co., and Sprayo-Flake Co. Also contains correspondence and financial statements concerning Mackey Airlines, Inc. |
| Box 9 | FF20 | Mc 58-59. Personal and political correspondence. Includes an advertisement from the Zenith Radio Corp. concerning the campaign by CBS, NBC, and ABC against the FCC decision to allow subscription or pay TV. |
| Box 9 | FF21 | N 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence with Northern Trust Co., National Economic Council, Inc., and National Right to Work Committee. Also includes a letter, dated October 9, 1959, by FLH to express his opinion on labor unions and the Wagner Act. |
| Box 9 | FF22 | O 58-59. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF23 | P 58-59. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Fred Potter, Jim & Isabella (Hill) Perkins and Percell & Co., involving stock transactions. |
| Box 9 | FF24 | Perkins. Personal and business correspondence with Jim and Isabella (Hill) Perkins. Also contains correspondence and a copy of the Senate Congressional Record concerning pay TV. |
| Box 9 | FF25 | R 58-59. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with Joseph L. Rosenberg. |
| Box 9 | FF26 | S 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence with the Dan Smoot Report concerning U.S. trade, labor unions, and international trade. Also contains correspondence with William E. Stone, and other correspondence regarding labor unions and the 16th Amendment. |
| Box 9 | FF27 | H. V. Snyder 58-59. Personal and business correspondence with Harold Snyder, attorney at law, including correspondence concerning Cotta Transmission Co. and McLear Manufacturing Co. |
| Box 9 | FF28 | T 58-59. Personal and business correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF29 | U 58-59. Personal correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF30 | V 58-59. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning Vance Industries. Inc. |
| Box 9 | FF31 | Wall Street Journal. Contains articles and correspondence concerning the Wagner Act, labor unions, competitions, and public housing. Also contains articles written by FLH concerning economic growth in the Soviet Union versus America. |
| Box 9 | FF32 | W 58-59. Personal, business, and political correspondence. |
| Box 9 | FF33 | Major Angus. Contains publications from Major L.L.B. Angus, Inc., an economic consultant. |
| Box 9 | FF34 | A 60-61. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence with the American Economic Foundation and America's Future. Also contains correspondence with and literature from Congressman John B. Anderson of Illinois, concerning foreign aid and minimum wage. |
| Box 9 | FF35 | B 60-61. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence and articles from Alice Blue. |
| Box 9 | FF36 | Chamber of Commerce, Rockford 60-61. Personal, business, and political correspondence with, literature about, and minutes of meetings of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce concerning minimum wage, labor laws, and public housing. |
| Box 9 | FF37 | Candee & Co 1960. Personal and business correspondence with Candee & Co., concerning Ultra Plastics, Inc. |
| Box 9 | FF38 | Citizens Foreign Aid Committee. Contains political correspondence and newsletters concerning foreign aid and foreign affairs, particularly Russia. |
| Box 9 | FF39 | L. E. Countryman. Personal and political correspondence with L. E. Countryman concerning the establishment of a new political party. Also contains correspondence concerning life in Russia in the late 1950s, problems of anti-Semitism, racial issues, and Senator Barry Goldwater. |
| Box 9 | FF40 | Church of Religious Science H. W. Russell 60-61. Personal and business correspondence with Walter Russell. |
| Box 9 | FF41 | C 60-61. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence with and annual reports of Canada Crush & Cut Stone, Limited. |
| Box 9 | FF42 | D 60-61. Personal and political correspondence, including correspondence with Senator McKinley Dirkensen and Senator Paul H. Douglas, both of Illinois, concerning these issues: federal aid to education, Bill S. 1021 - School Assistance Act of 1961, minimum wage, income tax, the S-1 Area Redevelopment Bill, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. |
| Box 9 | FF43 | E 60-61. Personal and business correspondence, including correspondence concerning El-Tronics, Inc. |
| Box 9 | FF44 | F 60-61. Personal, business, and political correspondence, including correspondence |