Historic Documents of the Automobile Industry
Historic Documents of the Automobile Industry
The Essential Primary Sources
Author(s):
Jonathan Rees
Collection(s):
Business History,
Historic Documents Series
Publication Date: 01 April, 2026
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Description
Table of contents
This volume explores the history of the automobile industry through key primary documents, from letters and speeches to government documents. Overview articles provide important context to the topic, while the curated selection of documents helps make the volume an important starting point for historical research.
Description
This volume explores the history of the automobile industry through key primary documents, from letters and speeches to government documents. Overview articles provide important context to the topic, while the curated selection of documents helps make the volume an important starting point for historical research.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Reader’s Guide
- The U.S. Automobile Industry: Historical Overview
- Baron de Zuylen: “Dinner of the Automobile Club of London”
- City of Chicago: “Certificate of Examination for the Operation of an Automobile”
- Oldsmobile: “1903 Oldsmobile: The Car with a Record”
- Matheson Motor Company: “The Matheson Touring Car”
- White Steam Touring Car: “To Start the Engine”
- Packard: Advertisement for the 1904 Packard Model L
- Oldsmobile: “Makes Everyone Your Neighbor”
- Duryea: “One Hand Controls the Duryea”
- Ford Motor Company: “Ford Motor Cars: The Good Car for Bad Roads”
- Ford Motor Company: “Eleven to Seven”
- Ford Motor Company: “Ford Model T One Ton Truck”
- Henry Ford and Samuel Crowther: “Getting into Production”
- Harold L. Arnold: “Drive Your Own Car in California”
- West Side YMCA, New York City: “Automobile Instruction for Men and Women”
- General Motors: “A Car for Every Purse and Purpose”
- General Motors: “The New Cadillac”
- Dwight Eisenhower: Message to Congress about the Interstate Highway Act
- Interstate Highway Act
- Ford Motor Company: “New Ford Seat Belts, an Important Feature of Ford Lifeguard Design”
- Ford Motor Company: “Informational Brochure for 1962 Ford Mustang—Experimental Sports Car”
- Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.: My Years With General Motors
- Chevrolet: “Chevrolet Campers and Recreational Vehicles”
- Volkswagen: “We Don’t Have to Start from Scratch Each Year”
- Toyota: “Toyota Corona Advertisement”
- Honda: “Think of It as a Supermarket That Gets 42 Miles per Gallon”
- AMC: “Why Drive a Car When You Can Drive a Jeep?”
- General Motors: “What Makes Saturn Cars So Darned Popular?”
- Elon Musk: “Autopilot 2.0 Conference Call”
- Donald Trump: “Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts into the United States”
