Photograph of employees of the Special Design Group working at desks and drafting tables in a Lear, Incorporated hangar, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption on verso: "At Lear Hangar: Special Design Group. Lear, Inc., Grand…
Photograph of employees working in the sales, purchasing, and administrative offices at a Lear, Incorporated facility, Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1950s-1960s. The caption notes that a Lear wire recorder is on a cart behind the first desk on the…
Photograph of employees working in the Autopilot Lab at a Lear facility, circa 1950s-1960s.Typed caption: "View of autopilot lab where AF Haiduck's office is now located."
Audio recording of a Lear, Incorporated meeting about autopilot development, circa 1950s-1960s.
Handwritten label on reel: "Lear Inc. auto pilot - WPL."
Photograph of William P. Lear (pointing to schematic drawing) addressing attendees of the Lear Autopilot Service School, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 1951. The caption gives details about the school and Lear's presentation.Typed caption on…
Items from Box 51, Folder 9 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, February 1952. Contains a photograph and press releases related to "Missiletoe," a light-seeking V-2 model rocket developed by Lear, Incorporated engineer William F. Carr. Four…
Photocopied telegram from Colonel David C. Schilling, U.S. Air Force, to William P. Lear, circa 1952. Congratulates Lear on the performance of the F-5 autopilot. Includes a photocopied article from the June 28, 1952 issue of "Newsweek," describing a…
Roster of Lear, Incorporated management personnel, prepared by H. V. Perryman, August 18, 1952. Nine typed pages.Inscription on page 1: "To: Vito. From: Ed Faranski. From: Harry Berg. 9-30-82."
Photograph of (from left to right) Ward Davis, Herbert O. Fisher, and William P. Lear with a Port Authority Bell 47 helicopter, New York City, New York, July 24, 1953. The Empire State Building is visible in the background.Typed caption on verso:…