Finding aid for the White Motor Company Records and Photographs


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: White Motor Company
Title: White Motor Company Records and Photographs
Dates: 1901-1989
Extent: 19.14 linear feet (22 containers, 1 oversize volume, and 4 oversize folders)
Abstract: The White Motor Company was an automobile, truck, and bus manufacturer in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1900-1980. The company was founded and developed by Rollin, Walter, and Windsor White, sons of sewing machine manufacturer Thomas H. White. The collection consists of advertisements, agreements, ballots, bylaws, catalogs, conference materials, constitutions, correspondence, data books, decals, deeds, engineering and design drawings, film cartridges, financial documents, handbooks, histories, identification cards, invitations, legal documents, manuals, maps, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, parts lists, patents, photographs, press releases, price lists, programs, reports, sales brochures, scrapbooks, slide rulers, specifications, tally sheets, transcripts, truck change orders, and a uniform patch.
MS Number MS 5319
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English and French

History of the White Motor Company

Historical sketch courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

The White Motor Company was created out of the White Sewing Machine Company, begun by Thomas H. White in 1876. His son, Rollin Henry White, invented the auto flash boiler in 1899, and with the aid of his two brothers, Windsor and Walter, diversified the sewing machine company's products by introducing trucks and the White Steamer automobile in 1900. Though White outsold its nearest automobile competitor 2 to 1, Thomas White dismissed the importance of the car, which led his sons to organize the White Motor Car Company in 1906 on Canal Street in the Flats neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1909 the company made its first vehicle under its own name. During World War I, the company shifted to the design and manufacturing of trucks and stayed with the product after the war, becoming the number one maker of trucks and custom vehicles in the United States. When sales plummeted during the Great Depression, White temporarily merged with Studebaker in 1932, but 2 years later it independently reorganized as the White Motor Corporation. Under the leadership of Robert Black, the firm became a major producer of heavy-duty trucks and buses. Beginning in 1933, the workers at White Motor Company in Cleveland were represented by Local 32 of the United Auto Workers. During World War II, the White plant at 842 East 79th Street was converted to the manufacture of military vehicles.

During the postwar period, White Motor acquired leadership in the heavy-truck and the farm equipment fields by purchasing small truck makers and small farm machinery companies such as the Oliver Corporation, Diamond REO, and Autocar. White also became a distributor of Freightliner trucks and established the Western Star brand of trucks. The company increased sales from $130 million in 1950 to $770 million in 1967 and bought Euclid, Inc. in 1968, hoping to increase its market share in the off-road truck field. White Motor went heavily into debt as a result of these transactions. After a merger with White Consolidated Industries failed in 1970, White Motor hired Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen to reorganize the company. Though White Motor showed a $20 million profit in 1973, Knudsen's leadership could not counteract years of mismanagement, coupled with changes in the industry, inflation, and recession. He sold off one-third of its assets, including the profitable Euclid, Inc. hauler operation, moved headquarters from downtown Cleveland's Erieview Plaza to Eastlake, and cut employment. White moved truck production from the East 79th Street plant to Virginia and converted it to parts fabrication in the late 1970s. In September 1980 White Motor filed for bankruptcy protection, and between then and December 1981 lost $311 million. In August 1981 Sweden's AB Volvo bought all of White's truck-producing plants except the Cleveland plant at East 79th Street, because of its age and large pension fund liability. White sold the plant in 1983 and made a pension and benefit settlement with the workers. After a prolonged bankruptcy proceeding, the White Motor Corporation ceased to exist in 1985. Volvo kept the White name for a number of years before finally retiring it in the late 1990s.

click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for the White Motor Corporation

click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for White Consolidated Industries

click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Thomas H. White

click here to view the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History entry for Rollin Henry White


Scope and Content

The White Motor Company Records and Photographs, 1901-1989 and undated, consist of advertisements, agreements, ballots, blueprints, bylaws, catalogs, conference materials, constitutions, correspondence, data books, decals, deeds, diagrams, engineering and design drawings, film cartridges, financial documents, handbooks, histories, identification cards, invitations, legal documents, manuals, maps, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, parts lists, patents, photographs, press releases, price lists, programs, reports, sales brochures, scrapbooks, slide rulers, specifications, tally sheets, transcripts, truck change orders, and a uniform patch.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the White Motor Company/White Motor Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio, and the United States during the twentieth century. Those studying the history of truck, tractor, and bus manufacturing in Cleveland, Ohio, will find this collection particularly useful. The collection includes parts, service, and operation manuals that will be useful to owners of historic White Motor Company trucks and buses. The marque files, in particular, will be useful to those seeking information on the restoration and maintenance of historic White trucks, buses, and chassis. Those studying the development and design of delivery trucks, dump trucks, utility trucks, heavy truck chassis, passenger buses, and school buses will find this collection particularly useful.

The collection also provides documentation of labor union activities at White Motor Company through the United Auto Workers Local 32 (United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) in Cleveland. The collection also provides insight into the company culture at White Motor Company, particularly through the company newsletters and event programs.

Those seeking information on White Farm Equipment and consumer products will also find this collection useful. The advertising documents and sales brochures provide information about the evolution of sales and marketing of heavy-duty trucks over a sixty-year period, including the use of sexual innuendo to sell trucks.

The collection thoroughly documents the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of White Motor Company, and many of the reports document the eroding financial position of the company in the 1970s. The collection offers insight into various business aspects of White Motor Company, including the development of its service department.


Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in nine series.
Series I: Business and Engineering Records is arranged alphabetically by document type and then chronologically.
Series II: Marque Files has been arranged chronologically and described by model number.
Series III: Sales and Promotional Brochures is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically.
Series IV: Newsletters is arranged alphabetically by title and then chronologically
Series V: Deeds has been retained in original order.
Series VI: Development of the Trend Truck is arranged alphabetically by subject and then chronologically.
Series VII: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Proceedings is arranged alphabetically by document type and then chronologically.
Series VIII: Film Cartridges and Viewers is arranged alphabetically by subject.
Series IX: Oversize Diagrams, Drawings, Blueprints, and Photographs is arranged by subject.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material

The researcher should also consult MS 4734 Rollin H. White and Walter C. White Papers; MS 4725 Thomas H. White Family Papers Collected by Betty King; PG 471 Thomas H. White Family Photographs; and MS 4331 William M. Davis Papers.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Buses -- Ohio -- Cleveland --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
White tractors -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
White trucks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Organizations/Corporations:

International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.
White Motor Company -- Records and correspondence.
White Motor Corporation -- Records and correspondence.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5319 White Motor Company Records and Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

This collection was compiled through the donations of the following individuals between 1994-2013: Doris Rericha, Ed Ladd, Antoinette Grim, Eugene Spenzer, Edward F. Green, P. P. Peppard, Fred Rozhaitis, Bruce Matilo, Anthony Geosano, Mary Znidnansic, Harry Prybe, Jane Scheel, Curtis Gadd, Jane E. Scheel, Leon A. Benedict, Jessie Cunningham, George Yarolin, Helen Gemery, Paul Onisi, Jim Reynolds, Charlotte Fisk, Charles M. Paty, Jr., Virginia Cox, Pat Nealis Neligan, Grace Fegatelli, John Hull, Frank J. Harwood, Samuel Petok, Jack Hanna, and the law firm of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey.

Processing Information

Processed by Margaret Burzynski-Bays in 2015.

Detailed Description of The Collection

Series I: Business and Engineering Records 1901-1987 undated

Box Folder
1 1 Advertisements 1905-1980
1 2-3 Agreements, agreement between White Motor Corporation, Diamond REO Trucks, Inc., and Diamond REO Properties, Inc. 1971
1 4 Agreements, factory agreements 1968-1980
1 5-6 Agreements, loan agreements 1960-1975
1 7 Agreements, office agreements, White Trucks Division and United Auto Workers Local 32 1968-1983
1 8 Agreements, pension 1968
1 9 Agreements, revolving credit agreement 1979
1 10 Agreements, supplemental agreement covering insurance program, pension plan, and supplemental unemployment plan 1974
1 11 Agreements, supplemental unemployment benefit agreement and supplemental unemployment benefit plan 1968
1 12 Agreement, White Motor Corporation and Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft (draft) 1975
1 13 Agreements, White Motor Corporation and Massey-Ferguson, Ltd. 1975
1 14 Agreements and closing documents, sale of White Engines to R. L. Consolidated 1976
1 15 Annual reports 1916-1928 1940
1 16 Annual reports 1947-1956
1 17 Annual reports 1957-1965
1 18 Annual reports 1966-1973
1 19 Annual reports 1974 1976-1979
1 20 Audio Visual Training Program 2001, White Velvet-Ride Suspension 1965
1 21 Audited financial statements 1975
1 22 Ballots and Tally Sheets, United Auto Workers Local 32 1951-1972
1 23 Benefit handbook for salaried employees 1978
1 24 Business plan 1973
1 25 Business plan 1975-1979
1 26 Buying guide to volume parts purchasing 1980
1 27 Calculation forms, correct application of motor trucks ca. 1968
1 28 Car record, White Steamer 1901-1910
1 29 Catalog, auction of company assets 1981
1 30 Catalog, parts catalog (in French) 1940
1 31 Catalog, White Motor Vehicles, with correspondence 1986
1 32 Certificates, diplomas, and awards 1957-1968
Box Folder
2 1 Conference materials, reduction of the aerodynamic drag of trucks 1974
2 2 Consolidated discount schedule, White parts 1981
2 3 Constitution and bylaws, United Auto Workers Local 32 1954
2 4 Constitution of the International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1955
2 5 Corporate policy and procedure guide 1974-1975
2 6 Correspondence, miscellaneous topics, including 1963 letter regarding involvement of women in union and sports leadership 1929-1975
2 7 Credit union rules and regulations undated
2 8-9 Data book 1940
2 10 Dealer sales and service contract, White Farm Equipment Company and White Motor Corporation Truck Group 1979
2 11 Decals 1977 undated
2 12 Diagrams (facsimiles), White truck chassis and frames (see Oversize Folder 1 and Oversize Folder 2 for originals) 1920s
2 13 Direct dealer billing procedure 1978
2 14 Employee benefits for represented employees 1978
2 15 Employee directories 1953-1981
2 16 Employee recruitment brochure ca. 1978
2 17 Employee rules and regulations 1963-1973 undated
2 18 Employment records, Paul DeCumbe 1939-1979
2 19-21 Engine data 1950s-1970s
2 22 Engine torque calculations undated
2 23 Engineering plan 1977
2 24 Factory hourly rate classification, White Truck Division 1972
2 25-29 Family sales codes 1974-1980
2 30-32 Field engineering letters 1959-1967
Box Folder
3 1 Field engineering letters 1959-1967
3 2-6 Field engineering letters 1968-1972
3 7-8 Field engineering letters 1973
3 9 Handbook for salaried employees 1974
3 10 Histories, case studies 1973 1976
3 11 Histories, dissertation by Rosemary Solovey Hritsko 1987
3 12 Histories, "Visions of Vehicles: The History of the First Fifty years of the White Motor Company" by John C. Rowe 1979
3 13 Histories, White Motor Company and White Motor Corporation publications (includes White Service Record publication of World War I vehicles with photographs) 1919-1921
3 14 Histories, White Motor Company and White Motor Corporation publications ca. 1940s
3 15 Histories, White Motor Company and White Motor Corporation publications 1953-1978
3 16 Histories, White Motor Company and White Motor Corporation publications undated
3 17 Identification card, George H. Grimm 1951
3 18 Indentures 1968
3 19 Indentures 1979
3 20 Indiana sales handbook 1935
Box Folder
4 1 Inspection handbook for ordnance vehicles 1943
4 2 Interoffice letters, controller's office 1976-1978
4 3 Invitations and programs, employee and management events 1942-1977 undated
4 4 Job descriptions and classifications 1958-1981
4 5 Lease, Erieview Corporation and White Motor Company 1964
4 6 Lease, indenture of mortgage, and guaranty agreement between White Motor Corporation, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, and the City of Canton, Ohio 1968-1980
4 7 Lecture transcript, heavy-duty truck suspensions 1976
4 8 Load distribution calculator ca. 1970s
4 9 Long range plan 1974
4 10 Manual, A Guide for the Selection and Direction of Service Salesmen 1963
4 11 Manual, A Short course in Parliamentary Procedure for Local 32 of the United Auto Workers 1947
4 12 Manual, Coach Sales Manua 1930-1937
4 13 Manual, Driver's Manual for Truck Owners, Superintendents of Fleets, and Drivers 1944
4 14 Manual, Five "M's" of the White Safety Control Program 1944
4 15 Manual, general office policy and procedure manual 1965-1971
4 16 Manual, Hydro-Torque Drive maintenance manual 1946
4 17 Manual, instruction book for White gasoline motor cars ca. 1912
4 18 Manual, manager's manual 1932
4 19-21 Manual, master maintenance manual, volume VI 1967
4 22 Manual, planning for profitable progress 1973
4 23 Manual, salesman selection program 1945
4 24 Manual, statement of objectives, considerations, and recommendations on part numbering for the truck group 1973
4 25 Manual, Trend maintenance manual undated
4 26 Manual, White Horse operator's manual undated
4 27 Manual, White Road Xpeditor operator's manual 1975
4 28 Manual, White to vendor part number crossfile ca. 1970s
4 29 Map, Cleveland production facility ca. 1960s
4 30 Map, White sales and service map for White trucks and buses 1929
4 31-32 Master Data Book 1956
4 33 Master Parts Data Book 1956-1957
Box Folder
5 1-3 Master Parts Data Book 1956-1957
5 4 Master parts price data book, Volvo White Truck Corporation 1981
5 5 Master parts price data book, Volvo White Truck Corporation 1982
5 6 Master parts price data book, White/Freightliner 1981
5 7-8 Memoranda, Engineering Product Integrity Committee 1976-1980
5 9 Memoranda, general 1932-1977
5 10 Memoranda to the creditors' committee of White Motor Corporation concerning the report of the examiner filed November 2, 1982 1983
5 11 Minutes of the petroleum industry meeting with representatives of the White Motor Company 1959
5 12 New engineering specification and bill of material system, 7400 Series chassis 1962
5 13 Notice of special meeting of shareholders 1971 1976
5 14 Office salary classification book 1947
5 15 Paint chips, truck custom colors, White Motor Corporation undated
5 16 Patent, improvement in torque converter controls (oversize material removed to Container 22, Folder 8) 1949
5 17 Patent, improvements in or relating to control systems for hydraulically driven change speed gears (oversize material removed to Oversize Folder 1) 1949-1969
5 18 Patent, tilting cabs (oversize material removed to Oversize Folder 1) 1951
5 19 Pension plan for salaried employees 1974 1977
5 20 Personnel lists 1946-1964
5 21 Photographs, Earl Bebreud retirement 1967
5 22 Photographs, employee picnic ca. 1970s
5 23 Photographs, ferrets used to control rat population at Cleveland plant ca. 1940s
5 24 Photographs, group portraits of employees, unidentified undated
5 25 Photographs, Jack Johnson and James Jeffries running with White pace cars before "Fight of the Century" 1910
5 26 Photographs, Frank and Edward Kowalski (employees) undated
5 27 Photographs, last truck produced at Cleveland plant 1978
5 28 Photographs, National Dealer Council meetings 1970s
5 29 Photographs, view of Cleveland plant, aerial and street 1953 1964
5 30 Photographs, White Motor toys with correspondence 1986
5 31 Photographs, White Trend Truck by Oliver ca. 1960s
5 32 Photographs, White trucks, cars, and buses in service ca. 1910s-1940s
5 33 Photographs, White trucks in Verdun, France, during World War I (includes 1921 correspondence) 1916
5 34 Presentation to Mercedes-Benz of North America by White Motor Corporation Truck Division 1974
5 35 Press packet 1940
5 36 Press packet 1941
5 37-38 Press releases with photographs 1941-1945
5 39 Press releases 1975
Box Folder
6 1-4 Product letters 1974-1979
6 5-7 Product letters 1977-1980
6 8 Product plans 1978-1979
6 9-12 Product planning letters 1972-1976
6 13 Program, National Sales Truck meeting 1972
6 14 Program, A Discussion of Our Service Business 1953
6 15 Program, new employee orientation 1973
6 16 Program, New York Society of Security Analysts 1965
6 17 Program, tour of Cleveland plant by Chinese military officers 1944
6 18 Program, tour of Cleveland plant by Cleveland advertising agencies 1947
6 19 Promotion plan and budget, Truck X introduction 1965
6 20 Report, air resistance of truck cabs 1968-1974
6 21 Report, analysis of 1969 size and weight bill 1969
6 22-23 Report, annual report to shareholders 1929-1979
6 24 Report, appraisal of White truck dealer and branch organization 1977
6 25 Report, Autocar market comparison undated
6 26 Report, Autocar product realignment 1980
6 27 Report, Autocar production 1923-1933
6 28 Report, Autocar production 1932-1939
6 29 Report, business outlook (truck group) 1975
6 30-31 Report, cab configurations by manufacturer ca. 1972
6 32 Report, cab configurations by region 1972
Box Folder
7 1 Report, cab configurations by region 1972
7 2 Report, components used in production 1979-1980
7 3 Report, dealers of record 1979
7 4 Report, diesel share of market 1975
7 5 Report, factual comparison of motor truck values 1959
7 6 Report, factual comparison of motor truck values 1960
7 7-8 Report, factual comparison of motor truck values 1963
7 9 Report, financial 1954
7 10 Report, five year plan 1979
7 11 Report, five year profit plan, truck group 1977
7 12 Report, future truck power plant study and engine market trends 1972
7 13 Report, interim report 1954
7 14 Report, investment outlook 1956
7 15 Report, market outlook 1976
7 16 Report, model and market line-up 1980
7 17 Report, "More in '64: A Review of Our Parts Service Operations" 1953
7 18 Report, new truck registrations by brand 1946-1979
7 19 Report, new truck registration history by market area 1976
7 20 Report, new truck registration history by market area 1979
7 21 Report, owner-operator attitudes and opinions about the cab-over-engine market 1975
7 22 Report, payload procurement plan 1959
7 23 Report, preliminary investigation and review of field return on investment 1970
7 24 Report, price calculation reports, parts 1981
7 25 Report, regional managers' meeting 1943
7 26 Report, regional managers' meeting 1944
7 27 Report, regional managers' meeting 1947
7 28 Report, second service managers meeting 1951
Box Folder
8 1 Report, rolling resistance of truck cabs 1971-1974
8 2 Report, service sales 1957
8 3 Report, southeastern regional service meeting 1959
8 4 Report, survey of delivery operations of Heckman Biscuit Company in Cleveland ca. 1940s
8 5 Report, tire vendors 1974-1975
8 6 Report, truck group 1980 plan 1980
8 7 Report, units used in production 1972-1974
8 8 Report, units used in production 1975-1976
8 9 Report, units used in production 1977-1978
8 10 Report, White reports on its five wartime assignments 1945
8 11 Retail plan, special territory differential schedule 1938
8 12 Retiree death benefit and voluntary medical plan and trust 1983
8 13-16 Sales engineering bulletin ca. 1950s-1980s
8 17-21 Sales engineering handbook 1966
8 22-24 Sales engineering letters 1974-1975
Box Folder
9 1-2 Sales engineering letters 1976-1978
9 3 Sales handbook 1927
9 4 Sales handbook 1931
9 5 Sales handbook 1933--1936
9 6 Sales handbook 1937
9 7 Sales presentation, truck design and manufacture presented by the White Motor Corporation 1979
9 8 Sales presentation guidelines 1973
9 9 Sales and service directory, White/Autocar 1961
9 10 Scrapbook, untitled, consisting primarily of photographs of White automobiles, trucks, and Cleveland manufacturing plan (all photographs are identified) ca. 1910s-1959
9 11 Scrapbook, World War I, France, consisting of photographs of White automobiles and trucks ca. 1917-1919
9 12 Scrapbook, World War II, White Ordnance Training School (oversize material removed to Volume 1) 1943
9 13 Security and Exchange Commission Form S-1 registration statement 1979
9 14 Slide rulers with company logo 1973 1975
9 15 Souvenir commemorating the revival of the Glidden Automotive Tours 1946
9 16-17 Specifications, Autocar Company models 1949
9 18-19 Specifications, White Western Star 1976
9 20 Trademark registration, design for truck cab 1950-1955
9 21 Trademark registration, Highway Express 1923
9 22 Trademark registration, Highway Freighters 1923
9 23 Trademark registration, Montpelier Manufacturing Company 1929-1956
9 24 Trademark registration, P. D. Q. Wax Remover 1959-1965
9 25 Truck change orders 1963
9 26 Truck change orders 1964
9 27 Truck change orders 1965
9 28 Truck change orders 1966
9 29 Truck change orders 1967
Box Folder
10 1 Truck change orders 1968
10 2 Truck change orders 1969
10 3-5 Truck specifications 1979
10 6 Uniform patch, baseball team, "White Motors Local 32" undated
10 7 Volvo purchase of White heavy truck assets 1981

Series II: Marque Files 1910s-1983 undated

Box Folder
10 8 Model ATC Truck, Parts List of the White Gasoline Power Dump Truck ca. 1918
10 9 Model ATCD, 5-Ton Power Dumping Truck Instruction Book and Parts List 1918
10 10 Model ATG and Model ATJ, Price List of White Truck Chassis and Standard Bodies (photocopy) ca. 1918
10 11 Model GA, parts list, photographs, and advertisements 1907-1953 undated
10 12 Model GAD, White Gasoline Touring Car, parts lists and instructions for use of electric starting and sighting systems ca. 1913
10 13 Model GAH, Parts List of the White Touring Car ca. 1918
10 14 Model GB, Parts List of the White Gasoline Taxicab ca. 1910s
10 15 Model GBBE, White Three-Quarter Ton Truck, instruction book and parts list and price list (photocopy) 1918 undated
10 16 Model GBE, White Gasoline Truck (1500 pounds), parts list ca.1910s
10 17 Model GE, White Gasoline Touring Car, parts list and photograph ca. 1910s
10 18 Model GEB, 5 Passenger and 7 Passenger Motorcar, photographs ca. 1910s
10 19 Model GEC, White Motor Type 4-45 and Type 40, parts list, photographs, and sales brochure (photocopy) 1914
10 20 Model GED, White Touring Car, parts list ca. 1918
10 21 Model GER, White Motor Car 40 Horsepower, photographs ca. 1912 1928
10 22 Model GF, photographs 1912-1913
10 23 Model GM, White Sixteen-Valve four, instruction book and parts list ca. 1910s
10 24 Model GTA, Three Ton Truck, photograph 1910
10 25 Model GTB, White Gasoline Truck, one and half ton, parts list 1912
10 26 Model M, White Steam Car, parts list 1911
10 27 Model M-M, White Steamer 5 Passenger Automobile, photographs 1910 undated
10 28 Model TAB, White Three-Ton Gasoline Truck, parts list and photocopy of the cover of a parts list ca. 1910s
10 29 Model TAD, White Three Ton Truck, instruction book and parts list and specifications 1918
10 30 Model TBC, United States Army Truck Class A, instruction book and parts list and price list (photocopy) 1918-1919
10 31 Model TC, White Five Ton Gasoline Truck, parts list ca. 1914
10 32 Model TCB, White Five Ton Gasoline Truck, parts list ca. 1914
10 33 Model TDB, White 1 1/2 Ton Gasoline Truck, parts list and specifications (photocopy) undated
10 34 Model TDC, White Fire Apparatus, instruction book and parts list 1919
10 35 Model TEB-O, White 1-Ton United States Army Truck, instruction book and parts list 1918
10 36 Model TG, White Five-Ton Truck, instruction book and parts list and price list (photocopy) 1919 undated
10 37 Model TJ, White Three-Ton Truck, instruction book and parts list and price list (photocopy) 1919 undated
10 38 Model 15, White Three-Quarter Ton Chassis, instruction book and parts list 1925
10 39 Model 15-A, White Taxicab, instruction book and parts list 1920
10 40 Model 15-B, White Truck Chassis, photograph ca. 1920s
10 41 Model 15-45, White Three-Quarter Ton Chassis "Park-Type Bus," instruction book and parts list, description and operation manual, photographs, and drawings 1921-1926
10 42 Model 20, White 2-Ton Truck, Special Refuse Dump Trucks for City of New York, parts and price lists 1923
10 43 Model 20, White Two-Ton Chasis, instruction book and parts list and photograph 1920-1925
10 44 Model 20-D, White Two-Ton Power Dump Truck, instruction book and parts list 1925
Box Folder
11 1 Model 20-40, White Two-ton Chassis, instruction book and parts list, photograph, and drawings 1922-1926
11 2 Model 40, White 3-3 1/2 Ton Truck and Chassis, instruction book and parts list and photographs 1924
11 3 Model 40-D, White 3-3 1/2 Ton Chassis, instruction book and parts list 1925
11 4 Model 40-R, White 3-3 1/2 Ton Chassis, instructions and bill of material for converting left hand drive, Model 40, to right hand drive, Model 40-R ca. 1925
11 5 Model 40 AR, White 3-3 1/2 Ton Chassis, service parts list 1926
11 6 Model 45, White Five-Ton Chassis, instruction book and parts list 1925
11 7 Model 45, White Five-Ton Chassis, double unit pressure distributor, instruction book and parts list 1924
11 8 Model 45, White Five-Ton Chassis, photographs ca. 1920s
11 9 Model 45, White Five-Ton Chassis, Special Refuse Trucks for City of New York, parts and price lists 1922
11 10 Model 45, White Five-Ton Chassis, Special Wrecking for City of New York, parts and price lists undated
11 11 Model 45, White Five-Ton Truck, Winch Equipment, instruction book and parts list 1930
11 12 Model 45, White Five-Ton Truck, Stake and Winch Truck for City of New York, parts and price list 1922
11 13 Model 45A, White Five-Ton Chassis, service parts list 1926
11 14 Model 45-D, White Five-Ton Power Dump Truck, instruction book and parts list 1925-1928
11 15 Model 50, White Bus Chassis, instruction book and parts list and photograph of bus in use at the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club, Gates Mills, Ohio 1923
11 16 Model 50-A, White Bus Chassis, instruction book and parts list, parts list for Westinghouse Air Brake equipment, and photograph 1925-1927
11 17 Model 50-AR, White Bus Chassis, instruction book and parts list 1925
11 18 Model 50B, White Bus Chassis, description and operation manual and phtoographs 1920s
11 19 Model 50BR, White Bus Chassis, service parts book 1928
11 20 Model 51 and Model 51A, White 2 1/2 Ton Truck Chassis, instruction book and parts list, description and operation manual, photographs, and photocopies of photographs 1925
11 21 Model 52 and Model 52-T, White Tractor Chassis, photographs ca. 1920s
11 22 Model 53, White Bus Chassis, photographs ca. 1920s
11 23 Model 54, White Bus, specifications and photographs ca. 1920s 1935
11 24 Model 54A, White Six Cylinder Bus Chassis, service parts book and specifications 1932
11 25 Model 56 and Model 57, White Truck Chassis, photographs ca. 1920s
11 26 Model 58 and Model 58SS, White Truck, specifications 1932-1933
11 27 Model 59A, White Truck, photographs (photocopies) 1930
11 28 Model 60, White Six Cylinder Truck, description and maintenance manual, sales brochure, and photograph 1929 undated
11 29 Model 60, White Six Cylinder Truck, instruction book and parts list 1928
11 30 Model 60K, White Drop Frame Truck, specifications and photographs (photocopies) 1930-1932
11 31 Model 61, White Truck Chassis, instruction book and parts list and sales brochure 1928 undated
11 32 Model 63, White Six Cylinder Truck, description and maintenance manual 1930
11 33 Model 64, White Heavy Duty Truck, description and maintenance manual and photographs (photocopies) 1930-1931
11 34 Model 65, White Six Cylinder Bus Chassis, specifications, sales brochure, and description and maintenance manual 1929-1935
11 35 Model 65A, White Six Cylinder Bus Chassis, description and maintenance manual undated
11 36 Model 65A, White Six Cylinder Bus Chassis, service parts book and specifications 1933-1934
11 37 Model 68, White Bus, specifications 1932
11 38 Model 99, White Horse Truck, sales brochures and photograph (photocopy) 1939 ca. 1941
11 39 Model 99A, White Horse Truck, parts list 1939
11 40 Model 99A, White Horse Truck, parts book 1944
11 41 Model 160, Model 161, and Model 162, White Truck, description and maintenance manual, specifications, and photographs (photocopies) 1930-1932
11 42 Model 210, Model 211, and Model 212, White Truck, description and maintenance manual and specifications 1930-1932
Box Folder
12 1 Model 500 and Model 510, White Truck Chassis, specifications 1938-19396
12 2 Model 601 and Model 602, White Truck, specifications 1933
12 3 Model 61, Model 611, Model 612, and Model 612K, White Six Cylinder Truck, description and maintenance manual, specifications, photograph, and newspaper clipping 1931 1934 undated
12 4 Model 613, Model 618, Model 620, Model 620K, Model 621, and Model 621K, specifications and photographs (photocopies) 1934-1935
12 5 Model 630, Model 630A, Model 630K, Model 630SW200, Model 630SW251, and Model 630SW320W, White Truck, description and maintenance manual, specifications, and newspaper clipping 1931-1935
12 6 Model 631 and Model 631 K, White Six Cylinder Truck Chassis, description and maintenance manual and specifications 1933-1935
12 7 Model 632X, White Six Cylinder Truck chassis, service parts book 1937
12 8 Model 640, Model 640K, Model 640SW, Model 641, Model 641K, Model 642, Model 643, Model 643SW420, Model 684, and Model 685White Truck Chassis, specifications and photographs (photocopies) 1933 1935
12 9 Model 686, White Twelve Cylinder Bus Chassis, service parts book and specifications 1935
12 9 Model 691, White Truck, specifications and photograph (photocopy) 1934-1935
12 10 Model 700, White Six Cylinder Truck Chassis, parts book prepared for Slayden Flakes Serial Number 214330 undated
12 11 Model 700, White Six Cylinder Truck Chassis, service parts book and specifications 1937-1938
12 12 Model 700H and Model 700K, White Six Cylinder Truck Chassis and Tractor Chassis, specifications 1937-1938
12 12 Model 700 Sedan, White Bus, specifications 1937
12 13 Model 701 and Model 702, White 1 1/2 Ton Truck, description and maintenance manual, newspaper clippings, and photographs (photocopies) 1933
12 14 Model 703, White Truck Chassis, specifications and photograph (photocopy) 1935-1936
12 15 Model 704, Model 704H, and Model 704K, White Truck Chassis, vehicle order paperwork, specifications, and photograph (photocopy) 1935-1938
12 16 Model 704S, White Truck Chassis (Great Britain), service parts book 1941
12 17 Model 704T, White Truck Chassis, parts book prepared for Grove Stone and Sand Company serial number 212036 undated
12 18 Model 705 and Model 706, White Truck Chassis and White Bus Chassis, specifications 1937
12 19 Model 706M, White Six Cylinder Bus Chassis, service parts book and specifications 1935-1936 undated
12 20 Model 708, Model 709, Model 710, Model 712, Model 713, Model 718, Model 720, Model 720T, Model 722, Model 722D, Model 730, Model 731, Model 750, and Model 750T, White Truck Chassis, White Buss Chassis, and White Tractor Chassis, specifications, photograph, and photographs (photocopies 1935-1939
12 21 Model 743, White Diesel Engine, report to the regional vice presidents' meeting and newspaper clipping 1956 1961
12 22 Model 760, service and parts book (in French) 1940
12 23 Model 782, White Truck Chassis, parts book undated
12 24 Model 786, Model 788, and Model 798, White Bus, maintenance manual 1945
12 25 Model 788, White Bus, parts book ca. 1947-1948
12 26 Model 800, White Chassis and Merchandor, specifications and photographs (photocopies) 1937
12 26 Model 802, White Truck Chassis, specifications and photograph (photocopy) 1937-1938
12 26 Model 804, White Truck Chassis, specification and photograph (photocopy) 1936-1939
12 27 Model 805 C.O.E and Model 805, White Truck Chassis, specifications, service parts book, and photograph (photocopy) 1935-1937
12 28 Model 809 C.O.E., White Truck Chassis, specifications 1937-1938
12 29 Model 1100 Series, White Super Power Coach for City and Suburban Operation (bus), sales brochure undated
12 30 Model WA-14D, Model WA-18, WA-18D, Model WA-22D, Model WA-26, Model WA-34, Model WA-114, Model WA-118, Model WA-120, Model WA-122, Model WA-126, and Model WA-134, White Diesel Power Truck Chassis and White Gasoline Power Truck Chassis, specifications 1940s
12 31 Model WB, White Truck Chassis and White School Bus Chassis, specifications 1946
12 32 Model WB-20, White Truck Chassis, parts book for J. A. Baker Packing Company serial number 340646 1946
12 33 Model WB-22, Model WB-26, and WB-28T, White Truck Chassis, specifications 1946
12 33 Model WB-3264, White Truck Chassis, specifications 1947
12 33 Model WC, White Super Power Truck, specifications 1949
12 34 Model 1144, White Coach (bus), parts book for Capital Transit Company ca. 1948
12 35 Model 1144, White Coach (bus), parts book 1950
12 36 Model 2000B, White School Bus, specifications ca. 1957
12 36 Model 3000T, White Gasoline Powered Tractor Chassis, specifications ca. 1957
12 36 Model 3000TD, White Diesel Powered Tractor Chassis, specifications ca. 1956
12 36 Model 3062T, White Pusher Axel Tractor Chassis, specifications 1956
12 36 Model 3062TD, White Pusher Axle Tractor, Diesel Powered, specifications 1957
12 36 Model 3400TD, White Diesel Powered Tractor Chassis, specifications 1958
12 36 Model 4000T, White Gasoline Powered Tractor, specifications 1957
12 36 Model 4000TD, White Diesel Powered Tractor, specifications 1957
12 36 Model 4400TD, White Diesel Powered Tractor Chassis, specifications 1958
12 36 Model 5000TD, White Diesel Powered Tractor, specifications 1958
12 36 Model 9000T, White Mustang Powered Tractor Chassis, specifications 1955 1958
12 36 Model 9000TD, White Diesel Powered Tractor Chassis, specifications 1957
12 37 Model 3700 Public Service Truck, sales brochure ca. 1965
12 38 Model 9000TD, White Tractor, Diesel Powered, specifications 1955-1957
12 38 Model 9062T, White Pusher Axle Tractor, Mustang Gasoline Powered, specifications 1956-1957
12 38 Model 9062TD, White Tractor, Diesel Powered, specifications 1955-1957
12 38 Model 9064, White Construction Truck, Gasoline Powered, specifications 1957
12 38 Model 9064T, White Tandem Tractor, Gasoline Powered, specifications 1957
Box Folder
13 1 Model 3000 Series, White Jet Refuelers, sales brochure ca. 1960s
13 2 Series 4000/9000 Model, White Truck Chassis, sales brochure ca. 1970s
13 3 Model RB and Model RB-2, Road Boss Truck, drawing, collision parts list, quick reference catalog, memoranda, and sales brochures 1977
13 4 Model DCS64, Volvo White Autocar Conventional Construction Truck Chassis, specifications and sales brochure 1982
13 4 Model S64TF and Model S64TB, Volvo White Autocar Highway Truck Chassis, specifications 1982
13 5 Model S42TB and Model S42TF, Volvo White Autocar Highway Truck Chassis, specifications 1982
13 6 Model DC42B and Model DC66, Volvo White Autocar Truck Chassis, specifications 1982
13 7 Model RX2, White Road Xpeditor 2, sales brochure, drawing, and plastic advertising sign 1983

Series III: Sales and Promotional Brochures 1939-ca. 1980s

Box Folder
13 8 Eubank White ca. 1970s
13 9 Sterling White Motor Trucks 1952
13 10 White Autocar ca. 1960s-1970s
13 11 White buses 1939
13 12 White Construcktor 1959
13 13 White consumer products, including pressure washers, chain saws, snow throwers, and lawn mowers ca. 1970s
13 14 White engineering 1958 1965
13 15 White Farm Equipment, including tractors, plows, harrows, shellers, loaders, combines, and the Field Boss line ca. 1960s-1970s
13 16 White Freightliner ca. 1950s-1970s
13 17 White GMC Volvo ca. 1980s
13 18 White Horse ca. 1940s
13 19 White Motor Company promotional literature ca. 1930s-1970s
13 20 White parts and accessories 1959-1960
13 21 White REO Division ca. 1950s
13 22 White Road Boss ca. 1970s-1980s
13 23 White Road Commander 1980s
13 24 White Road Xpeditor ca. 1970s-1980s
13 25 White service 1946-1980s
13 26 White trade guides 1979
13 27 White Velvet Ride (includes 33 1/3 rpm record of Miss Velvet Ride "Turn Me On Tonight: Messages for Nights on the Road" ca. 1960s
13 28 White Western Star ca. 1980s

Series IV: Newsletters 1920-1981

Box Folder
13 29 The Albatross 1923 1925 1975
13 30 The Big Four Magazine 1972-1975
13 31 The Bombshell 1943-1944
13 32 Sales Momentum 1976 1981
13 33 The Sandbag (oversize material removed to Container 22, Folder 1) 1928
13 34 Spotlight 1976
13 35 Teamliner 1974-1977
13 36 United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers Local 32 Right Angle (oversize material removed to Container 22, Folders 2-4) 1949-1981
13 37 United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers Local 32 Right Angle, sports pages only (oversize material removed to Container 22, Folder 5) 1958-1972
13 38 United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers Region 2 Newsletter 1971-1977
13 39 White Autocar Newsletter 1961-1963
13 40 White-Book 1920-1923
13 41 White-Book 1925-1930
13 42 White-Book 1930-1931
13 43 White Family Album (oversize material removed to Container 22, Folder 6) 1943-1949
13 44 White Lines 1977-1978
13 45 White Sales Slants 1927-1929
13 46 White 3000 News 1955
13 47 White Truck Division News 1965-1970
13 48 White Trucks Newsletter 19747
13 49 White Victory Reporter and White Reporter (oversize material removed to Container 22, Volumes 1-5 and Folder 7) 1942-1948

Series V: Deeds 1903-1972

Box Folder
14 1-103 Deeds for property located in Cleveland, Ohio 1903-1972
Box Folder
15 1-60 Deeds for property located in Cleveland, Ohio 1903-1972
Box Folder
16 1-14 Deeds for property not located in Cleveland, Ohio 1903-1972

Series VI: Development of the Trend Truck 1965-1966

Box Folder
17 1 Competition comparisons 1965-1966
17 2 Dealer selling agreement 1966
17 3 Dealers 1965-1966
17 4 Financing 1965-1966
17 5 Introduction meetings 1965-1966
17 6 Marketing program 1965
17 7 Name search and branding 1965-1966
17 8 Miscellaneous issues 1965-1966
17 9 National dealer meeting 1966
Box Folder
18 1 Ordering and billing 1966
18 2 Photographs ca. 1966
18 3 Progress reports 1965
18 4 Publicity and advertising 1966
18 5 Requirements 1966
18 6 Salesman's handbook 1966
18 7 Specifications and pricing 1966
18 8 Tires 1966
18 9 Trademark 1965
18 10 Warranty 1966

Series VII: Film Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filing 1975-1989

Box Folder
19 1-7 Amended plan of reorganization and related materials 1981
19 8 Financial reports and bankruptcy filing, benefit plans, White Truck Division 1975-1983
19 9 Index to order numbers 1981-1989
19 10 Order numbers 1-16 1980
19 11 Order numbers 17-26 1980
19 12 Order numbers 27-42 1981-1982
19 13 Order numbers 43-63 1981
19 14 Order numbers 64-75 1981
19 15 Order numbers 76-104 1981
19 16 Order numbers 105-117 1981
19 17 Order numbers 118-136 1981
19 18 Order numbers 137-158 1981-1982
19 19 Order numbers 159-179 1982
19 20 Order numbers 180-189 1982
19 21 Order numbers 190-206 1982
19 22 Order numbers 207-228 1982
Box Folder
20 1 Order numbers 228-240 1982
20 2 Order numbers 241-252 1982-1983
20 3 Order numbers 253-258 1983
20 4 Order numbers 259-279 1983
20 5 Order numbers 280-286 1983
20 6 Order numbers 287-295 1983
20 7 Order numbers 296-300 1983
20 8 Order numbers 301-307 1983
20 9 Order numbers 308-312 1983
20 10 Order numbers 313-327 1983
20 11 Order numbers 328-334 1983
20 12 Order numbers 335-350 1983
20 13 Order numbers 351-357 1983
20 14 Order numbers 358-366 1983
20 15 Order numbers 367-381 1983-1984
20 16 Order numbers 382-403 1984
20 17 Order numbers 404-425 1984
20 18 Order numbers 426-445 1984
20 19 Order numbers 446-460 1984-1985
20 20 Order numbers 461-475 1985-1986
20 21 Order numbers 476-486 1986-1987
20 22 Order numbers 487-500 1987-1989

Series VIII: Film Cartridges and Viewers ca. 1973

Box Reel
21 1 New River Valley Plant, Virginia ca. 1973
21 2 Road Commander 2 ca. 1973

Series IX: Oversize Diagrams, Drawings, Blueprints, and Photographs 1916-1980 undated

Folder
1 Oversize Folder 1: White truck and bus chassis and car diagrams (see Container 2, Folder 12 for inventory) 1916-1948
Folder
2 Oversize Folder 2: White truck and bus chassis and car diagrams (see Container 2, Folder 12 for inventory) 1921-1934
Folder
3 Oversize Folder 3: Parts and assembly diagrams 1925-1968 undated
Folder
4 Oversize Folder 4: Cleveland, Ohio, facilities blueprints 1944-1980 undated
Folder
4 Oversize Folder 4: Satirical sports-themed drawing of White Motor Company employees entitled "Get in Shape for '48" ca. 1948
Folder
4 Oversize Folder 4: Photographs, group portrait, White Motor Company, White Management Conference, Cleveland, Ohio 1956