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Sperry Farragut Company, 1951-1984

 Series
Accession: 1985-261Identifier: 1985-261-V.

Dates

  • Creation: 1951-1984

Scope and Content

This series is the first portion of the Bristol record group and contains documents from the Sperry Farragut Corporation, subsidiary of the Sperry Corporation (June-July 1951); Sperry Farragut Company, division of the Sperry Corporation (August 1951 through June 1955); Sperry Farragut Company, division of the Sperry Rand Corporation (June 1955 to 1967); and the Ford Instrument Company.

The bulk of this subseries contains images of plant management and workers, machinery and products. A piece of the Sperry Farragut plant’s history that is especially well-documented is the manufacturing of the Sperry Sparrow I missile, created for the United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. This series also includes images of the Pershing 2-stage ballistic missile.

Also included are two copies of a scrapbook which commemorates three plant tours given in 1955 entitled “The Big Fix".

General Physical Description note

(b&w, color; 4x5, 8x10)

Arrangement

This series is arranged according to the chronology of the corporate identity (see Historical Note).

Extent

From the Collection: 105 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.

Litigators may not view the collection without approval.

There are no viewing or listening stations for analog audio, video, or film in the reading room. To access this material, please place a digitization request for the item(s).

Film material is located in remote storage. Please contact staff 48 hours in advance of research visit at askhagley@hagley.org

Physical access to unstable portions is granted at the discretion of the conservator. In order to increase access to unstable materials, digital copies have been created.

Arrangement

This series is arranged according to the chronology of the corporate identity (see Historical Note).

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Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository

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