Off the Air From Radio TV Reports re: United Auto Workers - Frigidaire Agreement, 1972 Feb. 15

The records in the Frigidaire Collection contain a wide assortment of materials concerning the activities of Frigidaire Corporation in the Dayton area.

Series I, History of Frigidaire, includes materials pertaining to the history of Frigidaire Corporation. Contains the Register of Frigidaire Collection at the General Motors Institute in Flint, MI (1980) and an original manuscript of the History of Frigidaire (1963-1964) Also contains various pamphlets, speeches, exhibits, and correspondence concerning the history of the company.

Series II, Manuals and Handbooks, includes repair manuals and handbooks for various Frigidaire appliances (1930s-1950s). Also contains an executive training manual (1934) and newsletters.

Series III, Product Literature, includes instruction manuals and sales literature for various Frigidaire appliances (1950s-1970s).

Series IV, Promotional Materials, includes mostly press kits, which contain photographs and press releases (1950s-1970s). Also contains General Motors yearly automobile series brochures (1965-1979).

Series V, Company Publications, includes educational aids published by General Motors Institute (1940s-1970s) and employee relations materials (1950s-1960s). Also contains issues of The Frigidairian (1967-1978), On the Line With the Frigidairian (1977-1978), and other miscellaneous publications.

Series VI, Photographic Materials, includes photographs, negatives, and slides of Frigidaire executives, plant interiors and exteriors, appliances, and other subjects (1950s-1970s).

Series VII, Clippings, includes magazine articles that have used Frigidaire appliances as displays in (1959-1970). Also contains newspaper clippings pertaining to Frigidaire historical events.

Series VIII, Ephemera, contains a drawing of a kitchen (1960s) as well as a plaque for the 50th anniversary of Frigidaire, and the song "Men of Frigidaire." This series also contains various Frigidaire logos.

Series IX, Scrapbooks, includes Preliminary Report on Promotional Film "Living Unlimited" (1957), 3 editions of Selling Frigidaire Through Publicity (1970s), and a scrapbook about the 1964 Frigidaire Open House.

Series X, Audiovisual, includes a large collection of audio tapes and more than 100 films. The audio tapes cover interviews, promotions, and newscasts concerning the Union-Frigidaire Agreement and other issues (1970s). The series also contains two television newscasts concerning the Union-Frigidaire Agreement (1972). Please note, the films are in 16 mm format and are not available for viewing in the Reading Room, unless a digital mp4 file in the E-Archives is noted in the box and folder list. Please contact an archivist for more information.