Author Topic: HOWARD DARRIN'S PAPERS FOUND  (Read 1481 times)

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HOWARD DARRIN'S PAPERS FOUND
« on: October 18, 2011, 07:21:36 PM »
Any paperwork from Howard Darrin, his facility in Santa Monica CA and dealings with Kaiser-Frazer and Willys Motors, Inc that has survived have been located.  The material goes up to 1961.  I will pass on more information after I have had a chance to go through it and see just what is there. 

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Re: HOWARD DARRIN'S PAPERS FOUND
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2011, 11:52:06 AM »
Wow!  That is quite a find!
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Re: HOWARD DARRIN'S PAPERS FOUND
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2011, 04:28:49 PM »
There's another rather sizable collection of his personal papers at the Bancroft Library at UC Berkley. I had the pleasure of pouring thru the dozen or so boxes a few years ago. One item included the agreement between Edgar and Dutch to pay the latter royalties for the Darrin.

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Re: HOWARD DARRIN'S PAPERS FOUND
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2011, 05:52:12 PM »
The papers donated by Dutch are not at the Bancroft.  In fact they are clear across the country.

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Re: HOWARD DARRIN'S PAPERS FOUND
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2011, 06:44:26 PM »
Right...the papers at the Bancroft were those from Kaiser Frazer, Kaiser-Willys and Willys Motors. The Bancroft papers came from the Kaiser family. I was merely making the point that there are more documents pertaining to Dutch than in the latest find...

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Re: HOWARD DARRIN'S PAPERS FOUND
« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2011, 07:09:26 PM »
Jack

that's awesome and lukcy you for getting to sift through that kind of history.
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