This collection contains historical, business and marketing, and technical materials.
Historical papers include ephemera such as AMC’s 50th anniversary souvenir booklet.
The Family Album of AMC and the Rambler Family Album are featured records. These
books show the AMC auto family, including pictures of every car or truck AMC made,
and the changes from one model to another model. Business records include
advertising posters and the records from the AMC/Chrysler merger (1954-1987).
Technical information in the collection consists of service manuals and service
letters regarding cars such as Rebel, Ambassador, Lafayette, Nash Six, Nash Light
Six, Nash Standard Six, Nash Advance Six, Nash Twin-Ignition Six, all of the Eight
Series models, Nash Statesman, Metropolitan, Hudson Hornet, and Hudson Wasp.
The larger Manufacturing Cost portion of the collection includes bound volumes and
loose pages recording the detail part cost and collective parts and assembly costs
of Nash auto mobiles and other vehicles between 1914 and 1973. The cost of sales to
dealers and justification for variation from costs are included. Specific
performance features of some models and their prototypes are recorded.
