Title: International Harvester Company Production Records
Inclusive Dates: 1875-1982

Creator:

• International Harvester Company

Call Number: McCormick Mss 11Z

Quantity: 3.8 c.f. (12 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Production figures, product lists, and serial number lists relating to the manufacture of tractors, farm implements, trucks, engines, power units, construction equipment, refrigerators, and other machinery produced by the International Harvester Company. Included are annual serial number lists for tractors, trucks, engines, power units, construction equipment, and milking machines; and monthly serial number lists for tractors, and selected engines, power units, and construction equipment.

Note:

The archives does not have blueprints or dimensional drawings of machinery; shipping records; build cards; line set tickets; or any information that traces the history of a specific piece of machinery.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mcc0011z

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These records have been divided into two series:

1. SERIAL NUMBER INFORMATION – includes serial numbers and dates of manufacture
2. PRODUCTION STATISTICS - production figures and product lists with dates of manufacture, which is divided into two sub-categories:
   • a. Compiled production statistics (lists of products, manufacturing dates and quantities over time)
   • b. Annual, quarterly, and monthly production reports

	Series: Serial Number Information
	Monthly serial number lists (tractors, engines, and power units)
Box   1 Folder   1	Deering Works, 1925-1933
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Farmall Works, 1926-1971
Box   1 Folder   4	Fort Wayne & Indianapolis Works, 1934-1944
Box   1 Folder   5	Louisville Works, 1947-1967
Box   1 Folder   6-7	Milwaukee Works, 1923-1963
Box   1 Folder   8	Tractor Works, 1928-1944
Box   1 Folder   9	West Pullman Works, 1939-1957
	Annual serial number lists
	Agricultural equipment (including power units)
Box   1 Folder   10	Combines, 1969-1979
	Engines, Power Units, and Tractors
Box   1 Folder   11	Milwaukee Works (engines and tractors), 1905-1922
Box   1 Folder   12	Tractor Works (engines and tractors), 1911-1949
	Miscellaneous (engines, power units, and tractors)
Box   1 Folder   13	1904-1944
Box   1 Folder   14	1906-1922
Box   1 Folder   15	1921-1957
Box   1 Folder   16	Serial letters (engines and tractors), 1904-1923
Box   1 Folder   17	Serial letters, engine-tractor cross reference, casting codes
	Power Units
Box   2 Folder   1	1927-1965
Box   2 Folder   2	1932-1971
	Tractors
Box   2 Folder   3	1906-1978
Box   2 Folder   4	Foreign, 1949-1982
Box   2 Folder   5	Mogul
	Industrial, Crawlers, Construction
Box   2 Folder   6	Industrial power - Melrose Park Works, 1939-1950
Box   2 Folder   7	Payhaulers, payscrapers, and tractors, 1939-1971
Box   2 Folder   8	Pay loaders, pay dozers, 1947-1972
	Tractors
Box   2 Folder   9	Crawler, 1939-1965
Box   2 Folder   10	Farm, industrial and crawler, 1939-1961
Box   2 Folder   11	Industrial, 1932-1951
	Trucks (including autobuggies and autowagons) - Annual Lists
Box   3 Folder   1	1907-1916
Box   3 Folder   2	1912-1965
Box   3 Folder   3	1928-1943
Box   3 Folder   4	Chatham Works, 1965-1975
Box   3 Folder   5	Exceptions, 1957-1965
Box   3 Folder   6	Starting derivatives, 1962-1972
Box   3 Folder   7-10	VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) structure and decoding information, 1965-circa 1980
	Series: Production Statistics	⇧
	Subseries: Compiled Production Statistics
Box   4 Folder   1-4	List of machines in all product lines with production dates and selected production figures, circa 1884-1970
	Agricultural equipment (including power units)
Box   4 Folder   5	Engines - production dates, 1904-1922
	Farm implements - production dates
Box   4 Folder   6	1893-1942
Box   4 Folder   7	, 1909-1940 (includes tractors and engines)
Box   4 Folder   8	Corn shellers, 1912-1949
	Tractors
Box   4 Folder   9	1906-1977
Box   4 Folder   10	1906-1933
Box   4 Folder   11	Numbers of tractors produced at Tractor Works, 1912-1949
Box   4 Folder   12	Construction, 1906-1970
	Trucks
	Lists of models with production dates and production figures
Box   5 Folder   1	1908-1974
Box   5 Folder   2	1915-1969
Box   5 Folder   3	, 1932-1974 (incomplete production numbers)
Box   5 Folder   4	List of models with production dates and size/capacity, 1929-1963
Box   5 Folder   5-23	Production and shipments, 1908-1957
	Miscellaneous production statistics
Box   6 Folder   1	Production work chart, 1907-1957
Box   6 Folder   2	Production history (fiscal year basis), 1907-1976
Box   6 Folder   3	Chatham, 1922-1980
Box   6 Folder   4	Production summaries - U.S. and Canada, 1934-1946
Box   6 Folder   5	Production history, 1961-1965
Box   6 Folder   6	Production schedule, 1977
Box   6 Folder   7	Springfield and Chatham, 1980-1982
	Subseries: Annual, Quarterly, and Monthly Production Reports	⇧
	Annual Statements: financial and production figures, 1936
Box   7 Folder   1	Deering Works
Box   7 Folder   2	East Moline
Box   7 Folder   3	Farmall Works
Box   7 Folder   4-5	Fort Wayne Works
Box   7 Folder   6-7	Hamilton Works
Box   8 Folder   1	McCormick Works
Box   8 Folder   2	McCormick Twine Mills
Box   8 Folder   3	Milwaukee Works
Box   8 Folder   4	Springfield Works
Box   8 Folder   5	Springfield Wire and Spring Plant
Box   8 Folder   6	Tractor Works
Box   8 Folder   7	West Pullman Works
	Industrial Reports, 1951-1978
Box   9 Folder   1-9	Construction Machinery, 1969-1978
Box   9 Folder   10	FIEI Marketing and Management Council, 1975
	Tractors
Box   9 Folder   11	Canton, Milwaukee and West Pullman Works, 1953
Box   9 Folder   12	Farmall Works, 1951-1954
Box   9 Folder   13	Louisville Works, 1951-1954
Box   9 Folder   14	Melrose Park Works, 1951-1954
Box   9 Folder   15-17	Tractor Works, 1951-1956
Box   10 Folder   1-20	Combined totals by month, 1957-1977
	Combined totals by year
Box   10 Folder   21	1947-1960
Box   11 Folder   1-2	1961-1970
Box   12 Folder   1	M3A Quarterly Reports, 1950-1968
Box   12 Folder   2	MA-35-A Farm Machines (Annual), 1948-1960