Title: International Harvester Company Engineering and Product Development Records
Inclusive Dates: 1906-1991

Creator:

• International Harvester Company

Call Number: McCormick Mss 12Z; M2003-059; M2003-073

Quantity: 5.4 cubic feet (15 archives boxes); plus additions of 0.4 cubic feet of photographs, 97 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and 4 compact discs

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:

Engineering research documents, product change notices, product committee minutes, and engineering status reports documenting the design and manufacture of International Harvester tractors, farm implements, trucks, and construction equipment. Includes transfer and paint committee decisions that document the original colors and decals of equipment produced between 1923 and 1957.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mcc0012z

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This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 3 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

• Part 1 (McCormick Mss 12Z): Original Collection, 1923-1957
• Part 2 (M2003-059): Additions, 1964-1981
• Part 3 (M2003-073): Additions, 1906-1939

Access Restrictions

Contact the McCormick-International Harvester Collection archivist for access to the materials in accession M2003-073.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Navistar Corporation. Accession Number: M90-048, M2003-059, M2003-073

McCormick Mss 12Z	Part 1 (McCormick Mss 12Z): Original Collection, 1923-1957 Physical Description: 5.4 cubic feet (15 archives boxes)  Scope and Content Note This series includes information on the original colors and decals of machinery produced by the International Harvester company between 1924 and 1957. This information is found in the decisions of the Paint and Transfer Committees, filed in boxes 14 and 15 of this series. The Paint Committee decisions are also available on the Wisconsin Historical Society web site. If your machine does not fall into the 1924-1957 date range, you can search for a color catalog or advertising image of your machine. McCormick Mss 4Z includes an index to color images from International Harvester general line catalogs, 1916-1926. To find additional International Harvester advertising literature, search ArCat for “advertising” and “International Harvester”. Arrangement of the Materials: This series is arranged in two sections: Engineering and Product Planning Records, and Product Committee Decisions, Line Change Notices, and Status Reports.
	Series: Engineering and Product Planning Records
	Product planning research, 1950-1965
Box   1 Folder   1	General
Box   1 Folder   2	Duffey, F.W., 1964-1965
Box   1 Folder   3	Jenks, F.W., circa 1948, 1950-1952
Box   1 Folder   4	Johnson, A.E.W. (farm practice research committee), 1953-1957
Box   1 Folder   5	Nebraska tractor tests, 1956-1965
Box   1 Folder   6-7	Peikert, F.W. (forage mechanization), 1961-1962
Box   1 Folder   8	Stone, A.W., 1952-1959
	Engineering standards, 1987-1992
Box   2 Folder   1-2	Design standards, 1992
Box   2 Folder   3-5	Manual, 1987
Box   2 Folder   6-7	Material specifications, 1987
Box   3 Folder   1-2	Material specifications, 1987 (continued)
Box   3 Folder   3-4	Procedural standards, 1988
Box   3 Folder   5-6	Standard parts, 1990
Box   4 Folder   1-4	Standard parts, 1990 (continued)
	Manufacturing standards
Box   4 Folder   5	1989
Box   4 Folder   6-7	1991
Box   5 Folder   1-4	Parts information retrieval system index, 1987
	Construction equipment engineering, 1940-1967
Box   5 Folder   5-6	Bucyrus-Erie Company, 1940, 1948
Box   5 Folder   7	Miscellaneous, 1950s
	Mounting approvals
Box   5 Folder   8	Crawlers
Box   5 Folder   9	General
Box   5 Folder   10	Wheel tractors
	Sidebooms
Box   6 Folder   1	Comparison of, 1959
Box   6 Folder   2	International-Superior Committee, 1967
	Surveys
Box   6 Folder   3	Earth augers
Box   6 Folder   4	Mounting charge
	Series: Product Committee Decisions, Line Change Notices, and Status Reports	⇧
	Chatham Works
Box   6 Folder   5-6	Product Committee minutes, 1967-1970 Note: 11806; LB400
Box   6 Folder   7-9	Medium-heavy Product Committee minutes (27-29), 1970-1975
	East Moline (Deering) product decisions, 1915-1946, 1954-1960
Box   7 Folder   1-11	D-5100s to D-5900s, 1915-1917
Box   8 Folder   1-9	D-6200s to D-7000s, 1918-1923
Box   9 Folder   1-7	D-7100s to D-7700s, 1923-1932
Box   10 Folder   1-7	D-7800s to D-8400s, 1932-1944
Box   11 Folder   1	D-8500s, 1944-1946
Box   11 Folder   2-8	D-9200s to D-9715, 1954-1960
Box   11 Folder   9	Tentative G.P.E.D. decision E.M. series, 1938-1940
	Farmall works status reports
Box   12 Folder   11-12	1967-1968
	Louisville works status reports
Box   12 Folder   3-6	1969-1971
Box   13 Folder   1-3	1972-1974
	Paint Committee decisions, 1924-1956
Box   14 Folder   1	Nos. 1-39, 1924-1927
Box   14 Folder   2	Nos. 40-87, 1927-1930
Box   14 Folder   3	Nos. 88-136, 1931-1940
Box   14 Folder   4	Nos. 137-173, 1941-1950
Box   14 Folder   5	Nos. 174-198, 1951-1956
Box   14 Folder   6	Index
	Transfer [decal] Committee decisions, 1927-1956
Box   15 Folder   1	Nos. 1-116, 1927-1929
Box   15 Folder   2	Nos. 117-197, 1930-1939
Box   15 Folder   3	Nos. 198-241, 1940-1949
Box   15 Folder   4	Nos. 242-259, 1950-1956
	Product Identification Committee decisions, 1956-1963
Box   16 Folder   1	Nos. 1-79, 1956-1958
Box   16 Folder   2	Nos. 80-169, 1956-1957
Box   16 Folder   3	Nos. 170-299, 1957-1958
Box   16 Folder   4	Nos. 300-399, 1958-1959
Box   16 Folder   5	Nos. 400-499, 1959-1960
Box   17 Folder   1	Nos. 500-599, 1960-1962
Box   17 Folder   2	Nos. 600-699, 1962-1962
Box   17 Folder   3	Nos. 700-724, 1962-1963
M2003-059	Part 2 (M2003-059): Additions, 1964-1981 Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box)  Scope and Content Note: Engineering photographs submitted to International Harvester's Patent Department to document changes to the company's agricultural equipment line. Included are photographs of plows, mowers, forage harvesters, forage blowers, cultivators, harrows, planters, material handlers, combines, backhoes, and tractors. Tractors include the 706, 766, 806, 1466, 1586, 3656, Cub Cadet, and Cub Lo-Boy.	⇧
Box   1 Folder   1	Cultivator?, 1964
Box   1 Folder   2	No. 12 material handler, 1964
Box   1 Folder   3	Knives for no. 50 forage harvester
Box   1 Folder   3A	Tilt wheel steering on 706 and 806 tractors, 1965
Box   1 Folder   3B	Auto plow guidance boom on Farmall 806 tractor, 1966
Box   1 Folder   4	Unidentified implement, 1966
Box   1 Folder   5	No. 140 two way four furrow plow, 1968
Box   1 Folder   6	296 planter unit, 1968
Box   1 Folder   7	296 planter unit with gandy attachment, 1968
Box   1 Folder   8	No. 315 finishing harrow, 1968
Box   1 Folder   9	2444 front loader with Harlo protective frame, 1968
Box   1 Folder   10	Backhoes for 3800 series and 3656 tractors, 1968
Box   1 Folder   11	Disk harrow - Stockton Works, 1968
Box   1 Folder   12	RT-4 experimental side delivery rake, 1968
Box   1 Folder   13	56 series G.C.I., 1969
Box   1 Folder   14	403 combine feeder hitch closeups, 1969
Box   1 Folder   14A	1466 and F-766 tractors, 1969
Box   1 Folder   15	3500 tractor loader with backhoe, 1969
Box   1 Folder   16	Backhoes, 1969
Box   1 Folder   17	Check row? planter, 1969
Box   1 Folder   18	Coil spring harrow section, 1969
Box   1 Folder   19	Fairmount Tiger loader, 1969
Box   1 Folder   20	Planters/grain drills - Hamilton Works, 1969
Box   1 Folder   21	MX9 mower with Cub Lo-Boy tractor, 1969
Box   1 Folder   22	Sand rake for Cub Cadet lawn tractor (on golf course), 1969
Box   1 Folder   23	Shredding mechanism on International 275 material handler?, 1969
Box   1 Folder   24	Tractor plow, 1969
Box   1 Folder   25	No. 300 four row rotary hoe, 1970
Box   1 Folder   26	No. 310 one furrow plow, 1970
Box   1 Folder   27	No. 440 plow, 1970
Box   1 Folder   28	No. 625 harrow carrier, 1970
Box   1 Folder   29	3200 compact loader (prototype), 1970
Box   1 Folder   30	Disk harrow, 1970
Box   1 Folder   31	PX-5 grow planter, 1970
Box   1 Folder   32	363 series rotary cultivator, 1971
Box   1 Folder   33	Mounted cultivator - Hamilton Works, 1971
Box   1 Folder   34	24 row planter model, 1977
Box   1 Folder   35	496 disk harrow, 1978
Box   1 Folder   36	Unidentified (gleaning?) cylinder, 1978
Box   1 Folder   37	Planter toolbar and International 1586 tractor, 1979
Box   1 Folder   38	63 inch mower for Cub Cadet lawn tractor, 1980
Box   1 Folder   39	Cotton picker, 1980
Box   1 Folder   40	Cotton picker with overhead bin, 1981
Box   1 Folder   41	FB-4 forage blower, 1981
Box   1 Folder   42	Forage blower, 1981
Box   1 Folder   43	International 600 forage blower, 1981
Box   1 Folder   44	815 combine, undated
Box   1 Folder   45	Combine, undated
Box   1 Folder   46	Combine? steering, undated
Box   1 Folder   47	Disk plow - Stockton Works, undated
Box   1 Folder   48	International 110 balanced mower attached to tractor, undated
Box   1 Folder   49	McCormick International grain drills, undated
Box   1 Folder   50	Mounted tractor plow - Stockton Works, undated
Box   1 Folder   51	Plow - Hamilton Works, undated
Box   1 Folder   52	Roll cage for tractor or construction equipment - Stockton Works, undated
Box   1 Folder   53	Wil-Rich 2900 MP - color, undated
Box   1 Folder   54	Unidentified equipment, undated
M2003-073	Part 3 (M2003-073): Additions, 1906-1939 Physical Description: 97 reels of microfilm (35 mm) and 4 compact discs  Scope and Content Note Microfilmed copies of engineering drawings and photographs created by the International Harvester Company between about 1906 and 1939. The engineering drawings detail parts for tractors and engines produced by the company during this period. The drawings were microfilmed by the company in the 1950s. The company considered the drawings to be “voided” or obsolete at the time. Consequently, the drawings are much more complete for the earlier years (before 1925). The photographs were taken by the company's engineering department to document product development, and include images of experimental tractors. The photographs seem to date from the 1906-1939 period. They were microfilmed by the company in the late 1950s. The quality of the images is very poor. Access Restrictions: For access to these materials, please make an appointment with the McCormick-International Harvester Collection archivist. Arrangement of the Materials: The microfilm is arranged in two sections: 1) Tractor Engineering Drawings, circa 1906-1939; further divided into “FEV (Farm Equipment Voids?)” and “TVD (Tractor Voids?)”, and arranged roughly by drawing size or type, then by part number. 2) Engineering photographs; arranged by original negative number. Note: The Tractor Engineering Drawings have also been digitzed (over 35,000 drawings).	⇧
	Tractor Engineering Drawings, circa 1906-1939
Reel   1-24 Disc   1	FEV No. 1-FEV No. 24
Reel   25-42 Disc   2	FEV No. 25-FEV No. 42
Reel   43-48 Disc   3	TVD No. 1-TVD No. 6
Reel   49-66 Disc   4	TVD No. 7-TVD No. 24
	Engineering photos Note: By original negative number.
Reel   67	GP 100-GP 1200 [Roll 1]
Reel   68	GP 1201-GP 2288 [Roll 2]
Reel   69	GP 2289-GP 3301 [Roll 3]
Reel   70	GP 3302-GP 4655 [Roll 4]
Reel   71	GP 4656-GP 5753 [Roll 5]
Reel   72	GP 5754-GP 6800 [Roll 6]
Reel   73	GP 6801-GP 7860 [Roll 7]
Reel   74	GP 7861-GP 8940 [Roll 8]
Reel   75	GP 8941-GP 10065 [Roll 9]
Reel   76	GP 10066-GP 1100 [Roll 10]
Reel   77	CW 1279-PO 5535 [Roll 1]
Reel   78	PO 5536-PO 6867 [Roll 2]
Reel   79	PO 6868-PO 8184 [Roll 3]
Reel   80	PO 8185-PO 9900 [Roll 4]
Reel   81	PO 9901-PO 11886 [Roll 5]
Reel   82	PO 11889-PO 13827 [Roll 6]
Reel   83	PO 13828-PO 15157 [Roll 7]
Reel   84	PO 15158-PO 16319 [Roll 8]
Reel   85	PO 16320-PO 17990 [Roll 9]
Reel   86	PO 18001-MC 6580 [Roll 10]
Reel   87	MC 6581-MC 8289 [Roll 11]
Reel   88	157 Parts Drawings- farm equipment
Reel   89	158 Canton Works 1926-1927 photos
Reel   90	159
Reel   91	160 photos 1932
Reel   92	161
Reel   93	162 C-357
Reel   94	163 photos 1937
Reel   95	164
Reel   96	165
Reel   97	166 photographic negatives, circa 1938