Hiller (Stanley, Sr.) Collection, 1922-1962

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Summary

Title:
Stanley Hiller, Sr. Collection,
Dates:
1922-1962
Creators:
Hiller family
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stanley Hiller, Sr. Collection, California State Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Business and personal papers of Stanley Hiller, Sr. The collection includes some of Stanley Hiller, Jr.'s papers concerning two of his inventions: a new type of die-casting process and the first practical coaxial helicopter. A separate key to the arrangement of the collection and subject index to the key have been compiled by California State Library staff. The key details the contents of the collection as organized down to the folder level. No separate lists of correspondents have been compiled.

Biographical / historical:

Born in Alameda, California, September 3, 1888, Stanley Hiller, Sr. was an inventor, and manufacturer of machinery and plants for processing food by-products, including the first seagoing fish processing plants (1927); a California land developer (1930-1955); commercial fisheries lobbyist (1934-1938); and early aviator. He died in Oakland, August 8, 1968.

Physical description:
145 boxes

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou
Date Prepared:
© 1999
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Unrestricted.

Terms of access:

Please credit California State Library.

Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stanley Hiller, Sr. Collection, California State Library.

Location of this collection:
900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
Contact:
(916) 654-0176
cslcal@library.ca.gov
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