William M. Schmidt started working for Ford Motor Company, Lincoln-Mercury Division, in 1940 and became Chief Designer. In 1955 he became the Vice-President of Design for Packard Motor Company. In 1959, after a brief period at Chrysler Corporation, he formed his own company. William Schmidt Associates has done design work for people such as King Saud of Arabia and for companies such as Allis Chalmers, Fruehauf, Vlasic, Uniroyal and Ford Motor Company. (Adapted from Automotive Design Drawing Collection finding aid.)
Collection contains 1 .25" tape, 2 cassettes, 3 WAV files, 3 MP3 files, 1 diskette, and 1 bound transcript. Uploaded July 28, 2021.
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