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1966-1989 (Creation)
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3.25 metres of textual records and other material
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Administrative history
The White Motor Company was founded by Thomas Howard White (1836-1914) and his sons in Cleveland, Ohio in 1900 to manufacture automobiles, trucks, buses, bicycles, roller skates, automatic lathes, and sewing machines, as well as military equipment and infrastructure. In 1960, the White Motor Company acquired the Oliver Farm Equipment Company (formed in 1929) and entered the agricultural implement market. The company, which manufactured tractors, graders, forklifts, road rollers, and crawlers, was renamed the Oliver Corporation and became a subsidiary of the White Motor Company. Two years later, in 1962, the White Motor Company also acquired Cockshutt Farm Equipment of Brantford, Ontario, and made it a subsidiary of the Oliver Corporation. The following year, in 1963, the White Motor Company also purchased Minneapolis-Moline, whose tractor line was blended with Oliver.
Oliver, Minneapolis-Moline, and Cockshutt merged in 1969 to form the White Farm Equipment Company, with headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois (the White Motor Company's headquarters remained in Cleveland). In 1975, Oliver, Minneapolis-Moline, and Cockshutt were folded into the White brand. Since 1991, White tractors are now produced under the AGCO name.
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The White Farm Equipment Company collection contains catalogues and part lists, manuals, publications, service and administrative records, advertising brochures, and company history.