Kaiser/Willys-Overland Scrapbook, 1953, MSS-156

Kaiser/Willys-Overland Scrapbook, 1953, MSS-156

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The collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings documenting the merger Kaiser-Frazer and Willys-Overland in 1953. This was the largest corporate merger to date at the time it was completed. The scrapbook was owned by Ward M. Canaday, president of Willys-Overland at the time of the merger.

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"Willys Turns Over Assets To K-F As Sale Is Closed" (Toledo Blade, April 28, 1953)
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Plans Announced: 1) "Kaiser-Frazer Is Buying Willys for $62,300,000; to Rank 4th" (Hit, March 24, 1953); 2) "Kaiser-Frazer Arranges to Buy Willys-Overland for $62,300,000" (New York Times, March 24, 1953); 3) "K-F and Willys" (Newsweek, March 24, 1953)
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Stockholders vote yes: 1) Merger of Willys and Kaiser Voted (Bus. Auto, March 25, 1953); 2) Willys Stockholders Vote to Sell Its Plants To Kaiser-Frazer Unit" (Wall Street Journal, March 25, 1953); 3)"Willys Stockholders Ratify Merger With Kaiser Firm" (Hit, March 25, 1953)
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"Tax Credit Pays About Half Of Kaiser Purchase of Willys" (Hit, March 29, 1953)
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"Canaday's Role in Saving Willys-Overland Recalled"
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"K-F Makes Bid for W-O; Toledo Would Keep Plant" (Toledo Blade, March 24, 1953)

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