Boyd, Thomas Alvin, 1888-

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Boyd and Kettering were General Motors Corporation men. General Motors Institute of Technology was named for Kettering in the 1990s. The Clarke Historical Library has a published copy of Professional Amateur : The Biography of Charles Franklin Kettering.

From the description of Collection, 1919,1976. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 41147186

Ohio State University ('18, '38, '53) noted for his work with Thomas Midgley on the development of ethyl gasoline. He was awarded the Lamme medal in 1939.

From the description of Papers, 1921-1982. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20867891

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referencedIn Thomas Boyd [ca. 2008-ongoing]. Museum of Performance & Design
creatorOf Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958. Charles Kettering collection, ca. 1930-ca. 1958. Cleo Redd Fisher Museum
referencedIn Child, William, b. 1834. Boyd, Thomas. Godfrey Memorial Library
referencedIn James Branch Cabell Collection, 1886-1928 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Boyd, Thomas Alvin, 1888-. Papers, 1921-1982. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Boyd, Thomas Alvin, 1888-. Collection, 1919,1976. Clarke Historical Library
creatorOf Boyd, Thomas. Letters to Eliot Fitch Bartlett and Scott Bartlett, his stepsons, relating family news in Hollywood, Calif. [manuscript] 1930-34. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf W. & A. Boyd. Accounts and correspondence copy-book of W. & A. Boyd, cloth finishing mill in Leeds. Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
referencedIn Boyd, Enoch. Enoch Boyd Papers, n.d. Peabody Essex Museum
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associatedWith Bartlett, Eliot F., person
associatedWith Bartlett, Scott, person
associatedWith Boyd, Enoch. person
associatedWith Boyd, Thomas Nevin, 1888- person
associatedWith Child, William, b. 1834. person
associatedWith General Motors Corporation corporateBody
associatedWith Kettering, Charles Franklin, 1876-1958. person
associatedWith Midgley, Thomas, 1889-1944. person
associatedWith W. & A. Boyd. corporateBody
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Detroit (Mich.)
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Gasoline
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Birth 1888

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