University of Wyoming
Dean Abner Fales (1890-1969) was professor of automobile engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1919-1949. Following his retirement from M.I.T. in 1949 he was consultant to various automobile manufacturers and also founded and served as the first president of the Veteran Motor Car Club of America.
Collection contains materials relating to Fales' interests in automobiles and automobile engineering including correspondence (1922-1967); subject files on automobile engineering and various automobiles (1907-1966); newspaper clippings (1930-1965); 10 photograph albums of antique cars, the Automobile Racers Club of America, the Veteran Motor Car Club of America and railroads (1936-1965); photographs of Fales and automobiles (1906-1965); speeches on auto and highway safety (1936-1961); and postcards of automobiles.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by Dean Abner Fales at the date of processing.
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