Hanson Motor Company documents
Scope and Content
This collection contains items collected by the Boyce Motor Meter company. It contains two Hanson logo draft drawings as well as a self published book about Hanson Automobiles that consists of an introduction to the company and copies of newspaper clippings, photographs, trade magazine articles, and advertisements.
Dates
- 1917-1925, undated
Creator
- Hanson Motor Company (Atlanta, Ga.) (Organization)
- Boyce Motor Meter Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Administrative/Biographical History
Hanson Motor Company was an Atlanta based car manufacturing company founded by George W. Hanson (1875-1940) and Don M. Ferguson in 1917. The company produced small, low priced cars in a factory in Detroit, Michigan. The budget six-cylinder vehicle called the Little Six, or the Hanson Six, was one of its most popular models. Before closing in 1925 due to a boll weevil scourge that weakened the Southern economy, they produced approximately 1,800 cars.
Extent
2 folder(s)
Language
English
System of Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically according to titles supplied by staff.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 1997
Description Control
This collection was processed in 2019.
- Title
- Hanson Motor Company documents
- Author
- Rebecca Grieco
- Date
- August 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository