Rohr Aircraft Financial and Stock Records Collection
Scope and Contents
Two boxes, 12.5” X 5” X 15”, containing payroll and stock records for Rohr Aircraft circa 1940 with updated stock records circa 1950. Some of the records are duplicates copied from older ledger forms to newer ones. Information on Fred H. Rohr can be found in the online exhibit listed below. Box 2 contains a portfolio formerly housing new payroll forms.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1930 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research by appointment.
Biographical / Historical
Fred H. Rohr was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1896. In the 1920s he became a metal worker producing aircraft components. In 1923 he worked for Paris Manufacturing Co. In 1925 he became manager of the Prudden Aircraft Co. In 1940 he founded Rohr Aircraft to make aircraft sub-assemblies. In 1969 Rohr was incorporated as Rohr Corporation. In 1971 the company changed its name to Rohr Industries. In 1992 the company name was changed to Rohr, Inc. In 1997 Rohr was purchased by Goodrich Corporation. Goodrich Corporation was purchased by United Technologies in August 2012. The company was spun off into an umbrella company called United Technologies Aerospace Systems. It continues to operate to this day.
Extent
1.1 Cubic Feet (Two boxes containing payroll and stock records for Rohr Aircraft circa 1940 with updated stock records circa 1950. Some of the records are duplicates copied from older ledger forms to newer ones. Information on Fred H. Rohr can be found in the online exhibit listed below. Box 2 contains a portfolio formerly housing new payroll forms.) ; Two boxes, 12.5” X 5” X 15”
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains payroll and stock records for Rohr Aircraft circa 1940 with updated stock records circa 1950
- Title
- The Descriptive Finding Guide for the Rohr Aircraft Financial and Stock Records Collection
- Author
- AR
- Date
- 6/1/2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives Repository
2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park
San Diego 92101 USA US
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