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Copies of Government letters regarding the Hydropress

 File — Box: 0078.23, Folder: 03
Identifier: 0078.23.03

Scope and Contents

1939 July 18 to Ludwig Loewy (London) from W.R. Clark (Bridgeport, CT) 1939 November 22 to A.B. Cudebec (New York) from W.R. Clark (Bridgeport Brass Co.) 1941 March 5 to Erwin Loewy (New York) from W.R. Clark 1941 March 14 to Erwin Loewy from S.D. Pierce (Montreal) 1941April 14 to Erwin Loewy (New York) from I.P. Macauley (Richmond) 1941 May 7 to A.B. Cudebec from Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd (London) 1941 June 17 to Loewy Engineering Co. Ltd (Bournemouth) from Baldwins Ltd. (Stourport-on-Severn) 1941 August 27 to Nelson Pickering (Ansonia, CT) from N. Warren Waterhouse (Sydney, Australia) 1941 September 25 to H. Levant (Montreal) from I.P. Macauley (Richmond) 1941 December 18 to Hydropress (New York) from I.P. Macauley (Richmond) 1941 December 29 to Erwin Loewy from Herman W. Steinkraus (Bridgeport, CT) 1942 March 20 to Erwin Loewy from Clark S. Judd (Waterbury, CT) 1942 April 2 to Erwin Loewy from J.R. Coe (Waterbury, CT) 1942 April 9 to Erwin Loewy from W.R. Clark 1942 April 13 to Hydropress, Inc. from W.H.P. Blandy/O.O. Hagen (US Navy) 1942 April 14 to Erwin Loewy from Herman W. Steinkraus (Bridgeport, CT) 1942 June 4 to Erwin Loewy from L.H. Campbell, Jr. (War Dept. Washington) 1942 December 10 to Erwin Loewy from H.M. Morrison (Bridgeport, CT) 1942 December 22 to Hydropress, Inc. from W.F. Hunt (Richmond) 1943 February 23 to Erwin Loewy from R.E. Bassett (Waterbury, CT) 1943 March 19 to Erwin Loewy from Arthur T. Stanton (War Production Board) 1943 April 2 to R.M. Reichl (Hydropress) from R.W. Knight (Oakland) 1943 May 3 to D.O. Harrington (Washington, D.C. re: Erwin Loewy) from C.C. Moffatt (Detroit) 1943 May 17 to R.E. Barbee (Pittsburgh) from C.C. Moffatt 1943 May 19 to Hydropress from New York War Savings Staff 1943 July 9 to Ernest Rolli (Hydropress) from C.C. Moffatt 1943 October 6 to Erwin Loewy from WHS (Grand Rapids) 1943 October 11 to Erwin Loewy from Henry J. Kaiser Co. (Oakland) 1943 November 2 to Erwin Loewy from W.A. DeRidder (Los Angeles) 1943 December 17 to Hydropress from W.F. Hunt (Richmond) 1943 December 31 to Erwin Loewy from H.M. Brown(?) (Huntington, WV) 1944 January 11 to W. Kauders (Hydropress) from Arthur De Bebian (Treasury) 1944 February 29 to Erwin Loewy from Lewin-Mathes Co. (St. Louis) 1944 March 1 to Erwin Loewy from W.R. Clark 1944 March 1 to Hydropress from W.F. Hunt (Louisville) 1944 March 3 to Erwin Loewy from R.R. Clappier (International Nickel New York) 1944 March 10 to H. Lorant (New York) from Chesterfield Tube Co. 1944 March 15 to Erwin Loewy from W.F. Hunt (Louisville) 1944 April 12 to Erwin Loewy from R.D. Hamer (Montreal) 1944 April 14 to Lorant (Hydropress) from C.S. Harris (Midland, MI) 1944 May 19 to Erwin Loewy from J.Frank Curry (Birmingham Ordnance, AL) 1944 October 3 to Erwin Loewy from J. Frank Curry (Birmingham, AL) 1944 October 9 to Ernest Rolli (Hydropress) from W.W. Sieg (Bellefonte, PA) 1944 October 23 to Hydropress from H.M. Brown (International Nickel Huntington, WV) 1944 November 13 to Erwin Loewy from Willard H. Dow (Midland, MI) 1945 March 16 to Erwin Loewy from J.N. Romoser (War Production Board) 1945 May 29 to O. P. Echols re: Erwin Loewy from K.B. Wolfe 1945 July 24 to Albert B. Cudebec from B.L. Crenshaw (Washington) 1945 July 25 to Albert B. Cudebec from International Nickel Co. (New York) 1945 August 1 to R. Lustig (Hydropress) from J.S. Vanderploeg (New Toronto) 1945 August 15 to S.E. Reimel (New York) from L.H. Campbell (Washington) 1945 August 20 to Erwin Loewy from Stewart E. Reimel (New York Ordnance) 1945 December 26 to Ignacio Lopes de Alegria (Bilboa) from Walter R. Clark 1946 July 29 to Erwin Loewy from H.M. Brown (International Nickel) 1946 September 4 to (Irwin)/Erwin Loewy from H.M. Brown 1946 November 1 to Erwin Loewy from John S. Coe (Cleveland) 1946 November 15 to Erwin Loewy from E. T. King (Elkton, MD) 1947 July 25 to Ernest Rolli (Hydropress) from Edward J. Mack (Adrian, MI) 1947 August 6 to Erwin Loewy from Orval R. Cook (War Department) 1947 September 25 to Erwin Loewy from C.S. Parsons (Canada Bureau of Mines) 1947 October 30 to(Irwin)/Erwin Loewy from F.L. Stamm (Los Angeles) 1948 February 11 to Erwin Loewy from Aurelio Simonetti F. ( MADECO Santiago, Chile) (two copies – English translation and Spanish) 1948 March 10 to Hydropress from MADECO (RCA Communications cable) 1948 March 23 to Erwin Loewy from Aurelio Simonetti F. (two copies – English Translation and Spanish) 1948 April 5 to Erwin Loewy from George Underwood (Middletown, Ohio) 1948 June 15 to Erwin Loewy from Aurelio Simonetti F. (two copies) 1948 November 20 to Fred A. Dussling (New York) from Francisco Gigl (Medellin) 1949 March 17 to (Irving)/Erwin Loewy from J. Thomson (Haley, Canada) 1949 May 2 to Erwin Loewy from R.D. Harris (Permanente, CA) 1949 May 10 to Erwin Loewy from T.J. Ready, Jr. (Permanente, CA) 1949 July 1 to Erwin Loewy from Marvin P. Smith (B & T Metals) 1949 July 12 to Hydropress, Inc. from W.W. Sieg (Titan Metal Manufacturing Co) 1949 July 15 to R. M. Reihl (Hydropress) from R.O. Whitson (U. of CA) 1949 August 3 to P. Butzer (Loewy Engineering Co. of Canada) from H.G. Warrington (Dominion Magnesium Ltd) 1949 August 10 to Erwin Loewy from Frank Gigl (Medellin, Colombia) 1949 August 26 to Albert B. Cudebec from Superior Steel Corp (Carnegie, PA) 1949 September 24 to Richard Trimbach (Dayton) from James L. Gregg 1949 November 11 to E.A. Butner (Hydropress) from Roy P. Ripple (Packard Electric Div. Warren, Ohio) 1949 December 2 to Hydropress, Inc. from G.R. Ringuist (U.S. Naval Ordnance) 1949 December 2 to Hydropress, Inc. from John W. Nelson (U.S. Naval Ordnance) 1950 January 20 to Erwin Loewy from A. Witherington & W.H. Hodgetts (Birmingham, England) 1950 February 28 to Erwin Loewy from R.D. Harris (Kaiser Aluminum) 1950 March 2 to Erwin Loewy from D.W. Blend (Wolverine Tube, Decatur, AL) 1950 March 7 to Erwin Loewy from George W. Vreeland (Kaiser Engineers) 1950 March 21 to Hydropress, Inc. from Elie J. Doumet (Beyrouth) 1950 March 24 to Erwin Loewy from Trefileries & Laminoirs du Havre (Paris) 1950 September 15 to Alexander Zeitlin from Carl W. Andrews (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base) 1950 November 9 to E.A. Butner (Hydropress) from Carl Habel (Packard Electric) 1950 November 22 to Erwin Loewy from Josef Oberegger (Donawitz, Austria) 1950 November 23 The New York Times, “Austria Receives E.C.A. Steel Mill” 1950 November 24 to Erwin Loewy from Amtria Merchants Corp.) 1950 November 27 to Erwin Loewy from Josef Oberegger (Der Oesterreichische- Alpine Montangesellschaft Vienna) 1950 December 1 The Marshall Plan in Action ECA 1950 December 6 to H. Lorant (Hydropress) from F.M. Levy (Mueller Brass Co) 1950 December 6 to Erwin Loewy from Frank M. Levy (Mueller Brass Co) 1950 December 7 to F.J. Kent (Hydropress) from J.S. Gray (Valley Metal Products, Plainwell, MI) 1951 January 2 New York World-Telegram and Sun, “Air Force Buys Huge New Presses” Re: Loewy Hydropress 1951 January 3 Adrian Daily Telegram, “Adrian Considered As Site for New Air Force Presses” Re: Loewy-Hydropress 1951 January 3 The New York Times, “Air Force Orders Big New Presses” 1951 January 18 The Iron Age, News of Industry, “New Giant Presses Will Speed Plane Production” 1951 January 24 to Erwin Loewy from W.H. Everitt (Olympic Supply Co., Seattle) 1951 February 19 to Erwin Loewy from H.Y. Bassett (Wolverine Tube) 1951 March 7 to Philip Finale (Hydropress) from George Endicott (Morgan Construction Co., Worcester, MA) 1951 March 12 to Hydropress from Etablissements Charles Coquillard (Froges) Two copies – French and English) 1951 March 20 to Erwin Loewy from T.E. Warren (Canada Dept. of Mines) 1951 April Fortune “Report on Rearmament” Re: Hydropress 1951 May 4 to E. Butner (Hydropress) from R.A. Bell (The Hoover Co.) 1951 May 11 to Erwin Loewy from R. Lustig (Loewy Engineering Co. of Canada) 1951 May 22 to Erwin Loewy from R.A. Bell (Kingston-Conley Electric Co.) 1951 August 24 to Erwin Loewy form S.H. Wardell (American Brass Co.) 1951 October 16 to R.M. Reichl (Hydropress) from E.G. Unrath (Spang-Chalfant) 1952 January 4 to Erwin Loewy from B.H. Anderson (Light Metals Corp) 1952 February 7 The New York Times, “Syndicates to Offer Utility Bond Issues” 1952 February 19 to Erwin Loewy from C.S. Harris (Dow Chemical Co) 1952 March 11 to Erwin Loewy from R.W. Pickens (Texas Aluminum Co) 1952 April 29 to B. Anscher (Hydropress) from R.C. Leech (Watervliet Arsenal) 1953 January 9 to R.M. Reichl from C.H. Gay (Babcock & Wilcox Co) 1953 January 12 to Loewy Construction Co. (New York) from John H. Bell (Dept. of the Air Force) 1953 January 22 to Loewy Construction Co. from Norman C. Appold (Wright Air Development Center) 1953 January 28 to B. Anscher from J.F. Sullivan (Watertown Arsenal) 1953 January 29 to Alexander Zeitlin from John F. Probst (Dept. of Air Force) 1953 February 27 to Erwin Loewy from S. Paul Johnston (Inst. Of Aeronautical Sciences) 1953 May 20 to A. Zeitlin from W.C. Heath (Milwaukee) 1953 July 1 to A. Zietlin (Zeitlin) from John J. Slattery (USAF Orientation Group) 1953 September 18 to Hydropress from J.A. McDevitt (Canada Foils, Ltd) 1953 September 21 to Fred T. Morrison (Loewy Construction Co.) from John T. Benedict (Design News) 1953 September 22 to H. Lorant from W.A. Dickinson (International Nickel Co) 1953 October 7 to Emery B. Kerekes (Loewy Construction Co.) from F. Bell (San Antonio Air Materiel Area Kelly Air Force Base Texas) 1953 October 8 to Alfred Fleissig (Hydropress) from H.E. Replogle (Universal- Cyclops Steel Corp) 1953 October 16 to Hydropress from Francois Rosenauer (Paris) 1953 December 3 to Alex Zeitlin from Richard C. Halliday (Kaiser Aluminum) 1953 December 29 to Erwin Loewy from C. Nillilson (Chemical Bank & Trust Co) 1954 February 12 to Erwin Loewy from L.W. McNair (Dow Chemical Co) 1954 March 9 to Erwin Loewy from P.W. Robson (Wolverine Tube) 1954 March 15 to Emery B. Kerekes from Frank W. Wilson (American Society of Tool Engineers) 1954 March 17 to Hugo Lorant from H.M. Harper (Morton Grove, IL) 1954 March 23 to Genzo Yoshida (Nippon Kikai Boeki Kaisha, Ltd. New York Office) from H. Sakai (Nippon Kikai Boeki Kaisha, Ltd, Osaka Branch) 1954 March 23 to Hydropress from H. Sakai (Nippon Kikai Boeki Kaisa, Ltd., Osaka Branch) 1954 March 26 to Erwin Loewy from K.G. Hookanson (Morton Grove, IL) 1954 June 17 ATTESTATION Compagnie Francaise des Metaux Re: Loewy Engineering Ltd. 1954 June 22 to Alexander Zeitlin from V.T. Gorguze (Curtiss-Wright Corp) 1954 August 25 to Erwin Loewy from Kern D. Metzger (USAF) 1955 February 14 to Hydropress from Bernardo P. Abrera (National Shipyards & Steel Corp (Manila) 1955 February 28 to Hydropress from J.R. Tschudnowsky (Paris) [Tschudnowsky, director of Cegedur, the company that bought SPIDEM, later sold to Pechiney] 1955 March 3 to Emery B. Kerekes (from Robert A. Gould (USAF Orientation Group) 1955 March 11 to Erwin Loewy from George W. Motherwell (Wyman-Gordon Co. Worcester, MA) 1955 March 12 to Alexander Zeitlin from George W. Motherwell 1955 March 14 to Erwin Loewy from Robert W. Stoddard (Worcester, MA) 1955 March 15 to Erwin Loewy from B. Abrera (Manila) 1955 July 6 to Erwin Loewy from B.P. Abrera (Manila) 1955 August 29 to Erwin Loewy from Robert W. Stoddard (Worcester, MA) 1955 September 30 to Milton Chanin (Hydropress) from H.W. Pritchard (Trim- Edge, Inc., Newnan, GA) 1955 October 28 to Hugo Lorant from F.J. Kearns (Bridgeport Brass Co.) 1955 November 17 to Erwin Loewy from Headquarters Air Materiel Command 1956 January 25 to Erwin Loewy from R.E. Perry (Kaiser Aluminum) 1956 January 31 to Erwin Loewy from Richard C. Halliday (Kaiser Aluminum) 1956 June 1 to Hydropress from Takada Aluminium Works Co. (Japan) (Two Copies: Japanese and English translation) 1956 June 5 to Larry Nass (Loewy Construction Co.) from Louis H. Garrett (Middletown Air Materiel Area Olmsted Air Force Base, PA) 1957 October United States Air Force In Appreciation to Erwin Loewy 1957December 16 to A Tesmen (Loewy-Hydropress) from S.V. Arnold (Watertown Arsenal) 1957 December 27 to Erwin Loewy from J. D. Rauth (The Martin Company) 1958 January 8 to Erwin Loewy from G.T. Willey (The Martin Company) 1958 February 4 to F.A. Fielder from Milton Meissner (Rossi, Meissner, Inc.) 1958 February 5 to F.A. Fielder from H.A. Cooper (Cooper Alloy Corp) 1958 February 17 to Erwin Loewy from Air Material Command Wright Patterson 1958 May 9 to Erwin Loewy from R.E. Perry (Kaiser Aluminum) 1958 May 26 to Loewy-Hydropress from Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo) (Two copies – Japanese and English translation) 1958 June 2 to Loewy-Hydropress from Tomikazu Harada (Showa Aluminium K.K. Osaka) (two copies – Japanese and English translation) 1958 June 26 to Walter Kauders (Hydropress) from J.H. Kannen (National Forge & Ordnance Co.) 1958 September 16 to Ray Boshold (Hydropress) from Syd Sossin (Michael Flynn Manufacturing Co) 1958 October 16 to Walter Kauders from J.E. Decker (Green River Steel Corp) 1958 November 7 to A. Tesmen (Loewy-Hydropress) from T.C. DuMond (American Society for Metals) 1959 January 12 to Loewy-Hydropress from R. Frank Allison (Colonial Steel Co.) 1959 January 20 to P.G. Mayer (Loewy-Hydropress) from Universal-Cyclops Steel Corp. (Titusville, PA) 1959 February 9 to Walter Kauders from W.F. Raborn (Navy Dept) 1959 February 9 to Walter Kauders from J.C. Daniel (Sixth Naval District) 1959 February 11 to Irwin (Erwin) Loewy from W.L. Bonnell (Newnan, GA) 1959 February 19 to Walter Kauders from Arleigh Burke (Naval Operations) 1959 March 6 to Leon Mollick (Loewy-Hydropress) from W.S. Smoot (Grad, Urbahn & Seelye (New York) No Date to A.M. Moosen (Loewy-Hydropress) from Robert F. Sellars (U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Unit Patrick Air Force Base Florida)

Dates

  • Creation: 1928-1959

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 22 Linear Feet (34 boxes, 2 oversize folders)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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