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Frederick Lanchester collection... The Daimler Company, 1924 - 1935


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  • Frederick Lanchester collection
  • Correspondence and other documents ('Baxter' series)
  • The Daimler Company, 1924 - 1935

  • LAN/1/5
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  • 1924 - 1935
  • The documents concerning Frederick Lanchester’s relations with the Daimler Company are largely typed copies of letters and reports, made at a later date than the originals, and put together into a dossier. This splits content physically and by subject into three sections. The first summarises his relations with the company; the second consists of documents (mostly copies) concerning Lanchester and the Daimler Company; the third part has documents concerning Lanchester’s Laboratories Ltd. and the Daimler Company. The documents were copied and brought together in 1935 and early 1936. The terms Daimler and Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) are used sometimes apparently as interchangeable; Daimler was a BSA subsidiary, and Lanchester’s agreement was technically with BSA, although his work was mainly with Daimler. Letters in this correspondence from BSA/Daimler come also either from the BSA office in Birmingham or the Daimler office in Coventry. Lanchester’s summary of the whole relationship is given in the first document (LAN/1/5/1). Broadly his complaint is that Daimler still benefits from his name and his patents, Daimler never used his services to the best advantage, Daimler failed to support his joint venture with them (Lanchester’s Laboratories Ltd.), and in the final break with the company he was not well treated financially. Includes documents concerned with terms to end the partnership between Lanchester and Daimler.

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Typed notes “F.W. Lanchester and the Daimler Co. Ltd” Typed list of documents "L and D 1-16" Typed "notes on the tyre question. October 1927” Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to P. Martin, Managing Director, Birmingham Small Arms Co., Ltd Copy typed report on "the pros and cons of tyre standards in relation to weight of vehicle by F.W. Lanchester, LL.D” Copy typed “addendum” to LAN/1/5/5 Copy typed memo. from Frederick Lanchester to P. Martin Copy typewritten letter from P. Martin to Frederick Lanchester Typed memo. states that a letter was sent by Mr Martin to Frederick Lanchester on 27 December 1927, inviting Frederick Lanchester to accept reduction of income Typed copy of note from C.R. Nelson to Frederick Lanchester Typed note from T. Longmore to Frederick Lanchester Copy typewritten letter from P. Martin to Frederick Lanchester Copy typed “Report to Managing Director relating to present situation concerning adoption of Fottinger Hydraulic Coupling” Typed note concerning Report on "Fottinger Hydraulic Coupling” Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to P. Martin Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to P. Martin Copy typewritten extract from letter by P. Martin to Frederick Lanchester Copy typewritten letter from R.A. Rotherham to Frederick Lanchester List of documents 'LLL 1-12' Copy typewritten letter from R.A. Rotherham to Frederick Lanchester Copy “minutes of a Meeting of the Board of Directors” [of Lanchester Laboratories Ltd.] held on 16 March 1926 Copy “extracts from Minute Book of Lanchester’s Laboratories Limited, 22 June 1928" Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to P. Martin Copy typewritten letter from P. Martin to Frederick Lanchester Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to P. Martin Copy typewritten letter from P. Martin to Frederick Lanchester Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to T. Longmore, Secretary of Lanchester’s Laboratories Limited Copy typewritten letter from T. Longmore to Frederick Lanchester Copy of typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to P. Martin Copy typewritten letter from Frederick Lanchester to P. Martin Extract from letter of S. Glϋckstein, solicitor, to Frederick Lanchester