Western Michigan at work

Description:

Allen Electric Company is featured in this installment of "Western Michigan at work" hosted by Dr. Willis Dunbar. Dunbar describes the genesis of the company, when Gerald H. Allen had the idea to create a cheaper test machine for car generators aimed specifically at Ford. B.E. Bertholet, the sales promotion manager at Allen Electric, discusses the company's new automatic battery charger and explains the role that the Allen Electric education program played in the war effort.

Date Issued:

1947-09-16T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Subject Topic:

History, Employees, Battery chargers, Automobiles, Batteries, World War, 1939-1945, and War work

Subject Name:

Allen Electric and Equipment Company and Allen Electric and Equipment Company

Subject Genre:

Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m57s7k302