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Corporate executive biographies with photographs, 1944-2003
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The corporate executive biographies with photographs series of the Hughes Electronics Corporation Records date from 1944 to 2003. The series contains biographies and headshots of the Hughes leadership team as well as some General Motors leadership team.
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Corporate communications, 1954-2001
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The corporate communications series of the Hughes Electronics Corporation Records date from 1954 to 2001. This series contains press releases, typed executive speeches, press kits, handbooks for the news media, communication guidelines, and a list of public relations managers.
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Publications and reports, 1949-2003
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The publications and reports series of the Hughes Electronics Corporation Records date from 1949 to 2003. The materials include product and service brochures, employee resource literature and newsletters, organizational charts, directories, annual reports, and reports on the United States defense industry. This series also contains publications that were not produced by Hughes Electronics but were collected on topics relating to the work of the company or Howard Hughes. These include marketing material from other aerospace/defense companies, newspaper articles, and popular magazines including
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Audiovisual, 1984-2003
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The audiovisual materials series dates from 1984 to 20003 and chronicles Howard Hughes and various aspects of Hughes Electronics. In addition to the documentary “Howard Hughes the Aviator,” the series contains historical footage of Howard Hughes. There are also interviews with top executives of the company and footage relating to significant events in the company’s history such as mergers, Chinese President Jiang’s visit to Hughes’ headquarters in 1997, and the 1996 shooting at the Hughes facility in El Segundo, California. Promotional materials relating to the accomplishments of various divisions of the company also feature prominently, as do presentations highlighting company products particularly in relation to communication satellites and DirecTV.
The information in this series resides on number of different media types. The most common media type is the VHS cassette (primarily in the NTSC format, with some in the PAL format). There are also a sizeable number of Umatic (3/4 inch NTSC format), Betacam, and Betacam SP cassettes. Other media included in the series are reels of different sized magnetic tape, a Zip 100 diskette, and two 650 MB CD-R recordable CDs.
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Robert K. Roney files, 1950-1991
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Robert K. Roney (1922-2017) was a leading engineer and Senior Vice President with Hughes Aircraft Company. During his career at Hughes he made major contributions with regard to the development of air-to-air missiles, lunar landing spacecraft and communications satellites. The Robert K. Roney files (1950-1991) contains his author (correspondence) files, and engineering notes, and numerous technical reports, some of which he authored.
Source:
“Dr. Robert K. Roney,” National Academy of Engineering, accessed January 31, 2018,
https://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/MemberDirectory/27589.aspx
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Corporate biographies A-Z, 1944-2002
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Biographical sketches and Hughes Aircraft Company Executive Organization, 1959-1984
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Additional biographies, 1959-1989
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Old biographies, 2000-2003
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Questionnaire "Who's Who in America", 1969-1970
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