Gene Bird Gilliom Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists largely of black-and-white photographs of managers James Baldwin and Nick W. Goodrich, scenes around the Beaumont Iron Works plant, and an Air Force flyover event. The collection also features local newspaper clippings, as well as telegrams regarding the Air Force flyover between Beaumont Iron Works management, U.S. Navy and Defense Departments, and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson.
These materials date between 1946 and 1951, the years in which Gene Bird Gilliom worked as a private secretary for Beaumont Iron Works manager James Baldwin.
Dates
- Creation: 1946 - 1951
Creator
- Gene Bird Gilliom (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Some restrictions may apply.
Conditions Governing Use
The Tyrrell Historical Library holds copyright. The researcher must secure permission to publish. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Tyrrell Historical Library. The researcher assumes full responsibility for complying with copyright, literary property rights, and libel laws.
Historical Note
The Beaumont Iron Works Company was founded in 1910. During World War II it manufactured military equipment for the U.S. Army and Navy. James F. Baldwin, appointed as manager of Beaumont Iron Works in 1946, announced his resignation in early 1951 in order to pursue other business opportunities with McLeod Machine Works and Butler Industries, both companies based in Beaumont.
Gene Bird Gilliom worked as James Baldwin's private secretery during his time at Beaumont Iron Works, where she collected photographs of the company's plant, newspaper clippings, telegrams from Washington, D.C., and a copy of Baldwin's resignation speech.
Extent
.5 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Beaumont Iron Works Company was founded in 1910. During World War II it manufactured military equipment for the U.S. Army and Navy. Gene Bird Gilliom worked as James Baldwin's private secretery during his time as manager of Beaumont Iron Works, where she collected photographs of the company's plant, newspaper clippings, telegrams from Washington, D.C., and a copy of Baldwin's resignation speech.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into three series.
Series 1: Administrative Papers, 1949-1951
Series 2: Newspaper Clippings, 1950-1951
Series 3: Photographs, 1946-1951
Subject
- Beaumont Iron Works Company, Beaumont, Texas (Organization)
- James F. Baldwin (Person)
- Nick W. Goodrich (Person)
- American Locomotive (Organization)
- United States Military (Organization)
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Gene Bird Gilliom Papers, 1946-1951
- Author
- Jennifer Perritt
- Date
- August 18, 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Tyrrell Historical Library Archives Repository
