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Robert Strange McNamara Bibliography 

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Archival

• Acc. 720 Editorial Services Department Records
  • box 27 McNamara, R. S., May 29, 1955, Commencement, University of Alabama
     
• Acc. 1035 Joel Dean Papers
  • box 27 Ford Marketing, 1958; Correspondence - J.D. Lundy, McNamara, Eggert, et al; "Turnover pricing of Repair Parts" - 12/58 (includes hardware and accessories, division profit plan, and investigation of merger possibilities with O'Leary Corporation)
  • box 29
    • Ford Marketing, 1960 
      • Ford Correspondence, 1960 (letters, reports, memos to various Ford marketing people of the time (McNamara, Eggert, Secrest, Lorenz, Yntema (stock option plan)
    • Trucks
      • Future of the Dealer", 1960 (various presentations, talks, transcriptions of discussions in which McNamara, Mills, Wright & Benson Ford and J.D. participated in the Fall of 1960)
      • Forward Product Strategy, 8/25/6O (contains JDA Memo to McNamara on "Forward Product & Pricing Strategy", with earlier drafts & supporting material
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• Acc. 2003.146 Lewis D Crusoe Papers
  • box 19 Robert S. McNamara correspondence, 1956
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• Acc. 2004.1.1877 Ernest R Breech Records
  • box 1 Supplemental Compensation, 1946-1951 (includes correspondence and memos with McNamara
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• Acc. 984 General Newspaper Clipping Collection
  • box 7 Appointments; McNamara, Robert S., 1953
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• Acc. 234 Speech Services Records
  • box 14 McNamara, Robert S., 1955
    • March 7, Regional Public Relations Managers
    • May 29, University of Alabama Commencement
    • October 18, Dedication of Louisville Assembly Plant
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• Acc. 1856 Executive Speech Collection
  • box 4 1955, May 29, Robert S. McNamara, University of Alabama Commencement
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• Acc. 536 Public Relations Research Library Press Releases
  • box 72 McNamara, Robert S.
    • Appointment, 1953 (2 folders)
    • Biography, 1948
    • Departmental Communication
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• Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File
  • box 140 McNamara, Robert

Oral Histories

• Acc. 940 Frank Ernest Hill Papers
  • box 15 Interviews; McNamara, R.S.
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• Acc. 975 Nevins and Hill Interviews Series
  • box 1 Robert S. McNamara
     
• Acc. 2005.78.1 McNamara's Reminiscence regarding the John F. Kennedy Assassination, 1963
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• Acc. 91.1.1673 Automotive Industry Design Oral History Collection
  • (includes several designers who discuss McNamara)

Vertical File

• McNamara, Robert Strange

Ford Biographical Vertical File

• Me (includes Robert S. McNamara)

Books

• Promise and Power: The Life and Times of Robert McNamara. Shapley, Deborah
  • 973.92092 M169, S529, 1993
     
• The Whiz Kids: Ten Founding Fathers of American Business and the Legacy They Left Us. Byrne, John A.
  • 338.740922 B995 1993