Raymond S. Doerr Scrapbook
name: label: Creator
content: Jacobus, John L.
label: Creator
content: Doerr, Raymond S., 1913- (engineer, craftsman)
label: Names
content: Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild.
label: Names
content: General Motors Corporation
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.).  Division of Transportation
topic: label: Topic
content: Automobiles -- Bodies
label: Topic
content: Carriages and carts -- Design
label: Topic
content: Automobiles -- Design and construction
label: Topic
content: Models and modelmaking
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Doerr scrapbook was given to NMAH by Raymond S. Doerr through John L. Jacobus who furnished a copy of Automotive Quarterly's 25th Anniversary Edition in 1987, containing his article on the Fisher Body Craftman's Guild. The material was received by NMAH's Transportation Division and transferred to the Archives Center, January 25, 1993.
creator: label: Creator
content: Jacobus, John L.
label: Creator
content: Doerr, Raymond S., 1913- (engineer, craftsman)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Raymond S. Doerr Scrapbook
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Raymond S. Doerr was one of four national winners of the General Motors Corporation's Fisher Body Craftman's Guild competition in 1931. The competition was for boys aged 12 to 18 in model building. As a prize Doerr was awarded a four year scholarship in engineering at the University of Michigan and later was employed by General Motors Corporation.

The Guild was in existence 1930-1968 with annual membership of about half a million boys who were potential entrants in the competition. They worked from Guild-supplied plans for a horse-drawn coach. In the post WWII years, the competition shifted to building model automobiles, designed individually by the contestants.

In 1968, the Guild was terminated by GM because of declining participation and poor model quality and possibly because it no longer served the company's commercial interests.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 oversized folder)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1931-1935
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The scrapbook was kept by Mr. Doerr's mother. In 1985, he sent it to John L. Jacobus of Silver Spring, Maryland who sent it on to the Division of Transportation (now Division of Work an Industry) in 1992. The scrapbook was transferred to the Archives Center on January 25, 1993.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0476
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Clippings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Don Darroch, May 6, 1993
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection consists of a scrapbook, circa 1931-1935, compiled by Doerr's mother and composed of news clippings relating to the Fisher Body Craftman's Guild and its competition. In addition, the collection includes on official program and guide for the 1932 competition and a copy of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Automobile Quarterly (1987) containing an article by John L. Jacobus describing the Craftman's Guild.