RECORDS OF MASSEY-FERGUSON (UK) LTD TR MAS Administrative History The origins of Massey-Ferguson can be traced back to Daniel Massey, who set up a blacksmiths and farm implement shop in Newcastle, Ontario, Canada in 1847. In 1870 his Massey Manufacturing Company was incorporated as a private company. In 1891 it merged with Alanson Harris Son & Company Limited of Brantford, Canada to form the Massey-Harris Company Ltd. In its first year of trading the company sold 41,474 machines, exporting 2,235 to Europe. In 1910 the Massey-Harris Company Ltd. developed its no. 1 reaper-thresher, its first basic combine harvester and in 1917 it launched its first tractor, the ‘Big Bull’. Massey- Harris became a full public corporation in 1927. In the 1930s Massey Harris bought the (H V Mackay) Sunshine Harvester Company Ltd of Australia (UK address Aldwych House, London WC2) Harry Ferguson began production of the Ferguson system tractor in the UK in 1936. In 1933 Massey-Harris built their first rubber-tyred tractor and developed the first commercially available self-propelled combine harvester in 1938. The year 1953 saw the merger of the two companies, Massey-Harris and Harry Ferguson Ltd into Massey-Harris-Ferguson Ltd and the company changed its name to Massey-Ferguson Ltd in 1958. Massey-Ferguson purchased other firms, establishing an industrial and construction machinery range after buying the hydraulic digger manufacturer Midwest Industries, Wichita USA. In 1959 Massey-Ferguson acquired the Peterborough based diesel engine manufacturer F Perkins Ltd as well as Standard Motor Company’s tractor plants in Banner Lane, Coventry and St Denis, France. It also purchased the second largest Italian tractor manufacturer G Landini & Figli SpA in 1960 and added crawler tractors to its range. During the same year Ferguson System tractors became the first vehicles to reach the South Pole overland. In 1974 Massey-Ferguson purchased a leading construction and diesel engine manufacturer, Hanomag Baumaschinen of Hannover, Germany, and in doing so trebled its range of industrial products. Within the UK, Massey-Ferguson had factories at Coventry (tractors), Baginton near Coventry (tractor components), Manchester (tractors, implements and digger loaders), Knowsley near Liverpool (industrial and construction equipment), Kilmarnock (combines) and Peterborough (Perkins engines). Additionally, the company had a Central Parts Operation at Urmston, Manchester, its Training Centre at Stoneleigh near Coventry, and Engineering Centres at Coventry and Peterborough with design and development facilities. During the 1970s Massey-Ferguson employed around 20,000 people in the UK. By the 1970s Massey-Ferguson had also become the largest manufacturer of tractors in the western world. At its peak Massey-Ferguson employed over 68,000 people worldwide, and had 50 manufacturing plants in 12 countries. The company became part of the AGCO Corporation in 1994, and continues to sell its products in 140 countries. Massey-Ferguson sales still make up more than half of the AGCO group’s total sales. Harry Ferguson Ltd Harry Ferguson Inc., Des Moines, Iowa Massey-Ferguson Industries Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 1E3 Massey-Harris-Ferguson Ltd Massey-Ferguson (UK) Ltd Massey-Ferguson (Export) Ltd Massey-Ferguson (World Export Operations) Limited, PO Box 62, Banner Lane, Coventry CV4 9GF Massey-Ferguson-Perkins Ltd 1 Landini Hanomag Sources AGCO Corporation website: ‘History and Heritage’ at http://www.agcocorp.com/default.cfm/PID=1.3.4, 2007 ‘Facts about Massey-Ferguson’ (Ref TR MAS P1/19) 1976 ‘The Massey-Ferguson Organisation’ in Salesman’s guide to Massey-Ferguson industrial equipment and machines (Ref TR MAS P1/18) June 1978 Massey Ferguson MF UK/Eire website at: http://www.masseyferguson.com/agco/mf/uk/home.htm, 2007 Scope and contents See also the Harry Ferguson Ltd collection (reference TR FER) held at the Museum of English Rural Life). The records chiefly consist of copy trade and technical publications, which were regularly deposited by Massey-Ferguson (UK) Limited between 1969 and 1985, subsequently by Massey-Ferguson (Export) Limited between April 1987 and 1994. Some of these were produced by the Stoneleigh Farm Training Centre and the MF training centres in North America Other sources The University of Guelph in Canada holds a large collection of Massey-Ferguson records Dates Extent XXX boxes, c. XX linear metres List compiled June/Dec 2007 Accession numbers T87/4, DX454, DX459, DX1037, DX1403 and DX1448 Index Record types TR MAS AD2/ General administrative and commercial records TR MAS DO1 Drawings TR MAS ET1 Test reports TR MAS ET2 Technical reference records to products TR MAS ET3 General technical reference records TR MAS MP1/ Lists of production TR MAS MP2/ Manufacturing working papers and details TR MAS P1 General advertising compilations TR MAS P2/A Advertising and servicing publications TR MAS P2/B Other firms’ literature TR MAS P3 Posters and display material TR MAS P4 House journals and technical bulletins TR MAS P7 Records of advertising campaigns and events TR MAS P8/1- Artworks TR MAS P9/ Other records 2 TR MAS PH2/ Compilations of prints TR MAS PH3/ Photographic prints TR MAS PH5/ Slides and transparencies Ref. No Title Dates TR MAS AD GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND 1958-1978 COMMERCIAL RECORDS TR MAS AD5 MATERIALS RECORDS 1958 TR MAS AD5/1 File of notes, agenda documents and 1958 memoranda relating to stores and spare parts book (9 documents) TR MAS AD5/2 Complaints statistics for MF baler 656 and 1959 658 and MF 639 (in German) with parts numbers (8 documents) TR MAS AD7 COMMERCIAL RECORDS 1974-1977 TR MAS AD7/1-3 Annual reports 1974-1978 TR MAS AD7/1 Annual report of Massey-Ferguson Limited 1974 (1 document) TR MAS AD7/2 Annual report of Massey-Ferguson Limited 1976 (1 document) TR MAS AD7/3 Annual report of Massey-Ferguson Limited 1977 (1 document) TR MAS AD7/4 Report 1978 TR MAS AD7/4 Report on postal survey of 1,000 farmers on 1978 MF 30 drill (1 document) TR MAS AD8 CORRESPONDENCE 1957-1958 TR MAS AD8/1 File of correspondence between the 1957-1958 Education Department, Stoneleigh Training Centre and Bertram Thomas (Engineers) Ltd, manufacturers of Switchgear Tiltrack patent storage system regarding the purchase of postindex cabinets (24 documents) TR MAS DO1 DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES 1948-1980 3 TR MAS DO1/1 Drawings of Harry Ferguson Ltd, Coventry 1948-1958 and Harry Ferguson Inc., Detroit, Michigan (1 bundle) TR MAS DO1/1 Bundle of drawings and sketches of Harry 1948-1958 Ferguson Ltd, Coventry and Harry Ferguson Inc., Detroit, Michigan (1 bundle) TR MAS DO1/2/1-25 Drawings of Massey-Harris Ferguson 1954-1980 (Engineering) Ltd, Coventry and Massey- Ferguson Marked ‘confidential property of Massey- Ferguson (UK) Ltd Engineering Department’ (25 bundles) TR MAS DO1/2/1 Bundle of drawings for silage cart Mar 1955 (4 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/2 Bundle of drawings for latch assembly for 1954-1958 buckrake (8 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/3 Bundle of drawings for potato planter 1955-1956 fertiliser attachment (28 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/4 Bundle of drawings for scraper wheel Nov 1956 assembly (5 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/5 Bundle of miscellaneous drawings. Includes 1955-1958 seal washer Arun pump; five row independent gang steerage hoe; yoke and rack assembly; angle bracket; stiffener – side plate; adaptor; tractor conversion coupling to Dowty trailer (18 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/6 Bundle of drawings for MUE cantilever 1955-1965 loader and 35-7 loader and 35 loader bucket converted to 735 loader (1 bundle) TR MAS DO1/2/7 Bundle of drawings for knotter hook [Part no. 1962-1973 780 172 M93] by Massey-Ferguson UK Ltd, Coventry and Massey-Ferguson SA France (6 documents) 4 TR MAS DO1/2/8 Bundle of drawings for speed control unit 1960 (1 bundle) TR MAS DO1/2/9 Bundle of drawings for 3, 5 and 8 ton trailers 1955-1963 (6 documents) TR MAS D01/2/10 Bundle of drawings for 85 and 93 ploughs 1967-1968 (10 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/11 Bundle of drawings for bumper bar and grill 1963 guard assembly [part no. 824 740 to 753 M1 (1 bundle) TR MAS DO1/2/12 Bundle of drawings for MF 732, MF 736 and 1957-1965 MF 779 mowers (5 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/13 Bundle of drawings for shaker shoe and pan 1969 arrangement (7 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/14 Bundle of miscellaneous drawings, including 1960-1970 sump guard assembly, centre angle (20 row) main frame, front hitch and weight frame assembly, grille guard assembly, industrial bucket (x documents) TR MAS DO1/2/15 Bundle of drawings for 29-7 grain and 1970 fertiliser drill. Also includes drawings, photographs and notes regarding temporary field fix for overcoming blockage problem (8 documents) TR MAS DO/1/2/16 Bundle of drawings for power steering pump 1971 suggested service kit, marked ‘not used’ (5 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/17 Bundle of drawings for side-bale chamber, 1974 marked Massey-Ferguson SA and Engineering, Detroit (6 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/18 Bundle of drawings for packer 1975 (11 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/19 Bundle of drawings, design change notices 1976-1977 5 and memoranda including costing relating to design for a new hopper for MF 11 spinner broadcaster (1 file) TR MAS DO1/2/20 Bundle of drawings for lug washer 1967-1971 (5 drawings) TR MAS DO1/2/21 Bundle of drawings for shield 1976 (6 documents) TR MAS DO1/2/22 Bundle of miscellaneous drawings, including 1973-1976 fertiliser sieve welding assembly, hydraulic feed control (1 file) TR MAS DO1/2/23 Bundle of miscellaneous drawings and 1970-1980 sketches, including segment – left fanning mill; MF 128; MF 124; sprocket assembly; hitch assembly; agitator; curtain; cylinder; pump filler plug details; Mf 178 and MF 188 frame support, MF 760 compressor (1 file) TR MAS DO1/2/24 Bundle of general arrangement drawings on 1970 fiche for MF 187 combine, with index, Massey-Ferguson Engineering, Germany (129 fiche cards) TR MAS DO1/2/25 Bundle of general arrangement drawings on 1970 fiche for MF 487 combine, with index, Massey-Ferguson Engineering, France (1 file) TR MAS ET1 TEST REPORTS TR MAS ET1/1 Test report no.