Guide to the Ermal C. Fraze, Dayton Reliable Tool Company Records


Title:
Ermal C. Fraze, Dayton Reliable Tool Company Records
Repository:
Wright State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives
Phone: 937-775-2092
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/
Creator:
Fraze, Ermal C., 1913-1989
Dates:
1949-2006
Quantity:
6 linear feet
Abstract:
Ermal C. Fraze was the owner of Dayton Reliable Tool Company and the inventor of the early versions of Pull-Tabs and Pop-Tops. This collection includes newspaper clippings, magazine articles, scrapbooks, correspondences, photographs and personal items. Most of the collection pertains to the Dayton Reliable Tool Company. A few items deal with the Fraze Pavilion, a 4300-seat outdoor amphitheater in Kettering, Ohio, named after Ermal C. Fraze.
Identification:
MS-447
Language:
The records are in English