The AACA Library and Research Center in Hershey has announced that William T. "Tom" Gerrard has donated his extensive literature collection to the library. The library has cared for the collection since 2013, calling it the Gerrard Classic Auto Literature Collection. Gathered during a 35-year span, the collection has included many of the rarest items known to the hobby covering the 1950s and 1960s. Items include sales catalogs, brochures, color and fabric samples, shop manuals, wiring diagrams, dealer binders, filmstrips, slides and more. The formal transfer of ownership occurred in early 2019.
Gerrard has had a long-standing relationship with the AACA Library and Research Center, which is why he originally offered the large collection to the center on a long-term loan.
Each item in the Gerrard Classic Auto Collection has been digitized, cataloged and made readily accessible in hard copy or electronic format at the AACA Library and Research Center. The library, located at 501 W. Governor Road, Hershey, is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Mondays through Saturdays.
The donation will further the AACA Library's mission of connecting people with primary sources pertaining to automotive history.
For more information, readers may visit http://www.aacalibrary.org.
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