Collection

Beatrice Welzel Collection

• 1927 (Creation)

1 linear foot

These documents represent the academic and career accomplishments of Beatrice Welzel who worked for the Central Foundry Division of the General Motors Corporation.

Bea Munson was born in 1910 in Flushing, Michigan. She graduated from Flushing High School in 1927. She began working at the General Motors Corporation the same year. According to census records, she married George Welzel, a salesman in the hardware industry. Their son, George P. Welzel, was born in October of 1949. The family resided in Saginaw. She celebrated 25 years at General Motors in 1952. She died in 2008.

The collection includes letters from the General Manager J.H. Smith, a history of the Central Foundry Division written by the Public Affairs office, a certificate of achievement and a booklet explaining employee benefits document life as a General Motors employee in the Central Foundry Division-Financial Department. The collection also features pamphlets, photographs, souvenir programs, seating charts for the Annual Quarter Century Banquet, buttons, a souvenir coin, a ruler and a GM branded Table of Frequently Used Units card.

Past practices described the contents of this collection individually. Each item received an object ID number and was treated as a distinct artifact. Records have been reunited, but their original order may have been lost.

No restrictions. Contact the Collections Department and the Archivist to arrange use for research at collections@sloanlongway.org or (810) 237-3421.

The majority of the collection is housed in one Hollinger box with the materials stored inside acid-free folders and smaller boxes inside the Hollinger box.

Photographs and oversized materials are stored separately with other like materials.

With the exception of the photographs, the materials are in excellent condition.

The mounted photographs are in good condition; however, the mounts are becoming discolored. There are 12 phots that measure 5 x 4 or smaller which are in excellent condition inside mylar sleeves. One 8 x 10 photo is housed in a cardboard frame. The remaining 15 photos are 8 x 10 and are curled and discolored. Some feature captions typed on paper which were glued on the face of the photograph. Finally, there is a class photo from the 1927 senior class of Flushing Highschool that is rolled and would require relaxing.

No restrictions. Reproductions are done and charged in accordance with Sloan Museum Archives Fee Service Policy.

• English

This collection was donated to the museum in 2009 by Karen Welzel.

Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd edition.

Rachel Stock, MLIS, Archivist
January 21, 2025 (Access to Memory)

• Women's History
• General Motors

• Flint, Michigan
• Genesee County, Michigan
• Flushing, Michigan