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[Identification of item], in the Malcolm Purcell McLean Papers #05729, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from Geoffrey Parker in May 2017 (Acc. 103060).

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Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, August 2017

Updated by: Anne Wells, December 2001

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• Businessmen--North Carolina--Biography.
• Containerization--History.
• McLean Industries, Inc.
• McLean, Malcolm Purcell, 1913-2001.

Malcolm Purcell McLean (1913-2001) was born and raised in Maxton, Robeson County, N.C. He is often credited as the "father of containerization" as his shipping companies were the first to operationalize the idea of transporting cargo in containers between ships, trains, and trucks.

The Malcolm Purcell McLean Papers document the history of several of the companies founded or owned by McLean, including McLean Industries, Inc., McLean Securities, Inc., Walter Kidde & Company, Inc., and United States Lines, Inc. Materials include Securities and Exchange Commission registration and amendment filings for McLean Industries, Inc.; certificates of incorporation and other legal and financial documents for McLean Securities, Inc., Walter Kidde & Company, Inc., and United States Lines, Inc.; a history of Waterman Steamship Corporation, which sold some of its subsidiaries to McLean in 1955; two photograph albums, circa 1980, documenting a hard hat tour of the Hyundai shipyard and a business meeting with S.W. Kim and others; popular and trade magazines in which McClean or his companies are featured; eulogies and obituaries for McLean; videotapes and transcripts of oral history interviews about unionization of longshoremen and the impact of containerization; Fighting the Tide, the documentary film on the history of containerization based on these interviews; and other video recordings on related transporation topics.

• Videotapes (VT-05729/1-45)
• Photograph albums (PA-05729/1-2)
• Oversize papers (OPF-05729/1-2)