MGC1213 Gleaner Combine Collection.pdf

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Gleaner Combine Collection
Descriptive Summary
Creator: Gleaner Manufacturing Company
Dates: 1925-2000
Identification: MGC1213
Extent: 2 boxes
Language: Materials in the collection are in English.
Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri
Biographical History or Administrative History
The Gleaner Manufacturing Company opened a plant on South Cottage Street in
Independence, Missouri in 1925. It was a major employer in Independence through the
1950s. Gleaner Manufacturing was acquired by Allis-Chalmers in 1955, helping the
company expand their farm equipment business and to lead the way in self-propelled
machines and combines. The company was sold to Deutz AG or Deutz-Allis in the
1980s. In 1991, the company name changed to AGCO, but the company still continued
to produce the Gleaner brand. The plant in Independence was operated until 2000 when
operations were moved to a more modern plant in Hesston, Kansas.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of photos, and a history of the Gleaner Manufacturing plant in
Independence, Missouri. Some of the photos in the collection are digital. Several of the
photos have been enlarged and mounted onto foam board for displays. There are many
photographs of different combines, as well as a series of photographs entitled “Ground
Work for the First S.P. Combine, 1944-1950”. The collection also contains photographs
related to the Independence plant when the company was known as Allis Chalmers and
as Deutz Allis. The collection also contains materials related to the history of the plant,
with first-hand recollections, as well as a model tractor and a model combine.

Restrictions
Access: This collection is open for research.

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Midwest Genealogy Center midwestgenealogycenter.org

3440 S. Lee’s Summit Rd., Independence, MO 64055

816.252.7228

Conditions governing reproduction and use: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce
must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.

Administrative Information
Immediate source of acquisition: This collection was donated to the North
Independence branch of Mid-Continent Public Library and transferred to the Midwest
Genealogy Center. Additions to the collection were donated by Robert Anderson, 2025.
Citation: The Gleaner Combine Collection (MGC1213), Midwest Genealogy Center,
Independence, Missouri
Processing Information: This collection was processed by Jolene Clark, 2020.
Additions to the collection processed by John Mason, 2025.

Container List
Series 1: Models
Box 1
Item 1: 1948 Allis-Chalmers Tractor
Item 2: Deutz-Allis Gleaner Combine
Series 2: History
Box 2
Folder 1: Gleaner Combines. Then & Now: The Road Between
Folder 2: “The Gleaner and Gleaner-Baldwin Combines: They Cost Less and Save
More”
Folder 3: “The Last Days of AGCO Independence Plant,” by Mike Taylor
Folder 4: Curt Baldwin, 1976
Folder 5: Production, c. 1975
Folder 6: History Records, 1953-1972
Series 3: Photographs
Box 2
Item 1: Employees in front of Gleaner Baldwin plant

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Item 2: Gleaner Baldwin Combines plant in Independence, MO
Item 3: Aerial view of plant in Independence, MO
Item 4: Man on Gleaner combine
Item 5: Gene Allen next to combine
Item 6: Gene Allen’s work notes (2 foam boards)
Item 7: L.E. Allen Patents
Box 3
Folder 1: Combine Photographs
Folder 2: Ground Work for First S.P. Combine, 1944-1950
Folder 3: Deutz Allis Plant, Independence
Folder 4: Allis Chalmers, c. 1975

Series 4: Promotional Publications, c, 1960s

Series 5: Digital Photographs (22 images)

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3440 S. Lee’s Summit Rd., Independence, MO 64055

816.252.7228