The Hyde & Bobbio, Inc. records are organized into two series: Project Files and Other Files. The collection encompasses seven linear feet of correspondence, mechanical specifications, data sheets, project accounts, and folded architectural drawings, as well as rolled architectural drawings in fifty-four tubes.
Eric F. Hyde established his mechanical engineering practice in the late 1920s, specializing in heating and cooling systems. During the practice's first few years, it was located at 620 Detroit Savings Bank. However, by 1935, Hyde had relocated to 509 Free Press Building. Hyde worked with prominent architects on residential and commercial buildings throughout Michigan, including his father, Detroit based architect Arthur Hyde. By the late 1940s, Hyde had partnered with mechanical engineer Joseph S. Bobbio and the practice was changed from Eric F. Hyde, Mechanical Engineer to Hyde & Bobbio, Inc. The practice remained active well into the late 1960s.
Architects represented in the collection include among others Henry Booth, C. Howard Crane, J. Ivan Dise, Clair Ditchy, Alden B. Dow, Wallace Frost, Arthur Hyde, Albert Kahn, Hugh T. Keyes, Malcomson & Higginbotham, Richard Marr, George Mason, Smith, Hinchman, & Grylls, William B. Stratton, Clarence J. Whitney.
