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Ford Motor Company. Sociological Dept. Administrative records series, 1915-1946.

Title: Administrative records series, 1915-1946.

The Administrative records series is organized into five subseries. The Correspondence subseries, 1933-1942 (0.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 55, contains departmental communications between E.D. Brown of the Sociological Department and the Accounting Department, Dispursement Department and Employment Department as well as the pay office regarding various welfare accounts. In addition there is correspondence with the Equitable Trust Company of Detroit and the Wayne County Treasurer. The Orders on Paymaster Forms subseries, 1932-1941 (1.2 cubic ft.), Acc. 55, includes forms which gave the paymaster the authority to deduct wages from the paychecks of Ford Motor Company employees. The Procedure Manuals subseries, ca. 1933, ca. 1946 (0.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 280, includes two Sociological Department procedure manuals. The Profit-Sharing Plan report subseries, 1915 (1 folder), Acc. 1018, contains a compiled book describing the results of the Ford Motor Company profit-sharing plan. The book includes letters from Detroit officials commenting on the positive work of the investigators; fifty-one human interest stories written by Sociological Department investigators illustrating unsanitary living conditions of Ford employees; John R. Lee's addresses at Sociological Department meetings with investigators; and a report describing the Ford English School. The Special Reports subseries, 1930-1938 (0.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 55, contains reports on Dearborn schools, welfare fraud cases, and investigations into the case work of the Detroit Welfare Department.

ArchivalResource: 2.4 cubic ft. and 1 folder.

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Ford Motor Company. Sociological Dept. Employee account records series, 1930-1944.

Title: Employee account records series, 1930-1944.

The Employee Account records series is organized into seven subseries. The Case Name File subseries, 1930-1944 (6 cubic ft.), contains files about employees who received assistance from the Sociological Department. The files are divided into two subsubseries: Active and Inactive Accounts. An employee file may include departmental communications, correspondence regarding delinquent bills, tax statments, receipts, land titles, deeds, insurance policies, land contracts or wage deduction forms. The Dearborn School Milk Case records subseries, 1931-1936 (1.2 cubic ft.), contains investigation reports which list the persons name, address, condition of home, employment history, names of family members, assets, liabilities, insurance, and any investigator comments. The Federal Housing Administration subseries, 1939-1941 (0.8 cubic ft.), contains correspondence and building supply estimates regarding employees who applied for FHA modernization loans. The Inkster Home Maintenance and Improvement surveys, 1939-1940 (2.4 cubic ft.), contain photographs and a corresponding written report documenting home improvements made to home in Inkster, Michigan. Also included are E.D. Brown's files on Inkster School District No. 7. The Investigations subseries, 1931-1940 (2.4 cubic ft.), contains investigation reports and attached departmental communications documenting the same personal information as the Dearborn school milk case investigation reports. The Personnel subseries, 1933-1941 (0.4 cubic ft.), contains letters from former employees and other people who want employment; and departmental correspondence between the Disbursement Department, Sociological Department and Harry Bennett. The Name Index subseries, ca. 1930s (2 card files), contains several partial card indexes to employees living in Dearborn Township, Detroit, Garden City, Inkster and St. Clair Shores who received assistance from the Sociological Department. Most subseries records are arranged alphabetically by last name.

ArchivalResource: 13.2 cubic ft. and 2 card files.

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