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Berry, Raymond H., 1891-1959. Raymond H. Berry papers, 1904-1940 (bulk 1921-1935).

Title: Raymond H. Berry papers, 1904-1940 (bulk 1921-1935).

The Raymond H. Berry papers are comprised of correspondence, legal briefs, financial records, tax records and court documents related to tax cases involving Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and Ford Motor Company. The papers include affidavits and complaints related to Ford Motor Company's stock and land valuations from litigants including the Estates of John F. and Horace E. Dodge, former Michigan governor Chase S. Osborn as well as corporations including Michigan Iron, Land and Lumber Company, Ford Motor Company (Michigan), Ford Motor Company (Delaware) and Henry Ford and Son, Inc. (Michigan).

ArchivalResource: 4.4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/747431117 View

Dewey, George, 1837-1917. Letter, June 26, 1905.

Title: Letter, June 26, 1905.

Typed letter signed to Horace A. Dodge, Esq., Washington, D.C., 26 June 1905, thanking him for a copy of Lindon W. Bates' "Project for the Panama Canal."

ArchivalResource: 1 item; 8 x 10.5 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/733772653 View

Dodge family. Dodge family papers, 1849-1865.

Title: Dodge family papers, 1849-1865.

Three deeds for property in the town of Elbridge.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155415744 View

Jacob, Robert. Sylph II.

Title: Sylph II.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21729998 View

James Couzens Papers, 1903-1940

Title: James CouzensPapers 1903-1940

General manager and treasurer of Ford Motor Company, mayor of Detroit, and United States senator. Correspondence, articles, speeches, subject files, and scrapbooks documenting his career as an industrialist and politician.

ArchivalResource: 32,000 items; 350 containers; 207 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms006020 View

Detroit Trust Company. John F. Dodge Estate Trust Lawsuit collection, 1902-1928 (bulk 1925-1928)

Title: John F. Dodge Estate Trust Lawsuit collection, 1902-1928 (bulk 1925-1928)

The John F. Dodge Estate Trust Lawsuit collection is comprised of documents assembled by a Detroit Trust Company vice president, Raymond H. Berry, while representing the estate in the Additional Tax Case of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) versus the Ford Motor Compay's (FMC) former minority shareholders. Berry was the primary contact with the Ford Motor Company, which cooperated fully with the appellants. The documents in the collection pertain almost exclusively to the case and provide voluminous evidence supporting a value of $9,489.34 or more for a share of FMC stock in 1913. The records are arranged into two series. The first and most substantial is the Topical Files series, 1902-1928 (9.2 cubic ft. and 1 oversize box), which is arranged alphabetically by subject. The series includes copies of most of the important documents relating to the case, including memoranda of conferences with potential witnesses, outlines of the planned case against the BIR, exhibits, briefs, and other material used by the attorneys. It is an excellent source for researchers interested in the early years and products of the FMC, its production techniques, its finances, and its key personnel. Included are FMC financial statements, lists of FMC plants and their dates of establishment, annual reports to the state of Michigan from 1921 to 1924, annual reports to the state of Delaware from 1919 to 1925, and various production and earnings records. There is also information regarding competing automotive firms, memoranda with key industry leaders, material relating to the Dodge brothers from 1916 until their deaths in 1920, key published pieces on the history of the automotive industry, comprehensive bibliographies, and material documenting road construction in Michigan from 1905 to 1924. FMC personnel interviewed include P. E. Martin and Gus Degener on factory techniques; Clarence W. Avery on the development of the moving assembly line; Fred H. Diehl on purchasing; Stanley Hoag of the Traffic Department; John R. Lee on the Sociological Department; William S. Knudson on the branch assembly plant system; and Joseph A. Galamb on Model T design. Executives with FMC suppliers interviewed include executives from the Rand Manufacturing Corporation, the Kelsey Wheel Company, and the C. R. Wilson Body Company. Officers of competitive automotive firms interviewed include Roy D. Chapin of the Hudson Motor Car Company; Charles D. Hastings of the Hupp Motor Car Company; Fred J. Haynes, president of Dodge Brothers, Walter C. Marmon of the Marmon Motor Car Company; and Windsor T. White, president of the White Motor Company. Three of the shareholders were interviewed: John W. Anderson, Horace H. Rackham, and David Gray. The petitioner's attorneys also contacted and interviewed two well-known technical writers: Fred H. Colvin and Fay Leone Faurote. Fauote's research for the attorneys includes bibliographies, lists of potential witnesses, lists of machines, and dates of machine installation. Of particular note are copies of Spooner & Wells photographs containing Faurote's detailed comments explaining what was unique about the machines, their purpose, and production economies affected by their use. A very small second series, Financial records, 1904-1919 (1 oversize box), is comprised of Ford Motor Company monthly financial statements from 1904 to 1919; notices of deficiency of taxes for the John F. Dodge General Trust for 1925; copies of stock certificates; and other material related to the request for additiional taxes from the BIR. Researchers should note that extended descriptive information is available in an expanded finding aid created by Dr. Trent Boggess in 2005. It is filed in the first folder of the first box.

ArchivalResource: 9.2 cubic ft. and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62246246 View

Dodge Brothers collection, 1904-1920.

Title: Dodge Brothers collection, 1904-1920.

The Dodge Brothers collection consists of a miscellany of correspondence between John and Horace Dodge, in their capacity as suppliers, and Ford Motor Company. In addition there is correspondence from John Dodge in 1919 highlighting various Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company employee and work policies.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/760226108 View

Trueblood, Thomas C. (Thomas Clarkson), 1856-1951. Correspondence, 1916-1928.

Title: Correspondence, 1916-1928.

Chiefly letters from notable literary and political figures and foreign dignitaries invited to speak at Oratorical Association Lectures. A 1924 series of letters is from churchmen sought as speakers for the Wesleyan Guild lecture series. Include also are letter from 3 University of Michigan presidents and a regent, and a group of letters on miscellaneous subjects.

ArchivalResource: 65 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34364982 View

Dodge, Horace E. Delphine.

Title: Delphine.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20330762 View

Dodge, Horace E. (Horace Elgin), 1868-1920. Horace E. Dodge account book, 1925-1926.

Title: Horace E. Dodge account book, 1925-1926.

Records of the estate of Horace E. Dodge.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. and 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34419472 View