Affiliated companies records series, 1913-1946.

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Affiliated companies records series, 1913-1946.

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The Affiliated Companies records subgroup is comprised of eight subseries containing financial records for various affiliated and subsidiary companies of Ford Motor Company. The Dearborn Realty & Construction Co. records subseries, 1919-1944 (2 volumes), Acc. 276, consists of purchase records, cash receipts, wages and salaries, check registers, and a general journal. The Dexcar Pocahontas Coal Company records subseries, 1919-1927 (0.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 393, consists of records maintained by Dexcar Pocahontas Coal Company and Herman L. Moekle of the Ford Motor Company Auditing Department. It is made up of working papers, supporting documentation, and correspondence, including correspondence regarding a 1921 income tax audit of Dexcar Pocahontas Coal Company and J.B.B. Coal Company, its original owner. The Financial Statements subseries, 1924-1937 (2 cubic ft.), Acc. 399, consists of branch account statements, 1929-1937; advertising cost detail working papers and reports for advertising campaigns by the firm McCann-Erickson, 1934-1935; and monthly financial statements from affiliated companies, including C. E. Johansson Inc., Hamilton & Rossville Hydraulic Company, Henry Ford Trade School, Miami Farm Company, and Stout Metal Airplane Company, 1924-1927. The W.H. Graham records subseries, 1913-1931 (0.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 217, consists of files maintained by the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Company and W.H. Graham of the Ford Motor Company Treasury Department. The subseries is made up of balance sheets, financial outlooks, mortgage files, operating expense reports, and payroll records. The Henry Ford & Son, Inc., records subseries, 1915-1923 (2 oversize boxes and 4 volumes), Acc. 670, Acc. 785, Acc. 787, Acc. 791, includes financial records such as a summary of tractor sales, 1919-1920; accounts payable, 1918-1920; amortization claims, 1921; tax documents, 1921; audit materials, 1918-1919; check registers, 1915-1923; and ledgers detailing cash received, journal entries, and purchase records, 1917-1923. The Operating Reports subseries, 1922-1931 (3.2 cubic ft.), Acc. 403, contains monthly operating reports, overhead working papers, and overhead distribution reports for several domestic manufacturing and assembly plants, including the Glassmere Plant, C.E. Johansson, Inc. Plant, Lincoln Motor Company, and the Poughkeepsie Plant. The Universal Dealers Company records subseries, 1933-1936 (3.2 cubic ft.), Acc. 392, consists of form letters, dealer branch correspondence and reports regarding loans, audits, and other branch business. The P.R. Whitney records subseries, 1941-1946 (4.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 675, is made up of files maintained by the Ford Navigation Company and P.R. Whitney of the Ford Motor Company Auditing Department and contains annual reports, correspondence, general ledgers, bank statements, check registers, cancelled checks, journal vouchers, and working papers, including a file relating to the War Shipping Administration.

13.6 cubic ft., 2 oversize boxes, and 6 volumes

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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Miami Farm Company.

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Detroit, Toledo, & Ironton Railroad Company.

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Hamilton & Rossville Hydraulic Company.

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Dearborn Realty & Construction Company.

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Henry Ford Trade School

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Henry Ford believed that a working knowledge of industrial arts was the most practical knowledge a young man could have. To this end, Ford established several schools where he could offer a technical education that would prepare people for work in industry. His first and major trade school was begun in Highland Park, Michigan in 1916 adjacent to Ford Motor Company's Highland Park Plant, opening with six boys and one instructor. Frederick E. Searle was appointed superintendent. Classes not only e...

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Henry Ford & Son, Inc.

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Lincoln Motor Company (Detroit, Mich.)

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C. E. Johansson, Inc.

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McCann-Erickson Worldwide

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McCann-Erickson, founded in 1930 from the merger of Alfred Erickson's and Harry McCann's agencies, is one of the largest advertising agencies in the United States. It is part of the Interpublic Group. From the description of McCann-Erickson audiovisual collection, 1980s-1990s. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 698244168 ...

Henry Ford and Son.

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Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

Dexcar Pocahontas Coal Company.

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Stout Metal Airplane Company

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