W. E. Carnegie records series, 1918-1928 (bulk 1920-1926)

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W. E. Carnegie records series, 1918-1928 (bulk 1920-1926)

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The W. E. Carnegie records series is comprised of very detailed financial data, reports, working papers, ledger sheets, and correspondence. Included are wage and salary costs, costs for materials, depreciation costs, and overhead costs. Reports are included for the Highland Park Plant, Rouge River Plant, Nankin Mills Plant and Ypsilanti Plant in Michigan, among others. There is also data in the records for the Henry Ford Trade School and Henry Ford Hospital. The records include a substantial amount of material on the Rouge River Plant development, depreciation, financial adjustments and expenses; the dismantling of the Dearborn Foundry; records of the electric motor consignment program in 1923; data on shipments of materials to Henry Ford & Son in Cork, Ireland; documents pertaining to the acquisition and operation of a Ford Motor Company mining location in Bonne Terre, Missouri in 1924; appraisal and inventory of the Johannson Gauge Plant in Poughkeepsie, New York; copies of secrecy pledges signed by employees at Johannson; and 1923 branch locations with monthly totals of automobiles and unit costs.

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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