George Brubaker records subgroup, 1917-1928.

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Ford Motor Company. George Brubaker records subgroup, 1917-1928.

George Brubaker records subgroup, 1917-1928.

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The George Brubaker records subgroup is comprised of two series. The Tractor Correspondence and Reports series, 1917-1928 (1.6 cubic ft.), Accession 185, is primarily comprised of legal correspondence, general correspondence, and financial statements and reports. Among the legal correspondence is material created during the formation of Henry Ford & Son, including the Articles of Incorporation and an annual report for 1917. There is also a blueprint for the Dearborn Henry Ford & Son, Inc. tractor plant, a government license to manufacture farm equipment, and minor legal documents. Correspondence in the series documents the wide range of responsibilities shouldered by Brubaker. The material sheds light on his heavy involvement in transportation, material costs and payments, decision making regarding financial arrangements for incapacitated employees, and responses to requests for employment. There is also documentation of his involvement in distributing Henry Ford Trade School schedules and the printing of pay envelopes. Incoming and outgoing correspondence deals with a variety of plant issues, including interactions with both local and federal governments. The financial statements and reports are wholly comprised of financial reports from Dun & Bradstreet (formerly The Mercantile Agency) on the more than 125 suppliers and dealers who had credit relationships with Ford Motor Company from 1917 to 1919. The Administrative and Foreign Branches series, 1918-1928 (0.8 cubic ft.), Acc. 128, is primarily comprised of financially related correspondence and accounting instructions, both incoming and outgoing, mainly with W. E. Carnegie of the Accounting Department. Included is a substantial amount of material and legal papers regarding a suit the Ford Motor Company brought against the Blair Construction Company in the mid 1920s. The suit accused the builder of bribing Ford employees resulting in the loss of several millions of dollars on Blair contracts. The series also includes a few Albert Kahn, Inc. documents regarding the case and the construction of the Rouge River steel mill. Brubaker's interactions with Ford Motor Company branches while conducting surveys in Germany, Denmark, Belgium and France in 1920 and 1921; his travels to Brazil and Argentina in the early 1920s; and his visits to Ford operations in Berlin, Ireland and other South American and European countries in 1926 and 1927.

2.4 cubic ft.

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