Subject files series, 1917-1945 (bulk 1928-1939)

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Subject files series, 1917-1945 (bulk 1928-1939)

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The Subject Files series is made up of three subseries consisting of correspondence, working papers, and financial reports covering a wide array of company financial operations audited by Ford staff. The Reports and Working Papers subseries, 1933-1941 (2.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 779, consists of correspondence, geologic evaluations, photographs of facilties and equipment, and production reports related to oil well operations at Ford Motor Company's Long Beach, California plant. The subseries also contains correspondence, working papers, and general financial reports for Ford Motor Company, including summary year-end reports, profit and loss summaries for Ford's European branches, expense data and reports, branch expense summaries, administrative schedules for the 1933 corporate inventory, general accounting procedure letters, and newspaper clippings covering a wide variety of topics related to Ford Motor Company. The National Industrial Recovery Act records subseries, 1933-1935 (4.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 203, is made up of the administrative files of various Auditing Department staff relating to the implementation of wage and price controls established under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 throughout Ford Motor Company, its affiliates, and subsidiary operations . The General Subject Files subseries, 1913-1945 (48.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 33, is described separately.

55.2 cubic ft.

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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Ford Motor Company. Auditing Department.

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Automobile Manufacturers Association

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The Detroit Automotive Golden Jubilee, or Automotive Golden Jubilee, was organized by the Automobile Manufacturers Association to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the manufacturing of the first automobile in Detroit. From the description of Records of the Detroit Automotive Golden Jubilee, March-Oct. 1946 (bulk May 1946). (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 52452316 ...

Fordson Coal Company.

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California Petroleum Company.

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United States. National Recovery Administration

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Ford Motor Sales Company.

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National Automobile Chamber of Commerce

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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...