General subject files subseries, 1913-1945 (bulk 1928-1939)

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General subject files subseries, 1913-1945 (bulk 1928-1939)

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The General Subject files subseries consists of correspondence, memoranda, working papers, and reports detailing Ford Motor Company's financial operations and performance. The files contain a wide array of data including topics such as Lincoln automobile inventories, accounts receivable and payable audits, equipment amortization and deprecation analysis, correspondence relating to the 1933 Bank Holiday, branch and plant account reserve and reconciliation data, and overseas shipping costs. The files also include audit data and property valuation information for company owned properties including Botsford Inn, Camp Legion, Consolidated Development Company, Dearborn Country Club, Dearborn Inn, Ford Sales Company, Ford Village Industries, Fordson Coal Company, Henry Ford & Son, Seaboard Investment Company, Universal Credit Corporation, and audits of branch charitable contributions. There are also audits of outside firms doing work for Ford Motor Company, including Robert O. Derrick Inc.'s architectural work on Henry Ford Museum, Albert Kahn Inc.'s work on various plant construction projects, and renovation projects for Henry Ford and Edsel Ford. The files also contain general financial audit information covering payrolls, labor statistics, plant inventories, financial data used in legal actions, and tax payments to the city of Dearborn, Michigan and the U. S. government.

48.4 cubic ft.

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6906471

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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Universal Credit Corporation.

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Dearborn Inn.

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Henry Ford Hospital

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Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant

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Fordson Coal Company.

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Ford Motor Company. Stout Metal Airplane Division.

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Albert Kahn Associates

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Seaboard Investment Company.

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Botsford Inn (Mich.)

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Henry Ford & Son, Inc.

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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...

Dearborn Country Club.

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Camp Legion.

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Albert Kahn, Inc.

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Ford Sales Company.

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Ford Motor Company. Auditing Department.

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Robert O. Derrick Inc.

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Consolidated Development Company.

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