P. E. Martin Papers, 1880-1943.

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P. E. Martin Papers, 1880-1943.

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The P.E. Martin papers consist of two series. The Photographs Series, 1880-1943 (0.8 cubic ft. and 1 oversize box), includes three subseries. The framed subseries contains a portrait of Henry and Edsel Ford and the folders subseries includes individual photographs of various Ford Motor Company events in which Martin was present and involved. The folders subseries also includes many group photos of Ford Motor Company executives through the decades. These have very little identification information although Martin and Charles Sorensen are identifiable in many of the images The albums subseries includes photographs housed together in albums and covering general Ford Motor Company history, the Cork, Ireland plant and the Cork city fire of 1921 and a humorous book of caricature portraits of Ford executives and branch managers including Henry and Edsel Ford, Charles Sorensen, William J. Cameron and many others. The Papers Series, 1922-1941 (0.4 cubic ft.) includes correspondence dating from 1930 and production totals for early Ford models, from the original Model A in 1903 to the late Model A of 1928. Also included is Martin's personal notebook from the late 1920s in which he has made notes about various Ford products and facilities including the Stout Airplane plant, Tri-Motor airplanes, the Rouge River and Highland Park plants, payroll and employee figures, Henry Ford Trade School, information about glass and steel production, and various figures pertaining to the Model T and Model A. Two reports featured in the collection are the Report on the Mercury Power Investigation (1940-1941) and the 1937 Ford Specifications and Engineering Features.

1.2 cubic ft. and 1 oversize box

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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