Samuel Simpson Marquis papers, 1914-1925.

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Samuel Simpson Marquis papers, 1914-1925.

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The Samuel Simpson Marquis papers are divided into two accessions. Accession 63 contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, personal notebooks, photographs, publications and speeches regarding the peace ship expedition. Accession 293 contains a report on the Ford profit-sharing plan and a 210 page transcript of Marquis's court testimony in 1920 where he described laborer classification at Ford Motor Company and their corresponding wage rates. Also included is one reel of microfilm containing correspondence, newspaper clippings and reports regarding the profit-sharing plan, Educational Department, Sociological Department, peace ship expedition and the book Henry Ford: An Interpretation. A portion of the microfilm regarding the Sociological Department is available in paper format in Accession 1018.

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