Ford Division (Ford Motor Company) records subgroup, 1946-1961.

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Ford Division (Ford Motor Company) records subgroup, 1946-1961.

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The Ford Division (Ford Motor Company) records subgroup is organized into five series. The Tom Lilley records series, 1947-1950 (2.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 472, contains correspondence, cost analysis reports, meeting minutes, presentation reports, and working papers from the office of Tom Lilley, manager of the Financial Analysis Department of Ford Division. The Public Relations records series, 1946-1961 (4.6 cubic ft.), Acc. 471, 669, 871, is organized into three subseries. The Holmes Brown records subseries, 1953-1955 (9 cubic ft.), Acc. 746, contains clippings, correspondence, Ward's Automotive Reports, and a survey on news reports during March 1955. The clippings are from Detroit area newspapers such as the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, major national newspapers such as the New York Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; and major magazines such as Automotive News, Business Week, and U.S. News and World Report. The clippings cover a wide variety of topics related to the automobile industry such as auto shows, union activitiy, and production rates. They cover events at American Motors, Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and other domestic automobile companies. Thecorrespondence is incoming correspondence to Holmes Brown from regional public relations managers. The Jack W. Clarke records subseries, 1946-1952 (3.2 cubic ft.), Acc. 471, contains correspondence and press releases regarding sales branches and assembly plants; and subject files regarding manager meetings, business reports, and regional public relations activities from the office of Jack W. Clarke, public relations manager of Ford Division. The Press Previews subseries, 1961 (0.2 cubic ft.), Acc. 871, contains speeches, news releases, and other background information about the Ford Division 1962 Model Press Preview in August, 1961. The Subject Files subseries, 1950-1956 (1.2 cubic ft.), Acc. 669, contains newspaper clippings about Harry Bennett; correspondence regarding Ford Motor Company's defense production during the Korean War; correspondence and photographs regarding the Henry Ford International Highway, formerly known as International 87 Highway spanning from Alaska to Central America; and correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and press releases regarding new Ford Motor Company plants in Atlanta, Georgia; Lorain, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; Mahwah, New Jersey; Milpitas, Virginia; and San Jose, California. The F. C. Reith records series, 1949-1952 (0.8 cubic ft.), Acc. 569, contains departmental communications, reports, incoming and outgoing correspondence of F. C. (Jack) Reith, manager of the Product and Facility Programming Department of Ford Division. Topics include budgets, industrial relations, market research, modernization of assembly plants, passenger car prices, production, relocation of district sales offices, tooling alterations, truck prices, and other department projects. The Film series, 1956-1957 (2 film reels), Acc. 669, is described in a separate catalog record. The Sales and Advertising records series, 1941-1956 (13.2 cubic ft. and 7 oversize boxes), Acc. 568, 577, 589, 694, 695, 831, 919, 930, is described in a separate catalog record.

30 cubic ft., 7 oversize boxes, and 2 film reels.

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center