Raymond H. Berry papers, 1904-1940 (bulk 1921-1935).

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Raymond H. Berry papers, 1904-1940 (bulk 1921-1935).

The Raymond H. Berry papers are comprised of correspondence, legal briefs, financial records, tax records and court documents related to tax cases involving Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and Ford Motor Company. The papers include affidavits and complaints related to Ford Motor Company's stock and land valuations from litigants including the Estates of John F. and Horace E. Dodge, former Michigan governor Chase S. Osborn as well as corporations including Michigan Iron, Land and Lumber Company, Ford Motor Company (Michigan), Ford Motor Company (Delaware) and Henry Ford and Son, Inc. (Michigan).

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Dodge, John F. (John Francis), 1864-1920

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United States. Internal Revenue Service

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Taxing agency of the United States government. From the description of Daily record of spirit stamps other than tax paid, 1872-1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122652961 Office of internal taxation in the United States. From the description of Monthly report of tobacco, snuff, and cigar stamps, 1872-1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122351647 ...

Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949

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Author and newspaper editor at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, University of Michigan regent and Republican governor of Michigan, 1911-1912. From the description of Chase Salmon Osborn papers, 1889-1949. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423228 Chase S. Osborn was born in Huntington County, Indiana on January 22, 1860, the son of George A. and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn. He married Lillian G. Jones on May 7, 1881. Osborn was a newspaperman and author before becoming ...

Ford, Henry, 1863-1947

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Industrialist and philanthropist Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, grew up on a farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. Mechanically inclined from an early age, he worked in Detroit machine shops as a young man and became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in 1891. Henry and Clara Jane Bryant, married in 1888, had one child, Edsel, born in 1893. In that same year, Henry tested his first internal combustion engine, and by 1896 completed his first car, the Quadricycle. Ford partnered in ...

Dodge, Horace E. (Horace Elgin), 1868-1920

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Berry, Raymond H., 1881-1959.

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Henry Ford & Son, Inc.

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Berry, Raymond H., 1891-1959.

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Raymond H. Berry was a founding partner of the Detroit-based law firm of Berry, Stevens, Barbier and Evely specializing in tax litigation. In this capacity, he served as counsel for Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and Ford Motor Company in several legal actions in relation to personal and corporate taxes. From the description of Raymond H. Berry papers, 1904-1940 (bulk 1921-1935). (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 747431117 ...

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...

Michigan Iron, Land and Lumber Company.

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Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943

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Edsel Ford's interests beyond automobiles and the automobile industry were broad and varied. He was president of the Arts Commission of the Detroit Institute of Arts, a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, and a trustee for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. He was a member of the Isle Royal National Park Commission, chairman of the board of the Detroit University School, and a director of the Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit. He was active in Ford Motor Company educatio...