| | 1 | Title: | Viggo J. Thomsen photographs, 1925-1935  | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 1160 | | | | Creator: | Thomsen, Viggo J., 1909-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Viggo J. Thomsen worked on the Ford Motor Company ship fleet at the Rouge plant from 1932 to 1942. His photograph collection contains pictures of the ships, crews and passengers. | | | | Subjects: | Thomsen, Viggo J., 1909-1973 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Sorensen, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1881-1968 | Ford Motor Company | Ford Fleet | Henry Ford II (Ship) | Edgewater (Ship) | East Indian (Ship) | Ford Motor Company--Marine operations | Ford Motor Company--Employees | Cargo ships | Shipping--Great Lakes | Ships--Great Lakes | Canals | Photographs | Group portraits | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 2 | Title: | P. E. Martin papers, 1880-1943 (bulk 1921-1942) | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 823 | | | | Creator: | Martin, P. E. (Peter Edmund), 1882-1944 | | | | Abstract: | Peter Edmund Martin was an early employee and later executive of the Ford Motor Company. His papers consist of photographs of influential Ford employees as well as correspondence, production totals and personal notes on the early years of Ford Motor Company. | | | | Subjects: | Martin, P. E. (Peter Edmund), 1882-1944 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford Edsel, 1893-1943 | Sorensen, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1881-1968 | Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant. | Ford Motor Company. Rough River Plant. | Henry Ford Trade School | Stout Metal Airplane Company | Automobile factories--Ireland--Cord | Automobile industry and trade | Automobile industry and trade--Statistics | Ford automobile | Ford Model T automobile | Ford Model A automobile | Ford Three-engined Monoplane (Transport plane) | Ford Tri-Motor | Cork (Ireland: County) | Caricatures | Photographs | Photograph albums | Portraits | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 3 | Title: | Charles E. Sorensen Office Files and Personal Records Subseries, 1915-1945 (bulk 1920-1943) | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 38 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Superintendents Office. | | | | Abstract: | The Department Files subseries consists of Charles Sorensen's office and personal records. The subseries is organized into four subsubseries. The Foreign Ford Companies subsubseries, 1929-1939 (16.8 cubic ft.), consists of correspondence, summary production data, and financial analysis data from Ford overseas plants and subsidiary companies in Argentina; Belgium; Canada; China; Denmark; Egypt; England; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Holland; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Luxembourg; Mexico; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Spain; Sweden; and Turkey. In addition, the Foreign Ford Companies subsubseries includes meeting minutes from Ford overseas general manager's meetings. The Branch Correspondence subsubseries, 1915-1946 (36.2 cubic ft.), contains correspondence, analysis summaries, and production data from Ford branches and plants. The material is arranged alphabetically by subject and there is additional material arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The material covers a wide variety of topics and reflects Sorensen's diverse interests and responsibilities with Ford. The Cablegrams and Telegrams subsubseries, 1917-1928 (1.2 cubic ft.), consists of incoming and outgoing messages detailing weekly production data and labor rates from branches and plants. The Charles E. Sorensen Personal records subsubseries, 1915-1945 (15.4 cubic ft.), contains personal correspondence; receipts and vouchers for personal expenses; accounts; contracts; insurance policies and non-automotive material including copies of design drawings, Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad maps, and general publications. | | | | Subjects: | Sorensen, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1881-1968. | Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant | Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant. | Ford Village Industries. | Lincoln Motor Company (Detroit, Mich.) | Henry Ford and Son Inc. | Henry Ford & Son., Ltd. | Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad. | Automobiles--Design and construction | Assembly-line methods | Fordson tractors | B-24 bomber | Iron mines and mining--Michigan | Aircraft industry--Military aspects | Costs, Industrial | Armored vehicles, Military | Automobile industry and trade--Argentina. | Automobile industry and trade--Belgium. | Automobile industry and trade--Canada | Automobile industry and trade--China | Automobile industry and trade--Denmark. | Automobile industry and trade--Egypt. | Automobile industry and trade--England. | Automobile industry and trade--Finland. | Automobile industry and trade--France. | Automobile industry and trade--Germany. | Automobile industry and trade--Greece. | Automobile industry and trade--Ireland. | Automobile industry and trade--Italy. | Automobile industry and trade--Luxembourg. | Automobile industry and trade--Mexico | Automobile industry and trade--Netherlands. | Automobile industry and trade--Poland. | Automobile industry and trade--Portugal. | Automobile industry and trade--Romania. | Automobile industry and trade--Spain. | Automobile industry and trade--Sweden. | Automobile industry and trade--Turkey. | Automobile industry and trade--Management | Automobile industry and trade--Costs. | Automobile factories | Coal mines and mining--Michigan. | Tractor industry--Ireland. | Production scheduling | Wages and labor productivity | World War, 1939-1945 | Willow Run (Mich.) | Design drawings | Minutes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 4 | Title: | Owen W. Bombard Interviews series, 1951-1961 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 65 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Archives. | | | | Abstract: | In 1951, Ford Motor Company began an oral history program directed by Owen Bombard, which was intended to complement activities conducted for the company’s fiftieth anniversary. Over three hundred interviews were conducted by the time the program was discontinued in 1956. The series contains bound volumes, notes, draft manuscripts and audio tapes produced during the course of the program. | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. | Ford, Henry, 1917-1987. | Ford, Benson, 1919-1978. | Ford family | Bombard, Owen W. 1922- | Ablewhite, Hayward S., 1887-1964. | Ahrens, Norman J., 1895- | Alexander, P. A., 1890- | Bacon, Irving Ruben, 1875-1962. | Barthel, Oliver Edward, 1877-1969. | Bennett, Charles Henry, 1863-1956. | Bennett, Frank, 1881-1958. | Berghoff, Bredo W., 1887-1963. | Breech, Ernest R. (Ernest Robert), 1897-1978. | Brown, George A., 1881-1955. | Briggs, L. E. (Leon Eugene), 1892-1965. | Cooper, H. G. | Cutler, Edward James, 1882-1961. | Davis, J. R., (John R.), 1894-1985. | Derrick, Robert O. | Esper, Alphonse L., 1899-1985. | Farkas, Eugene Jeno, 1881-1963. | Hayes, Clarence B., 1866- | Hicks, Harold A., 1894- | Kanzler, Ernest Carlton, 1892-1967. | Lepine, Alfred J., 1885-1972. | Liebold, Ernest Gustav, 1884-1956. | Loskowske, Fred W., 1895-1959. | McCloud, John Lanse, 1891-1969. | McNamara, Robert S. (Robert Strange), 1916- | Mayo, William Benson, 1866-1944. | Miller, Arjay R. (Arjay Ray), 1916- | Moekle, Herman Liveright, 1885-1957. | Nelson, Walter G., 1900-1987. | O'Connor, James, 1887- | Parr, Fred Depler, 1885-1964. | Perry, Percival Lea Dewhurst, 1878-1956. | Pioch, William F., 1890- | Riecks, Frank C., 1894-1988. | Ruddiman, Stanley Perry, 1890- | Ruddiman, Margaret Ford, 1867-1960. | Schumann, Roy, 1897-1981. | Smith, Charles James, 1884-1955. | Smith, Roscoe Martin, 1894-1991. | Sorensen, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1881-1968. | Stout, William Bushnell, 1880-1956. | Voorhess, Charles, 1886- | Ward, Willis F. (Willis Franklin), 1912-1983. | Williams, Walker A. (Walker Alonzo), 1901-1981. | Zoerlein, Emil A., 1902-1982. | Ford Motor Company. Archives. Oral History Section. | Ford Motor Company--History. | Oral histories | Sound recordings. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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