Bibliography: Ford Motor Company and China

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Ford and China Bibliography

This bibliography was compiled by staff of the Benson Ford Research Center’s Archives and Library Department based on materials in our collections. If you have questions about these resources, please use our Submit a Question feature. If you are interested in duplication, please see our Duplication Resources FAQ.

Archival

  • Acc. 7 Clipping Books 
    • volume 31 
      • Ford plans to extend operations to the Orient, November 11, 1922, page 31  
      • Ford help for Chinese is sought, December 13, 1922, page 130, December 14, 1922, page 141
      • Chinese Flivvors, December 26, 1922, page 159     
      • Ford training Chinese for Branch in Far East, December 17, 1922, page 140, January 10, 1923, page 193
    • volume 39
      • China seeks to interest Ford in reorganizing its industries, July 24, 1925, page 39, July 25, 1925, page 50
         
  • Acc. 38 Charles E. Sorensen Papers
    • box 2 China; Shanghai, 1930  
    • box 4 China; Shanghai, 1931
    • box 8 China; Shanghai, 1932     
    • box 26
      • China; Shanghai, 1935
      • China and Japan trip, March-June, 1935  
    • box 36 China, 1937
    • box 39 China, 1938
       
  • Acc. 44 William John Cameron Records 
    • box 17 China, 1930-1931 (mainly correspondence and reports from W. C. Cowling) 
       
  • Acc. 46 Ford Motor Company Executive Correspondence Records
    • box 54 Shanghai, 1938 
    • box 130 Shanghai, 1940 
    • box 184 Shanghai, 1941
       
  • Acc. 49 International Division Controller's Office Records Series 
    • box 19 Shanghai; Banking arrangements

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  • Acc. 76 Terminated Dealer Contracts
    • box 66-67 Foreign
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  • Acc. 78.300.1963 Frank C. Riecks Photograph Album
    • box 1 Photograph album (documents the first trip made with a Ford from Shanghai to Nankin on the first highway in China)
       
  • Acc. 93.1.380 Ferguson vs. Ford Motor Company Records
    • box 2 Ford Overseas Tractor Operations; China (photographs) 
    • box 27 Tractor Donations; Peking University, Peking, China (4 folders) 
    • box 28 Tractor Instruction; China, Ford Overseas Tractor Operations, Asia; China 
    • box 32 (C size) Ford Overseas Tractor Operations, Asia; China 
       
  • Acc. 285 Henry Ford Office Papers
    • box 7 Ford, Henry (Gift of Solid Tin Smoking Set from Koh Chin Siang, Billinton, China)
    • box 11 HO (Report on China by Dr. Tehyi Hsieh)
    • box 16 RO (C. H. Robertson, YMCA, Shanghai, China) 
    • box 19 WO (Ying C. Wong)
    • box 52 D40 N-S 48 (includes Villars A. Dodge, president of Dodge & Seymour, Ltd., New York re: China) 
    • box 84 B26 (Joseph Bailie (Peking University) re: establishing water power plant in China)
    • box 87
      • C31 (Chinese Applications)
      • C32 (C. J. Canoll, Engineer-in-chief, Szechuen Hankou Railway, China) 
    • box 121 C30 (Chinese Applications) 
    • box 129 E50 J-K 56 (J.R. Earle: Developments in China)
    • box 157 BA30 J-K 36 (Professor Joseph Bailie of Peking University, China)  
    • box 269 C452 (C. H. Robertson of YMCA of China)  
    • box 285 XYZ600 N-S 608 (Sun Yat-sen letter)  
    • box 736 B66 (Professor Joseph Bailie re: Chinese Students at FMC)  
    • box 970 Branches, Foreign; China
    • box 1030 N820 F-G 824 (National Government of China) 
    • box 1147 Branches, Foreign; China 
    • box 1266 BAILEY (Professor Joseph Bailie re: Chinese Institute of Technical Training)  
    • box 1519 BAILEY (includes Dr. Joseph Bailie, China)
    • box 1534 BROWN K-R (Dr. Robert E. Brown, Head of the Wuhu General Hospital, China)
    • box 1595 FUA-FUH (General Han Fu Chu, Governor and Military Commander of Shantung Province, China)
    • box 1634 KUI-KUN (Dr. H. H. Kung, member of State Council, etc. Republic of China)    
    • box 1697 TUL-TURM (H.F. Tung, Chairman Board of Directors of Fukien Children's Home, Foochow, China)
    • box 2025 China; Shanghai  
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  • Acc. 371 Branch Correspondence Subseries  
    • box 1 Outside Correspondence, 1936 (Fred Wong Louis)  
    • box 3 Outside Correspondence, 1944 (Stanley Wong) 
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  • Acc. 689 W.C. Cowling Records Subseries 
    • box 1 Scrapbook (clippings, maps, etc., re: Shanghai and China) 
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  • Acc. 708 Bank Account Statements Subseries 
    • box 30 Shanghai, China (Ford Motor Co. Exports, Inc. (Shanghai) 1933-1935
    • box 31 Shanghai 1938-1940
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  • Acc. 710 Treasury Reports, 1943-1945
    • box 2 Shanghai; Reports to Treasury
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  • Acc. 712 International Division. Correspondence Subseries
    • box 36 Shanghai  
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  • Acc. 880 Mira Wilkins Papers 
    • box 5 China 
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  • Acc. 1394 Foreign Branch Advertising Records 
    • box 2 Shanghai 12-1939 to 12-1940 
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  • Small Accessions
    • Acc. 367 Ford Agricultural and Industrial Aid to China, 1930-1943
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  • Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File Series
    • box 3 Air Pilots; Tien Lai Huang, Major
    • box 21 Assembly Line Methods; Tractors; Fordson; Michigan; Dearborn (pictures of Chinese students at Fordson Rouge Tractor Assembly Plant)
    • box 22 Automobiles; Contemporary; 1920-1929 (Ford Wanderwell Expedition) 
    • box 24 Automobiles; Exhibitions; 1920-1929; Ford (Ford Exhibition in Shanghai, China)
    • box 123 Industry; Automobiles; FMC; Buildings; China; Shanghai
    • box 148 Politicians & Politics; Wu, Chao-Chu
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  • Acc. 833 General Photographs Series 
    • box 62 152B Ford Automobiles, 1938 (Tsingtao, China) 
    • box 101 261D Ford Trucks, 1935 (Ford Truck w/ Chinese Lettering) 
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  • Acc. 188 Personal for Henry Ford Photographs Subseries   
    • neg 11663 Mr. Jehl and Chinese Students, 12/20/1934  
    • neg 22663-664 Chinese plant at Recreation Building, Mrs. Ford, 3/31/1938 
    • neg 22688-694 Chinese copies; Manufacturer of Tung oil, 4/5/1938

Ford News

  • Build Roads for Autos in China, 2:5L:6:3-4   
  • Ford Trade School Prepares Chinese, 2:22F:3:1-4  
  • Ford World News. Peking (Ford car used), 3:2F:1+:2-3
  • Ford Trade School Prepares Chinese, 3:16L:3:1-4  
  • Ford World News. Peking (Ford car used), 3:20L:1+:2-3
  • Call of Ford in Interior of China, 6:4F:6:4 
  • Preparing a Ford Car for Delivery in China, 6:15L:3:1-2
  • A  Few of the 4,000 Undergraduates in Fords Schools, 6:15L:6:1-4
  • Call of Ford in Interior of China, 6:22L:6:4 
  • Other Notes: Assembly in China, 6:23L:3:1-2 
  • Ford Export to Shanghai, 8:16:138:3
  • Ford World Notes: Fleet of Ford Cars Owned by Chinese Officials, 10:4:44:1-2 

Vertical File

  • Celebrities – Huang, Major Tien Lai
  • Ford Motor China Ltd

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