Bibliography: Ford Motor Company Argentina

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Ford Motor Company Argentina 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. 38 Charles Sorensen Papers
    • box 1 Argentina, 1929
    • box 2 Argentina: Buenos Aires, 1930
    • box 8 Argentina: Buenos Aires, 1932
    • box 11 Argentina: Buenos Aires, 1933
    • box 26 Argentina: Buenos Aires, 1935
    • box 39 Argentina, 1938
       
  • Acc. 62 Henry Ford Office Papers
    • box 4 Buenos Aires
       
  • Acc. 285 Henry Ford Office Papers
    • box 57 Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • box 131 Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
    • box 174 Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America
    • box 231 Argentina
    • box 490 Buenos Aires
    • box 631 Buenos Aires
    • box 789 Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • box 969 Argentina
    • box 1147 Argentina
    • box 1313 Buenos Aries, Argentina (includes re: Mendoza Grapes)
    • box 1435 Argentina
    • box 1592 Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • box 2025 Argentina - Buenos Aires (includes re: Articles in "The Dearborn Independent"
    • box 2141 Foreign Branches - General includes re: Ford Mutual Society, a social club of employees of Buenos Aires Branch
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  • Acc. 6 Edsel B. Ford Office Papers
    • box 182 Telegrams;1924 (includes Jenkins, FMC, Buenos Aires re: becoming manager of FMC England)
    • box 274 B (includes FMC, Buenos Aires), 1929
    • box 277 B (includes FMC, Buenos Aires, newspaper articles in Spanish), 1930
    • box 285 BRU-BUQ (includes F.F. Griffith, FMC, Buenos Aires re: volcanic ash, includes photos), 1932
    • box 303 B (includes FMC, Buenos Aires, Argentina re: trademark “Grapfort”), 1939
    • box 305 BR-BY (includes FMC, Buenos Aires re: trademark complaint), 1940
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  • Acc. 46 Ford Motor Company Executive Correspondence Records
    • box 49 Branch Correspondence; Buenos Aires, 1938
    • box 71 Branch Correspondence; Buenos Aires, 1939
    • box 128 Branch Correspondence; Buenos Aires, 1940
    • box 182 Branch Correspondence; Buenos Aires, 1941
    • box 223 Branch Correspondence; Buenos Aires, 1942
    • box 258 Branch Correspondence; Buenos Aires, 1943
    • box 287 Branch Correspondence; Buenos Aires, 1944
    • box 299 Branch Correspondence; Buenos Aires, 1945
    • box 309 Branch Correspondence; Buenos Aires, 1946
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  •  Acc. 712 Correspondence Subseries. International Division
    • box 3 Buenos Aires; Activity Reports (Managers' Monthly Letters) 1948, Fleet Owner Reports 1942, Purchase Procedures 1945-1947
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  • Acc. 713 Correspondence Subseries. International Division
    • box 2 Buenos Aires, 1946-1948
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  • Acc. 714 Correspondence Subseries. International Division
    • box 4 C-40 Miscellaneous - Buenos Aires, 1948
    • box 6 G-70 Purchase Notices - Buenos Aires
    • box 16 C Summary of Latin American & Far Eastern Managers' Monthly Letters, 4th quarter, 1947 (includes Buenos Aires)
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  • Acc. 202 Central and South America Records Subseries
    • box 2 Annual Report; Misc. 1946
    • box 4 Communications - Departmental - Outgoing 1942-1948; Former Employees – Foreign Branches - Purchasing only - Includes photos on employee record forms, etc. 1928-1944; Foreign Plant Production Report, 1945, 1946, 1947
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  • Acc. 128 George Brubaker Records 
    • box 2 Foreign branches; South American trip, 1921
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  • Acc. 117 Domestic Branches and Plants Contracts Subseries
    • box 1 Buenos Aires, Argentina Albert Kahn, Architect for Service station, February 21, 1919
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  • Acc. 157 C.L. Martindale and Otto H. Husen Files. Controller’s Office
    • box 10 Time Study; Buenos Aires, 1936
    • box 18 Time Study; Buenos Aires, 1937
    • box 201 Foreign Plants Costs and Statistics; Buenos Aires, 1941
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  • Acc. 524 Plant Engineering Department Records, 1922-1950
    • box 10 Foreign Branches; Mexico & Latin America; Buenos Aires
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  • Acc. 1900 The Overseas Branch Production Records, 1940-1943
    • box 1 Buenos Aires; correspondence, working papers, and reports
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  • Acc. 507 Manufacturing and Assembly Department Records
    • box 34 33-49 (includes closed cab fixtures & COE: Buenos Aires, 1947)
    • box 38 84-112A (job analysis, job evaluation, KD export schedule, KD trim unit list, Kirksite dies, layout: Buenos Aires, 1947)
    • box 40 125-136 (includes miscellaneous: Buenos Aires, 1947)
    • box 43 150-182 (includes multi-post stamp affixer, negative rake turning, New Model Cowl front ends, 1947-1948: Buenos Aires)
    • box 50 257-269 (includes shot peening, sketches, skids: 1948 miscellaneous, Buenos Aires)
    • box 52 280-285 (includes trucks: 1948, Buenos Aires)
    • box 53 286-290 (includes welding equipment: Buenos Aires, 1947)
    • box 77 Bank Statements, 1947-1948; Banco de la Nacion Argentina (Buenos Aires)
    • box 78 Bank Statements, 1947-1948; First National Bank of Boston (Buenos Aires)
    • box 79 Bank Statements, 1947-1948; National City Bank of New York, Buenos Aires
    • box 86 Purchasing Records; Buenos Aires, 1948; General, Approval Sheet Correspondence, Batteries, Battery Reports, Blueprints, Chassis Springs (2 folders)
    • box 87 Purchasing Records; Buenos Aires, 1948; Chassis Springs, Duty, Engineering Information, Executive, Local Purchases plus 1947, Purchasing Correspondence, Monthly Review, Samples, Tire
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  • Acc. 260 Financial Reports Records Subsubseries
    • box 39 Branch Statements-Buenos Aires 1916-1919
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  • Acc. 394 Accounting Records Subsubseries
    • box 1 General Accounting - Foreign Ford Branches and Companies 1926; Buenos Aires Branch
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  • Acc. 708 Bank Account Statements Subsubseries
    • box 9 Buenos Aires, Argentina (Ford Motor Co. (Buenos Aires) 1933-1937
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  • Acc. 33 General subject files subseries. Auditing Department
    • box 21 Foreign Branches - Buenos Aires
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  • Acc. 206 Interim Reports Subsubseries
    • box 5 Foreign Assembly Branches (minute costs & daily production); February 1934-February 1935; Buenos Aires
    • box 6 Foreign Assembly Branches (minute costs & daily production); March-December 1935; Buenos Aires
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  • Acc. 211 Sundry Debits and Credits Records Subsubseries 
    • box 3 1914-1916 Sundry Debits & Credits-Ledger #5 (Buenos Aires)
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  • Acc. 75 Legal Department Records
    • box 65 L-5013, Argentine Incorporation, branch, foreign, 1919
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  • Acc. 1942 International Division Purchasing Office Records
    • box 2 Plant Overview and Analysis files; International Division Overview, 1958 (includes photographs, organization charts, and histories includes Buenos Aires)
    • box 3 Plant Overview and Analysis files; Argentina Car program: Buenos Aires Plot Plan 1961, Car program overview 1961-1962, Ford of Argentina management overview 1961, General, 1961
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  • Acc. 630 Foreign Branch Publicity Subseries
    • box 1 Argentina, Buenos Aires Branch, Depreciable Capital Assets Report, 1946
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  • Acc. 1394 Foreign Branch Advertising Records
    • box 1 Buenos Aires 1-1939 to 5-1940, 6-1940 to 12-1940
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  • Acc. 456 Foreign Sales and Advertising Records 
    • box 14 English Car File (1943-1950) Reports; Other Branches; Argentina
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  • Acc. 916 Sales and Statistics Department Records Series
    • box 1-2 Ford International Sales and Statistics, 1941-1949; Dealers, deliveries by plant; Pre-war source materials and wholesale sales
    • box 3 AMA-Export Bulletins (U.S. Automotive 1947-1954)
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  • Acc. 19 Automobile Advertisements
    • box 160 Series V: International Products & Services; United States; Export; Argentina, 1946
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  • Acc. 1904 Data Processing Equipment records, 1965-1968
    • box 2 Division Equipment Purchasing; Overseas Branches; Argentina
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  • Small Accessions
    • Acc. 503 International Division Advertising records, 1947-1948 (include Buenos Aires)
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  • Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File
    • box 21 Assembly Line Methods; Trucks; Ford Motor Company; Brazil; Buenos Aires
    • box 123 Ford Motor Company; Buildings; Argentina; Buenos Aires, exteriors, interiors
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  • Acc. 833 General Photographs Series
    • box 1 Foreign branches Argentina--Buenos Aires (1a) Argentina--Cordoba (1b)
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  • Acc. 696 Renovated Assembly Plants Photographs
    • box 10 Argentine Plant Dedication, 1953 (photograph album) 
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  • Acc. 1858 Tom Lilley Papers
    • box 4 Photographs Central & South American Ford Plants, circa 1958 (including Buenos Aires)

Periodicals 

Ford Times

  • July 1914, v.7, n.10, p.448-449 (photos of Buenos Aires branch)
  • January 1915, v.8, n.4, p. 176 (photo of Buenos Aires branch)

Ford News

  • See:
    • Argentina
    • Ford Assembly Branch (Buenos Aires, ARG)
    • Ford Assembly Plant (Buenos Aires, ARG)
    • Fordson Plant (Buenos Aires, ARG)
    • Argentina Ford Dealers

Audio-Visual (materials may be restricted due to format, please contact reference staff in advance for access)

Oral Histories

Vertical File

  • Ford Motor Company; Plants; South America

Books

 

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  • Last Updated Jul 25, 2023
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