Bibliography: Ford Motor Company Byproducts

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Ford Motor Company Byproducts 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. 285 Henry Ford Office Papers
    • box 635 By-Products Sales - D.J. Hutchins, 1927
    • box 793 Sales Department (F. L. Rockelman) By-Products, 1928
    • box 795 Sales Department (F. L. Rockelman) By-Products, 1928
    • box 972 By-products Sales, 1929
    • box 2140 By-Products Sales, 1938
    • box 2290 By-Product Sales, 1939-1940
    • box 2496 By-Products Sales, 1941-1942
    • box 2677 By-Product Sales, 1943-1944
    • box 2830 By-Product Sales, 1945-1946
       
  • Acc. 38 Charles E. Sorensen Papers
    • box 47
      • Cement, 1924
      • Coal and Coke, 1923-1924
    • box 56 
      • Ammonium Sulphate, 1928
      • Cement Plant, 1928
      • Coal and Coke, 1928
    • box 63 Garbage by-Products, 1929-1930
    • box 70 Garbage by-Products  
    • box 101 
      • By-products (Sales), 1944
      • Cement Plant, 1944
    • box 104 Cement plant, 1945
       
  • Acc. 6 Edsel B. Ford Office Papers
    • box 4 R (includes Report on Benzol and profit figures), 1919-1921
       
  • Acc. 33 General Subject Files Subseries. Auditing Department
    • box 25 By-Products - Benzol, Cement, Gas - 1928, 1932
       
  • Acc. 391 Wendell S. Miller Records 
    • box 9 Benzol Stations, Inc. 1941
    • box 20 Special Audits; Benzol Stations, Inc.
       
  • Acc. 44 William John Cameron Records
    • box 17 By-Products, 1926-1927, 1941
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  • Acc. 680 Building Construction and Maintenance Records
    • box 1
      • Correspondence re manufacture of Charcoal and recovery of by-products, including blueprints 1920-1922
      • Investment in Charcoal Plant
      • Daily yield; correspondence and report of blast furnace tests with Ford Charcoal 10/1924
    • box 2 Reports on manufacture of ethyl acetate and legal investigations because of Helbronner patent
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  • RC. 50 Research Center General Advertisement Collection
    • box 1 Charcoal
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  • Acc. 19 Automobile Advertisements
    • box 134 By-Products--Cement--1936-194box 135 By-Products--Charcoal--1929-1932, 1934-1941, 1947
    • box 136 By-Products--Coal—1926, 1928-1933; By-Products--Coke--1928-1930
    • box 137 By-Products--Coke--1931-1934, 1936-1937, 1939-1941; By-Products--Miscellaneous Products--1924, 1947; By-Products--Soy Beans--1940-1941 
    • box 151
      • By-Products--Coke--1928-1930 
      • FMC Products & Services--Institutional Messages--1924 (Q-Z)
      • box 155 By-Products--Coke—1928
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  • Acc. 157 C. L. Martindale and Otto H. Husen Files 
    • box 3 Benzol Inventory, 1935
    • box 58 
      • By-products – Miscellaneous, 1946
      • By- products - Sales Record (monthly report) April-August, 1946
    • box 64 By-products Department, 1947
    • box 101
      • Struthers (By-products) 1937-1943
      • Struthers (By-products and salvage), June-October 1944
    • box 102 Struthers (By-product and salvage), November-December 1944
    • box 105 By-products, costs (assistant controllers office), 1945
    • box 121 Struthers (By products and salvage), 1945
    • box 122
      • Watt (By-products and salvage) 1945
      • Watt (By-product Sales), 1945
    • box 128 Watt (By-products sales), 1946
    • box 233 Benzol Data (Mr. Hutchins) 1934-1935
    • box 251 Operating costs; By-products and salvage store, 1946
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  • Acc. 479 O. H. Husen Records
    • box 1
      • Volume II Statement of operations; Coke ovens, byproducts, May 1930, Chemical plant, Iron Mountain byproducts, May 1930
      • Volume III
        • Statement of operations; Cement plant, December 1929
        • Statement of operations - Chemical and charcoal, October 1930
        • Statement of operations; Chemical and Charcoal, Iron Mountain, 1931
        • Statement of operations - Cement plant, December 1930
        • Comparison of probable 1932 net loss- Cement plant, March 1931
      • Volume IV Chemical and charcoal operations, 1930
      • Volume V Statement of operations for 1931 (includes coal, coke, cement, chemical and charcoal)
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  • Acc. 223 Manufacturing Plant Correspondence Records
    • box 25 Chemical Plant - charcoal making and bagging only (1931-1937)
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  • Acc. 752 Rouge Plant Accounting Department Cost Records
    • boxes 1 By-product sales, 1929-1932
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  • Acc. 1876 Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury Sales Reports
    • box 2 Sales By-Products
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  • Acc. 451 Financial Records Subseries
    • box 3 By-products, 1941
    • box 4 By-products, 1942
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  • Acc. 515 Executive Planning Committee Purchasing Files Series
    • box 3 Sale of Cement Plant, 1948
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  • Acc. 951 Ford Motor Company Non-Serial Publications Collection
    • box 1 Ammonium Sulphate, 1940 and undated
    • box 13
      • Ford Ammonium Sulfate 
      • Ford Benzol
      • Ford Charcoal Briquettes
      • Ford Coal: From Mines to Markets
    • box 20 Fuel of a Hundred Uses: Ford Charcoal Briquettes
    • box 24
      • How and When to Apply Ford Ammonium Sulphate Fertilizer
      • How to Burn Ford Coke
    • box 25 Industries within an Industry: By-Products
    • box 40 Save Money Burn Ford Coke
    • box 41 Seasonal Advertisements for Ford Charcoal Briquets
    • box 53
      • What Was Your Coal-Smoke Bill Last Year
      • What You Get When You Buy Ford Coke
         
  • Acc. 554 Clarence W. Olmstead Records
    • box 8 New York World’s Fair, 1939-1940; Wood Distillation Photo
    • box 11 New York World’s Fair, 1939-1940; Literature on Ford Products
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  • Acc. 572 Nevins and Hill Research
    • box 22 No.11.22.5 By Products
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  • Acc. 940 Frank Ernest Hill Papers
    • box 23 Production, By-products (2 folders)
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  • Acc. 1729 John Bennett Papers
    • box 1
      • Report on Charcoal Briquet
      • Correspondence, research, oral histories, articles on charcoal briquets
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  • Acc. 629 Richard Crowe Public Relations Records
    • box 1 By-Products
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  • Acc. 536 Public Relations Research Library Press Releases Subseries
    • box 17 By-products, Charcoal Briquettes, 1947
    • box 119 Soybeans, Charcoal Briquettes, Glass Plant, Rouge Paper Mill (7 folders)
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  • Acc. 447 Press Releases Subseries
    • box 1 Charcoal Broilers
    • box 2 Ford Publicity; By-Products, 1941
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  • Acc. 545 Press Releases records subseries, 1923-1937
    • box 4 By-Products
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  • Acc. 232 World's Fair Photographs Series
    • box 1 Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1933-1934 41J-58A (includes By-Products exhibit)
    • box 2 Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1933-1934 264-285 (includes By-Products exhibit)
    • box 4 California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, California, 1935 51-10 (includes By-Products exhibit)
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  • Acc. 833 General Photographs Series
    • box 11 Iron Mountain (18c)
    • box 24 Rouge Plant (45b) (includes image of Ford Benzol truck, 64.167.833.P.58065)
    • box 25 Rouge Plant (45c) (includes image of Light Oil Building and tanks, P.833.61961, P.833.61961.2, P.833.62350.124, P.833.62368.A)
    • box 37 By-products (3 folders, 69a - 70a)
    • box 38 By-products (2 folders, 70b - 70c; subjects include charcoal briquets, cooking grills, fertilizer)
    • box 39 Cement plant manufacturing (77a)
    • box 101 Ford Trucks, 1935 (261C) (includes image of Benzol truck, P.833.63048)
    • box 117 Ford Trucks, 1946 (287a) (includes image of Benzol pump, P.833.83188)
    • box 354 (735b) (includes images of Ford Benzol station, 64.167.833.P.66697)
    • box 431 Plastics For Soybeans (includes images of cement process at Rouge)
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  • Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File Series
    • box 2 Advertisements – Charcoal Briquets
    • box 135 By-products
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  • Acc. 270 Northern Michigan Operations Photographs Series
    • box 6
      • Carbonization Building, 1924 (2 folders)
      • Distillation Buildings, 1924-1927

Trade Catalogs

Ford News

  • See:
    • By-products
    • Alcohol
    • Alloys
    • Ammonium sulfate
    • Benzol
    • Calcium acetate
    • Coke-By-products
    • Collateral materials-By-products
    • Ford Carbonization & Distillation Plant (Iron Mountain, MI)-By-Products
    • Ford Cement Plant (River Rouge, MI)-Use of Slag
    • Ford Plant (Highland Park, MI)-By-Products Sales Department
    • Ford Plant (River Rouge, MI)-Coke industry-By-products
    • Gas
    • Product exhibits-By-products
    • Tar
    • Toluol

Rouge News

  • See: Cement Plant (River Rouge, MI)

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

  • 2019.0.3.59.4 - Film clip - "Film Clip, "Harvest of the Years," 1939"  
  • 64.167.933.2 - Motion Picture - "Ford Motor Company's Northern Michigan Operations and By-Products"

Oral Histories

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