Bibliography: Ford Motor Company Sociological Department

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Ford Motor Company Sociological Department Bibliography

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Archival

  • Acc. 55 Ford Motor Company Sociological Department Records
    • box 1-15 Case name file subseries (RESTRICTED)
    • box 16-18 Dearborn School Milk Case subseries (RESTRICTED)
    • box 19-24 Investigations subseries (RESTRICTED)
    • box 25-65 (No longer exist)
    • box 66 Inkster and Garden City Welfare Fund
      • #7391-#7426, January 1942
      • #7427-#7451, February 1942
      • #7452-#7479, March 1942
      • #7480-#7501, April 1942
      • #7502-#7520, May 1942
      • #7521-#7531, June 1942
      • #7532-#7544, July 1942 - April 1943
    • box 67-69 (No longer exist)
    • box 70 Dearborn Township Welfare
      • #3-#9, August 1933
      • #10-#18, September 1933
      • #20-#71, October 1933
      • #72-#193, November 1933
      • #194-#233, December 1933
    • box 71-73 Dearborn Township Commissary Accounts, 1933
    • box 84-101 General Working Papers subseries, 1934-1943
    • box 102-103 Federal Housing Administration (Deceased) subseries; A-P, Q-Z, Send for When Hiring, 1940-1941
    • box 104-106 Orders on paymaster forms subseries; Financial statements
    • box 107 Financial Reports subseries
      • Payroll Deposits
      • Payroll Sheets
      • Special Funds
    • box 108 Financial Reports subseries
      • Trial Balances
      • Miscellaneous Welfare Reports
    • box 109 Financial Reports subseries
      • Miscellaneous Welfare Reports and Trial Balances
      • Dearborn Township, 1933
      • Miscellaneous Commissary Sheets, 1933-1934
      • Trial Balances, 1934-1936
      • "2000" Series Notes
    • box 110 Financial Reports subseries
      • Monthly Reports, 1930-1932
    • box 111 Financial Reports subseries
      • Commissary Summary Control Sheets, 1933-1942
    • box 112 Financial Reports subseries
      • Welfare Records, 1933-1941
      • Analysis of Reports, 1931-1941
    • box 113 Financial Reports subseries
      • Commissary Summary Reports, 1941-1942
      • Company Wage rates, Classifications, Employee Count
      • Inkster School and Home Improvement
      • Inkster Department of Communications, 1938, 1940
      • Inkster, Garden City Time Reports, 1940
      • Disbursement Records
      • Misc. Payroll Records, 1939-1942
    • box 114 Special Reports subseries
      • Industrial Committee Reports, 1932
      • Dearborn Schools Industrial Training, 1932, 1938
      • Welfare Fraud Cases, 1932
      • Investigation Reports - Welfare Department, Detroit, 1932
      • Subcommittee Reports - Investigation of Case Work, Welfare Department Detroit, 1932
      • Inkster Ordnances, 1937
    • box 116 Correspondence subseries
      • Equitable Trust
      • Wayne County Treasurer
      • Inactive Accounts
      • Welfare Correspondence, 1932-1941
    • box 115 Cancelled Accounts subseries
      • General, 1932-1935
      • Disbursement Accounts, 1932-1935
      • Detroit Edison Service Requests, 1933-1934
      • Misc. Supplies for Company Locations, 1932
      • Misc. Welfare Records, 1931-1940
    • box 117 Personnel subseries (RESTRICTED)
      • Hiring List, A-Z
      • Welfare Special Assignment, 1933
      • St. Clair Shores Assignment, 1933
      • Welfare General, 1933
      • Welfare Dearborn, 1933
      • Ed Jones Account, #400
      • Earl M. Hutchins
      • Alfred Vallier
      • James Howe
    • box 118-119 Name cards subseries (card files, includes name, address, badge number, assignment number)
    • box 120 Inkster Home Modernization and Improvement Surveys and Photographs subseries
      • Inkster
      • Alfred
      • Moore
    • box 121 Inkster Home Modernization and Improvement Surveys and Photographs subseries
      • Williams
      • Henry
      • Spruce
      • Hickory
    • box 122 Inkster Home Modernization and Improvement Surveys and Photographs subseries
      • Ash
      • Walnut
    • box 123 Inkster Home Modernization and Improvement Surveys and Photographs subseries
      • Harrison
      • Harriett
      • Isabelle
    • box 124 Inkster Home Modernization and Improvement Surveys and Photographs subseries
      • Springhill
      • Irene
      • Middle belt
      • Farnum
      • Fox
      • Burns
      • Burton
      • Cherry
      • Culver
      • Carlyle
      • Pine
      • Annapolis
      • Deering
      • Liberty
      • Inkster School District No. 7 meetings and reports
    • box 125 Inkster Home Modernization and Improvement Surveys and Photographs subseries
      • General, 2 binders (miscellaneous home modernization photographs)
         
  • Acc. 280 Sociological Department Records
    • box 1 Procedure manual
       
  • Acc. 281 Ford Motor Company Sociological Department Welfare Reports
    • box 1 Welfare Card File, 1941-1943 (RESTRICTED)
    • box 2 Lists of employees, City of Detroit, Department of Public Welfare Department, 19380 (RESTRICTED)
      • Inkster and Garden City Reports, October 1, 1938 - May 31, 1941 (RESTRICTED)
      • Welfare lists, 1938 (RESTRICTED)
    • box 3 Inkster and Garden City Reports. 1936, 1937, 1938
    • box 4 Inkster and Garden City Welfare Reports, 1939-1941
    • box 5 Inkster and Garden City Reports, 1941-1943
       
  • Acc. 1018 Ford Motor Company Profit Sharing Plan Testimonials
    • box 1 Profit Sharing Plan Book
       
  • Acc. 63 Samuel S. Marquis Papers
    • Correspondence, newspaper clipping, speeches, and photographs
       
  • Acc. 293 Ford Motor Company Sociological Department Samuel Simpson Marquis Records
    • Copies of correspondence and records
       
  • Acc. 1283 Sociological Department
    • Samuel Marquis correspondence to J.D. Oliver
       
  • Acc. 62 Henry Ford Office Papers
    • box 28 Reports; Sociological
    • box 89 Sociological Department and Service Department
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  • Acc. 285 Henry Ford Office Papers
    • box 382 Sociological Department, 1925
    • box 496 Sociological - Mr. Andrews, 1926
    • box 635 Sociological Department - F. W. Andrews, 1927
    • box 795 Sociological Department (F. W. Andrews), 1928
    • box 973 Sociological Department, 1929
    • box 1310 Sociological Department, R. R. Grant, 1931
    • box 1442 Sociological Department (R. H. Grant), 1932
    • box 1587 Sociological Department, 1933-1934
    • box 1762 Sociological Dept. includes report of activities for year 1934, 1935
    • box 1903 Sociological Department; Re: Inkster, Michigan, 1936
    • box 2022 Sociological, 1937
    • box 2140 Sociological, 1938
    • box 2290 Sociological - E. D. Brown, 1939-1940
    • box 2342 LEI-LEK (includes Sociological Department Case of Mrs. Josephine Le Jeune), 1939-1940
    • box 2496 Sociological - T. D. Brown, 1941-1941
    • box 2678 Sociological, 1943-1944
    • box 2830 Sociological, 1945-1946
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  • Acc. 6 Edsel B. Ford Office Papers
    • box 4 S (includes Sociology Department report re: theft of employee's car and attempted bribery), 1919-1921
    • box 27 SH-SS (includes Sociological department – EBF approves allowing HP Community Center to purchase items from FMC stores for charity or welfare work), 1925
    • box 101 SI-SQ (includes Sociological Department requests for assistance), 1934
    • box 102 WE-WG (includes Gus Wendt report from Sociological Department following family tragedy), 1934
    • box 110 PH-PU (includes Mr. Plumb memo from Sociological Department), 1935
    • box 111 SI-SM (includes Sociological Report for 1934)
    • box 137 SN-SP (includes Sociological Report, welfare assistance), 1938
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  • Acc. 38 Charles Sorensen Papers
    • box 59 Employment and Sociological, 1929
    • box 63 Employment and Sociological, 1929-1930
    • box 66 Employment and Sociological, 1931
    • box 70 Employment and Sociological, 1932
    • box 72 Employment and Sociological, 1933
    • box 74 Enrollment, Payroll, and Sociological, 1934
    • box 77 Employment, Payroll, and Sociological, 1935
    • box 79 Employment, Payroll, and Sociological, 1936
    • box 82 Employment, Payroll, and Sociological, 1937
    • box 85 Employment, Payroll, and Sociological. 1938
    • box 88 Employment, Payroll, and Sociological, 1939-1940
    • box 92 Employment, Payroll, and Sociological, 1941
    • box 101 Employment, Payroll, and Sociological, 1942-1944
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  • Acc. 474 William J. Cameron Records
    • box 26 Sociological and city welfare, 1932
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  • Acc. 683 Five Dollar Day Collection
    • Photocopies of newspaper articles, correspondence, and policies related to the implementation of the Five Dollar Day
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  • Acc. 1200 Stanley Leonard Knazak Papers
    • box 1
      • Sociological Dept.
      • Photographs; Sociological Dept.; Office ca. 1915, English language class, Employee homes
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  • Acc. 951 Ford Motor Company Non-Serial Publications Collection
    • box 11 Factory Facts from Ford 1915, 1917, 1920
    • box 23 Helpful Hints & Advice to Ford Employees, 1915
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  • Acc. 536 Public Relations Research Library Press Releases Subseries
    • box 95 Sociological Department, 1946
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  • Acc. 96 John F. Dodge Estate Trust Lawsuit Collection
    • box 12 Lee, John, Re: Ford Motor Company Development, 1908-1919
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  • Acc. 259 Auditing Tax Records
    • box 1 Land contract payments and Sociological Dept. working papers
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  • Acc. 391 Wendell S. Miller Records
    • box 20 Sociological Department Costs, 1941
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  • Acc. 459 Vice President of Finance Records
    • box 21 Ledgers; Sociological Department, 1917-1927
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  • Acc. 572 Nevins and Hill Research Series
    • box 14 no.11.10 Depression (includes Sociological Department Investigation)
    • box  27 no.12.6 Employee Services: Hospitalization, Housing, etc. (see also Sociological Department)
    • box 31 no.12.20 Sociological Department
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  • EI.138 Edison Institute School System Records
    • box 29 Sociological Department Records, 1946
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  • Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File
    • box 145 Labor and Laboring Classes-Housing-Ford Motor Co.
      • Inkster, MI
        • Company Stores
        • Schools
      • Sociological Department

Ford Times

  • “The Case of Jim.” November 1914, v.8 n.2, p.69-70
  • “Ford Sociological Work.” November 1914, December 1914, v.8, n.3, p.117-118
  • “The Case of John.” February 1915, v. 8, n.5, p.213-215
  • “Jimmie, of New York City.” March 1915, v.8, n.6, p.268
  • “The Story of the House of the Invalids.” April 1915, v.8, n.7, p.308-309
  • “Another Man Without a Country.” May 1915, v.8, n.8, p.357-358
  • “Henry Ford and the Tramp.” June 1915, v.8, n.9, p.399-400
  • “Assimilation Through Education.” June 1915, v.8, n.9, p.406-411
  • “Religion and Sociology.” September 1916, v.10, n.2 , p.83

Ford News

  • Company to Aid in Fighting Gamblers, 2:7L:4:1
  • Garden-Minded Employes, 15:10:187+:1-2
  • Self Help" Workers Supplement...Income With Spare-Time Gardening, 19:5:104:1-3

Rouge News

  • Discontinuance of Sociological Section Planned (Now part of Employment Section), 3(35) Sept 3'48:3:2

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