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Ford Motor Company Twin Cities Plant Bibliography

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Archival

• Acc. 62 Henry Ford Office Papers
  • Box 22 Minneapolis
     
• Acc. 285 Henry Ford Office Paper
  • Box 29 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1921
  • Box 60 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1922
  • Box 100 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1922
  • Box 133 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1923
  • Box 177 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1923
  • Box 239 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1924
  • Box 240 St. Paul, Minnesota, 1924
  • Box 386 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1925
  • Box 387 St. Paul Minnesota, 1925
  • Box 298
    • Minneapolis, 1926
    • St. Paul, 1926
  • Box 636 Minneapolis, 1927
  • Box 637 St. Paul, Minnesota, 1927
  • Box 797 St. Paul, 1928
  • Box 969 St. Paul, 1929
  • Box 1146 St. Paul, 1930
  • Box 1313 Twin Cities (formerly St. Paul and Minneapolis), 1931
  • Box 1438 Twin Cities, 1932
  • Box 1591 Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1933-1934
  • Box 1765 Twin Cities - St. Paul, Minnesota, 1935
  • Box 2672 Twin City Branch, 1943-1944
  • Box 2827 St. Paul, Minnesota, 1945-1946
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• Acc. 6 Edsel B. Ford Office Papers
  • Box 9 C (includes City Council of Minneapolis, MN re: establishment of Twin Cities plant), 1923
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• Acc. 38 Charles Sorensen Papers
  • Box 58 Twin Cities, 1928
  • Box 69 Twin Cities, 1932
  • Box 72 Twin Cities, 1933
  • Box 74 Twin Cities, 1934
  • Box 77 Twin Cities, 1935
  • Box 79 Twin Cities, 1936
  • Box 82 Twin Cities, 1937
  • Box 94 Twin Cities, 1942
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• Acc. 46 Ford Motor Company Executive Correspondence Records
  • Box 54 Branch Correspondence; Twin City, 1938
  • Box 76 Branch Correspondence; Twin City, 1939
  • Box 130 Branch Correspondence; Twin City, 1940
  • Box 184 Branch Correspondence; Twin City, 1941
  • Box 224 Branch Correspondence; Twin City, 1942
  • Box 300  Branch Correspondence; Twin City, 1945
  • Box 309 Branch Correspondence; Twin City, 1946
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• Acc. 371 Branch Correspondence
  • Box 19-20 Branch Correspondence; Twin City, 1940-1945
  • Box 48-50 Branch Correspondence; Twin City, 1946
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• Acc. 223 Manufacturing Plant Correspondence Records
  • Box 29 Twin City, 1941-1945
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• Acc. 94 Dearborn Engineering Laboratory Records
  • Box 38 St. Paul, Minnesota, 1923
  • Box 75 Minneapolis, 1924
  • Box 138 Minneapolis, 1925
  • Box 139 St. Paul, Minn., 1925
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• Acc. 1957 Ford Motor Company Property Records
  • Box 11 Minnesota
    • Minneapolis, N 5th Avenue (multiple folders)
    • St. Paul, 117 University Avenue (multiple folders)
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• Acc. 378 Public Relations Research Library Subject Files
  • Box 8 Twin Cities Branch “E” Award
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• Acc. 536 Public Relations Research Library Press Releases
  • Box 85 1952; Twin Cities Assembly Plant
     
• Acc. 471 Ford Division Records. Public Relations.
  • Box 3
    • Twin Cities 1942-49
    • Twin Cities E Award 1945
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• Acc. 759 Branch Labor and Production Records
  • Box 2 Twin Cities, 1937-1941
     
• Acc. 679 Glass Production Records
  • Box 3 Grinding & Polishing Sand - Twin Cities - Blueprints and proposed layout for mining glass grinding sand near Twin City Plant, 1926
  • Box 5
    • Twin Cities Glass Plant: Plant data, capacity, equipment specifications, etc., 1927
    • Miscellaneous correspondence
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• Acc. 680 Building Construction and Maintenance Records
  • Box 4 Twin Cities, Minnesota
    • Battery job (correspondence)
    • Blueprints: Plat print - proposed paper mill
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• Acc. 704 General Manufacturing Department Records
  • Box 5 Twin Cities - Inter-Office Correspondence, 1951 and 1952
  • Box 8 Divisional Audit Reports - Twin Cities, MN
     
• Acc. 157 CL Martindale Otto H Husen Files
  • Box 10 1936 Time Study; Twin City
  • Box 35 Accounting Procedure, 4 branch plants (Chicago, Kansas City, Memphis and Twin City) Govt. Corres., 1943
  • Box 195 Departments and Plants; Productive and Non-Productive Charges by Dept.; Twin City, 1943-1944
  • Box 213 Power at Twin City – Costs
  • Box 221 Production and Mom-Production Labor Charge Tables by Depts.; Twin City, 1943
  • Box 251 Operating Costs; Twin City, 1946
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• Acc. 390 AM Wibel Office Papers
  • Box 59 Glass; Twin-Cities - Sale of, 1934-1942
  • Box 79 Tires; Tire Weight and Reports - Branches - Saint Louis, Somerville, Twin City, 1939-1941
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• Acc. 379 Gordon R Cornwell Records
  • Box 37 Twin Cities Assembly Plant - Audit working papers, May 31, 1948
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• Acc. 208 Operating Reports
  • Box 1 Domestic Branch Accounts, 1916-1917; Jacksonville-Minneapolis
  • Box 2 Domestic Branch Accounts, 1916-1917; St. Paul-Spokane
     
• Acc. 2002.1.1846 Ford Motor Company Payroll Statistics Records
   
• Acc. 2004.1.719 PA Martin Records. Production Reports
   
• Acc. 64.167.769 Ford Motor Company. Vehicle Production Reports
   
• Acc. 2004.1.431 Ford Motor Company Truck and Bus Department Records. Production Reports
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• Acc. 429 Plant Histories Background Subseries
  • box 2
    • Minneapolis
    • Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minnesota)
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• Small Accessions
  • Acc. 839 Twin Cities Plant History Records, 1952
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• Acc. 721 Plant Engineering Construction Photographs
  • Box 33-34 Minneapolis, Minnesota (Construction progress, 1913-1914; interiors 420 N. 5^th St., 1937)
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• Acc. 833 General Photographs Series
  • Box 9-10 Twin Cities Branch (14c-16b)
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• Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File
  • Box 132 Minnesota – Minneapolis/St. Paul (exteriors, interiors, power plant)

Periodicals

• Twin Cities Ford News. Ford Motor Company (1952-1963)

Ford Times

• News from Ford Branches, February 1913, v.6, n.5, p.195-198
• Ford Branch Happenings, March 1913, v. 6, n.6, p.240-245
• New Ford Branch in St. Paul Minnesota (photograph), August 1913, v.6, n.11, p.472
• Minneapolis Branch and Assembly Plant of Ford Motor Company (photograph), November 1913, v.7, n.2, p.83

Ford News

• See:
  • Ford Assembly Plant (St. Paul, MN)
  • Ford Assembly Plant (Minneapolis, MN)

Rouge News

• See:
  • Glass Plant (St. Paul, MN)
  • Ford Branch (St. Paul, MN
• R. D. Lang Promoted at Twin City Branch, 3(17) Apr 30 '48:3:1
• Hobby Show Set Up in Twin City Plant, 3(16) Apr 23 '48:2:2
• ‘Early Birds' at Twin City (Ford gardens), 3(22) Jun 9 '48:8:3
• Story of Ford Safety Glass One of Extensive Planning (From Twin City plant), 3(25) Jul 2 '48:3: 1-2
• More Glass Shipped (From Twin City plant), 3(46) Nov 19 '48:8:3
• Twin City Glass Furnace Rebuilt, 3(16) Apr 23 '48:8:5
• Getting 'Shoes Ready' (Twin City plant), 2(11) May 26 '47:8:2
• He Works At Ford's Twin City Branch, 3(3) Jan 24 '48:6:1-3
• New Welders Added (Twin City Plant), 3(16) Apr 23 '48:8:1

Oral Histories

• 64.167.65.155 M.L. Wiesmyer
• 64.167.65.115 E.G. Liebold (Part I)
• 64.167.65.184 B.R. Brown

Vertical File

• Ford Motor Company / Plants / North America / Minnesota, Twin Cities (Minneapolis / St. Paul)

Books

• The Ford Century in Minnesota. McMahon, Brian
  • 338.76292 F699 M167 2016