Fowler McCormick Papers, 1878-1972

Contents List

Container Title
Series: International Harvester Company
Subseries: Board of Directors
Box   1
Folder   1
“Board of Directors,” Harvester World, Vol. 41, No. 12 (December 1950), p. 26.
Box   1
Folder   2
Correspondence, June 1946-March 1959.
Subseries: Business philosophy
Box   1
Folder   3
Abstracts from speeches and articles, 1915-1945.
Box   1
Folder   4
Tear sheets from advertizing, 1946-1960.
Subseries: Correspondence, personal business, 1936-[1945-1960]-1967
Box   1
Folder   5
A - Ho.
Box   1
Folder   6
Hu - L.
Box   1
Folder   7
M - R.
Box   1
Folder   8
S - Z.
Subseries: Director's file
Box   2
Folder   1
Council minutes, July 6, 1951 - May 9, 1958.
Box   2
Folder   2
Operations' review committee, reports, June 12, 1952 - March 7, 1958.
Box   2
Folder   3
McCormick exchanges with I.H.C. president, 1946 - 1959.
Box   2
Folder   4
Capital investment program, 1941-1958.
Box   2
Folder   5
Financial statements, 1954 - 1959.
Box   2
Folder   6
Meetings, travel expenses, director compensation, correspondence, 1951-1958.
General and miscellaneous correspondence, and clippings
Box   3
Folder   1
July 1951 - May 1953.
Box   3
Folder   2
June 1953 - March 1954.
Box   3
Folder   3
April 1954 - April 1956.
Box   3
Folder   4
May 1956 - December 1957.
Box   3
Folder   5
January 1958 - November 1962.
Subseries: Foreign operations
Box   3
Folder   6
European trip, 1950, correspondence, clippings, articles.
Subseries: Industrial relations, 1937-1952
Box   4
Folder   1
Labor relations.
Box   4
Folder   2
Relations with minorities.
Box   4
Folder   3
Pensions and retirement.
Subseries: Merchandizing
Box   4
Folder   4
“Farm Machinery Trade Name Usage - A Survey,” 1946.
Subseries: News releases, major
Box   4
Folder   5
, May 1940 - February 1947 (War years generally missing).
Box   4
Folder   6
March 1947 - May 1949.
Box   4
Folder   7
June 1949 - May 1951.
Subseries: Organization
“Change letters” written by McCormick.
Box   4
Folder   8
Chronological arrangement, February 1941 - January 1950.
Alphabetical arrangement
Box   4
Folder   9
Accounting.
Box   4
Folder   10
Canada, International Harvester Company of, Ltd.
Box   4
Folder   11
Chairman of the Board and chief executive officer.
Box   4
Folder   12
Directors, Board of.
Box   4
Folder   13
Engineering research.
Box   4
Folder   14
Executive vice-president.
Box   4
Folder   15
Farm implement division.
Box   4
Folder   16
Farm tractor division.
Box   4
Folder   17
Fiber and twine division.
Box   4
Folder   18
Foreign operation.
Box   4
Folder   19
Industrial power division.
Box   4
Folder   20
Industrial relations.
Box   4
Folder   21
Law department.
Box   4
Folder   22
Manufacturing.
Box   5
Folder   1
Manufacturing research.
Box   5
Folder   2
Merchandising services.
Box   5
Folder   3
Motor truck division.
Box   5
Folder   4
President of the company.
Box   5
Folder   5
Purchasing and traffic.
Box   5
Folder   6
Refrigeration division.
Box   5
Folder   7
Sales department, general line.
Box   5
Folder   8
Steel division, Wisconsin.
Box   5
Folder   9
Supply and inventory.
Box   5
Folder   10
Treasury.
Box   5
Folder   11
Charts of organization, 1941 - 1951.
Box   5
Folder   12
Company by-laws, May 1943 - May 1956.
Box   5
Folder   13
Engineering organization, January 1948 - July 1949.
Subseries: Organization research file
Box   5
Folder   14
Organization of other companies, 1943-1951.
Subseries: Pricing policy
Box   5
Folder   15
Price reductions, March 1947, clippings, correspondence, papers.
Box   5
Folder   16
Public response to price reduction announcement, correspondence.
Subseries: Public relations
Box   5
Folder   17
University professors' program, correspondence and reports, March 1950-November 1951
Subseries: Reorganization of I.H.C., 1944
Box   6
Folder   1
Basic thoughts and arguments.
Box   6
Folder   2
Harvard Business School, Marketing case study, “IHC Divisional Organization - 1944,” 1947.
Box   6
Folder   3
Employee educational material.
Box   6
Folder   4
McCormick, Fowler. “Harvester Adopts `Division' Type of Organization,” Harvester World, February, 1944.
Subseries: Resignation
Box   6
Folder   5
Position notes, February 1951 - January 1954.
Box   6
Folder   6
Letters from employes, associates, stockholders, friends, etc., May 1951 - January 1952.
Box   6
Folder   7
Newspaper clippings.
Subseries: Stockholder relations
Annual meetings of stockholders,
Box   6
Folder   8
Correspondence, clippings, May 1943 - May 1951.
Proceedings' transcripts
Box   6
Folder   9
1942 - 1944.
Box   6
Folder   10
1945.
Box   7
Folder   1
1946 - 1949.
Box   7
Folder   2
Annual reports to stockholders, 1941 - 1951.
Box   7
Folder   3
Correspondence with Mrs. Wilma Soss, Federation of Women Stockholders in American Business, Inc., 1947 - 1951.
Box   7
Folder   4
Correspondence with stockholders, 1946 - 1950.
Box   7
Folder   5
Interim reports to stockholders, 1942 - 1951.
Box   7
Folder   6
Lists of common stockholders, November and December, 1941.
Series: Manuscripts (Writings and speeches)
Box   8
Folder   1
Manuscript file index
Manuscript file
Box   8
Folder   2-45
File envelope number 1 , (12 April 1924) -file envelope number 44 , (26 January 1940)
Box   9
Folder   1-28
File envelope number 45 , (23 October 1945) -file envelope number 71 , (4 November 1949)
Box   10
Folder   1-16
File envelope number 72 , (9 November 1949) -file envelope number 87 , (23 February 1956)
Series: National Affairs
Box   10
Folder   17
Committee for Economic Development (McCormick a member and honorary trustee): Correspondence, articles, and pamphlets, October 1946-October 1968
Box   10
Folder   18
Economic Stabilization Advisory Committee: Correspondence, articles, clippings, November 1950 - June 1951
Box   10
Folder   19
Foreign policy memorandum
Box   10
Folder   20
National Association of Manufacturers: Correspondence, July 1951-October 1957
Box   10
Folder   21
National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work: Correspondence and clippings, August 3, 1949-January 22, 1952
Box   10
Folder   22
National Industrial Conference Board: Correspondence, pamphlets, August 1951-June 1970
Box   11
Folder   1
National Planning Association: Correspondence, March 1951-November 1959
Box   11
Folder   2
Politics: Articles, clippings, correspondence, June 1943-October 1950
Box   11
Folder   3
U.S. Defense Department: Orientation conference for civilian leaders, April 9-16, 1951Correspondence and booklets
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics: Temporary National Economic Committee. Correspondence, papers, reprints
Box   11
Folder   4
June 1939-April 1940
Box   11
Folder   5
May 1940-March 1941
Box   11
Folder   6
U.S. State Department, Secretary of State George Marshall: Correspondence, clippings, February 1947-September 1947
Box   11
Folder   7
U.S. War Department, Office of Chief of Staff, War department Manpower Board: Correspondence, reprints, January 1943-September 1945
Box   11
Folder   8
U.S. War Department, Office of Chief of Ordnance: Industrial Advisory Staff, Correspondence, January 1943-September 1944
Series: Occasions and Events (Awards and Honors)
Box   11
Folder   9
Honored guest, American Management Association. “American business and its Human Relations,” Feb. 25, 1947 (an address by Fowler McCormick)
Box   11
Folder   10
Medalist, Forbes magazine presentation: Fifty foremost business leaders, November 5, 1947
Box   11
Folder   11
Award in Human Relations, Chicago Commission on Human Relations, December 17, 1948
Box   12
Folder   1
Gnatt Medal Award, American Management Association, June 9, 1949
Box   12
Folder   2
Meeting in Chicago with the Prime Minister of India, Pandit Javaharlal Nehru, October 26, 1949
Box   12
Folder   3
Honored guest, Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. “The Business Future,” November 22, 1949 (an address by Fowler McCormick)
Series: Publications
Box   12
Folder   4
Benson, Nathaniel. “Men of Achievement: Fowler McCormick,” Forbes, July 15, 1948. (article along with related correspondence)
Box   12
Folder   5
Chandler, Alfred D., Jr. Strategy and Structure. M.I.T. Press, 1962. (with references to I.H.C. and FMcC on structure and reorganization)
Box   12
Folder   6
Forbes, B.C. “Our Twelve Foremost Business Leaders,” Forbes, June 1, 1951, p. 11-25
Box   12
Folder   7
“Fowler McCormick: Self-Made Man,” Fortune, September 1946 (with original drafts, related correspondence, and clippings)
Box   12
Folder   8
“Fowler McCormick Sparks the Reorganization of Harvester,” Finance, April 10, 1945
Box   12
Folder   9
“Harvester's Board of Directors,” Harvester World, Vol. 41, No. 12 (December 1950)
Box   12
Folder   10
“International Harvester,” Fortune, Vol. 8, No. 2 (August 1933) (with notes on McCormick)
Box   12
Folder   11
“More than Grain is Reaped,” The Ropemaker, July 1947
Box   12
Folder   12
“The Negro Problem,” Life, March 14, 1949 (editorial with notes on F. McC)
Box   12
Folder   13
Roots in Chicago--100 Years Deep, 1847-1947 (Commemoration of I.H.C.'s 100th year in Chicago, 1947)
Series: Personal Miscellaneous
Box   13
Folder   1
Francis W. Parker School: English notebook, September 1911-March 1912 and 1916 Parker Record
Box   13
Folder   2
Groton School: , 1916 Class Book and Fiftieth Reunion Booklet
Box   13
Folder   3
KyKuit (home of the Rockefellers): Leaflet describing house and gardens and paper re dedication of Nelson Rockefeller sculpture, June 1970
McCormicks
Box   13
Folder   4
Rich, Daniel Catton. “Chauncey McCormick: Some Recollections,” Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly, Vol. 48 (November 15, 1954), p. 62-66
Box   13
Folder   5
Miscellaneous correspondence of Fowler McCormick, his parents and grandparents
Box   13
Folder   6
Cyrus McCormick: Fishwick, Marshall W. “Walnut Grove--Where Farm Merchandise Began,” The Iron Worker, Autumn 1956, p. 1-12
Box   13
Folder   7
Employee's Record Cards of Cyrus, Cyrus Jr., Harold F., and Fowler McCormick
Box   13
Folder   8
McCormick, Harold F. Development of the Study of Human Relations, February 1929 (circa). (Booklet)
Box   13
Folder   9
McCormick, Harold F. How Terms of Peace Can be Automatically Prepared While the War is Still Going On. Zurick: Concilum Bibliographicum, 1916
Box   13
Folder   10
Leander McCormick: Genealogical line of, through June 1 1946
Box   13
Folder   11
Memorial Resolution of Harold F. McCormick, Adopted by Board of Directors of I.H.C., November 27, 1941
Rockefellers
Box   13
Folder   12
Descendants of William Avery and Eliza Davison Rockefeller and Their Families, 1810-1970 (Booklet)
Series: Original Collection Notes
Box   14
Folder   1
“Index.”
Box   14
Folder   2
“Shelf-list.”