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Box 9

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Pages 1249-1785: Ford Witnesses, 1919-05-26 - 1919-05-29

 File — Box: 9, Binder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains material related to the libel suit, Henry Ford versus The Tribune Company, dating to 1916-1919. The suit concerned the Chicago Tribune editorial of June 23, 1916, "Ford is an Anarchist." Materials include correspondence, exhibits, and a transcript of the trial (held from May to August, 1919, in the Circuit Court of Macomb County in Mt. Clemens, Michigan).

Dates: 1919-05-26 - 1919-05-29
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / XI-335, <span class="italic emph">Chicago Tribune</span>. Kirkland &amp; Ellis Files (IV) / Transcript of the trial

Pages 1787-2706: More Ford witnesses chosen in an effort to show Tribune sympathy for Germany and connections with Standard Oil and International Harvester. Beginning defense witnesses, 1919-06-02 - 1919-06-06

 File — Box: 9, Binder: 5
Scope and Contents

Including: Edward Goldbeck, German-born Tribune writer (page 2188); George A. Ranney (page 2270) and Harold F. McCormick (page 2296); and Elinor Patterson (pages 2390-2406). Beginning defense witnesses on page 2459

Dates: 1919-06-02 - 1919-06-06
Found in: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections / XI-335, <span class="italic emph">Chicago Tribune</span>. Kirkland &amp; Ellis Files (IV) / Transcript of the trial