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Full-Text Articles in Architecture
Designing The Cityscape, Chester Smolski
Designing The Cityscape, Chester Smolski
Smolski Texts
"A new structure has recently been erected in the Providence downtown, and criticisms of the building's design continue to fly. An editorial in these newspapers, for example, referred to the 'failed example of quickie construction with a outsized Erector set.'"
Henry Ford And Field And Factory: An Analysis Of The Ford Sponsored Village Industries - Experiment In Michigan, 1918-1941, John R. Mullin
Henry Ford And Field And Factory: An Analysis Of The Ford Sponsored Village Industries - Experiment In Michigan, 1918-1941, John R. Mullin
Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Faculty Publication Series
Between 1916 and 1941, Henry Ford embarked on an effort to decentralize the production facilities of the Ford Motor Company. One component of this effort was an experiment in which he located seventeen small factories, called Village Industries, in rural areas throughout southeastern Michigan. These factories were designed to utilize water power in the production of sub-assembly parts for Ford's main assembly plants and were intended to provide jobs for rural residents. Ford endeavored to develop a sense of "field and factory" in these plants by training rural workers in the latest technological advances, allowing them release time to farm …
Church Anniversary 48th; 1982-09-26, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
Church Anniversary 48th; 1982-09-26, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
Anniversary Papers
No abstract provided.
1982-04-03; Letter Resolution For Brother John T Hillard Sr, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
1982-04-03; Letter Resolution For Brother John T Hillard Sr, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
Pamphlets
No abstract provided.
1982-03-28; Pamphlet; Annual Mens Day, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
1982-03-28; Pamphlet; Annual Mens Day, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church
Pamphlets
No abstract provided.
Henry Ford And Field And Factory: An Analysis Of The Ford Sponsored Village Industries - Experiment In Michigan, 1918-1941, John R. Mullin
Henry Ford And Field And Factory: An Analysis Of The Ford Sponsored Village Industries - Experiment In Michigan, 1918-1941, John R. Mullin
John R. Mullin
Between 1916 and 1941, Henry Ford embarked on an effort to decentralize the production facilities of the Ford Motor Company. One component of this effort was an experiment in which he located seventeen small factories, called Village Industries, in rural areas throughout southeastern Michigan. These factories were designed to utilize water power in the production of sub-assembly parts for Ford's main assembly plants and were intended to provide jobs for rural residents. Ford endeavored to develop a sense of "field and factory" in these plants by training rural workers in the latest technological advances, allowing them release time to farm …
Ua1b3/6 1982 Minutes & Reports, Wku Parking & Traffic Committee
Ua1b3/6 1982 Minutes & Reports, Wku Parking & Traffic Committee
WKU Archives Records
Meeting minutes and reports of the WKU Parking & Traffic Committee for 1982.