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1281Title:  Research Center Bookplate Collection, circa 1890-1910 
 Accession:  RC.1 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  Bookplates are defined as labels affixed to a book to indicate ownership and often its location in a collection. The Research Center Bookplate Collection consists of several hundred bookplates representing individual book owners, public libraries, colleges and universities, historical societies, and bookplate artists. 
 Subjects:  London, Jack, 1876-1916 | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 | Books | Libraries | Universities and colleges | Detroit (Mich.) | Armorial bookplates | Bookplates 
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1282Title:  Research Center Greeting Postcard Collection, 1900-1991 
 Accession:  RC.20 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  The Greeting Postcard collection is an intentionally assembled collection which is comprised of greeting cards produced in a postcard format. It contains holiday and life cycle specific postcards including advertising postcards that are also holiday related. Holidays include religious, civic or patriotic days; life cycle includes birthdays, graduation and other major events in people's lives. 
 Subjects:  Raphael Tuck & Sons | Halloween | Holidays | Valentines | Birthdays | Birthday cards | Christmas cards--United States | Easter | Fourth of July | Greeting cards--United States | New Year cards | Postcards--United States | Rosh ha-Shanah cards | Saint Patrick's Day | Thanksgiving Day | Greeting cards | Postcards 
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1283Title:  Research Center General Postcard Collection, 1893-2011 
 Accession:  RC.21 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  The postcards in this collection were produced by a variety of companies, dating from 1893 through 2011. They are predominately American, although international travel areas are also represented. Topics include city street scenes, country roads, restaurants, hotels and resorts, national and city parks, exhibitions, automobiles, people and occupations. These postcards have been cataloged in the museum collection management system. 
 Subjects:  Postcards 
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1284Title:  Research Center Recipe Booklet Collection, 1852-2006 
 Accession:  RC.24 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  The Research Center Recipe Booklet Collection is an assembled collection of commercially produced recipe booklets and pamphlets dating from 1852 to 2006. The collection is open for research. 
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1285Title:  Research Center Travel Literature Collection, 1826-2019 (bulk 1905-1985) 
 Accession:  RC.26 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  The Travel Literature Collection is gathered from many sources and covers the period from 1826 to the present. The collection is ongoing. One of the major contributors was the American Automobile Association of Michigan. 
 Subjects:  Air travel | Amusement parks | Automobile travel | Bed and breakfast accommodations | Bus travel | Historic parks | Historic sites | Hotels | International travel | Motels | Museums | National parks and reserves | Ocean travel | Railroad travel | Restaurants | Tourism | Tourist camps, hostels, etc. | Travel | U.S. states | American Automobile Association | Disneyland (Calif.) | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | Walt Disney World (Fla.) | Niagara Falls National Heritage Area (N.Y.) | Canada | Europe, Western | Mexico | Atlases | Brochures | Diaries | Directories | Maps | Pamphlets | Schedules | Souvenirs | Tickets | Travel guidebooks | Viewbooks 
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1286Title:  Research Center Archive Vertical File, circa 1929-2018 
 Accession:  RC.2 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  The Archives Vertical File is an assembled collection containing mainly printed material on a wide variety of subjects related to Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company, and the automobile industry. 
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1287Title:  Research Center Museum Vertical File, circa 1750-2019 
 Accession:  RC.30 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization) 
 Abstract:  The Research Center Museum Vertical File is an assembled collection containing newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographic prints, booklets, and other materials that provide background information and historical context relating to items in the collection of and the collecting themes of The Henry Ford. Extent: 72.3 cubic ft. (76 boxes). The collection is open for research. 
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1288Title:  Bumper Sticker collection, 1990 
 Accession:  RC.32 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  Bumper stickers are defined as, "stickers intended to be placed on the bumpers of motor vehicles, usually bearing messages such as slogans, witticisms, or advertisements". Cards in this assembled collection date from 1990. 
 Subjects:  Bumper stickers | United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America | Plastics workers--Labor unions 
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1289Title:  Business Card Collection, 1899-circa 1965 
 Accession:  RC.33 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  Business cards are defined as, "small cards produced since the 19th century bearing the name and address of a business concern and one of its representatives, and intended more for information than advertisement". Cards in this assembled collection date from 1899-circa 1965. 
 Subjects:  Business cards | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) | Circus 
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1290Title:  Research Center Comic Book Collection 
 Accession:  RC.34 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization) 
 Abstract:  The Research Center Comic Book Collection is an assembled collection consisting of comic books acquired through a number of accessions. For the most part, the comics in this collection are titles from established publishers such as DC and Fawcett. 
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1291Title:  Research Center General Advertisement Collection, 1850-2019 
 Accession:  RC.50 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  The General Advertisement Collection is an intentionally assembled collection which contains advertising tear sheets, advertising proof sheets, and advertisements clipped from periodicals on a variety of subjects. The material is arranged alphabetically by subject. The Clothing and Dress and Office Furniture subjects are heavily represented in the collection. 
 Subjects:  Advertising, Newspaper | Advertising, Magazine | Advertising agencies | Agricultural machinery | Agricultural implements | Airlines | Airplanes | Alcoholic beverages | Antifreeze solutions | Antiseptics | Automobiles--Bodies | Automobiles--Maintenance and repair | Automobiles--Motors | Automobiles--Tires | Automobiles--Transmission devices | Rental automobiles | Automobiles--Models | Beverages | Bicycles | Blacksmithing | Boat trailers | Boilers | Books | Bookbinders | Bookbinding | Boots | Bottle feeding | Building materials | Bus lines | Business consultants | Candy | Cereals, Prepared | Child car seats | Cigarettes | Cleaning compounds | Clocks and watches | Clothing and dress | Combs | Concrete | Condiments | Corsets | Cosmetics | Dental hygiene | Dietary supplements | Drugs | Dyes and dyeing | Firearms | Floor coverings | Food | Fuel | Furnaces | Furniture | Gasoline | Glassware | Hats | Household appliances | Hydraulic motors | Hypnotism | Insurance | Ironwork | Jewelry | Lawn mowers | Lighting | Lubricating oils | Machine shops | Machinery | Marine engines | Matches | Mattresses | Meat | Medical instruments and apparatus | Millstones | Airplanes--Models | Motion pictures | Music publishing | Musical instruments | Neckties | Newspapers | Ocean liners | Office furniture | Packaging | Paint | Paper | Patent lawyers | Patent medicines | Periodicals | Petroleum products | Pharmaceutical industry | Phonograph | Photography | Plumbing--Equipment and supplies | Printing | Printing presses | Radio--Receivers and reception | Railroads | Razors | Refrigerators | Safes | Sanatoriums | Scales (Weighing instruments) | Sculpture | Seeds | Sewing--Equipment and supplies | Sewing machines | Shoes | Silverware | Soap | Soap box derbies | Soups | Spark plugs. | Stationery | Steam-engines | Stoves | Electric railroads--Cars | Sweeteners | Textile fabrics | Tobacco | Tools | Tourism | Toys | Travel agents | Typewriters | Typewriting | Underwear | Wheelchairs | Windows | World War, 1914-1918--War Bonds and Funds | Writing--Materials and instruments | Herman Miller, Inc. | Advertisments | proofs | tear sheets 
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1292Title:  Ford Biographical Vertical File, 1939-2005 
 Accession:  RC.65 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company Archives 
 Abstract:  The Ford Biographical Vertical File is an intentionally assembled collection of predominately biographical information about executive level Ford Motor Company employees. 
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1293Title:  Engineering and Blueprint Aperature Card collection 
 Accession:  RC.6 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  Assembled collection of aperture cards of engineering drawings and blueprints covering a variety of subjects. Arranged alphabetically by subject. 
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1294Title:  Almanac collection, 1741-1983 
 Accession:  RC.8 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  Almanacs are an annual publication having calendars with weather forecasts, astronomical information, statistics, and often other useful facts. In the nineteenth century, almanacs were often used for trade purposes. 
 Subjects:  Almanacs 
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1295Title:  Automotive design drawings collection, 1935-1987 (bulk 1940-1979) 
 Accession:  RC.9 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  The Automotive Design Drawings collection consists of a variety of sketches, renderings and blueprints created in conjunction with the design of the external structure and internal components of various automotive products. Incorporated into the collection are drawings for a wide range of vehicles including concept automobiles, show automobiles, production models, trucks, military and mass transit vehicles. The collection, which includes work from more than eighty designers, is arranged alphabetically by name of designer. 
 Subjects:  Albert, Jon. | Aldrich, Jake. | Cafaro, John A. Jr. | Gierscheck, W. | Mitchell, William L. (William Leroy), 1912-1988. | Najjar, John. | Querfeld, Arthur L. | Russinoff, Elia. | Salvador, Ben E. | Scheelk, Robert J. | Shenk, William B., 1933- | DaimlerChrysler | Ford Motor Company | General Motors Corporation | Walter Dorwin Teague Associates. | Automobiles--Design and construction | Automobile industry and trade | Industrial designers | Trucks--Design and construction | Urban transportation--Design and construction. | Vehicles, Military | Design drawings. | Technical drawings. 
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1296Title:  Ford News Index, 1920-1942 
 Accession:  none 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. 
 Abstract:  The Ford news was inaugurated as the official publication of the Ford Motor Company in October of 1920 with the clearly stated mission of "distributing information ofcurrent interest in the Ford Industries as well as descriptive and informative articles, being what the name implies, a newspaper, holding at heart the inrerests of the Company and employee, a digest of events in the Ford world."The index consists of three basic parts: The main heading, the title or one line abstract, and a locator. Most articles have at least one subheading. Subject and name headings are listed in one alphabet.NOTE: This PDF formatted document is quite large, may take some time to open and/or download. 
 Subjects:  Ford Motor Company--Periodicals. | Ford Motor Company--Employees--Periodicals. | Automobile industry workers--Periodicals. | Automobile industry and trade--United States--Periodicals. | Fordson tractors--Periodicals. 
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1297Title:  Ford Times Index, 1908-1917 
 Accession:  none 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. 
 Abstract:  This index to Ford Times, 1908-1917, was created by copying and scanning original index cards. Index cards are available in Research Center. 
 Subjects:  Ford Motor Company--Periodicals. | Ford Motor Company--Employees--Periodicals. | Automobile industry workers--Periodicals. | Automobile industry and trade--United States--Periodicals. | Fordson tractors--Periodicals. 
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1298Title:  Henry Ford Quotes 
 Accession:  QT_01 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  The list includes quotations that have been traced to a primary source or a reliable secondary source. Examples of reliable secondary sources would be a published interview with or other direct quotations of Henry Ford in newspapers contemporary to him, including but in no way limited to house organs such as the Ford Times and Ford News, or a book whose ghostwriting or collaboration was authorized by Henry Ford. If you are searching for a quote and do not see it in this list, it means that Research Center staff was not able to trace it to a reliable source. 
 Subjects:  Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. | Quotations 
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1299Title:  Herald Index, Volumes 1-18, 1934-1951 
 Accession:  PI_01 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  Partial index to Herald articles that appeared in Volumes 1-18, 1934-1951. 
 Subjects:  Edison Institute | Periodical indexes 
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1300Title:  Legal and Government Documents collection, 1672-1989 
 Accession:  Assembled 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:   
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