| 1 | Title: | Champion Spark Plug Co., Ceramics Division Records, 1922-1946  | | | | Accession: | 2017.0.32 | | | | Creator: | Champion Spark Plug (Company) | | | | Abstract: | Robert and Frank Stranahan founded the Champion Spark Plug Company in 1908. Throughout its history, the company has provided spark plugs for a variety of vehicles, from the Ford Model T to the Concorde to the Eurostar train. The Champion Spark Plug Co., Ceramics Division Records contains verbal order sheets; departmental records; files from the nurse's office; employee transfer notices and discharge papers; employee ratings standards; and schedules for plant guards, which included two female guardettes. Also included are World War II war bond pledge cards and receipts; ration renewal applications; and logs for kiln burns and other ceramics equipment. 4.0 cubic ft. (4 boxes). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 2 | Title: | Cocheco Manufacturing Company Textile Print Sample Book Collection, circa 1880-1890 | | | | Accession: | 2017.84.0.1 | | | | Creator: | Cocheco Manufacturing Company (Creator) | | | | Abstract: | The Cocheco Manufacturing Company produced textiles in Dover, New Hampshire, from 1827 until its purchase by Pacific Mills in 1909. Cocheco continued to operate in Dover, and for a period in Lawrence, Massachusetts, until ceasing production in 1937. The collection consists of fabric and print samples in a variety of forms, including engraver's sheets; sample sheets; salesman' folders; and individual fabric pieces. Extent: 66 cubic ft. (109 boxes). The collection is open for research. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 4 | Title: | Philip Caldwell Collection, 1980-1984 | | | | Accession: | 1890 | | | | Creator: | Caldwell, Philip | | | | Abstract: | Memorabilia and photo albums from the office of Philip Caldwell, president, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company, 1979-1984. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 5 | Title: | William Cameron Records, 1921-1950 | | | | Accession: | 2004.1.1866 | | | | Creator: | Cameron, William John, 1878-1955 | | | | Abstract: | Weekly manpower and employment reports. Includes a small amount of miscellaneous reports prepared for W. Cameron. Reports included for the Rouge Plant, Highland Park, Willow Run, and other Michigan Plants (village industries). | | | | Subjects: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 6 | Title: | Frank Campsall records series, 1887-1991 (bulk 1920-1935) | | | | Accession: | SE007 | | | | Creator: | Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Campsall served as personal secretary to Henry Ford. His papers contain records on the various interests, activities and properties of Henry Ford, including a large subseries concerning the Wayside Inn in Massachusetts. | | | | Subjects: | Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Brooks, Harry, 1902-1928 | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Ganghe, Mahatma, 1869-1948 | Howe family | Sack, Israel, 1883-1959 | Sorensen, Charles Emil, 1881-1968 | Sturdevant, Joseph L. | Dearborn Country Club | Dearborn Realty and Construction Company | Ford Homes Historic District (Dearborn, Mich.) | Henry Ford Farms | Henry Ford Hospital | Oscar II (Ship) | Scotch Settlement School | Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) | Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) | Anti-Semitism | Dance | Labor unions | Mills and mill-work | Voyages and travels | Water-power | La Belle (Fla.) | England | Richmond Hill (Ga.) | Savannah (Ga.) | South America | Stratford (Va.) | Sudbury (Mass.) | Blueprints (reprographic copies) | Clippings | Photographs | Postcards | Publications | Scrapbooks | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 7 | Title: | Carl (Charles) Cappel Papers | | | | Accession: | 2013.19 | | | | Creator: | Cappel, Carl (Charles), 1895-1971 | | | | Abstract: | Carl (Charles) Cappel owned Cappel & Co. in Dusseldorf, Germany, which made specialized truck bodies on Ford Truck frames. He also owned Ford and Lincoln dealerships in Germany before World War II. From 1939 to 1960, Cappel owned a Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln dealership in Richmond Hill, New York. The collection contains approximately 140 photographic prints of the dealer buildings, truck bodies, and dealer events, including the 1939 New York World's Fair. Also included are postcards depicting automobiles, a Lincoln plant and the Menlo Park Laboratory in Greenfield Village; a medallion from the Ford Plant in Koln, Germany; and two handmade wooden carvings of the Ford V8 logo and the Ford Motor Company oval logo. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 8 | Title: | Charles H. Carroll Papers, 1947-1955 | | | | Accession: | 2017.25 | | | | Creator: | Carroll, Charles H. | | | | Abstract: | Charles H. Carroll began his career as a Steel Purchasing Agent at Henry Ford & Son in 1918 and retired as the Director of Purchasing for Ford Motor Company in 1955. His papers consist of an employee badge, a retirement tribute book, congratulatory correspondence, and a photograph album. Note: This is an unprocessed collection. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | Henry Ford & Son, Inc. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 11 | Title: | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 12 | Title: | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 13 | Title: | Automotive product literature collection, 1895-ongoing | | | | Accession: | 175 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | The Automotive Product Literature collection is an intentionally assembled collection of sales, promotional and informational material published by automotive manufacturers and used primarily by automotive dealers or sales agents to market and sell automobiles. The collection includes sales brochures, press kits, press releases, service bulletins, photographs, comparative literature, color and trim books and color chips, salesman's manuals, owner's manuals and reference books for over 1000 past and present automobile manufacturers worldwide. | | | | Subjects: | Automobile industry and trade | Automobile dealers | Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Automobiles, Foreign | Automobiles, Steam | Edsel automobile | Automobiles, Electric | Ford automobile | General Motors automobiles | Lincoln automobile | Mercury automobile | Marketing | Sales promotion | Press releases | Ford Motor Company. | General Motors Corporation | Brochures | Manuals (instructional materials). | Photographs | Publications | Sales catalogs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 14 | Title: | Broadside collection, 1689-2000 | | | | Accession: | RC.10 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | Broadsides were a popular medium of information in the 19th century. Printed in a wide variety of single sheet sizes, they were used to advertise products, services, sales and entertainments. They were also used to announce public events, political candidates and commemorative ceremonies. While broadsides are largely textual, many contain illustrations along with the text. The examples in the collection date primarily from the mid 19th century, but representative 18th and 20th century work is included. The collection is arranged by size, then by object ID number. | | | | Subjects: | Broadsides (Notices) | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 16 | Title: | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 19 | Title: | Coloring book collection, 1894-ongoing (bulk 1952-1975) | | | | Accession: | RC.11 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | The coloring book collection consists of books containing line drawings, primarily for children to paint or color. Many, but not all, of these books are souvenirs of tourist sites or museums including Colonial Williamsburg, The Adirondack Museum, Shelburne Museum, Hagley Museum and The Smithsonian. Other general topics include pilgrims, the founding fathers, Christmas and the first moon landing. Coloring books of local interest include a 1987 book entitled "A Special Gift to Children, Henry and Clara Ford's Santa's Workshop" and the 1990 "Old Fashioned Farm Life Coloring Book, Nineteenth-Century Activities on the Firestone Farm and Greenfield Village". | | | | Subjects: | Firestone Farm. | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Children--Travel | Coloring for children | Creative activities and seat work | Museums | Tourism | Travel | Coloring books | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 20 | Title: | Copied Photographs and Documents Subseries, 1890-1980. "O" File of Copy Negatives. | | | | Accession: | 1660 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | Copied photographs and documents subseries, 1890-1980 (41.2 cubic ft.), is comprised of negatives and prints of copies of documents and photographs. The copies of documents, known as the "D" file, are photographic copies of letters, telegrams, jottings, legal papers, advertisements and other material relating to Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company as they were needed for publication or reference use. Primarily a negative file, there are some prints filed with the negatives. The copied photographs, known as the "O" file, are negatives and reproductions of historical photographs reproduced from both internal and external sources. See also Accession 1660. | | | | Subjects: | Photographs | Negatives (Photographic) | Photographic prints | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 22 | Title: | Detroit University School Yearbook "Helicon" Collection, 1906-1935 | | | | Accession: | 79.300.1461 | | | | Creator: | Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists of five editions of the Detroit University School yearbook, "Helicon", along with a booklet from 1915 announcing "The New Detroit University School". The editions of the "Helicon" date from 1906, 1908, 1912, 1913, and 1935. Edsel Ford attended the school from 1905 to 1912, and is mentioned as an alumnus in the 1913 edition. Several of the editions appear to have been removed from other Ford Motor Company accessions in the Research Center holdings, including 64.167.1 and 64.167.13. | | | | Subjects: | Detroit University School (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 | School yearbooks | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 23 | Title: | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 25 | Title: | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 28 | Title: | Mechanical and Electrical Power Collection, 1785-1940 | | | | Accession: | 2005.0.32.0 | | | | Creator: | Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | An assembled collection containing a variety of material relating to mechanical and electrical power, the collection is divided into four series: Electrical Power, Internal Combustion Power, Steam Power, and Other Power Sources. Included are manuscript materials, newspaper and professional trade journal clippings, original trade literature, technical drawings, a few ephemera items, and photographic prints. The Electrical Power series is the largest series with 140 electric power suppliers and electrical equipment manufacturers represented. | | | | Subjects: | Boilers | Electric batteries | Electrical engineering | Electric generators | Electric power | Electric lighting, Incandescent | Electric power systems | Electricity | Electric railroad trains. | Engines | Internal combustion engines | Motors | Power-plants | Power (Mechanics) | Power transmission | Steam power plants | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 | Humberstone, James, 1909- | Morton, Herbert Frederick, 1890-1966 | Smith, Fred | Edison Electric Light Company | Edison General Electric Company | Ford Motor Company | General Electric Company | Henry Ford (Organization) | Menlo Park Laboratory | Technical drawings | Blueprints (Reprographic copies) | Clippings (Information artifacts) | Patents | Photographs | Trade catalogs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 29 | Title: | New and Unprocessed Archival Accessions, April 2020 | | | | Accession: | none | | | | Creator: | Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | The Benson Ford Research Center, home to the Archives of The Henry Ford, holds more than 3000 individual collections, or accessions. Many of these accessions remain partially or completely unprocessed and do not have detailed finding aids. In order to provide a measure of insight into these materials, the Archives has assembled this listing of more than 1100 new and unprocessed accessions.
Accessions are listed alphabetically by title in two groups: New Accessions contains materials acquired 2018-2020, and Accessions 1929-2017 contains materials acquired since the opening of The Henry Ford in 1929 through 2017.
The list will be updated periodically to include new acquisitions and remove those that have been more fully described. Researchers interested in access to any of the collections listed here should contact Benson Ford Research Center staff (email: research.center@thehenryford.org) to discuss collection availability. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 30 | Title: | Packard Motor Car Company Building Drawings, 1904-1959 | | | | Accession: | 2001.176 | | | | Creator: | Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | Collection of approximately 640 drawings for Packard Motor Car Company buildings located in Detroit, Michigan. Primarily blueprint reproductions of drawings originally dating from 1904-1959, with bulk dating 1910-1930. Blueprints date 1924-1959. Majority of original drawings done by Albert Kahn, Inc. under job number 201. Other drawings done by the Packard Motor Car Co. Plant Engineering Division and Construction Department; the Sessions Engineering Company; and Trussed Concrete Steel Company. NOTE: This is an UNPROCESSED COLLECTION and has not yet been prepared for routine service (i.e. housed for safe handling, labeled, and cataloged). Access may be restricted in order to maintain physical and intellectual control, and is at the discretion of archives personnel. | | | | Subjects: | Packard Motor Car Company | Albert Kahn Associates | Detroit (Mich.) | Architecture (Discipline) | Blueprints (Reprographic copies) | Architectural drawings (Visual works) | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 32 | Title: | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 35 | Title: | Research Center General Brochure and Pamphlet Collection, 1921-2019 (bulk 1948-1967) | | | | Accession: | RC.12 | | | | Creator: | Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | The General Brochure and Pamphlet Collection is an intentionally assembled collection which includes material published by non-profit, government and corporate organizations that provide information about their products, services or viewpoints. The collection includes several Civil Defense brochures from the 1950s and 1960s. Organizations represented include the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, Federal Civil Defense Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Freedom Associates, among others. The collection is arranged by subject. | | | | Subjects: | Advertising, Classified | Antisemitism | Atheism | Automobiles--Societies, etc. | Automobile driving | Child care services | Christianity | Christmas | Civil defense | Civil defense--Biological warfare | Civil engineering | Civil rights | Clothing and dress | Communications, Military | Conelrad | Coffee--Processing | Container industry | Cooking | Dairy products | Dams | Diet therapy | Dogs | Ecology | Education | Electric industries | Electric utilities | Emblems, State | Emergency communication systems | Emergency food supply | Emergency water supply | Ethics | Crops--Corn | Crops--Soybeans | First aid in illness and injury | Gardening | Industrial safety | Industries--Defense measures | Insurance | Interior decoration | Nuclear power plants | Nuclear weapons | Nutrition | Olympics | Public speaking | Radio broadcasting | Radioactive fallout | Radiation -- Measurement | Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) | Survival | Taxation | Transportation | Water--Fluoridation | Waterways | Weight loss | Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant (Mich.) | United Farm Workers of America | United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. | International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural | Implement Workers of America | Olympic Winter Games (8th : 1960 : Squaw Valley, Calif.) | Boston (Mass.)--Centennial celebrations, etc. | United States--Economic conditions | Scientific research. | Brochures | Pamphlets | American Association for the Advancement of Atheism | American Automobile Association | American Dairy Association | American Radio Relay League | American Water Works Association | Coffee Development Group (U.S.) | Congress of Racial Equality | Freedom Associates | Foundation for Economic Education, Inc. | International Labor Defense | Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | National Science Foundation (U.S.) | Northrup King & Co. | Smith, Kline & French Laboratories | Socialist Labor Party | Trumbull Electric Manufacturing Co. | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers | United States. Dept. of Agriculture | United States. Dept. of Commerce | United States. Dept. of Labor | United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration | United States. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization | White Panther Party | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 36 | Title: | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 38 | Title: | Research Center Menu Collection, 1861-1994 | | | | Accession: | RC.17 | | | | Creator: | Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | The Menu Collection is an assembled collection which includes printed menus from a variety of establishments that provide meal services, including hotels, coffee shops, railroad dining cars, and so forth. Wine lists and menus for special meals are included as well as menus for an estab1ishments standard fare. | | | | Subjects: | Cooking | Food | Restaurants | Menus | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 39 | Title: | Research Center Paper Doll Collection, 1850-2008 | | | | Accession: | RC.19 | | | | Creator: | Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | The Paper Doll Collection is an intentionally assembled colleciton which consists of both commercially produced and handmade dolls. The dolls are organized by size and by date within each size division. The last boxes contain paper dolls in their original boxes. | | | | Subjects: | Paper dolls | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 40 | Title: | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 42 | Title: | Selden Patent Lawsuit Collection, 1891-1955 (bulk 1900-1925) | | | | Accession: | 86.1.1704 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | The Selden patent lawsuit collection contains documents, correspondence, financial reports, and photographs relating to George B. Selden's patent for road vehicles and the Electric Vehicle Company v. Ford lawsuit. | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Selden, George Baldwin, 1848-1922 | Ford Motor Company | Electric Vehicle Company (Hartford, Conn.) | Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers (U.S.) | National Association of Automobile Manufacturers | Automobile Board of Trade | National Automobile Chamber of Commerce | Automobile Manufacturers Association | Automobiles--Design and construction | Automobiles--Exhibitions | Automobiles--History | Automobiles--Motors | Automobile industry and trade | Financial statements | Ford Motor Company--Trials, litigation, etc | Auditors’ reports | Automobiles--Patents | Patents suits | Patent infringement | Lantern slides | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 45 | Title: | Automotive industry design oral histories collection, 1980-1988 | | | | Accession: | 1673 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center. | | | | Abstract: | The Automotive Industry Design Oral Histories collection consists of tapes and transcripts of interviews with automotive designers conducted by David Crippen of The Henry Ford staff during the late 1980s. There are approximately 118 interviews, some of which are available digitally and online: http://www.autolife.umd.umich.edu/Oral_histories.htm | | | | Subjects: | Automobiles--Design and construction | Automobile industry and trade | Industrial designers | Women designers | Andrews, Robert F. | Arrington, L. D. | Bernays, Edward. | Bordinat, Eugene. | Boyer, Robert A. | Brunn, Herman C. | Buehrig, Gordon. | Chapin, Roy D. (Roy Dikeman), 1880-1936. | Exner, Virgil M. (Virgil Max), 1909-1973. | Ford, Bill, 1957- | Ford, Henry, 1917-1987. | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. | Gregorie, E. T. | Halderman, Gail. | Hodges, Audrey Moore. | Holls, David R. | MacMinn, Strother, 1918- | Madawick, Tucker P. | Mitchell, William L. (William Leroy), 1912-1988. | Morris, C. Lester | Najjar, John. | Rybicki, Irvin W. | Shenk, William B. | Teague, W. Dorwin. | Thomas, Robert | Tremulis, Alex Sarantos | Vanderbilt, Suzanne E. | Vandermolen, Willemina J. | Veraldi, Lewis C. | Walker, George W. | DaimlerChrysler | Ford Motor Company. | General Motors Corporation | Oral histories | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 49 | Title: | Thomas A. Edison collection, 1860-1980 (bulk 1860-1950) | | | | Accession: | 1630 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center. | | | | Abstract: | Thomas A. Edison was a great American inventor, applying for 1,093 patents during his lifetime. The collection includes correspondence, drawings, notes, financial records, artifacts, photographs and negatives concerning his work, family, associates and relationship with Henry Ford. | | | | Subjects: | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Edison family | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 | Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928 | Edison Pioneers | Henry Ford (Organization) | Menlo Park Laboratory | Light’s Golden Jubilee (1929) | Electric engineers | Historic buildings | Inventors--United States | Inventions | Incandescent lamps | Sound recording industry | Correspondence | Financial records | Maps | Negatives | Patents | Photographs | Photograph albums | Scrapbooks | Sketches | Technical drawings | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 51 | Title: | Wright brothers collection, 1867-2006 (bulk 1903-1956) | | | | Accession: | 1623 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center. | | | | Abstract: | The Wright Brothers collection is comprised of published material, photographs, and some correspondence, primarily from the period following the first Wright brother's flight on December 17, 1903. | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. | Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 | Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 | Wright family | Wright Aeronautical Corporation. | Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village. | Aeronautics--United States--History. | Airplanes--Design and construction | Gliders (Aeronautics) | Clippings. | Correspondence. | Photographs. | Scrapbooks | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 52 | Title: | Don Chadwick Papers, 1972-2011 | | | | Accession: | 2019.148 | | | | Creator: | Chadwick, Don, 1936- | | | | Abstract: | Don Chadwick is one of the noted industrial designers on the Herman Miller team, responsible for projects like the Ergon and Aeron chairs in collaboration with Bill Stumpf, as well as the Chadwick Modular Seating system and the Ethospace system. Materials include project drawings, schematics, and reports, as well as 35mm slides and use test photographs. Extent: 22.6 cubic ft. (13 boxes, 35 rolls, 7 flat file drawers). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | Chadwick, Don (Donald T.), 1936- | Kelley, Jack | Stumpf, Bill, 1936-2006 | Chadwick Studio | Chadwick, Stumpf, and Associates | Forms+Surfaces, Inc. | Herman Miller Research Corporation | Herman Miller, Inc. | Chair design | Chairs (Furniture forms) | Ergonomics | Furniture | Furniture design | Human comfort | Industrial design | Office chairs | Office furniture | Office layout | Offices | Seating--Furniture | Hospitals--Furniture, equipment, etc. | United States, Los Angeles (California) | United States, Santa Monica (California) | United States, Zeeland (Michigan) | Advertisements | Blueprints (reprographic copies) | Color photographs | Color slides | Color transparencies | Correspondence | Design drawings | Drawings | Film reels | Memorandums | Photographic prints | Posters | Promotional materials | Reports | Sketches | Slides (photographs) | Technical drawings | Technical reports | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 53 | Title: | Jenny Young Chandler Photographs collection, 1890-1915 | | | | Accession: | 32.351 | | | | Creator: | Chandler, Jenny Young, 1865-1922 | | | | Abstract: | Jenny Young Chandler was a photojournalist working in the area of Brooklyn, New York in the early 20th century. More than 1,000 images, photographic prints and glass plate negatives, depict people from all walks of life, the decorative arts, streetscapes and waterscapes, etc. | | | | Subjects: | Chandler, Jenny Young, 1865-1922 | Antiques | Art objects | Beaches | Boats | Child labor | Children | Children’s games | Decorative arts | Farms | Immigrants | Museums | Nomads | Parks | Photojournalists | Photomicrography | Play | Recreation | Schools | Shipwrights | Shorelines | Streetscapes (urban design) | Work | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) | Long Island, N. Y. | Queens (New York, N. Y.) | Photographs | Photographic prints | Glass negatives | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 54 | Title: | Automotive Related Programs Collection, 1896-1991 | | | | Accession: | 1708 | | | | Creator: | Clark, Henry Austin | | | | Abstract: | The Automotive-Related Programs Collection is composed primarily of programs and score cards dealing with automobile events. This collection also includes information on other modes of transportation related to the rise of automobile use, such as horse-drawn carriages, bicycles, motorcycles and airplanes. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 55 | Title: | Henry Austin Clark, Jr. papers, 1852-1990 (Bulk 1895-1979) | | | | Accession: | 1764 | | | | Creator: | Clark, Henry Austin Jr., 1917-1991 | | | | Abstract: | Personal papers and documents from car collector, museum owner and devotee of all things automobile, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. | | | | Subjects: | Clark, Henry Austin, Jr. 1917-1991 | Bridgehampton Road Races Corporation | Long Island Automobile Museum | Antique and classic cars | Antique and classic motorcycles | Antique and classic trucks | Antique and classic tractors | Automobile racing drivers | Automobile racing fans | Automobile racing in art | Automobile travel | Automobiles, Collectors and collecting | Automobiles, Equipment and supplies | Automobiles, Exhibitions | Automobiles, Foreign | Automobiles, History | Automobiles, Museums | Automobiles, Parts | Automobiles, Racing | Automobiles, Restoration | Automobiles, Steam | Busses | Commercial vehicles | Long Island Motor Parkway (N.Y.) | Taxicabs | Transportation, automotive | Trucks | Black-and-white photographs | Copy prints | Photographs | Photograph albums | Scrapbooks | Posters | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 56 | Title: | Henry Austin Clark Jr. Photograph collection, 1853-1988 | | | | Accession: | 1774 | | | | Creator: | Clark, Henry Austin, Jr., 1917-1991 | | | | Abstract: | The photograph collection of Henry Austin Clark Jr. collector, museum owner and devotee, documents the history of the automobile in Europe and the United States. | | | | Subjects: | Clark, Henry Austin, Jr., 1917-1991 | Long Island Automobile Museum | Vanderbilt Cup Race | Indianapolis Speedway Race | Transcontinental journeys, 1900-1910 | Agricultural machinery | Airplanes | Antique and classic cars | Antique and classic motorcycles | Antique and classic trucks | Antique and classic tractors | Automobile driving | Automobile industry executives | Automobile manufacturers | Automobile racing drivers | Automobile racing fans | Automobile racing in art | Automobile traveling | Automobiles, Collectors and collecting | Automobiles, Electric | Automobiles, Equipment and supplies | Automobiles, Exhibitions | Automobiles, Foreign | Automobiles, History | Automobiles, Museums | Automobiles, Parts | Automobiles, Racing | Automobiles, Restoration | Automobiles, Steam | Busses | Commercial vehicles | Long Island Motor Parkway (N.Y.) | Taxicabs | Transportation, automotive | Trucks | Black-and-white negatives | Black-and-white photographs | Color slides | Copy prints | Motion pictures (visual work) | Photographs | Photograph albums | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 60 | Title: | John F. Kennedy Assassination Teletype Messages, 22 November 1963 | | | | Accession: | 97.1.1798 | | | | Creator: | Dow Jones & Co. | | | | Abstract: | On 22 November 1963, Theodore Mecke was the Vice President of Public Affairs at Ford Motor Company. That day, news of President John F. Kennedy's assassination came across the wire, with the Dow Jones Co. updating the information as it became available. At the end of the day, Mr. Mecke retrieved the sheets from his waste basket, believing they were of historical significance.
The John F. Kennedy Assassination Teletype Messages contains 61 broad sheet paper tape printouts, as well as the clipboard Mr. Mecke used to store them.
The collection is open for research. 2 cubic ft. (4 boxes). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 61 | Title: | Howard E. Coffin Journal, 1904 | | | | Accession: | 1705 | | | | Creator: | Coffin, Howard E., 1873-1937 | | | | Abstract: | Included in this collection is a journal, made during a European trip, in which he indicated the best features he found in foreign cars, both in comments and in sketches. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 62 | Title: | Cogswell Brothers General Store Records | | | | Accession: | 28.459.7 | | | | Creator: | Cogswell, Charles | | | | Abstract: | These records document the operation of the Cogswell Brothers General Store of Cincinnatus, New York from 1882 to 1891, and include correspondence, bills, invoices, and an undated list of priced goods. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 63 | Title: | 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Publications Collection, 1893 | | | | Accession: | 2019.10 | | | | Creator: | Bancroft Company | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of three sets of publications produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois. A group of 20 prints in color and black-and-white illustrating scenes from the Exposition; an incomplete portfolio set titled, "World’s Fair Art Series", published by N.D. Thompson Publishing Co.; and a large-format book, "The Book of the Fair", in nine volumes, by Hubert Howe Bancroft. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 65 | Title: | A.B. Dick Company Records, 1884-1998 | | | | Accession: | 2004.3 | | | | Creator: | A.B. Dick Company | | | | Abstract: | The A.B. Dick Company Records, 1884-1998, contain corporate records, photographic prints, product information and samples, company publications, product service manuals, clippings, printing plates, advertisements, motion pictures, sound recordings, and artwork regarding the office equipment A.B. Dick produced for over a century. | | | | Subjects: | A.B. Dick Company | Dick, Albert Blake, 1856-1934 | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Teague, Walter Dorwin, 1883-1960 | Indianapolis Speedway Race | New York World's Fair (1939-1940: New York, N.Y.) | World's Columbian Exposition (1893: Chicago, Ill.) | Advertising | Automobile racing | Copying | Electric typewriters | Indy cars | Mimeograph | Newsletters | Office equipment and supplies | Office equipment and supplies industry--United States | Offset printing | Photocopying machines | Printing machinery and supplies | Chicago (Ill.) | Niles (Ill.) | Advertisements | Annual reports | Brochures | CD-ROMs | Clippings (information artifacts) | DVDs | Filmstrips | Manuals (instructional materials) | Negatives (photographic) | Operating manuals | Phonograph records | Photographic prints | Publications | Sales catalogs | Samples | Scrapbooks | Slides (photographs) | Sound recordings | Trade catalogs | Trademarks | Videocassettes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 66 | Title: | Accession 1031 | | | | Accession: | 1031 | | | | Creator: | J. Walter Thompson Company | | | | Abstract: | Created art work for Ford Motor Company Advertisements received in spring or summer of 1968: Color photographs; tempera paintings; and pen and ink drawings of all Ford Division cars, trucks; parts and accessories; Philco products; service ads; 1964 New York World's Fair advertisements and an advertisement showing the Rouge Plant. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 67 | Title: | Accession 1080 | | | | Accession: | 1080 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Vehicle engineering data books and manuals, 1948-1961. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 68 | Title: | Accession 1192 | | | | Accession: | 1192 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Plant brochures, 1912-1956 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 69 | Title: | Accession 1209 | | | | Accession: | 1209 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Dealer training slide films, circa 1933-1935. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 70 | Title: | Accession 1228 | | | | Accession: | 1228 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Corporate Advertising and Sales. Harry H. Phillips papers, 1959-1967. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 71 | Title: | Accession 1278 | | | | Accession: | 1278 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Photograph of advertisement for "The Fordmobile" in the July 1, 1903, issue of Country Life in America, headlined "Boss of the Road". This advertisement is similar to other early advertisements in our collection. The Company apparently used slightly different advertisements in each periodical in 1903. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 72 | Title: | Accession 1392 | | | | Accession: | 1392 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Ford Airport log books. Entered in these logs were the daily arrivals and departures from Ford Airport. Each entry includes the pilot's name, a description of the plane, where it arrived from, time of departure, and the destination. In some cases, the plane's owner was also noted. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 73 | Title: | Accession 1545 | | | | Accession: | 1545 | | | | Creator: | J. Walter Thompson Company | | | | Abstract: | Ford product advertisement materials. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 74 | Title: | Accession 1609 | | | | Accession: | 1609 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Material on race cars, performance and competitive events related to Ford, Lincoln Mercury and Ford International Divisions. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 75 | Title: | Accession 469 | | | | Accession: | 469 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 76 | Title: | Accession 810 | | | | Accession: | 810 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Recordings of FMC promotion, "Hi Jinx" program | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 77 | Title: | Accession 817 | | | | Accession: | 817 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 78 | Title: | Accession 838 | | | | Accession: | 838 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Manuals and catalogues Foreign translations. Mostly Spanish, 1941-1961; some French and English. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 79 | Title: | Accession 901 | | | | Accession: | 901 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Bombard Engineering File | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 80 | Title: | Accession 967 | | | | Accession: | 967 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Selected documents for Ford Motor Company 60th Anniversary celebration. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 81 | Title: | Accession 968 | | | | Accession: | 968 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Photographs. One box. Album prepared for Henry Ford, "Ford Motorships." Additional 150 photographs of related subjects. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 82 | Title: | Accession 969 | | | | Accession: | 969 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Public Relations--Foreign language papers in the U.S. Clippings(mounted and unmounted) from Inter-Racial Press of America, 1952-54, showing translations of Ford Motor Company releases. Reports on coverage. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 83 | Title: | Accession 970 | | | | Accession: | 970 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Branch Operations--Letters and photographs. Max L. Wiesmyer files. Period: 1950s. Elaborate report on Iron Mountain, 1951. Also 1938 albums on several foreign branches. | | | | Subjects: | Wiesmyer, Max L. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 84 | Title: | Accession 981 | | | | Accession: | 981 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Microfilms of archives accessions. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 85 | Title: | Allegheny Plate Glass Company Records | | | | Accession: | 64.167.603 | | | | Creator: | Allegheny Plate Glass Company | | | | Abstract: | Pamphlet and book covering plate glass as produced by the Allegheny Plate Glass Company, Glassmere, Pennsylvania, which was acquired by Ford Motor Company in 1923. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 86 | Title: | "The American Cowboy" Film Collection, circa 1956-1959 | | | | Accession: | 2001.1.1821 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | In the 1950s, Ford Motor Company produced a film entitled "The American Cowboy." In the film, a reporter travels from Detroit to the Roberson Hereford Ranch in Gunnison, Colorado, to research a story on modern cowboys. The reporter is surprised to see how modernization has updated many aspects of cowboy life, and yet many aspects of cowboy life remained as they had been. "The American Cowboy" Film Collection contains one reel of motion picture film, in color and with sound, and a running length of approximately 28 minutes. The collection is open for research; however, access to the original film footage is restricted. 0.6 cubic ft. (1 oversize box containing 1 reel of film). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 88 | Title: | Autocar photograph collection, 1898-1949 | | | | Accession: | 424 | | | | Creator: | Autocar Company | | | | Abstract: | UNPROCESSED. Collection consists of images recording the development of the Autocar Company including company plants, operations, personnel and all automobiles, trucks and buses manufactured by the company. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 90 | Title: | Automotive Press Kit Collection, 2006 Addendum, 1945-2000 (bulk 1990-2000) | | | | Accession: | 1845.1 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The Automotive Press Kit collection, 2006 Addendum, is an intentionally assembled collection consisting of press kits, packets, and releases. The press kits encompass a wide variety of American and foreign automotive and automotive-related manufacturers and include press releases for publication, photographs, slides, and electronic media. | | | | Subjects: | Advertising--Automobiles | Advertising--Transportation | Automobile industry and trade | Automobile supply industry. | Automobiles--Design and construction | Automobiles--Exhibitions. | Automobiles--Maintenance and repair | Automobile racing | Automobiles--Parts. | Farm equipment | Ford trucks | Marketing | Sales promotion | Sport utility vehicles | Traffic safety | Tractors | Trucks | Press releases | Ford Motor Company--Anniversaries, etc. | Ford Motor Company--Employees. | Ford Motor Company--Executives. | Ford Motor Company. Office of Public Relations. | Ford Motor Company--Public relations. | Compact discs | Photographs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 92 | Title: | Bailey Controls Collection, circa 1992 | | | | Accession: | 92.52 | | | | Creator: | Bailey Controls Company | | | | Abstract: | Bailey Controls was founded in 1916 by Ervin G. Bailey as the Bailey Meter Company. The business manufactured industrial meters and controls, first in Boston, Massachusetts, and later in Cleveland, Ohio. The Bailey Controls Collection consists of two VHS videocassettes, one entitled "PC-665 Project" and the other featuring a project produced by Young & Rubicom, dated 19 November 1992, which includes 14 segments on assorted topics, ranging from 15 to 30 minutes in length. 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 93 | Title: | Berry College and Berry Academy Records | | | | Accession: | 1024 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Berry College and Berry Academy. a) Booklet, "Drawings of Berry College and Berry Academy. 1967." b) Magazine: Berry Alumni Quarterly, February, 1968. c) Decorative color map of campuses of college and academy. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 94 | Title: | Book of Human Interest Stories | | | | Accession: | 1018 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Book of "human intepest" stories, talks and addresses by city officials - published by the Sociological Dept of Ford Motor Co. Categories include: 1. letters from city officials 2. "human interest stories" 3. talks at meetings by socialogical investigators 4. letters and plates relative to the Ford English School. Emphasis is upon the positive sociological effects of the Profit Sharing Plan upon the employees of Ford Motor Co. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 98 | Title: | Buyers Agreement | | | | Accession: | 1030 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Agreement between Glenn E. Brubaker, dealer and Paul Schuster, buyer for a 1916 Ford Touring Car. Not a Ford Motor Co. form. Brubaker apparently sold other makes of cars and the name Ford Motor Co. is written into an appropriate blank space. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 99 | Title: | Catalog, Books About Ford | | | | Accession: | 1041 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The first Polyprints catalog, "Books About Ford". Booklet illustrating available reprints and giving capsule history of Ford Motor Company. Illustrated with pictures from Ford history. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 100 | Title: | Clarence W. Olmstead records series, 1915-1954 (bulk 1936-1940) | | | | Accession: | 554 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The Clarence W. Olmstead records series contains attendance figures, budgets, contracts, correspondence, departmental communications, exhibit specifications, lectures, newspaper clippings, negatives, photographs, press releases publications, reports, speeches, and other records documenting the planning, implementation, and final analysis of Ford Motor Company exhibits at international, national, regional, and local events in the 1930s and 1940s. | | | | Subjects: | Black, Fred L., 1891-1971. | Cameron, William John, 1879-1955 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 | Olmstead, Clarence W. | Ford Motor Company--Public relations. | Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village. | Ford Rotunda (Dearborn, Mich.) | California Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.) | Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) | Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.) | Great Lakes Exposition (1936-1937 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Mid-America Exposition (1946 : Cleveland, Ohio) | Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.) | Texas Centennial (1936 : Dallas, Tex.) | New York World's Fair (1939-1940) | Advertising--Automobiles | Automobile industry and trade | Exhibit booths | Exhibition buildings | Exhibitions--United States. | Roads | Press releases | Clippings | Negatives | Photographs | Speeches | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 101 | Title: | Clyde Ford Memoir | | | | Accession: | 1068 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Clyde Ford Memoir on Dearborn history written in the 1920's. Contains information on the Ford family. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 105 | Title: | Dearborn Engineering Accounting Records, 1918-1945 | | | | Accession: | 780 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Accounting Records-Accts Distribution Nov. 1941-June 1945; "C" roll; Labor recaps Oct. 1943-Sept. 1944; Cash record Sept. 3, 1918-April 30, 1920. Ledger White Mil1ing Co. for 1921. From Dearborn Engineering. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 111 | Title: | Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant Records, 1952-1975 | | | | Accession: | 75.2 | | | | Creator: | Detroit Edison Company | | | | Abstract: | The records describe the design, construction, operation, and decommission of one of the earliest power generating nuclear reactors in the United States. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 115 | Title: | Extract from Book, Diary of an Art Dealer | | | | Accession: | 1077 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Extract from book "Diary of an Art Dealer" by Rene Gimpel. (New York 1966). Electrostatic copy of pages relating to Henry Ford. Gimpel met Ford while traveling through America. The passages record his personal impressions of Henry Ford. Tells of a Ford dance he attended. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 116 | Title: | Ferguson Tractor Records, 1939-1947 | | | | Accession: | 751 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Ferguson Tractor Data. Photostats-no original documents. Includes correspondence, profit and loss statements, price data, pricing schedules, price comparisons, discount schedules, sales, profit volume comparison charts, statements of income, etc. 1939-1947. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | Ferguson tractors | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 117 | Title: | Ferguson vs. Ford Motor Company Records | | | | Accession: | 93.1.380 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The records include correspondence, financial reports, advertising samples, and agriculture trade journals primarily from Henry Ford's office files. These documents cover Henry Ford's tractor developments during World War I as well as his diverse interests in agricultural engineering and development. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 121 | Title: | Ford Marketing Pre-Publication Collection, 1974 | | | | Accession: | 1902 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Consists of pre-publication materials for works published by the Marketing Department of Ford Motor Company Industrial Engine Operations. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 122 | Title: | Ford Motor Company 1949 Ford Introduction Scrapbook | | | | Accession: | 00.1334.498 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a single oversize scrapbook titled, "Presenting the 1949 Ford". A variety of aspects of the introduction of the 1949 Ford are described, including planning, advertising, television appearances, dealer and regional showings around the US, magazine and periodical appearances, attendance figures, and the public introduction at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City on June 18, 1949. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 123 | Title: | Ford Motor Company 1962 Mustang Roadster Engineering Drawings | | | | Accession: | 2018.80 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Unprocessed collection of 25 technical drawings produced by Ford Motor Company showing various components of Ford's Experimental Sports Car, the Mustang Roadster of 1962 (now better known by the retronym Mustang I). The plans may have been used by Troutman & Barnes of Los Angeles, California, when that firm prepared the aluminum body for the working prototype. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 124 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Accounting Basis Sheets, 1923-1940 | | | | Accession: | 2002.1.1833 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Single ledger containing accounting cost basis sheets listing, by year of acquisition, the basis, gross additions, and retirements by year for each depreciable plant asset account for Ford Motor Company, Lincoln Motor Company, Fordson Coal Company, and Ford Motor Company Exports, Inc. Extent: 0.20 cubic ft. (1 bound ledger). The collection is open for research. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 127 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Aircraft Literature, Blueprints, and Photographs Collection, 1938-1945 | | | | Accession: | 754 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Consists of correspondence, catalogs, manuals, promotional brochures, technical publications, scientific journal articles, test reports, and design drawings related to the design and production of aircraft and aircraft components. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 128 | Title: | Ford Motor Company and the Urban League Research, 1954-1964, 1968 | | | | Accession: | 2007.1.1934 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Brief report on research conducted in 1968 by Ford Motor Company to document their interactions with the Urban League. Results were reported by Louise Craig to Mott B. Heath. Materials include a summary memo, listing of sources, and several photocopied pages made from archival and other sources. Correspondence with Ford and the National Urban League, the Detroit Urban League, and H.N. Robinson of Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Detroit, regarding the 1959 convention of the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Extent: 0.01 cubic ft. (1 folder). The collection is open for research. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 129 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Audio Demonstration Tapes, 1972-1977 | | | | Accession: | 2007.1.1914 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Consists of three 8-track cassette tapes used for demonstration purposes to highlight Ford audio systems. The tapes are compilations of various artists. Accession originally maintained by Vince Liska, Shelby Registrar, Shelby American Automobile Club. | | | | Subjects: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 130 | Title: | Ford Motor Company B-24 Flight Test Records, 1943-1945 | | | | Accession: | 71.300.1982 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists of two binders containing handwritten notes documenting test flights of B-24 Liberator aircraft produced by Ford Motor Company at their Willow Run facility during the period 1943-1945. Information recorded includes flight date, weather, ship number, mechanic and pilot last names, and notes regarding aircraft performance during flight. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 131 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Branch Operations Records, circa 1946 | | | | Accession: | 2004.1.1865 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Compilation of data pertinent to Ford's small plants, including data on cost, depreciation reserves, book value,location, date of acquisition, acreage, plant facilities, product, tax data and/or photograph, plat map, etc., for each plant(as of 1946). | | | | Subjects: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 134 | Title: | Ford Motor Company, D.W. Flint Financial Records, 1921-1932 | | | | Accession: | 64.167.749 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Financial records of numerous companies which were subsidaries of Ford Motor, or in which Henry Ford had an interest. Includes financial statements, check registers, journal vouchers, ledger cards, etc. A general ledger for advertising costs in various operations in Connecticut giving the advertising costs. Ford Motor Sales Co., Park Central Motors Servlce, Inc., D. W. Flint and Seaboard Properties records are just a few of the companies represented in this group. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 139 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Foreign Operations Records, 1924-1958 | | | | Accession: | 2004.1.879 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Corporate records of Ford overseas affiliates in Europe, including prospecti, financial summaries, agreements, minutes of shareholder meetings, minutes of executive committee meetings, reports, briefs and translations, articles of association, registrations, photographs, balance sheets, correspondence, and other supporting records. The records aiso contain a few files regarding Ford credit companies in Europe. The records document the reorganization of Ford's European operations in 1929, which piaced most European operations under the aegis of Ford of England led by Sir Percival Perry. | | | | Subjects: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 141 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Freighter Stationery, circa 1970 | | | | Accession: | 93.117 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Stationery from Ford Motor Company Great Lakes freighter ships, circa 1970. Each sheet of cut paper is printed with an image of the ship, ship name, Ford logo and the Ford house flag. Envelopes are printed with the name and image of the ship. Ships included are, the S.S. John Dykstra; the S.S. Ernest R. Breech; the M.S. Henry Ford II; the S.S. William Clay Ford; and the M.S. Benson Ford. The collection is open for research. 0.2 cubic ft. (1 box). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 142 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Henry Ford Patent Records, 1923-1964 | | | | Accession: | 74.300.1170 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The records consist of patent applications, primarily assigned to Henry Ford and dated 1923-1950, that were issued or in some cases either never filed or abandoned. At least one of the applications was assigned to Edsel B. Ford. Material includes application forms, drawings, photographs, internal and external communications, sketches, and notes. A small amount of the material (approximately 0.25 cubic ft. and dated 1931-1964) consists of patent and trade mark information related to the Ford Motor Company Johansson Gage Block Division. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | Patents | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 143 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant Controller Records, 1946-1948 | | | | Accession: | 93.1.1972 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The records consist of financial files from the Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant Controller's Office, and date from 1946 to 1948. Among other materials, the files contain journal voucher forms tracking various expenses such as wages, workers' compensation, depreciation, and tooling and equipment costs; cash reports; and company communications and memoranda. 2.5 cubic ft. (5 boxes). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 144 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Income Tax Records, 1909-1925 | | | | Accession: | 93.1.1839 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The records consist of income tax schedules and working papers for the period 1909 to 1925, and contain information on gains and losses, depreciation and various expenses. The records cover Ford Motor Company, its domestic and foreign branches, and subsidiary companies which include Banner Fork Coal Corporation; Dearborn Publishing Co.; Dearborn Realty and Construction Co.; Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad; Dexcar Pocahontas Coal Company; Hamilton and Rossville Hydraulic Co.; Henry Ford & Son; Lincoln Motor Co.; Michigan Iron Land & Lumber Co.; and Nuttalburg Smokeless Fuel Co. 5 cubic ft. (5 boxes). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 145 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Iron Mountain Plant Sale Records, 1949-1953 | | | | Accession: | 2001.1.1986 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Records regarding the Ford Motor Company Iron Mountain Plant and the sale of the plant to the Kingsford Chemical Company. Also includes material regarding facilities at Pequaming, Michigan and L'Anse, Alberta, Canada. The records consist of drawings, prints, specifications, photographs, correspondence, plant schedules, financial statements, floor plans, maps, and investment tables. 0.8 cubic ft. (2 boxes). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 146 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Legal Office Patent Records, 1905-1951 | | | | Accession: | 93.1.296 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The records from the Ford Motor Company Legal Office contain material related to patent and trademark agreements, lawsuits and registrations for aircraft, prosthetics, tractors, magnesium manufacture, and Ford automobiles. | | | | Subjects: | Dow Chemical Company | Ford Motor Company | Henry Ford & Son, Inc. | Junkers, Hugo, 1859-1935 | Junkers Flugzeug- und -Motorenwerke, Dessau | Aircraft | Artificial hands | Fordson tractors | Lincoln automobile | Magnesium | Patents | Trademarks | Czechoslovakia | Germany | Great Britain | Spain | Photographs | Technical drawings | Blueprints | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 151 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Military Vehicle Proposal Records, 1964-1971 | | | | Accession: | 74.1.1158 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Consists largely or photographs with some manuals or brochures, correspondence and specifications and one mock-up scale model (THF Object ID 74.215.1) of military vehicles designed for use by U.S. armed forces, but apparently never accepted. Includes the following vehicles: M-151, tanks, tactical trucks, utility vehicles, self-propelled howitzer, 1/4 ton load carrying device, Cummins Diesels, Fruehauf military products, Canadian Dynatrac, gas turbine engine. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 153 | Title: | Ford Motor Company of Canada Annual Reports | | | | Accession: | 1012 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The annual reports of the Ford Motor Company of Canada for the years 1951, 1952 and 1953. Areas covered within each report include: sales, prices and costs, profit, taxes, disposition of earnings, working capital, other assets, fixed assets, employment, defense production and overseas operations. Within each report also is a balance sheet and comparative balances for the preceeding year. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 154 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Parts drawings, 1909-1957 | | | | Accession: | 1701 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The collection of Ford Motor Company production parts drawings contains approximately 600,000 drawings from the years 1909 to 1957. They consist of an almost complete set of engineering drawings for Model T, TT, A, AA and all other models from 1932 to 1957. The drawings are accessed by the part numbers as listed in the Service Parts List Manual issued by the Ford Motor Company for each vehicle. While our collection does not contain a complete set of parts manuals for all models and years, those available are located in the Automotive Product Literature collection and may be used to determine the appropriate part number. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 155 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Payroll Statistics Records, 1910-1948 | | | | Accession: | 2002.1.1846 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Payroll statistics for Highland Park Plant, Rouge Plant, and other manufacturing plants, branch assembly plants, and Northern Michigan operations. Contains summary payroll statistics for a significant chronological period. No systematic statistical summaries beyond standard payroll periods are provided (mostly monthly summaries). Also contains a small quantity of employee statistical and head count data. | | | | Subjects: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 156 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Pinto Advertising Records | | | | Accession: | 72.300.1102 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The Ford Pinto was sold between the 1971 and 1980 model years. Offering three different body styles, over 3 million Pintos were sold during the decade. The materials in this collection pertain to the Pinto advertising campaign of 1972, and includes tear sheets; 4 reels of 16mm film containing television ads; scripts and sheet music for television ads; an audio recording of a simulated Henry Ford voice; the 1972 Pinto copy strategy; and preliminary storyboard approval for television ads. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 159 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Production Costs Ledger, 30 September 1910 | | | | Accession: | 2002.1.1832 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The ledger, dated 30 September 1910, and prepared by Ford Motor Company’s Accounting Department, contains balance sheets, loss and gain statements and commercial expenses information for the company as a whole, the Highland Park plant (“Main Plant”), and each of the branch plants, including Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Kansas City, New York, Seattle, St. Louis, Denver, Paris, London, Atlanta, Omaha, Pittsburg, Dallas, Cincinnati, and Houston. Extent: 0.01 cubic ft. (1 bound ledger). The collection is open for research. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 160 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Quick Reference Chart, circa 1947 | | | | Accession: | 2000.19 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The Ford Motor Company Quick Reference Chart collection contains 1 spiral bound flip chart used to identify Ford Motor Company car and truck parts for vehicles produced between 1928 and 1947. 0.9 cubic ft. (1 box). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 162 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Shop Manuals, 1963-1965 | | | | Accession: | 2000.1.1980 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The Ford Motor Company Shop Manuals, 1963-1965, consists of service manuals for a variety of Ford products, including the Comet, Econoline vans, the Fairlane, the Falcon, the Lincoln Continental, Mercury models, the Mustang, the Thunderbird, and trucks. Extent: 14.2 cubic ft. (36 boxes). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | Comet automobile | Fairlane automobile | Ford Econoline van | Ford Falcon automobile | Ford trucks | Ford vans | Lincoln Continental automobile | Maintenance and repair | Mercury automobile | Mustang automobile | Thunderbird automobile | Technical manuals | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 164 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Styling Studios Show Car Review Records | | | | Accession: | 00.1814.1970 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The records consist of a single bound report titled, "Advanced Show Car Review, June 8, 1956", which contains 8x10 inch black-and-white photographic prints illustrating vehicle models and drawings developed by several Ford Motor Company styling studios. The report was either created by, or for, G.W. Walker. Styling studios represented include Staff Advanced, Canadian-International, Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, and Special Products. Vehicles represented include the DePalma, De Paolo, Maxima, Nucleon, Volante, Monaco (Freya), Goliath, Saturn, Scorpion, Truck-Convertible, Attache, Missile I, Missile II, and Shrike. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 167 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Tractor Division Illustrated Parts Catalogs | | | | Accession: | 2009.1.1952 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists of illustrated parts catalogs for tractors, combines, industrial products, hay tools, planting tools, and similar miscellaneous products. Original Ford Motor Company Archives inventory attached. Was Ford Motor Company Archives number AR-81-73-17103. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 169 | Title: | Ford Sunday Evening Hour collection, 1934-1946 | | | | Accession: | 1224 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Reprints of individual talks (not the bound set) by W. J. Cameron on the Ford Sunday Evening Hour during the season of 1938-1939. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 170 | Title: | Ford Tractor Product Literature, circa 1969-1998 | | | | Accession: | 2019.133 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The Ford Tractor Product Literature collection contains about 80 pieces of product literature covering air compressors, backhoes and compact loaders, cultivators, disc harrows, farm loaders, forage harvesters, haying equipment, log splitters, mowers, planters, plows, rotary cutters, soil keepers, subsoilers, tractors, and assorted accessories; three reports that include the history of New Holland, its Antwerp plant, and model compatibility; and a Ford Sales Reference Guide, in original binder, from 1983-1984. Extent: 0.4 cubic ft. (2 boxes). The collection is open for research. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 171 | Title: | Ford V8 25th Anniversary records, 1957 | | | | Accession: | 812 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Two copies of Sidney Olson manuscript for "The Peaceful Revolution...The Silver Anniversary Story of the V-8 Engine". Part of Small Accessions Collection. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 172 | Title: | Ford V-8 Hub Cap | | | | Accession: | 1033 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Hub cap from Model A on early V-8 Ford car. Found on Monterey Beach, Calif. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 173 | Title: | Frank C. Riecks Photograph Album | | | | Accession: | 78.300.1963 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Frank C. Riecks started working at Ford Motor Company in 1916 as a draftsman in the Power and Construction Department. He worked on the Rouge plant, as well as other plants in England, France, China, and Japan. In 1932, Riecks was part of a delegation that traveled around China for Ford Motor Company. This photograph album documents the first trip made with a Ford from Shanghai to Nankin on the first highway in China, with images of the countryside and assorted structures. Also included is one portrait of E.A. Reiniger of Ford Motor Company, along with his written description of the journey. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 174 | Title: | Fred L. Black "Century of Progress" Photograph Album, 1933-1934 | | | | Accession: | 2017.73 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists of a single album containing photographs taken during the 1934 Century of Progress International Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois. Images show Ford staff, presenters, and performers, along with exhibit buildings and visitors, including Henry and Edsel Ford. The album was either made by or assembled for Fred L. Black, who was selected by Edsel Ford to organize the Ford Motor Company exhibit at the Exposition, and who appears in many of the images. Prior to that assignment, Black had served as Editor of the Dearborn Independent and head of the Ford Advertising Department. He would go on to oversee Ford involvement in other expositions held during the 1930s, including the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. | | | | Subjects: | Black, Fred L., 1891-1971 | Ford Motor Company | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 | Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) | Chicago (Ill.) | Photographs | Photograph albums | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 178 | Title: | General Manufacturing Operations Payroll Reports, 1928-1947 | | | | Accession: | 758 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Reports of Payroll hours, monthly employment reports (payroll hours expended and the number of men in various branches---reported weekly). Roadman trips--monthly employment report. Files from General Manufacturing Operations Manager's Office. T.A. Brosch records. 1928-1947. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 179 | Title: | General Motors Projects Outline | | | | Accession: | 1020 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Outline directing the personnel, organization and major projects of General Motors Corporation with marginal notes on Ford Motor Co, public relations program. 28 pages plus addenda containing policies and budget computations. Compiled January 12, 1953. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 180 | Title: | General Newspaper Clipping Collection Series, 1899-1977 | | | | Accession: | 984 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The series contains miscellaneous unarranged newspaper clippings covering a variety of topics related to Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company and the automobile industry, as well as scrapbooks on aviation covering 1920 to 1928 and Willow Run during 1942. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 184 | Title: | Haskell Boat Company Collection | | | | Accession: | 2018.144 | | | | Creator: | Haskell Boat Company | | | | Abstract: | A subsidiary of Haskell Manufacturing Company, the Haskell Boat Company located in Ludington, Michigan, produced molded plywood canoes from 1917 to 1934. This small collection of material consists of correspondence including some on Haskell letterhead; advertising booklets, brochures, and clippings describing the canoes; and a 1993 clipping on the history of the Haskelite Company. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 185 | Title: | Helen Keller Correspondence | | | | Accession: | 1070 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Beginning with invitation to join peace ship, a series of letters between Miss Keller and members of the Ford family: Henry Ford, Eleanor Clay Ford, Clara Ford, and the Clara J. Ford Fund, also correspondence with the American Foundation for the Blind. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 187 | Title: | Henry Ford II and Cristina Ford Australia, Southeast Asia and East Asia Trip Photographs, 1971 | | | | Accession: | 76.300.1968 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | In the early 1971, Henry Ford II and Cristina Ford embarked on an extensive trip to several countries, including New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Bali, and Japan. This collection of photographs documents the places and individuals the Fords visited during their travels. Among the individuals of note that appearing in the collection are Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, Sir Keith Holyoake, Chiang Ching-kuo, and C.K. Yen. Note: This is an UNPROCESSED COLLECTION and has not yet been prepared for routine service (i.e. housed for safe handling, labeled, and cataloged). Access may be restricted in order to maintain physical and intellectual control, and is at the discretion of archives personnel. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 189 | Title: | Hewlett Packard 95LX Manuals | | | | Accession: | 2008.125 | | | | Creator: | Hewlett-Packard Company | | | | Abstract: | The Hewlett-Packard Company produced the 95LX as their first personal digital assistant. Around the size of a large pocket calculator, the 95LX contained a calculator, telephone and address program, a text editor, and the ability to transfer data to a desktop computer. This collection contains 3 manuals that accompanied the 95LX: the Quick Start Guide, the Connectivity Pack, and the User's Guide. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 190 | Title: | History of Ford Newspapers. | | | | Accession: | 1002 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | History of Ford Newspapers, Editors and dates served. Covers all current or recent branches having newspapers. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 191 | Title: | H.J. Heinz Company Collection, 1874-1990 (Bulk 1900-1935) | | | | Accession: | 53.41 | | | | Creator: | H.J. Heinz Company | | | | Abstract: | The H.J. Heinz Company Collection, 1874-1990, contains photographic prints, advertising layouts, publications, sales training and employee information, product shipping records, photograph albums, scrapbooks, and account books that document the history of the company, the products it produced, and the family history of the founder. | | | | Subjects: | H.J. Heinz Company | Heinz, H.J. (Henry John), 1844-1919 | Heinz family | World’s Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) | Advertising | Agriculture | Awards | Banquets | Bottles | Congresses and conventions | Display of merchandise | Dwellings | Employees | Executives | Exhibitions | Farms | Food industry and trade | Fruits | Harvesting | Ketchup | Pickles | Sales personnel | Schools | Signs and signboards | Spaghetti | Stables | Trucking | Vans | Vegetables | Vinegar | Wagons | Women employees | World War, 1939-1945 | United States, Atlantic City (New Jersey) | United States, Chicago (Illinois) | United States, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) | United States, Sharpsburg (Pennsylvania) | Account books | Advertisements | Awards | Correspondence | Inventories | Labels | Manuals | Paintings | Photographic prints | Posters | Programs (Publications) | Recipes | Scrapbooks | Tear sheets | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 195 | Title: | Jack D. Collins Records subseries | | | | Accession: | 1631 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of 5 binders put together by the F.M.C. during and after the testing of a front wheel drive system. There are specifications, drawings, cost analysis and performance results; lncluded is a final report no. 9090 dated 8/21/1959. | | | | Subjects: | Reports | Drawings | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 196 | Title: | John F. Dodge Estate Trust Lawsuit Collection, 1902-1928 | | | | Accession: | 96 | | | | Creator: | Detroit Trust Company | | | | Abstract: | Financial records, correspondence, and legal documents relating to a tax liability lawsuit stemming from John F. Dodge’s stock ownership in Ford Motor Company. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 197 | Title: | Kanzler Memo to Henry Ford | | | | Accession: | 1025 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Kanzler Memo to Henry Ford recommending introduction of a six-cylinder Ford when Model T sales began dropping. Includes table of sales statistics for six-cylinder cars. 1923-1925. (Machine copy) | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 198 | Title: | Kirby Vacuum Collection | | | | Accession: | 95.79 | | | | Creator: | Kirby Company | | | | Abstract: | The Kirby Company began manufacturing vacuum cleaners and other cleaning accessories after World War I. A unique aspect to the company was that its products were, and still are, only sold directly to consumers by independent distributors, often via in-home demonstrations. This collection contains product literature, 2 promotional VHS videotape cassettes, product brochures and booklets, corporate publications, and posters pertaining to Kirby products. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 199 | Title: | Letter Describing Old Time Dancing | | | | Accession: | 1040 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Letter describing old time dancing and prominent men in the field of reviving the dances, including Benjamin Lovett. Contains a partial list of the Ford dance records. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 201 | Title: | Lincoln Continental Design Development Photographs, 1958-1961 | | | | Accession: | 91.289 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | John Najjar (1918-2011) worked as a designer and stylist at Ford Motor Company for more than 40 years, with his many projects including the 1957-1958 Lincoln Continental. This collection of Ford Motor Company photographs, organized and in many cases annotated by Najjar, illustrate the development of designs for the 1958, 1960 and 1961 Continentals. Subjects include design sketches and drawings, clay models, and prototype vehicles, with the photographs taken in and around the Ford design studio in Dearborn, Michigan. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | Najjar, John | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 203 | Title: | Log Books and Manuals subseries | | | | Accession: | 1664 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Accession 1664 consists of two standards manuals. The manuals were designed to establish standards for uniform drafting room practice and to avoid confusion in the shops. They were issued to individual draftsmen who were then held responsible for the proper use of the standards. The holder was expected to return the manuals to the department head upon transfer or termination. | | | | Subjects: | Engineering | Manuals (instructional materials) | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 206 | Title: | Marketing Plans Department Records subseries | | | | Accession: | 1007 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Mark II Continental study made by J. Schwartz as a guide to introduction of Mark III. Also study of marketing the Continental. Includes historical data on Mark I and Mark II. Releases and speeches are included, also reproductions of sections of the book, "The Lincoln Continental", by O'Cee Rich. Folders on advertising, colors featured, consumer image, discontinuation reasons, product characteristics, Mark II pre-announcement campaign, pricing, quality control, sales volume, stimulus for product development. | | | | Subjects: | Advertising | Marketing | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 207 | Title: | Medallions | | | | Accession: | 1072 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Two medallions: American Automobile Industry Diamond Jubilee, 1896-1971; commemorative medallion depicting the first American production car, the 1896 Duryea Motor Wagon. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 208 | Title: | Metropolitan Motor Coach Company Records, 1937-1950 | | | | Accession: | 2002.1.1841 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | In 1947, Ford Motor Company named the Metropolitan Motor Coach Company as the exclusive distributor of Ford motor coaches and parts. The Metropolitan Motor Coach Company Records, 1937-1950, contains correspondence and memos, cost estimates, budgets, inventories, logbooks, and ledgers pertaining to the production and sale of motor coaches. Extent: 4.7 cubic ft. (4 boxes and 4 volumes). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 209 | Title: | Michigan Bell Telephone Company Manuals | | | | Accession: | 90.283 | | | | Creator: | Michigan Bell Telephone Company | | | | Abstract: | The Michigan Bell Telephone Company was formed in 1877, and served as the state's primary telephone company until it eventually became part of AT&T Teleholdings, Inc. This collection contains 5 employee manuals that cover corporate rules and regulations on reporting practices, benefits, procedures, field codes, and accounting classifications. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 214 | Title: | Model T Production and Sales reports records, 1909-1919 | | | | Accession: | 922 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Early Model T production, sales and man-count tables. Monthly statistics on sales by body-type cars on hand, cars manufactured, cars shipped to branches and to dealers, orders received and filled, dealer contracts signed and terminated, man-hours, hourly rates, men on roll, foremen on roll and persons on salary roll. 1909-1919. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 215 | Title: | Model T Scale Drawings, 1972 | | | | Accession: | 1130 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Drawing of Model T (1909) Touring car. Drawings made Nov., 1972, by a Mr. John Mitchell of Ford Design Center for scale model trophy for a Glidden Tour award. Drawing based on examination of surviving Ford cars plus surviving blueprints at Ford. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 216 | Title: | National Auto Show Public Relations Release | | | | Accession: | 1019 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Public relations release of the 43rd National Auto Show, Cobo Hall, Detroit, Mich., October 15-23, 1960 entitled "The Automobile in Popular Song." A brief summary of the songs written, circa 1900-l960, related to the automobile. Compiled by Christy Borth, July, 1960. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 220 | Title: | News Clipping Concerning Harriet Atwood | | | | Accession: | 1027 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | News clipping concerning Mrs. Harriet Hadden Atwood, who played the piano for Thomas Edison's first phonograph recording in 1887. No dateline (Mr Delaney received it from a person in Norfolk, Virginia). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 221 | Title: | Operations records series, 1917-1922 | | | | Accession: | 768 | | | | Creator: | Detroit Trust Company | | | | Abstract: | The Operations records series, 1917-1922 (4 cubic ft. ), Acc. 768, consists of inter-office correspondence regarding Lincoln Motor Company's daily operations during receivership proceedings. This includes production schedules and reports, purchasing records, engineering change reports, creditor lists, debt amounts, payment schedules, general accounting material, financial reports and property files. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 222 | Title: | Orientation Training Manual from Ford Motor Co. | | | | Accession: | 1014 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Orientation training manual from Ford Motor Co., Training and Education Dept, Dearborn and Highland Park Branches. Manual is comprised of outlines of various operations concerning manufacturing at Ford Motor Co.; this segment by the Dearborn Branch of the Training and Education Dept. The Highland Park section is relative to manufacturing techniques and steps and is organized in outline form. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 223 | Title: | Pamphlet, The Henry Ford Memorial Award | | | | Accession: | 1016 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The pamphlet "The Henry Ford Memorial Award" published by the Detroit Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers. The scope of the pamphlet includes the reason for the award; the requirements for the award and the benefits of the award. The award to be made is the most promising engineer, under 33 years of age, in the field of automotive development, eligibility restricted to Society members. Judging upon the writing of an original paper read before a Society meeting. Time limit: June l to May 31 of the year. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 225 | Title: | Parts and Castings Orders | | | | Accession: | 1067 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Ford parts and castings orders from foundry of Chris Walz. Original order forms for individual castings or relatively small quantities. Foundry apparently was owned by Chris Walz, 296 Division St., Detroit. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 226 | Title: | Personal Notebook of O. Youngstrom | | | | Accession: | 1013 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Personal notebook of O. Youngstrom, kept at the time he was designing the turbines for the 30,000 KW turbo-generators for Rouge Power Plant. Computations, specs, and data. Includes data on generators in other plants also. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 227 | Title: | Photographs From Estate of John Colquhoun | | | | Accession: | 1047 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Photographs from the estate of John Colquhoun, who owned the Owl Lunch Wagon, Detroit, which is now in Greenfield Village. News articles by George W. Starck (?) tell the story of Colquhoun and the Owl Lunch. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 228 | Title: | Plant Property records subsubseries, 1930-1945 | | | | Accession: | 760 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The Plant Property records subsubseries, 1930-1945 (2 cubic ft.), contains material detailing proposed and actual plant construction and expansion. The material includes correspondence, property plat drawings, tool and equipment layout drawings, photographs, maps, cost estimates, and status reports. The subseries covers Ford domestic plants in Alexandria, Virginia; Freeport, Ohio; Glassmere, Pennsylvania; Long Beach, California, and St. Louis, Missouri. The subsubseries also includes detailed construction data for proposed and completed overseas assembly plants in Alexandria, Egypt; Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Antwerp, Belgium; Barcelona, Spain; Cologne, Germany; Mexico City, Mexico, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 229 | Title: | Pratt and Whitney Field Service Handbook Records, 1944-1945 | | | | Accession: | 755 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Pratt & Whitney Field Service Handbook materials. Numerical parts lists; assembly parts, photographs and related technical data. Blueprints, calibration charts, assembly and sub-assembly procedures, etc. Proof sheets for manuals and catalogs. Photoraphic negatives, engineering drawing prints for compilation of Pratt & Whitney Field Service manuals. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 230 | Title: | Press Release Collection Subgroup, 1945-1987 (bulk 1959-1963) | | | | Accession: | 1857 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The bulk of the Ford Motor Company press releases are arranged by Division, and were mainly issued by the Midwest Public Relations Office, Missouri Valley Public Relations Office, News Department, North Central Public Relations Office and the Southwest Public Relations Office. Subjects include personnel appointments in 1952, Flora Illinois, Ford Motor Company's Fiftieth Anniversary, Ford Motor Company Fund scholarships, Industrial Arts Awards and the reenactment of the 1909 transcontinental race. Press releases from affiliated corporations are included as well, and include Ford Aerospace & Communication Corporation, Ford Motor Company Fund, Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited, Ford Motor Credit Company, and Philco Corporation. Some press releases also include accompanying photographs. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 231 | Title: | Press Release Regarding Walter Reuther and UAW | | | | Accession: | 1010 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Teletype press release from Hearst papers due, relating to: (l) March 24, 1955 - Walter Reuther's speech at the annual ADA convention criticizing reactionaries (2) May 27, 1955 the UAW-CIO preemptory rejection of Ford Motor Co. contract proposals and summary of those proposals. (3) June 7, 1955, settlement of the Ford Motor Co. UAW contract, speculation concerning framework of guaranteed annual wages (4) June 13, 1955 – settlement of General Motors UAW contract, upcoming negotiations with American Motors, applicability of guaranteed annual wages on smaller companies. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 233 | Title: | Rouge Plant Accounting Department Cost records, 1921-1937 | | | | Accession: | 752 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Mlscel1aneous Records, including car and body casts, Lincoln chassis minor assembly data, etc. from Rouge Plant Accounting Dept. (Cost). Includes H.P. Trim Assembly costs; Lincoln Chassis costs, 1937; special assembly costs, 1929; estimated costs, 1934; by-product sales, 1929-1932; overhead rates, 1925-1926; Rouge and H.P. general overhead, 1930; B building 1932; final car costs 1928-1930; Lincoln car costs 1931-1932; 1921-1937. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 238 | Title: | Stout Metal Airplane Company Stockholder Correspondence | | | | Accession: | 64.167.251 | | | | Creator: | Stout Metal Airplane Company | | | | Abstract: | Stockholder correspondence. Includes letters to leading businessmen, executives and influential persons, soliciting their investment in Stout's venture and in the future of aviation. Correspondence with the stockholders regarding the company's progress, stockholder meetings, educational letter series, etc. Correspondence advising the stockholders of the proposed reorganization of the original company and the offer of $2,000 payment to each of the original stockholders for each $1,000 invested, calling in the no par stock and re-issue of twice as many shares of Class A stock in the Stout Air Services Inc., etc. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 240 | Title: | Tank School Manuals, 1943 | | | | Accession: | 753 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | Tank School Manuals. The entire carton contains de-duplications of a single manual, "Restricted Instructor's Outline for Student Guide Ford Tank Engine School, Model GAA V8 Engine", prepared by Ford Motor in cooperation with Ordinance Dept. of U.S. Army, July, 1943. July 1943. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 244 | Title: | Watts Campbell Company Records, circa 1860-1990 | | | | Accession: | 2009.174 | | | | Creator: | Watts Campbell Company | | | | Abstract: | The Watts Campbell Company was founded in 1851 in Newark, New Jersey, by William Watts and Zachariah Belcher. By 1865, Belcher withdrew from the company, and Daniel T. Campbell became a partner. The company specialized in the production of stationary steam engines until the 1930s, then changed their focus to repair and maintenance until the 1990s. The collection contains business records, correspondence, drawings, and ledgers relating to the company's operation. Extent: Approximately 546 cubic ft. (455 boxes and 140 volumes). The collection is unprocessed. Contact Research Center staff to discuss access. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 245 | Title: | William Clay Ford 1958 Brussels, Belgium, Trip Photographs | | | | Accession: | 80.300.1504 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | This unprocessed collection of black-and-white photographs documents William Clay Ford's visit to Brussels, Belgium, and Expo 58 (Brussels World's Fair) in October 1958. Subjects include Ford's arrival at the Brussels airport; the Ford family; Ford's review of Expo exhibits and displays, meetings with officials, attendance at an awards ceremony; and displays of 1959 model year Ford automobiles. Photos are in the form of 8x10 inch photographic prints, contact sheets, and negatives. See also related materials in William Clay Ford Records, 1913-1981, Accession 921. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 246 | Title: | William Ford Tractor Sales Company Records, 1930-1938 | | | | Accession: | 351 | | | | Creator: | William Ford Tractor Sales Company | | | | Abstract: | Records of the William Ford Tractor Sales Company of Dearborn, Michigan, including legal documents such as articles of association, a building lease, an employment and stock purchase agreement, and the certificate of dissolution. Also included are annual stockholder meeting notices, proxy voting notices, Board of Directors resolutions, balance sheets, and a Dun & Bradstreet report on the history and financial status of the company. | | | | Subjects: | Automobile dealers | Motor vehicle industry | Tractor industry | Tractors | Allen, Marshall T. | Ford, William D. 1871-1959 | William Ford Tractor Sales Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 247 | Title: | William John Cameron 1922-1945 Records Series | | | | Accession: | 756 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The series contains transcripts of the Aaron Sapiro vs. Henry Ford and the Dearborn Publishing Company court case in 1927; Greenfield Village chapel talks from 1931 to 1934 and 1943 to 1945; speeches given by Cameron before various organizations in rough draft, typewritten, and published form; and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Cameron from 1934 to 1940. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 249 | Title: | William L. Mayo Papers, 1959 | | | | Accession: | 819 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | "William B. Mayo and Henry Ford, 1912-1932" by William L. Mayo, grandson of William B. Mayo. Research paper for University of Michigan 01 January 1959. 38 pp. illus. Part of Small Accessions Collection. | | | | Subjects: | Mayo, William L. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 250 | Title: | Willoughby Company Records, 1900-1939 | | | | Accession: | 90.1.1749 | | | | Creator: | Willoughby Company | | | | Abstract: | The Willoughby Company, a custom design automobile body firm, originated in Rome, New York in the late nineteenth century, and later relocated to Utica, New York. One of Willoughby's largest clients was Ford Motor Company, for whom they built many custom Lincoln body styles. The collection consists of business records documenting sales, vehicle specifications, material purchases, and employee wages, and also includes over 600 design drawings for Lincoln, Packard, and Cadillac bodies, among others. Extent: 11.8 cubic ft. (17 boxes, 2 rolls). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | Willoughby, Edward | Willoughby, Francis | Willoughby Company | Willoughby Body Works | Automobiles--Design and construction | Lincoln automobile | Cadillac automobile | Advertisements | Clippings | Design drawings | Financial records | Photographs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 251 | Title: | Willow Run Bomber Plant Manual, 1943-1944 | | | | Accession: | 2016.90 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | During World War II, Ford Motor Company erected a massive factory complex near the Willow Run River in Washtenaw County, Michigan. Between 1942 and 1945, employees at the plant turned out 8,685 B-24 airplanes. To assist with production, a manual was created containing administrative reports and planning materials, with updates distributed monthly. Twelve copies were distributed to various administrators, with the copy in this collection being the Master Copy. The Master Copy is housed in a 3-inch three-ring binder, and contains pages of onion skin as well as photostatic and mimeograph copies. Many pages have been taped together to create an early form of a spreadsheet. The collection is open for research. 0.3 cubic ft. (1 box). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 253 | Title: | 1957 Ford Model 51A Testing and Development Records, 1953-1957 (bulk 1955-1956) | | | | Accession: | 1945 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | The records consists of test reports, design meeting minutes, photographs, technical drawings, charts, diagrams, correspondence, and program-planning materials related to the development of the retractable hardtop for Ford automobiles, initially for an early and abandoned prototype of a Continental Mark II, and then for what would become the 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner (prototype 195X Model 51A). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 254 | Title: | Accession 281 | | | | Accession: | 281 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 255 | Title: | Accession 468 | | | | Accession: | 468 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 256 | Title: | Accession 540 | | | | Accession: | 540 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | UNPROCESSED. Parts blueprints, specifications, material and process data, tests and trim standards. 1931-1941. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 257 | Title: | Accession 786 | | | | Accession: | 786 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | UNPROCESSED. Lincoln Motor Company stock registers. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 258 | Title: | Automobile advertisements series, 1903-1994 (bulk 1923-1959) | | | | Accession: | 19 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | The Automobile Advertisements series contains advertisements for the Edsel, Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars. Special use automobiles, such as police cars and taxis, as well as advertisements for dealer shows featuring new models are also found in this series. The advertisements are arranged by size. Within each size category the advertisements are arranged alphabetically by make, chronologically by model year and then alphabetically by title of the advertisement. When there is no applicable model year, the date has been determined by the date of publication. Advertisements which feature the full line of Ford Motor Company automobiles have been organized with the ads entitled Ford, unless the illustrations or text refers to a specific make and then is filed in the appropriate grouping. Likewise, advertisements which feature both Lincoln and Mercury automobiles have been placed with Lincoln. Although there were no automobiles produced during 1942-1945 model years, there were advertisements in 1945 promoting the resumption of new models for the 1946 model year. These advertisements have been designated as 1945 advertisements whereas the 1946 advertisements focus on the features of the actual 1946 models. | | | | Subjects: | Advertising--Automobiles | Advertising, Magazine | Advertising, Newspaper | Edsel automobile | Ford automobile | Lincoln automobile | Mercury automobile | Ford Motor Company. | Advertisements. | Proofs. | Tear sheets. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 259 | Title: | Clipping books series, 1879-1951, (bulk 1913-1950) | | | | Accession: | 7 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | The Clipping Books series contains newspaper clippings from Detroit newspapers and other newspapers around the United States about the varied interests of Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company history. | | | | Subjects: | Automobile industry and trade | Ford automobile | Ford Model A automobile | Ford tractors | Industry and education | Jews | Labor | Profit-sharing | Public welfare--Michigan--Detroit. | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931. | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. | Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945. | Sapiro, Aaron, 1884-1959. | Ford Motor Company--History. | Ford Motor Company--Public relations. | Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) | Lake Carriers Association. | League of Nations | Five dollar day. | Mount Clemens (Mich.) | Muscle Shoals (Ala.) | Clippings. | Comic strips. | Scrapbooks | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 264 | Title: | Ford Falcon Product Launch (Australia), 1960 | | | | Accession: | 738 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | Bugas, John S. Trips Australia (1960). Includes an album of photographs "as a memento of his first Australian visit, February-March, 1960 am a paper bound folder of "Falcon Press Publicity-Ford Australia", which highlights the Ford Motor Company's plans for producing Falcons, and British-designed Anglia cars in Australia, Ford officials' visit to Australia, etc. Feb. March 1960. | | | | Subjects: | Bugas, John S. | Scrapbooks | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 266 | Title: | Ford Motor Company executive correspondence records, 1938-1948 | | | | Accession: | 46 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | The records are comprised of incoming and outgoing correspondence maintained by Ford Motor Company executive personnel from 1938 to 1948. Records also include reports between Central Office and branch operations, both domestic and foreign, and bank information, circulars, and correspondence. The files are arranged chronologically by year and then alphabetically by name. Files for 1938 include 2 cubic ft. of records pertaining to the American Legion. Records for 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, and 1943 include contributions files, property files, and visit files as well as bank and branch correspondence. Files for 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, and 1948 include only bank and branch correspondence. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 269 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Subsidiary Financial Records, 1921-1932 | | | | Accession: | 749 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | Financial records of numerous companies which were subsidiaries of Ford Motor, or in which Henry Ford had an interest. Includes financial statements, check registers, journal vouchers, ledger cards, etc. A general ledger for advertising costs in various operations in Connecticut giving the advertising costs. Ford Motor Sales Co., Park Central Motors Service, Inc., D. W. Flint and Seabosrd Properties records are just a few of the companies represented in this group. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 272 | Title: | Fred Lee Black records series, 1929-1948 | | | | Accession: | 56 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | Fred Lee Black began his career with Ford Motor Company in 1918 and served in a number of positions before leaving the company in 1942. The bulk of the material in this series comes from the period that Black was in charge of Ford displays for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. | | | | Subjects: | Black, Fred L., 1891-1971. | Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 | Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 | Ford Motor Company--Public relations. | New York World's Fair (1939-1940) | Advertising--Automobiles | Automobile industry and trade | Exhibit booths | Exhibition buildings | Exhibitions--United States. | First day covers (Philately) | Ford Motor Company Strike, Dearborn, Michigan, 1941. | World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies | Dearborn (Mich.) | New York (N.Y.) | Business records | Photographs. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 275 | Title: | PJ-31-1 Intermittent Jet Engine Records, 1945-1946 | | | | Accession: | 1907 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists of correspondence, service manuals, technical reports, and other materials related to Ford Motor Company jet engine production for the United States Army Air Corps. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 276 | Title: | Rouge News Index, Volumes 1-4, 1946-1949 | | | | Accession: | none | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | While the Ford News, of the nineteen twenties, thirties and earlier forties, discusses the establishment and growth of the Ford Motor Company, the first four volumes of the Rouge News deal with the internal restructuring of the company. The index consists ofsubjects and names in one alphabetical order. Subheadings are listed in alphabetical order under the subjects, where they are needed. Articles are listed in chronological order under the headings. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 279 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Truck and Bus Department Records, 1947-1953 | | | | Accession: | 2004.1.431 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Department of Production Control | | | | Abstract: | Records of the Truck and Buses Production Control Department; later the Department of Production Control, including daily, monthly, and cumulative reports by plant and by type of vehicle; plant files; correspondence; general files of the Public Relations Department (1950-1952); and Truck and Fleet sales files. | | | | Subjects: | | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 280 | Title: | California Packing Corporation – Del Monte Records, 1913-1989 | | | | Accession: | 2019.88 | | | | Creator: | California Packing Corporation | | | | Abstract: | This collection concerns the California Packing Corporation (CPC, later the Del Monte Corporation), and consists primarily of photographs and publicity materials produced by the company in the early- and mid-20th century. CPC was primarily known for its production of canned and preserved fruits and vegetables, and for the development of several large pineapple plantations in Hawaii and the Philippines. Extent: 14.25 cubic ft. (including 6 oversized boxes, 4 film reels, and 1 VHS tape). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | California Packing Corporation | Del Monte Corporation | Hanahan, Walt E. | Jongeneel, L.W. | Philippine Packing Corporation | Agriculture | Agricultural equipment | Agricultural implements | Agricultural industries | Agricultural laborers | Agricultural machinery | Asparagus | Canned foods | Canned fruit | Canned meat | Canned peaches | Canned vegetables | Canning and preserving | Farming | Farm produce | Fruit | Fruit processing plants | Orchards | Salmon | Spinach | Peach (fruit) | Pineapple (fruit) | Plantations | Raisins | Vegetables | South Africa | Philippines | Philippines, Manila | United States, California | United States, Hawaii | Advertisements | Awards | Blueprints (Reprographic copies) | Books | Brochures | Correspondence | Film Reels | Labels | Ledgers (Account books) | Negatives (Photographs) | Newsletters | Newspaper | Photograph albums | Photographic prints | Periodicals | Recipes | Reports | Trade Cards | Trade Catalogs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 281 | Title: | Delphi Delco Records, 1911-1995 (bulk 1912-1945) | | | | Accession: | 2008.73 | | | | Creator: | Delphi Corporation | | | | Abstract: | Delco, or Dayton Engineering Laboratories, Co., was founded in 1909 by Edwards Deeds and Charles Kettering in Dayton, Ohio. Their first major project was ignition sets for Cadillac, which were installed on that company's 1912 production models. Delco also manufactured other automobile parts, and even De Havilland bombers and Liberty aircraft engines during World War I. In 1918, General Motors acquired Delco and other parts companies, later merging Delco with its AC spark plug division to form ACDelco.
The Delphi Delco Records contain a small selection of business records related to Delco, General Motors, the North East Electric Company, and the Dayton Wright Airplane Co. The collection also includes photographic prints and albums, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, annual reports, handbooks, and press releases. These materials depict factory operations, employees and events, wartime production, and equipment. Of note are copies of "The Book of Delco" and a 1919 copy of Delco's "Aviation Ignition." | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 282 | Title: | General Motors Proving Ground Records, 1955-1969 | | | | Accession: | 1758 | | | | Creator: | General Motors Corporation | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes test results for individual vehicles, comparison tests of more than one vehicle, and test summaries and general procedural information. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 283 | Title: | GMFanuc Robotics Manuals, 1988-1991 | | | | Accession: | 91.411 | | | | Creator: | GMFanuc Robotics Corporation | | | | Abstract: | A collection of manuals and software associated with the GM-FANUC Spray Robot, Object ID 91.411.1, held in collections of The Henry Ford. Manuals cover mechanical and software programming aspects of the Spray Robot. 1 cubic ft. (1 box). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 284 | Title: | Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Collection, 1940-1990 | | | | Accession: | 91.144 | | | | Creator: | Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation | | | | Abstract: | Carl Mayer, nephew of the company's namesake, created the first Oscar Mayer Wienermobile in 1936. In the years since, more than a dozen Wienermobiles have promoted the brand at stores, parades and festivals. The collection consists of photographs, books, advertisements, trade literature, video footage, and clipping books that provide insight into the promotion of and interest in the Wienermobile. Researchers should note that some materials have been stored separately and are encouraged to contact Benson Ford Research Center staff to access the entirety of the collection. 0.5 cubic ft. (1 box) and items stored separately. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 286 | Title: | Saturn Corporation EV1 Manuals | | | | Accession: | 2005.22 | | | | Creator: | Saturn Corporation | | | | Abstract: | The Saturn Corporation was a subsidiary automobile manufacturer of General Motors that operated from 1985 until 2010. The EV1 was an electric vehicle developed by General Motors in response to California laws requiring a certain percentage of vehicles sold to emit no pollutants. Although marketed as a General Motors product, the EV1 was only available through Saturn lease agreements in California and Arizona. In 2001, General Motors announced that EV1 production would cease, and all vehicles were recalled once their leases ended. This collection contains a complete set of 12 repair manuals and a copy of the owner's manual, which were distributed by the Saturn Corporation. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 287 | Title: | Tucker Automobile Photographs Collection, 1946-1963 | | | | Accession: | 2010.88 | | | | Creator: | Tucker Corporation | | | | Abstract: | Collection consists primarily of 26 photographic prints showing the Tucker automobile in modeling and production stages; Preston Tucker selling a car to General Wainwright; and the final product on display at automobile shows and on State Street in Chicago, Illinois. Also included is a photo of the Tucker Torpedo Special with driver George Barringer at the Indianapolis Speedway. Images date circa 1946-1948. In addition to photographs, the collection contains car labels from auto shows; a Tucker article from a 1960 magazine; and an ad from the May 1963 issue of Motor Trend describing Ford Motor Company use of Tucker front wheel drive principles in the new Thunderbird. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 292 | Title: | Lewis D. Crusoe Papers, 1904-1979 | | | | Accession: | 2003.146 | | | | Creator: | Crusoe, Lewis D., 1895-1973 | | | | Abstract: | Lewis Darraugh Crusoe, 1895-1973, became one of the most influential automotive executives in the post-war United States, working for both General Motors and Ford Motor Company. The papers include materials from his time at both companies. Extent: 36 cubic ft. (36 boxes). The collection is unprocessed. Contact Research Center staff to discuss access. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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