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1Title:  D. W. Flint Motor Sales, Incorporated, 1930-1932 
 Accession:  309 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Office of the Secretary. 
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2Title:  Dan Rubin automotive photographs 1952-1997 
 Accession:  2010.37 
 Creator:  Rubin, Daniel R. 
 Abstract:  The Dan Rubin automotive photographs collection contains photographic prints, negatives, and slides documenting automobiles and automobile racing, primarily from 1952 to 1967. 
 Subjects:  Rubin, Daniel R. | Garroway, Dave | Moss, Stirling | Shelby, Carroll | 24 Heures du Mans (Automobile race) | Daytona 500 (Automobile race) | Indianapolis Speedway Race | Monaco Grand Prix Race | Advertising | Austin-Healey automobiles | Automobile racing | Automobile racing drivers | Automobiles, Racing--Speed records | Bentley automobiles | Bonneville Salt Flats Race, Utah | Indy cars | Jaguar automobile | M.G. automobile | Racing cars | Rolls-Royce automobile | Speed records | Sports car racing | Sports cars | Sprite automobile | Bonneville Salt Flats (Utah) | Color negatives | Color photographs | Color slides | Contact sheets | Negatives (photographic) | Periodicals | Photographic prints | Transparencies 
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3Title:  DARPA Urban Challenge Collection, 2007 
 Accession:  2013.16.4 
 Creator:  United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 
 Abstract:  The DARPA Urban Challenge was part of a series of competitions intended to promote the development of autonomous (driverless) motor vehicles. This collection of materials related to the 2007 event consists of press releases, team press kits, and a poster illustrating the event course. Note: This is an unprocessed collection. 
 Subjects:  Cars | Automobiles | Trucks | Experimental automobiles | Victorville (Calif.) 
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4Title:  Data Processing Equipment records, 1965-1968 
 Accession:  1904 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Computer Planning and Control Department. 
 Abstract:  The Data Processing Equipment records include purchasing requests and data processing equipment upgrade proposals for Ford plants, divisions and departments. 
 Subjects:  Ford Motor Company. Computer Planning and Control Department. | Electronic data processing | Computer-aided engineering | Punched card systems 
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5Title:  Dave Friedman collection, 1946-2009 
 Accession:  2009.158 
 Creator:  Friedman, Dave 
 Abstract:  Photographs, slides, negatives, documents, programs and published material covering 60 years of automobile racing. 
 Subjects:  Friedman, Dave | Brady, Jack | Clark, Jim. | Donohue, Mark | Foyt, A. J., 1935- | Gurney, Dan | Hall, Jim | McLaren, Bruce, 1937-1970 | Penske, Roger | Shelby, Carroll, 1923- | Shelby American, Inc. | Penske Racing Team | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (Monterey, Calif.) | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | 24 Heures du Mans (Automobile race) | Daytona 24 Hours (Automobile race) | Daytona 500 (Automobile race) Indianapolis Speedway Race | Sebring Grand Prix Race | United States Grand Prix race | Automobile rallies | Automobiles, racing | Canadian-American Challenge Cup | Drag racing | Grand prix Racing | Sports car racing | Stock car racing | Trans-Am Championship | Chaparral automobile | Cobra automobile | Corvette automobile | Dragsters | Ferrari automobile | Ford GT40 automobile | Formula One automobiles | Indy cars | McLaren automobiles | Mustang automobile | Porsche automobiles | Shelby automobile | Stock cars (automobiles) | Racetracks (Automobile racing)--United States. | Automobile racing--Belgium | Automobile racing--Canada | Automobile racing--England | Automobile racing--France | Automobile racing--Germany | Automobile racing--Italy | Automobile racing--Mexico | Automobile racing--United States | Audiotapes | Black-and-white negatives | Black-and-white slides | Color negatives | Color slides | Contact sheets | Photographic prints 
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6Title:  David Lewis Papers, 1940-2003 
 Accession:  1117 
 Creator:  Lewis, David Lanier, 1927- 
 Abstract:  David Lanier Lewis, 1927-2023, was a historian of business history and author of several books and numerous articles about the Ford Motor Company and the Ford family. His papers are mainly comprised of photocopies of articles and photographs. Extent: 1.2 cubic ft. The collection is open for research. 
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7Title:  Davis Family Photographs, 1900-1969 
 Accession:  2002.41 
 Creator:  Davis family 
 Abstract:  The Davis Family Photographs, 1900-1969, contains photographic prints relating to one African-American family living in the Toledo, Ohio, area in the first half of the 20th Century. 
 Subjects:  Davis family | Davis, James | Boy Scouts of America | African Americans | Camping | Children | Families | Portraits | Weddings | Toledo (Ohio) | Photographic prints 
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8Title:  Dealer Film Subject File subseries, 1934-1942 
 Accession:  446 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. General Sales Department. 
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9Title:  Dealer Meeting records series, 1956-1957 
 Accession:  610 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Edsel Division. 
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10Title:  Dealer Policy Board records, 1956 
 Accession:  667 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Sales and Advertising Division. 
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11Title:  Dealer Registers subseries, 1905-1924, (bulk 1908-1918) 
 Accession:  387 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. General Sales Department. 
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12Title:  Dealer Sales Training audio-visual Collection, 1930-1957 
 Accession:  1668 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  This collection contains phonograph records, reel-to-reel\ audio tapes, filmstrips created by Ford Motor Company for sales training. The collection also includes several compact discs that contain copies of the original materials. 
 Subjects:  Automobile dealers | Sales promotion | Selling--Automobiles | Selling--Trucks | Filmstrips | Sound recordings 
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13Title:  Dealership Blueprints records subseries, 1919-1920 
 Accession:  1698 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. General Sales Department. 
 Abstract:  The Dealership Blueprints subseries includes blueprint designs of automobile dealerships, showrooms, and service stations affiliated with Ford Motor Company. 
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14Title:  Dearborn Conference of Agriculture, Industry and Science programs and proceedings, 1935-1937 
 Accession:  698 
 Creator:  Chemical Foundation (U.S.) 
 Abstract:   
 Subjects:  Chemical Foundation, inc. | Farm Chemurgic Council. 
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15Title:  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 
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16Title:  Dearborn Engineering Laboratory records series, 1906-1940 (bulk 1923-1928) 
 Accession:  94 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company 
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17Title:  Dearborn Independent Aaron Sapiro V. Henry Ford lawsuit collection, 1919-1929 
 Accession:  48 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Archives. 
 Abstract:  Aaron Sapiro was an agricultural cooperative advocate who initiated a libel lawsuit against Henry Ford and the Dearborn Independent concerning anti-Semitic articles in the paper. The collection includes correspondence and transcripts of the trial as well as information on similar cases around the country. 
 Subjects:  Saprio, Aaron, 1884-1959 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Dearborn independent | Arkansas rice news | American cooperative journal | Cooperative manager and farmer | Farmer’s elevator guide | Journal of cooperation | Actions and defenses | Trials (Libel) | Agriculture, Cooperative | Cooperative marketing of farm products | Agriculture | Antisemitism | Anti-Jewish propaganda | Publications 
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18Title:  Dearborn Independent financial records, 1920-1921 
 Accession:  218 
 Creator:  Dearborn Publishing Company. 
 Abstract:  The Dearborn Independent was a weekly periodical published by Henry Ford from 1919-1927. These records contain a ledger of balance sheets and correspondence from the periodical. 
 Subjects:  Dearborn Publishing Company | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Dearborn Independent | Financial records | Periodicals 
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19Title:  Dearborn Independent Graphic Files, 1922-1926 
 Accession:  91.98 
 Creator:  Dearborn Publishing Co. 
 Abstract:  Photoprints and drawings used to illustrate articles in the Dearborn Independent during a portion of Henry Ford's ownership. 
 Subjects:  Dearborn independent | Dearborn Publishing Company | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Fashion--Periodicals | International relations--Periodicals | Political participation | Travel--Periodicals | Business--Periodicals | Antisemitism | Anti-Jewish propaganda | Newspapers | Reporters and reporting | Drawings | Periodicals | Photographs 
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20Title:  Dearborn Independent records, 1919-1928 
 Accession:  BFRC002 
 Creator:  Dearborn Publishing Company. 
 Abstract:  Henry Ford published the Dearborn Independent from 1919-1927. These four accessions contain financial records, correspondence concerning the court case and text and graphics from the newspaper. The records include accessions 91.98, 218, 271 and 273. 
 Subjects:  Dearborn Publishing Company | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Sapiro, Aaron | Antisemitism | Dearborn Independent | Trials, libel | Financial records | Periodicals | Photographs | Drawings (visual works) 
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21Title:  Dearborn Motors Testing Corporation records, 1948-1955 
 Accession:  585 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Office of the Secretary. 
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22Title:  Dearborn Publishing Company, 1918-1936 
 Accession:  305 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Office of the Secretary. 
 Abstract:   
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23Title:  Dearborn Publishing Company Records (Dearborn Independent), 1920-1926 
 Accession:  273 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company 
 Abstract:  Representative sampling of correspondence reflecting public reaction to Ford stand on Sapiro. Photostatic copy of subpoena served on William J. Cameron, ordering him to appear in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan to testify and give evidence in the Sapiro case. (2-24-1927). Part of Small Accessions Collection. 
 Subjects:  Ford Motor Company | Dearborn Publishing Company | Dearborn Independent 
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24Title:  Dearborn Realty & Construction Company, 1919-1951 
 Accession:  306 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Office of the Secretary. 
 Abstract:   
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25Title:  Dearborn Realty & Construction Company records subseries, 1919-1944 
 Accession:  276 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Auditing Department. 
 Abstract:   
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26Title:  Dearborn Realty and Construction Company, 1919-1951 
 Accession:  47 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Office of the Secretary 
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27Title:  Defense Contracts Department records series, 1940-1953 
 Accession:  748 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Finance Staff. 
 Abstract:  The Defense Contracts Department records series consists of files maintained by the Defense Contract Financial Administration Department, Controller's Office, Finance Division. The records document Department of Defense contract administration of Ford's maritime operations during World War II. Records include correspondence from Ford employees in the Traffic Import-Export Department in Edgewater, New Jersey; Traffic Department; and Marine Department. Files from the postwar period, circa 1947-1948, are predominantly from the Ford Navigation Company. Materials are arranged by subject. 
 Subjects:  Ford Motor Company. Finance Staff. | Ford Motor Company. Finance Staff. | Ford Motor Company. Defense Contracts Department. | Ford Motor Company--Employees. | Ford Motor Company. Marine operations. | Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant | Ford Motor Company--Finance. | Ford Motor Company--Management. | Ford Navigation Company. | United States. Dept. of Defense. | Automobile industry and trade--Costs. | Automobiles--Accounting | Branches (Business enterprises) | Costs, Industrial | Freight and freightage | Overhead costs | Subsidiary corporations | World War, 1939-1945 
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28Title:  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." 
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29Title:  Department executive records subseries, 1921-1954 
 Accession:  241 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Sales and Advertisement Division. Advertisement Department. 
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30Title:  Design Center Clay Modeling Studio (Ford Motor Company) records subsubseries, 1970-1977 
 Accession:  1371 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Engineering Division. 
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31Title:  Detroit Bank Crisis Newspaper Clipping series, 1933 
 Accession:  956 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company 
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32Title:  Detroit Branch Salary Reports and Investment Accounts subseries, 1914-1927 
 Accession:  410 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Auditing Department. 
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33Title:  Detroit Publishing Company collection, 1880-1936 
 Accession:  37.102 
 Creator:  Detroit Publishing Company 
 Abstract:  The Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world for nearly 30 years from 1895 to 1924. The company produced prints of landscapes and city scenes across the United States and around the world. Incorporated in 1895 as the Photochrom Company in Detroit, Michigan, it was known until 1905 as the Detroit Photographic Company, and then the Detroit Publishing Company. The collection consists of photographic prints, postcards, and color prints with subjects dating from the 1880s through the 1910s. 
 Subjects:  Detroit Publishing Co. | Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942 | African Americans | Agriculture | Amusements | Architecture | Beaches | Cities and towns | Industry | Landscapes | Manufacturing industries | Mineral industries | National parks and reserves | Native Americans | Parks | Railroads | Recreation | Resorts | Rock formations | Rural roads | Shipping | Ships | Sports | Tourism | Travel | Vehicles | Waterfalls | Waterscapes | Waterways | Asia | Canada | Europe | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | South America | United States | Yellowstone National Park | Yosemite National Park (Calif.) | Panoramas | Photographs | Photographic prints | Photolithographs | Post Cards 
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34Title:  Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad Photographs subseries, 1922-1923 
 Accession:  548 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department. 
 Abstract:  The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad extended from Ironton, Ohio to Detroit, Michigan and was nearly defunct when, in 1920, Henry Ford purchased controlling interest with the intent to reduce costs by creating a shorter shipping route and saving on shipping time. This subseries contains photographs of railroad operations, locomotives, factory operations, and construction and repair project, among many others. 
 Subjects:  Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad. | Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department. | Ford Motor Company. River Rouge Plant. | Lima Locomotive Works, Incorporated | Sibley Lumber Company | Railroads--Employees | Railroads--Ohio. | Railroads--Michigan. | Railroads--Yards | Railroad stations | Electric railroads--Michigan. | Bridges | Power-plants | Traffic accidents | Michigan State Fair | Detroit (Mich.) | Flat Rock (Mich.) | Ironton (Ohio) | Jackson (Ohio) | Lima (Ohio) | Wyandotte (Mich.) | Photographs. | Photographic prints. 
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35Title:  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 
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36Title:  Dexcar Pocahontas Coal Company, 1911-1936 
 Accession:  307 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Office of the Secretary. 
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37Title:  Dexcar Pocahontas Coal Company records subseries, 1919-1927 
 Accession:  393 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Auditing Department. 
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38Title:  Direct Mail Campaign records, 1938-1940 
 Accession:  656 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. General Sales Department. 
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39Title:  Disbursing Vouchers subseries, 1912-1952 and Statements series, 1918-1950 
 Accession:  286 
 Creator:  Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 
 Abstract:  Accession 286 includes multiple subseries from the Disbursing Vouchers and Remittances series as well as the entire Statements series. The accession contains bank statements, cancelled checks, vouchers and other financial records. 
 Subjects:  Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 | Finch, Stanley Wellington, 1872- | Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Homes and haunts | Ford family | Liebold, Ernest Gustav, 1884-1956 | Ford Motor Company. Office of Henry Ford | Botsford Inn (Mich.) | Dearborn Country Club (Dearborn, Mich.) | Dearborn Inn (Dearborn, Mich.) | Dearborn Realty and Construction Company | Dearborn State Bank | Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad | Edison Institute Schools | Ford Motor Company | Ford Village Industries | Henry Ford Farms | Henry Ford Hospital | Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village | Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) | Antiques | Automobile industry and trade | Historic buildings | Historic sites--Conservation and restoration | Industrialists--Michigan--Dearborn | Dearborn (Mich.) | Richmond Hill (Ga.) | Bank statements | Financial records | Vouchers 
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40Title:  Division executives records series, 1927-1947 
 Accession:  454 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Sales and Advertising Division. 
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41Title:  Dodge Brothers collection, 1904-1920 
 Accession:  893 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. 
 Abstract:  The Dodge brothers, John and Horace, worked closely with Ford Motor Company until 1914 when they began their own automobile company. The collection consists of a miscellany of correspondence between the brothers and various Ford Motor Company executives. 
 Subjects:  Dodge, Horace E. (Horace Elgin), 1868-1920 | Dodge, John F. (John Francis), 1864-1920 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford Motor Company | Correspondence 
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42Title:  Domestic Branches and Plants Contracts subseries, 1907-1930 
 Accession:  117 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Office of the Secretary. 
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43Title:  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 
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44Title:  Don (Sully) Sullivan Papers, 1931-1993 
 Accession:  2015.69 
 Creator:  Sullivan, Donnell A. 
 Abstract:  Unprocessed collection consisting of the records of Ford Motor Company engineer Don "Sully" Sullivan from 1931-1993, including engineering drawings, technical data and reports, receipts, expense reports, parts lists, correspondence, and memos. Topics covered include the GT40 program, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the FE engine and the Y-Block engine. 
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45Title:  Donald Sullivan Collection 
 Accession:  81.75 
 Creator:  Sullivan, Donald 
 Abstract:  The Donald Sullivan Collection is a compilation of trade catalogs, trade cards, advertisements, prints, and other product literature related to a variety of topics, including outdoor activities, sporting goods, agricultural machinery and products, food stuffs, department stores, automobiles, bicycles, architecture and house plans, shoes and clothing, radios, and electric heating. 
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46Title:  Douglas T. McClure records series, 1951-1956 
 Accession:  624 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Continental Division. 
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47Title:  Drawings of New York Worlds Fair of 1964-1965 
 Accession:  1066 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company 
 Abstract:  Linen drawings of New York Worlds Fair of 1964-1965. The building itself and probably some of the exhibits. 
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48Title:  Dutee Wilcox Flint, Inc. records, 1920-1945 
 Accession:  308 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Office of the Secretary. 
 Abstract:   
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