| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Title: | Seaboard Properties records, 1933-1941 | | | | Accession: | 1054 | | | | Creator: | Seaboard Properties. | | | | Abstract: | The records are pertinent to Seaboard Property Company; Oakwood Hotel Company, Botsford Inn, and Dearborn Inn. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 8 | 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 |
| 11 | Title: | Seventy-fifth Anniversary Committee records subseries, 1975-1978 | | | | Accession: | 1389 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Office of Public Relations. | | | | Abstract: | Ford Motor Company celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1953 and its seventy-fifth anniversary in 1978. The subseries holds material documenting the celebration of Ford Motor Company's seventy-fifth anniversary including news releases; press packets; interoffice correspondence; Ford and non-Ford publications; photographs of Ford Motor Company plants around the world, Ford products, Ford family members, and others; newspaper clipping books; 16mm film footage and audio tape coverage of the seventy-fifth anniversary celebration at Greenfield Village; news articles of seventy-fifth anniversary activities in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Mexico, Netherlands, Uruguay, and Venezuela, many which are in foreign languages; and a design drawing for the 1903 Model A Ford which was used to create official commemorative models. | | | | Subjects: | Automobile factories | Automobile industry and trade | Ford Model A automobile | Press releases | Ford family | Ford Motor Company--Anniversaries, etc. | Ford Motor Company. Archives. | Ford Motor Company. Office of Public Relations. | Ford Motor Company--Public relations. | Ford Rotunda (Dearborn, Mich.) | Design drawings. | Motion pictures. | Photographs. | Sound recordings. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 12 | Title: | Sharon Hollow Mulay Sawmill Pamphlet, circa 1934 | | | | Accession: | 1093 | | | | Creator: | | | | | Abstract: | One pamphlet (copy) entitled "Sharon Hollow: Story of an Early Mulay Sawmill of Michigan" by Carl Addison Leech (Detroit). In 1929 Henry Ford had motion pictures taken of Mr. George Kirkwood operating the old saw (circa 1835) and making the "last cut". A letter from Mr. Kirkwood to Henry Ford (June 1934) is attached to the back cover of the pamphlet. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 13 | Title: | Shaw papers, 1862-1887 | | | | Accession: | 00.1429 | | | | Creator: | Acenith, Shaw | | | | Abstract: | The Shaw Papers consist primarily of letters written to Acenith Shaw in Moreville and York, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Acenith was a school girl of about fourteen in 1864. Many of the letters to her are from school friends and cousins who also lived in Michigan. The girls wrote of family activities, school, planned visits, and current interests. Some of the letters describe their arrangements for teaching school, and in time, marriages and children. | | | | Subjects: | Shaw, Acenith | Michigan | Correspondence | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 20 | Title: | Sidney Olson "American Road" Manuscript, circa 1953-1963 | | | | Accession: | 64.167.979 | | | | Creator: | Olson, Sidney | | | | Abstract: | Sidney Olson conducted independent research in the Ford Motor Company Archives, with the intention of writing a series of books on Henry Ford. His manuscript was published in 1963 under the title "Young Henry Ford". The Sidney Olson American Road Manuscript contains Olson's manuscript for the book, including photographic prints of the images to be reproduced. Also included is a photocopy of the finished work. The collection is open for research. 1.0 cubic ft. (1 box). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 21 | Title: | Sidney Olson papers, 1952-1963 | | | | Accession: | PP004 | | | | Creator: | Olson, Sidney | | | | Abstract: | Sidney Olson conducted independent research in the Ford Archives, with the intention to write a series of books on Henry Ford. After his death, his manuscript was published under the title Young Henry Ford. His papers contain his manuscript, research notes, and plans for other projects. | | | | Subjects: | Olson, Sidney | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 | Ford family | Ford Motor Company--History. | Ford Motor Company--Public relations. | Ford Motor Company--Employees. | Ford Motor Company--Executives. | Automobile industry and trade | Ford automobile | Ford Falcon automobile | Flora (Ill.) | Chronologies | Photographs | Maps | Minutes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 22 | Title: | Sidney Olson Public Relations Projects, 1960 | | | | Accession: | 64.167.716 | | | | Creator: | Olson, Sidney | | | | Abstract: | Sidney Olson, while employed at the Kenyon & Eckhardt advertising agency, worked on projects associated with the Ford Motor Company. One was entitled Project Flora and related to test drives of 1961 Ford or Falcon automobiles. The Sidney Olson Public Relations Projects contains questionnaires, press documents, newspaper clippings, photographic prints, and a draft manuscripts relating to this project. The collection is open for research. 1.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 23 | Title: | Sidney Olson Research Notes on Henry Ford, 1952-1953 | | | | Accession: | 64.167.512 | | | | Creator: | Olson, Sidney | | | | Abstract: | Sidney Olson conducted independent research in the Ford Motor Company Archives, with the intention of writing a series of books on Henry Ford. His manuscript was published in 1963 under the title "Young Henry Ford". The Sidney Olson Research Notes on Henry Ford contains handwritten and typewritten notes, quotations from reminiscences of Ford Motor Company employees, topical files (primarily photocopies), a draft manuscript, and photographic prints. The collection is open for research. 5.4 cubic ft. (12 boxes). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 24 | Title: | Sidney Olson "The Peaceful Revolution" Manuscripts, 1957 | | | | Accession: | 64.167.812 | | | | Creator: | Olson, Sidney | | | | Abstract: | Sidney Olson, while employed at the Kenyon & Eckhardt advertising agency, worked on projects associated with the Ford Motor Company. One of these projects focused on the 25th anniversary of Ford's V-8 engine. The Sidney Olson "The Peaceful Revolution" Manuscripts contains two copies of Olson's manuscript for this project, entitled "The Peaceful Revolution...The Silver Anniversary Story of the V-8 Engine." The collection is open for research. 0.1 cubic ft. (1 folder). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 25 | Title: | Small Accessions Collection, 1812-1984 (bulk 1903-1978) | | | | Accession: | Not Available | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Archives | | | | Abstract: | Originally started by Ford Motor Company archivists to house and administer collections deemed too small to be described individually, the bulk of the Small Accession collection was donated to The Henry Ford in the 1964 donation (the first and largest transfer of archives from Ford Motor Company to The Henry Ford) and the practice was continued by Edison Institute staff. | | | | Subjects: | Airplanes | Automobile dealers | Automobile industry and trade | Automobiles | Buildings--Michigan--Dearborn | Ford automobile | Ford tractors | Lincoln automobile | Fordson tractors | Industrialists | Philanthropists | Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford, Henry, 1917-1987 | Ford family | Ford Motor Company | Ford Motor Company--Anniversaries, etc. | Ford Motor Company--Buildings | Ford Motor Company--Employees | Ford Motor Company--Public relations | Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant | Ford Village Industries | Lincoln Motor Company | Edison Institute Schools | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Henry Ford Farms | Henry Ford (Organization) | Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village | Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum | Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) | Dearborn (Mich.) | Detroit (Mich.) | Oral histories | Audiotapes | Blueprints (reprographic copies) | Compact discs | Design drawings | Diaries | DVDs | Ledgers (account books) | Photographs | Publications | Sound recordings | Technical drawings | Videotapes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 28 | Title: | Somers Family Papers, 1870-1972 | | | | Accession: | 2018.63 | | | | Creator: | Somers family | | | | Abstract: | The collection contains 9 of the Somers family account books, as well as 2 thumb drives containing digital surrogates; correspondence; insurance information; marriage and baptismal certificates; baby and wedding books; a framed confirmation certificate written in German; mortgage and loan papers; a will; and photographic prints. Extent: 1.7 cubic ft. and 2.1 GB (5 boxes amd 1,644 electronic files). The collection is open for research. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 29 | Title: | Somerset, Michigan, Schools and Tinsmith Account Books, 1837-1911 | | | | Accession: | 2002.86 | | | | Creator: | Unknown | | | | Abstract: | The Somerset, Michigan, Schools and Tinsmith Account Books collection contains two account books. The Somerset, Michigan, Schools account book contains information on the school building, supplies, teachers, local taxes, and other educational issues from 1837-1911. The tinsmith account book, from John Cowdrey of Warwick, New York, dates from 1843-1845, and contains data on repair work done, goods made, and prices charged for goods and services.
The collection is open for research. 0.6 cubic ft. (1 box containing 2 volumes). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 32 | Title: | Speech Services Records Subseries, 1944-1962 | | | | Accession: | 234 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Office of Public Relations | | | | Abstract: | The subseries contains executive speeches arranged alphabetically by the speakers last name and then chronologically. The bulk of the speeches were given by Ernest R. Breech, John S. Bugas, Lewis D. Crusoe, Benson Ford, William T. Gossett, Thomas R. Reid, and Walker A. Williams. Also included are copies of executive and departmental communications detailing the company speech clearance policies and procedures and lists of speeches given by company officers and executives from June 1949 to August 1962. The lists are arranged by year, month, day and last name of speaker and include the location and topic of the speech. Copies of many of the speeches on the lists are included in this or other accessions in the Speeches and Executive Correspondence series. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 33 | Title: | Spicer papers, 1833-1872 | | | | Accession: | 00.1403 | | | | Creator: | Spicer Family | | | | Abstract: | The Spicer papers are predominantly family letters from members in towns in Minnesota. One letter of interest mentions an impending cataract operation in 1810, others relate to land transactions and opportunities. A calendar of most of the letters is at the beginning of the folder with short notes on their contents. | | | | Subjects: | Spicer Family | Medical care | Eye--Surgery | Minnesota | Correspondence | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 35 | Title: | Stanley R. Topel Audio-Visual Education Collection, circa 1960-1995 | | | | Accession: | 99.10 | | | | Creator: | Topel, Stanley R. | | | | Abstract: | Stanley Topel was an elementary and high school teacher from 1957 to 1994. Topel used audio-visual materials in his classroom to better engage students, and over the years, amassed a personal collection of equipment. Stanley Topel went on to earn a doctoral degree in education, writing a dissertation on the use of audio-visual materials in the classroom. The Stanley R. Topel Audio-Visual Education Collection contains receipts, warranty cards, equipment instructional manuals, 51 filmstrips, 7 reading script pamphlets that accompanied films, 2 audiocassettes to accompany films, two printed sermons, an oral interview on 2 DVDs and 2 VHS cassettes, and two copies of Topel's dissertation. The collection is open for research, however use of original films, audio and VHS cassettes, and DVDs is restricted. 1.3 cubic ft. (2 boxes). | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 37 | Title: | Stella G. Slonina Photograph Album, 1933-1949 | | | | Accession: | 2013.59 | | | | Creator: | Slonina, Stella G., 1917-2005 | | | | Abstract: | The collection consists of a single photograph album compiled by Stella G. Slonina. The album contains black-and-white and hand-colored photographic prints, and include images of Slonina's family and friends; trips and vacations; home exteriors and interiors (her home and friends' homes); weddings and other formal occasions; family activities, and clothing styles. Notably, the trips and vacations include travel to New York and the 1939 New York World's Fair. | | | | Subjects: | Photographs | Photograph albums | New York World's Fair (1939-1940) | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 38 | Title: | Sterling Township Manufacturing Plant records, 1956 | | | | Accession: | 1021 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Manufacturing Division. | | | | Abstract: | Listing of information regarding the construction of the Sterling Manufacturing Plant: materials used, size of plant, boiler house data, electrical usage, and information on employees and employee service. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 39 | Title: | Stickley family collection, 1879-1978 | | | | Accession: | 1624 | | | | Creator: | Stickley family | | | | Abstract: | Gustav, Leopold, and John George Stickley along with two other brothers were furniture craftsman in New York in the early 1900s. The collection, which contains correspondence, financial records, photographs and printed material, primarily documents the work of Leopold and John George Stickley. | | | | Subjects: | Stickley family | Stickley, Gustav, 1858-1942 | Stickley, John George, 1871-1921 | Gustav Stickley Co. | Stickley & Associates | Stickley Bros. Co. | L. and J. G. Stickley Inc. | Furniture industry and trade | Furniture workers | Furniture, Mission | Arts and crafts movement. | Advertisements. | Design drawings | Financial records | Minutes | Oral histories | Patents | Photographs | Sales catalogs | Trade catalogs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 40 | Title: | Stockholder Relations Department records series, 1955-1960 | | | | Accession: | 1650 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Office of Public Relations. Stockholder Relations Department. | | | | Abstract: | Accession 1650 contains a February 1957 stockholder study conducted by National Analysts, Inc.; page proofs of newspaper advertisements; Ford Foundation statements discussing the Ford Motor Company stock sale; and two scrapbooks containing samples of publications mailed to stockholders throughout the year. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 46 | 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 |
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