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1	Title:	Ford Motor Company production reports, 1919-1952
	Accession:	BFRC01
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company.
	Abstract:	The Ford Motor Company production reports contains production reports, schedules, ledgers, and other documentation relating to production from 1919 to 1952. The reports are comprised of three Accessions: 221, 382 and 396.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford Motor Company \| Automobile industry and trade \| Ford automobile \| Production scheduling \| Branches (Business enterprises) \| Financial records
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2	Title:	Reports of Management Meetings, 1947-1954
	Accession:	422
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Industrial Relations.
	Abstract:	Ford Motor Company implemented monthly management meetings in 1947 to establish two-way communication between all parts of the management team. This collection contains the monthly reports from those meetings from 1947 to 1954.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1917-1987 \| Breech, Ernest R., 1897-1978 \| Ford Motor Company. Personnel management. \| Ford Motor Company. Employees. \| Ford Motor Company. Management. \| Automobile industry and trade \| Ford automobile \| Reports
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3	Title:	Miscellaneous Ford Motor Company blueprints and drawings collection, 1906-1951
	Accession:	181
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company
	Abstract:	The collection includes various Ford Motor Company drawings, including Henry Ford’s first internal combustion engine, the Quadricycle, Model T and Lincoln parts, and Fordson tractors.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford Motor Company \| Engines \| Automobile industry and trade \| Ford automobile \| Ford Model T automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Technical drawings \| Blueprints (reprographic copies)
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4	Title:	Ford International executive newsletters, 1950-1956
	Accession:	505
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Public Relations Department.
	Abstract:	The Ford International executive newsletters were informal newsletters intended to share information about overseas branches of the Ford Motor Company. This collection contains newsletters from the 1950s as well as economic news abstracts from the same period.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1917-1987. \| Mills, A. K. (Augustus King), 1902-1954. \| Ford Motor Company. Public Relations Department. \| Ford Motor Company. International Division--Public relations. \| Automobile industry and trade \| Ford automobile \| Branches (Business enterprises) \| Ford Motor Company--Management. \| Reports.
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5	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
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6	Title:	Advertising Department scrapbooks subseries, 1934-1952.
	Accession:	722
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Lincoln-Mercury Division.
	Abstract:	The Advertising Department assisted the Sales Department in the preparation and production of sales promotion materials and materials to be used in the training of dealer retail salesmen. The subseries contains scrapbooks maintained by Robert F. G. Copeland, advertising manager for Lincoln-Mercury Division, which include: Ford used car advertising; Ford V-8 magazine advertising, Lincoln magazine and newspaper advertising, Mercury magazine and newspaper advertising; Announcement advertising for new Lincoln-Mercury dealers; Lincoln-Mercury dealer advertising and advertising fund; Lincoln-Mercury promotional materials; and a flip chart on the purpose of the Advertising Department.
	Subjects:	Advertising--Automobiles \| Advertising, Magazine \| Advertising, Newspaper \| Automobile dealers \| Automobile industry and trade \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Lincoln Continental automobile--History. \| Mercury automobile \| Sales promotion \| Copeland, Robert F. G., 1902-1966. \| Ford Motor Company. Lincoln Division. \| Ford Motor Company. Lincoln-Mercury Division. Advertising Department. \| Ford Motor Company. Lincoln-Mercury Division. Marketing Plans Department. \| Advertisements. \| Scrapbooks
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7	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
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8	Title:	Photographic Library (Earle Hager) records series, 1938-1971
	Accession:	1685
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Photograpic Department.
	Abstract:	Earle Harger was a librarian for the Ford Motor Company. The series contains research files on Ford Motor Company history, reports on practices of other large photographic libraries and printed and published material about the company.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Harger, Earle, 1905-1976 \| Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department. \| Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant. \| Ford Motor Company. Archives. \| Ford Motor Company--By-products \| Ford Rotunda (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Henry Ford Hospital \| Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Automobile industry and trade \| Ford automobile \| Assembly-line methods \| Automobile racing \| Automobiles--Design and construction \| Agriculture--Research \| Coal mines and mining \| Waste products \| Lincoln automobile \| Rubber industry and trade \| Special libraries \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Annual Reports \| Chronologies \| Photographs \| Posters \| Publications
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9	Title:	Ford and Model T songs collection, 1908-1939
	Accession:	163
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Archives.
	Abstract:	The collection includes sheet music and audio recordings of songs related to Henry Ford or the Model T.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford Motor Company \| Automobile industry and trade \| Ford Model T automobile \| Ford automobile \| Sheet music \| Audiotapes \| Phonograph records \| Cassette tapes \| Compact discs
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10	Title:	Fair Lane papers subgroup, 1835-1950
	Accession:	1
	Creator:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
	Abstract:	Henry and Clara Ford lived in a succession of fourteen homes, the last of which, Fair Lane, was constructed on the shores of their Rouge River estate in 1915. The Fair Lane papers contain documents representing the Fords' busy and complex lives assembled from the rooms of the mansion after Clara died in 1950.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Homes and haunts \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Family \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 \| Ford, Henry, 1917-1987 \| Ford family \| Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 \| Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 \| Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938 \| Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926 \| Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951 \| Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 \| Ford Motor Company--History \| Henry Ford (Organization) \| Henry Ford Hospital \| Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) \| Ford Foundation \| Ford Motor Company. Airplane Division \| Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant \| Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad \| Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation (1916) \| Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) \| Dearborn Independent \| Automobile industry and trade \| Ford automobile \| Ford Model T automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Historic gardens--Michigan \| Historic buildings \| Historic sites--Conservation and restoration \| Ford tractors \| Automobiles, Racing \| Pacifism \| Peace movements \| Technology--United States \| World War, 1914-1918--Peace \| Schools--Michigan \| Power-plants--Michigan \| Industrialists--Michigan--Dearborn \| Camping \| Landscape architecture \| Willow Run (Mich.) \| Richmond Hill (Ga.) \| Dearborn (Mich.) \| Scrapbooks \| Genealogy \| Diaries \| Postcards \| Landscape architectural drawings
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11	Title:	Ford Motor Company Tokens, Coins, Medallions, and Badges collection, 1915-2001
	Accession:	1812
	Creator:	Benson Ford Research Center.
	Abstract:	The Ford Motor Company tokens, coins, medallions, and badges collection contains assorted Ford Motor Company and Ford family memorabilia.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford Motor Company \| Automobile industry and trade \| Exhibitions \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Ford Motor Company--Anniversaries \| Ford Motor Company--Centennial celebrations \| Badges \| Medallions \| Tokens
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12	Title:	Valentine Y. Tallberg Records subseries, 1944-1949
	Accession:	480
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Engineering Division.
	Abstract:	Valentine Y. Tallberg worked in multiple positions in Ford Motor Company, including Administrative Engineer and Vice President of Engineering. These records include meeting minutes and agendas, progress reports and program schedules of many of the committees on which Tallberg served.
	Subjects:	Tallberg, Valentine Y. (Valentine Yngve), 1901-1976 \| Ford Motor Company. Engineering Division \| Automobiles--Design and construction \| Automobile engineers \| Automobile industry and trade \| Ford Model A automobile \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln Continental automobile \| Mercury automobile \| Production scheduling \| Tractor industry \| Truck industry \| Corporate minutes \| Reports \| Schedules (time plans)
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13	Title:	Photographs for Ford News Bureau album series, circa 1946-1948
	Accession:	1505
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department.
	Abstract:	The series contains an album containing striking photographic images depicting Ford Motor Company plants, Ford employees, and the process of producing automobiles and trucks.
	Subjects:	Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department \| Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant \| Ford Motor Company. Marine operations \| Ford Motor Company--Employees \| Benson Ford (Ship) \| Ford Fleet \| Assembly-line methods \| Automobile factories \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile industry workers \| Ford automobile \| Cargo ships \| Industrial designers \| Shipping \| Photograph albums \| Photographs \| Aerial views
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14	Title:	P. E. Martin papers, 1880-1943 (bulk 1921-1942)
	Accession:	823
	Creator:	Martin, P. E. (Peter Edmund), 1882-1944
	Abstract:	Peter Edmund Martin was an early employee and later executive of the Ford Motor Company. His papers consist of photographs of influential Ford employees as well as correspondence, production totals and personal notes on the early years of Ford Motor Company.
	Subjects:	Martin, P. E. (Peter Edmund), 1882-1944 \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Sorensen, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1881-1968 \| Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant. \| Ford Motor Company. Rough River Plant. \| Henry Ford Trade School \| Stout Metal Airplane Company \| Automobile factories--Ireland--Cord \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile industry and trade--Statistics \| Ford automobile \| Ford Model T automobile \| Ford Model A automobile \| Ford Three-engined Monoplane (Transport plane) \| Ford Tri-Motor \| Cork (Ireland: County) \| Caricatures \| Photographs \| Photograph albums \| Portraits
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15	Title:	Engineering data collection, 1948-1958
	Accession:	1119
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Archives.
	Abstract:	The Engineering Data collection is an assembled collection containing summary technical information for new model cars, trucks and tractors.
	Subjects:	Automobile industry and trade \| Automobiles--Design and construction \| Automobiles--Motors \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Mercury automobile \| Lincoln Cosmopolitan automobile \| Ford tractors \| Ford trucks \| Photographs \| Technical manuals
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16	Title:	Records Moved to Engineering Laboratory in 1919 series, 1911-1927 and the Non-Automotive Interests and Activities Records series, 1916-1929
	Accession:	62
	Creator:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
	Abstract:	Accession 62 spans multiple series and contains records concerning the non-business interests of Henry Ford. The Records Moved to the Engineering Laboratory in 1919 series consists of general correspondence from the Office of Henry Ford about his personal interests and the Non-automotive Interests and Activities records series focuses on Ford's run for president and his land in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Anderson, Gary S. \| Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 \| Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 \| Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Employees \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Homes and haunts \| Greer, Robert L. \| Leibold, Ernest Gustav, 1884-1956 \| Plantiff, Gaston, 1874-1934 \| Dearborn Publishing Company \| Ford Village Industries \| Dearborn Realty and Construction Company \| Ford Hawaiians \| Ford Motor Company \| Ford Motor Company--Employees \| Ford Motor Company--Executives \| Ford Motor Company--Finance \| Ford Motor Company. Office of Henry Ford \| Ford Motor Company--Trials, litigation, etc. \| Ford Motor Company--Presidents \| Hamilton and Rossville Hydraulic Company \| Henry Ford & Son, Inc. \| Henry Ford & Son, Ltd. \| Henry Ford Hospital \| Sialia (Ship) \| United States Navy--Boats \| Sialia II (Ship) \| Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Valley Farm, Inc. \| Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) \| Neutral Conference for Continuous Meditation (1916) \| Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926 \| Tennessee River Improvement Association \| African American automobile industry workers \| African American soldiers \| Anti-Jewish propaganda \| Anti-Semitism \| Automobile dealers \| Automobile industry and trade \| Buildings--Michigan--Dearborn \| Ford automobile \| Five dollar day \| Industrialists--Michigan--Dearborn \| Eagle boats \| Ford tractors \| Jews \| Profit-sharing \| Peace Ship \| Shipbuilding \| Shipyards \| Tractor industry \| Trials (Libel) \| Tractors \| World War, 1914-1918 \| World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, American \| Buildings--Florida--Fort Myers \| Aircraft industry--Michigan \| Airports--Michigan \| Air mail service--United States \| Business and politics \| Economic development projects \| Hydroelectric power plants--Alabama--Muscle Shoals \| Nitrates \| Presidential candidates \| Water resources development--Tennessee River Valley \| Dearborn (Mich.) \| Ford Airport (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Muscle Shoals (Ala.) \| Blueprints (reprographic copies) \| Ciphers \| Clippings \| Contracts \| Financial records \| Maps \| Photographs
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17	Title:	William M. Schmidt papers, 1950-1962
	Accession:	1672
	Creator:	Schmidt, William M.
	Abstract:	William M. Schmidt worked as an automotive stylist and designer at Ford Motor Company, Packard Motor Car Company, Chrysler and his own private studio. His papers include photographs and clippings about various cars he helped design.
	Subjects:	Schmidt, William M. \| Ford Motor Company \| William M. Schmidt Associates \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobiles--Drawings \| Automobiles--Design and construction \| Drafting and industrial drawings \| Ford automobile \| Industrial designers \| Lincoln automobile \| Mercury automobile \| Packard automobile \| Studebaker automobile \| Trucks--Design and construction \| Photographs \| Design drawings
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18	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
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19	Title:	Frank Ernest Hill papers, 1950-1966
	Accession:	940
	Creator:	Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969
	Abstract:	Frank Ernest Hill collaborated with Allan Nevins in the 1950s on the first two volumes of a comprehensive history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. He coauthored a third volume. The papers are comprised of research material.
	Subjects:	Hill, Frank Ernest 1888-1969 \| Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971. \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. \| Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. \| Ford, Henry, 1917-1987. \| Ford, William Clay, 1925- \| Ford family \| Ford Motor Company -- History. \| Ford Motor Company -- Industrial relations. \| Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village. \| Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum. \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile industry workers \| Automobile factories \| Airlines \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Industry and education \| Labor -- History. \| Trade unions -- Automobile industry workers. \| Philanthropists \| World War, 1914-1918 \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Detroit (Mich.) -- History \| Genealogies.
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20	Title:	Ford Motor Company Textile Laboratory Records, 1959-1969 (bulk 1962-1964)
	Accession:	2006.1.1911
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company
	Abstract:	Also known as the Master Bodycloth File, the Textile Laboratory Records consist of working files of the Ford Motor Company Textile Laboratory Section staff. Files include correspondence, testing reports, material samples, and specifications for fabrics. 8 cubic ft. (8 boxes).
	Subjects:	Brunn, Hermann C., 1908-1989 \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automotive design \| Carpets \| Cloth \| Convertibles \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln Continental automobile \| Mercury automobile \| Mustang automobile \| Safety belts \| Seating \| Testing \| Upholstery \| Correspondence \| Reports \| Samples
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