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1	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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2	Title:	Chronological Information Files subseries, 1863-1958
	Accession:	902
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Archives. Oral History Section.
	Abstract:	Owen W. Bombard headed the Oral History Section of the Ford Motor Company in the 1950s. The Chronological Information Files subseries contains chronological histories of Ford Motor Company and the life and interests of Henry Ford.
	Subjects:	Bombard, Owen W., 1922- \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Ford family \| Ford Motor Company. Archives. Oral History Section. \| Henry Ford (Organization) \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile factories \| Assembly-line methods \| Automobile industry workers \| Ford Motor Company--History \| Ford Motor Company--Employees \| Ford Motor Company--Industrial relations \| Ford Motor Company--Public relations \| Industry and education \| Aircraft industry \| Industrialists \| Oral history \| Pacifism \| Philanthropists \| Radio--History \| Camping \| Chronologies
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3	Title:	Subject Information Files subseries, 1863-1958 (bulk 1950-1956)
	Accession:	903
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Archives. Oral History Section.
	Abstract:	Owen W. Bombard headed the Oral History Section at Ford Motor Company in the 1950s. The Subject information files subseries contains reference and topical files created by Bombard and his staff.
	Subjects:	Bombard, Owen W., 1922- \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Ford family \| Ford Motor Company. Archives. Oral History Section. \| Henry Ford (Organization) \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile factories \| Assembly-line methods \| Automobile industry workers \| Ford Motor Company--History \| Ford Motor Company--Employees \| Ford Motor Company--Industrial relations \| Ford Motor Company--Public relations \| Industry and education \| Aircraft industry \| Industrialists \| Oral history \| Pacifism \| Philanthropists \| Radio--History \| Camping \| Chronologies
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4	Title:	Photographic Vertical File series, 1860-1980 (bulk 1890-1955)
	Accession:	1660
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Archives.
	Abstract:	The Photographic vertical file series is an assembled collection of photographs from a variety of sources. The series contains both original photographs and copy photographs, covering a wide range of topics.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Ford, Eleanor, 1896- \| Ford, Henry, 1917-1987 \| Ford family \| Bryant family \| Litogot family. \| Burroughs, John, 1837-1921. \| Carver, George Washington, 1864?-1943 \| Disney, Walt, 1901-1966. \| Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 \| Firestone family \| Ford Motor Company. Archives. \| Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant \| Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant \| Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant. \| Ford Motor Company -- Employees. \| Ford Motor Company -- Executives. \| Ford Motor Company -- Buildings. \| Ford Village Industries. \| Ford Rotunda (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Ford Fleet. \| Henry Ford Hospital \| Henry Ford Trade School \| Henry Ford (Organization) \| Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile industry workers \| Automobile racing drivers \| Assembly-line methods \| Automobile factories \| Automobiles, Racing \| Endurance races. \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Mercury automobile \| Rubber industry and trade \| Tractors \| Trucks \| Industrialists \| Camping \| Celebrities \| Power-plants \| Aircraft industry \| Airplanes \| Advertising \| Peace movement -- United States. \| Vehicles, Mililtary. \| Women automobile industry workers \| African American automobile industry workers \| World War, 1914-1918 \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Ford Airport (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Richmond Hill (Ga.) \| Peace Ship. \| Photographs \| Group portraits \| Vertical files
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5	Title:	Nevins and Hill Research, Original Documents and Notes Series, 1845-1960
	Accession:	572
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Archives
	Abstract:	In 1954, Columbia University historian Allan Nevins in collaboration with Frank Ernest Hill published the first volume of a comprehensive history of Henry Ford and his automobile company. The series is comprised primarily of original documents that were selected between 1952 and 1954 from accessions held by the Ford Motor Company Archives for research use in the three volume Nevins and Hill history of the company.
	Subjects:	Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile factories \| Assembly-line methods \| Aircraft industry \| Ford automobile \| Automobile dealers \| Automobile industry workers \| Industrialists \| Pacifism \| Philanthropists \| Industry and education \| Schools \| Tractor industry \| Vehicles, Military \| World War, 1939-1945 \| World War, 1914-1918 \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 \| Ford family \| Couzens, James, 1872-1936 \| Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969 \| Kanzler, Ernest Carlton, 1892-1967 \| Knudson, William S., 1879-1948 \| Liebold, Ernest Gustav, 1884-1956 \| Martin, Peter Edmund, 1882-1944 \| Mayo, William Benson, 1866-1944 \| Nevins, Allan 1890-1971 \| Sorensen, Charles Emil 1881-1968 \| Wills, Childe Harold, 1878-1940 \| Ford Motor Company--History \| Ford Motor Company. Archives \| Ford Motor Company. Sociological Department \| Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant \| Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant \| Ford Motor Company--Executives \| Ford Motor Company--Employees \| Ford Motor Company--Industrial relations \| Ford Motor Company--Public relations \| Henry Ford (Organization) \| Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad \| Henry Ford Hospital \| Henry Ford Trade School \| Ford Village Industries \| Ford Fleet \| Detroit (Mich.)--History \| Upper Peninsula (Mich.)--History \| Genealogies
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6	Title:	Northern Michigan Operations photographs series, 1920-1951
	Accession:	270
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department.
	Abstract:	In the 1920s Ford Motor Company constructed what was at the time the worlds largest sawmill complex in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The Iron Mountain plant supplied automobile body parts and wood patterns for the production of aircraft, ships, railroad cars, and mining trams. The photographs in this series serve to visually document Ford Motor Company production methods, as well as sawmill production, lumber manufacturing, and logging camp life.
	Subjects:	Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department. \| Ford Motor Company--Buildings. \| Assembly-line methods \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile industry workers \| Automobile factories \| Industrial buildings \| Automobiles--Design and construction. \| Iron mines and mining--Michigan \| Iron Industry \| Logging--Michigan. \| Lumbering--Michigan \| Lumber camps \| Lumbermen \| Power-plants \| Sawmills--Michigan. \| Station wagons \| Woodies (Automobiles) \| Wood in automobiles \| Gliders (Aeronautics) \| Aircraft industry \| Chemical plants--Michigan. \| Charcoal \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Waste products \| Shipping--Michigan. \| Big Bay (Mich.) \| Iron Mountain (Mich.) \| Pequaming (Mich.) \| Sidnaw (Mich.) \| Upper Peninsula (Mich.) \| Photograph albums. \| Photographs. \| Photographic prints \| Maps. \| Negatives.
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7	Title:	Charles E. Sorensen Office Files and Personal Records Subseries, 1915-1945 (bulk 1920-1943)
	Accession:	38
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Superintendents Office.
	Abstract:	The Department Files subseries consists of Charles Sorensen's office and personal records. The subseries is organized into four subsubseries. The Foreign Ford Companies subsubseries, 1929-1939 (16.8 cubic ft.), consists of correspondence, summary production data, and financial analysis data from Ford overseas plants and subsidiary companies in Argentina; Belgium; Canada; China; Denmark; Egypt; England; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Holland; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Luxembourg; Mexico; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Spain; Sweden; and Turkey. In addition, the Foreign Ford Companies subsubseries includes meeting minutes from Ford overseas general manager's meetings. The Branch Correspondence subsubseries, 1915-1946 (36.2 cubic ft.), contains correspondence, analysis summaries, and production data from Ford branches and plants. The material is arranged alphabetically by subject and there is additional material arranged alphabetically by correspondent. The material covers a wide variety of topics and reflects Sorensen's diverse interests and responsibilities with Ford. The Cablegrams and Telegrams subsubseries, 1917-1928 (1.2 cubic ft.), consists of incoming and outgoing messages detailing weekly production data and labor rates from branches and plants. The Charles E. Sorensen Personal records subsubseries, 1915-1945 (15.4 cubic ft.), contains personal correspondence; receipts and vouchers for personal expenses; accounts; contracts; insurance policies and non-automotive material including copies of design drawings, Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad maps, and general publications.
	Subjects:	Sorensen, Charles E. (Charles Emil), 1881-1968. \| Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant \| Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant. \| Ford Village Industries. \| Lincoln Motor Company (Detroit, Mich.) \| Henry Ford and Son Inc. \| Henry Ford & Son., Ltd. \| Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad. \| Automobiles--Design and construction \| Assembly-line methods \| Fordson tractors \| B-24 bomber \| Iron mines and mining--Michigan \| Aircraft industry--Military aspects \| Costs, Industrial \| Armored vehicles, Military \| Automobile industry and trade--Argentina. \| Automobile industry and trade--Belgium. \| Automobile industry and trade--Canada \| Automobile industry and trade--China \| Automobile industry and trade--Denmark. \| Automobile industry and trade--Egypt. \| Automobile industry and trade--England. \| Automobile industry and trade--Finland. \| Automobile industry and trade--France. \| Automobile industry and trade--Germany. \| Automobile industry and trade--Greece. \| Automobile industry and trade--Ireland. \| Automobile industry and trade--Italy. \| Automobile industry and trade--Luxembourg. \| Automobile industry and trade--Mexico \| Automobile industry and trade--Netherlands. \| Automobile industry and trade--Poland. \| Automobile industry and trade--Portugal. \| Automobile industry and trade--Romania. \| Automobile industry and trade--Spain. \| Automobile industry and trade--Sweden. \| Automobile industry and trade--Turkey. \| Automobile industry and trade--Management \| Automobile industry and trade--Costs. \| Automobile factories \| Coal mines and mining--Michigan. \| Tractor industry--Ireland. \| Production scheduling \| Wages and labor productivity \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Willow Run (Mich.) \| Design drawings \| Minutes
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