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1	Title:	Edsel B. Ford office papers, 1903-1945 (bulk 1920-1940)
	Accession:	6
	Creator:	Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943.
	Abstract:	Edsel B. Ford, the only child of Henry and Clara Bryant Ford was secretary of the Ford Motor Company from 1915 to 1917 and president of the company from 1919 until his death in 1943. The papers are primarily comprised of correspondence, subject files, and financial records. The bulk of the records relate to company business in the 1920s, 1930s, and early 1940s.
	Subjects:	Automobile industry and trade \| Industrial designers. \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. \| Ford Motor Company -- Management. \| Ford Motor Company -- Presidents.
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2	Title:	Ford Motor Company Ltd. records subseries, 1929-1935
	Accession:	261
	Creator:	Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943.
	Abstract:	The Ford Motor Company Ltd. records subseries consists of records pertaining to the financial operations of English and European companies owned by the Ford Motor Company, and include monthly, quarterly, and annual reports sent to the president of the company, Edsel B. Ford.
	Subjects:	Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. \| Ford Motor Company. \| Ford Motor Company ltd. \| Ford Motor Company--Presidents. \| Automobile industry and trade \| Financial records
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3	Title:	Edsel Ford Automotive Scrapbook series, 1911-1925
	Accession:	660
	Creator:	Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943.
	Abstract:	Edsel Ford was a connoisseur of fine art and antiques, and a designer of considerable talent. His interest in automobiles and design is expressed through the scrapbook, which holds magazine and catalog clippings of fine cars (mostly European), illustrations and snapshots of English custom bodies on the Model T chassis, and pictures of early racing cars.
	Subjects:	Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943--Homes and haunts. \| Ford Motor Company--Presidents. \| Ford Motor Company--Management. \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobiles--Design and construction. \| Ford Model T automobile \| Industrial designers. \| Automobiles, Racing. \| Boats and boating \| Selling--Automobiles \| Photographs. \| Scrapbooks
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4	Title:	Gaston Plantiff papers, 1905-1931 (bulk 1920-1930)
	Accession:	66
	Creator:	Plantiff, Gaston, 1874-1934.
	Abstract:	Gaston Plantiff was New York Branch Manager for Ford Motor Company from 1913-1929. The papers consist of files maintained by Plantiff during this time.
	Subjects:	Plantiff, Gaston 1874-1934. \| Ford Motor Company. \| Ford Motor Company -- New York. \| Bulow, Robert. \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. \| Kanzler, Ernest Carlton, 1892-1967. \| Sorensen, Charles Emil, 1881-1968. \| Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation 1916. \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile dealers \| Advertising--Automobiles \| Tractors \| Correspondence
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5	Title:	Office of the Treasurer records subseries, 1903-1932
	Accession:	483
	Creator:	Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943
	Abstract:	The Office of the Treasurer records subseries contains plant engineering contracts and various financial and legal records of the Ford Motor Company for 1903 thorough 1932.
	Subjects:	Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. \| Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant. \| Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant. \| Ford Motor Company. Office of the Treasurer. \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile factories \| Auditors' reports \| Blast furnaces \| Credit \| Installment plan \| Plant engineering \| Factory management \| Power-plants \| Ford Motor Company--Finance. \| Financial records.
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6	Title:	Joseph C. Beh, Sr. papers, 1915-1928
	Accession:	147
	Creator:	Beh, Joseph C., Sr., 1889-1975.
	Abstract:	John C. Beh Sr. became an employee of the Ford Motor Company in 1915. These papers mostly include employee lists for engineering and power plant related departments and other miscellaneous documents relating to his employment.
	Subjects:	Beh, Joseph C., Sr., 1889-1975. \| Allison, Fred. \| Perry, William, 1853-1940. \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. \| Ford Motor Company--Employees. \| Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant. \| Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant. \| Ford Motor Company. Electrical Power Department. \| Automobile industry and trade \| Power-plants--Michigan. \| Automobile engineers \| African American automobile industry workers \| World War, 1914-1918 \| Photographs. \| Group portraits.
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7	Title:	Audio Speeches series, 1938-1943
	Accession:	1689
	Creator:	Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943.
	Abstract:	The series consists of recordings of speeches made by Edsel B. Ford during the period 1938-1943, and include speeches made at the 1940 New York World’s Fair, and the Willow Run (Mich.) bomber plant.
	Subjects:	Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. \| Ford Motor Company--Presidents. \| Ford Motor Company --Management. \| Ford Motor Company--Public relations. \| Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant. \| Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) \| United States. Navy Dept. \| New York World's Fair (1939-1940) \| Automobile driver education \| Automobile industry and trade \| Exhibitions--United States. \| Radio programs \| Used cars \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Ford Sunday Evening Hour (Radio program) \| Compact discs. \| Sound recordings. \| Speeches.
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8	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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9	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
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10	Title:	General Photographs series, 1913-1954
	Accession:	833
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department.
	Abstract:	Ford Motor Company photographers recorded the company’s manufacturing work and contributions to innovation around the nation and world. This series contains photographic prints and negatives created by the company’s first photographic department.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. \| Ford family \| Kahlo, Frida, 1907- \| Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 \| Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957 \| Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department. \| Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant \| Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant \| Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant. \| Ford Motor Company. Marine operations. \| Ford Motor Company--Buildings. \| Ford Motor Company--Employees. \| Ford Motor Company--Executives. \| Henry Ford (Organization) \| Ford Village Industries. \| Henry Ford Trade School. \| Dearborn Inn (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Detroit Institute of Arts \| Ford Fleet. \| Ford Rotunda (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Henry Ford Hospital. \| Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Assembly line methods \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobile industry workers \| Automobile factories \| Automobile dealers \| Aircraft industry \| Factories--Design and construction \| Aircraft industry \| Airplanes \| Buses \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Mercury automobile \| Cargo ships \| Industry and education \| Industrial buildings \| Photographers \| Power-plants \| Radio--History \| Rubber industry and trade \| Service stations \| Soybean products \| Tractors \| Trucks \| Vehicles, Military \| Women automobile industry workers \| African American automobile industry workers \| Photographs. \| Photographic prints \| Portraits. \| Group portraits. \| Negatives (Photographic)
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