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1	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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2	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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3	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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4	Title:	Topical Photographic Prints in Binders series, circa 1903-1960
	Accession:	1854
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company Archives
	Abstract:	This series is a reference tool created by Ford Motor Company Archives staff prior to 1965. It contains photographic reproductions of continuous tone photographs, documents and printed materials.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Ford family \| Ford Motor Company--Archives. \| Ford Motor Company--History. \| Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village. \| Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum. \| Ford Times \| Canadian Ford Times \| Advertising--Automobiles \| Automobile industry and trade \| Aircraft industry \| Assembly-line methods \| Automobile racing \| Automobile travel \| Automobiles--Social aspects \| Celebrities \| Ford Model T automobile \| Ford Model A automobile \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Lincoln Continental automobile \| Mercury Zephyr automobile \| Ford trucks \| Roads \| Ford Zephyr automobiles \| Lincoln Zephyr automobile \| Portraits \| Photographs
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5	Title:	Photographs For The Company series, 1918-1954
	Accession:	189
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department.
	Abstract:	The series is comprised of photographic prints and negatives created by the Ford Motor Company Engineering Photographic Department. Subjects include the engineering and design on Ford Motor Company automobiles, tractors and airplanes, as well as factories, celebrities and other Ford interests. NOTE: This PDF formatted document is quite large, may take some time to open and/or download.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 \| Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department \| Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant \| Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant \| Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant \| Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Ford Village Industries \| Sialia (Ship) \| Aircraft industry \| Aeronautics--Competitions \| Antiques \| Assembly-line methods \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobiles--Design and construction \| Automobiles--Testing \| Industrial designers \| Celebrities \| Ford automobile \| Lincoln automobile \| Mercury automobile \| Ford Three-engined Monoplane (Transport plane) \| Radio--History \| Soybean products \| Tractor industry \| Vehicles, Military \| World War, 1939-1945 \| Ford Airport (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Photographs \| Negatives (Photographic) \| Photographic prints
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6	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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7	Title:	Records Stored in 1919 series, 1902-1923
	Accession:	2
	Creator:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
	Abstract:	The Records Stored in 1919 series contains materials created or maintained by Ford Motor Company treasurer and secretaries. The series includes financial records, correspondence, telegrams, and architectural estimates of Ford's Fair Lane estate.
	Subjects:	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Anderson, Gary S. \| Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 \| Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 \| Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 \| Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Employees \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Homes and haunts \| Klingensmith, Frank L. \| Liebold, Ernest Gustav, 1884-1956 \| Plantiff, Gaston, 1874-1934 \| Selden, George Baldwin, 1846-1922 \| Waddell, H. R. \| Dearborn State Bank \| 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--Presidents \| Ford Motor Company--Trials, litigation, etc \| Henry Ford & Son, Inc. \| Henry Ford Hospital \| Oscar II (Ship) \| Sialia (Ship) \| Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) \| Valley Farm, Inc. \| W. H. Van Tine Building Organization, Inc. \| Henry Ford Peace Expedition, 1915-1916 \| Neutral Conference for Continuous Meditation 1916 \| Automobile industry and trade \| Automobiles--Patents \| Buildings--Michigan--Dearborn \| Ford automobile \| Ford Model N automobile \| Industrialists--Michigan--Dearborn \| Pacifism \| Patent infringement \| Peace movements--United States \| Shipbuilding \| Tractors \| World War, 1914-1918 \| Dearborn, Mich. \| Bank statements \| Ciphers \| Financial records \| Photographs \| Publications
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8	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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9	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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10	Title:	Automotive Industry Oral Design History Collection, 1974-2006
	Accession:	91.1.1673
	Creator:	Henry Ford (Organization)
	Abstract:	The Automotive Industry Design Oral History Collection consists of interviews with approximately 130 automotive designers from the early-to-mid 20th century. The interviews were conducted in the mid-1980s by archivist Dave Crippen with The Henry Ford Benson Ford Research Center as part the inauguration of the Edsel Ford Design Center. The interviews were collected on cassette tape and later transferred to a variety of other media, including 1/4-inch reel-to-reel tape; diskette; and compact discs, and most were eventually digitized in the 2010s. Many of the interviews have also been transcribed and produced in hard-cover volumes. Extent: 20 cubic ft. and 8 linear feet (includes 76 diskettes, 35 1/4-inch tapes, approximately 470 cassette tapes, 160 compact discs, 75 bound volumes, 458 WAV files, and 471 MP3 files). The collection is open for research.
	Subjects:	Adams, Gerald E. (Gerald Eugene) \| Andrews, Robert F. \| Arnold, James H. \| Arrington, L.D. \| Ash, Lester David \| Barna, Ernest \| Bianchi, Frank \| Bibbee, H.G. (Herb) \| Bird, John \| Bordinat, Eugene (Gene), 1920-1987 \| Bourke, Robert E. \| Boyer, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1909-1989 \| Boyer, William P., 1926- \| Briggs, Colver R. \| Brown, Roy A. Jr. \| Brownlie, William M. \| Brunn, Hermann C., 1908-1989 \| Buerhig, Gordon \| Burmeister, William R. \| Carter, Alan \| Casillo, L.M. \| Chapin, Roy D. (Roy Dikeman), 1880-1936 \| Cousins, B. Ross \| Crawford, Ray, 1915-1996 \| Crawford, Mary \| Creed, Trevor \| Darrin, Howard (Dutch) \| David, Thomas \| Dawson, J. Robert \| DeLaRossa, Donald R., 1923-2007 \| Doehler, Robert \| DuPont, Alexis \| Ebstein, John W. \| Everts, Ramon \| Exner, Virgil M. (Virgil Max), 1909-1973 \| Farkis, Joe \| Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 \| Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 \| Ford, Richard Earl, 1933- \| Ford, Walter Buhl \| Ford, William Clay, 1925-2014 \| Foster, John B. \| Frey, Donald N. (Donald Nelson), 1923-2010 \| Frey, Stewart M. \| Gale, Thomas \| Giberson, Alden \| Gillan, Paul W. \| Gollwitzer, Walter H. \| Goyert, Chalmers L. \| Gregorie, E. T., 1908-2002 \| Grimmolby, Harold W. \| Grisinger, Arnott (Buzz), 1908-2002 \| Hackett, Bill, 1918-1999 \| Haga, Henry G. \| Halderman, Gail \| Hershey, Franklin \| Hoadley, Frederick E. \| Hodges, Audrey Moore \| Holls, David R. \| Hothem, James \| Kaufman, Irving, 1925- \| Knudsen, S. E. (Semon Emil), 1912- \| Kopka, Donald \| Koto, Holden \| LaGassey, Homer \| Lauve, Henry \| Mackichan, Clare \| MacMinn, Strother, 1918-1998 \| Madawick, Tucker \| Manoogian, John \| Mayhew, Fred (Fritz) \| McKinley, Thomas \| Middlestead, John \| Miller, Rhys D. \| Mitchell, William L. (William Leonard) \| Moon, George \| Morris, C. Lester \| Morrison, James \| Najjar, John \| Neale, Colin \| Nesbitt, Dick \| O'Rear, Emmett \| Ornes, Allen \| Oros, Betty Thatcher \| Oros, Joseph \| Overly, Lowell Emerson \| Petersen, Donald E. \| Phaneuf, Charles \| Pietsch, Ted \| Porter, William \| Querfeld, Arthur \| Rees, David E. \| Reinhart, John \| Renz, Otto \| Risk, John W. \| Rockall, Arthur (Art) \| Ruzzin, Richard F. \| Rybicki, Irvin W. \| Samsen, Dick \| Sanson, Roger G. \| Scheelk, Robert J. \| Schmidt, William M. \| Schwarz, Donald \| Scott, William \| Selders, C. Orval \| Sheelk, Robert J. \| Shenk, Bill \| Shinoda, Lawrence K. \| Simpson, Bruce H., 1921- \| Smith, Benjamin \| Spear, Adrian Gil \| Spencer, Ken \| Stevens, Brooks, 1911-1995 \| Stevens, David \| Stobar, Charles T. \| Teague, Richard A. \| Teague, Walter Dorwin, 1883-1960 \| Telnack, J.J. \| Thomas, Robert \| Tjaarda, Tom \| Todd, Robert \| Torkelson, Robert (Bob) T. \| Tremulis, Alex S. \| Turner, David C., Jr. \| Vanderbilt, Suzanne E. \| Vandermolen, Willemina \| Veraldi, Lewis C. \| Wagner, Willys P. \| Walker, George W. \| Walter Dorwin Teague Associates \| Wilen, Stanley (Stan) \| Zokas, Robert (Bob) \| Automobile Designers \| Automotive Design \| Chevrolet automobile \| Design (Discipline) \| Engineering \| Ford automobile \| Motor vehicles – Design and construction \| Packard automobile \| 1/4-inch Tape \| Audiocassettes \| Compact Discs \| Correspondence \| Digital Files \| Diskettes \| Interviews \| Memorandums \| Transcripts
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