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1	Title:	Greene papers, 1805-1876
	Accession:	00.1424
	Creator:	Greene Family
	Abstract:	John Greene was the first member of the Greene family in America, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts from Salisbury, England in 1636. The family later moved to Providence, Rhode Island. The collection is primarily comprised of personal letters among family members beginning in 1813, but there are a1so a land deed from 1805 and theatre programs from 1876.
	Subjects:	Greene Family \| Correspondence
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2	Title:	Chesnut papers, 1760-1822
	Accession:	00.1402
	Creator:	Lemon, Horace H.
	Abstract:	John Chesnut was a colonel in the Revolutionary War who resided in Camden, South Carolina. Mr. Chesnut became the owner of the Mulberry Plantation just outside Camden and the property was passed down to one of his sons, James, a United States Senator before the Civil War. Included in the collection are records of business transactions, bills and receipts, and legal documents, such as wills and land indentures.
	Subjects:	Chesnut, John, 1743-1818 \| Camden (S.C.) \| Correspondence
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3	Title:	Folsom papers, 1866-1907 (bulk 1905)
	Accession:	00.1404
	Creator:	Folsom, Elizabeth
	Abstract:	These papers are predominantly correspondence from family members to Elizabeth Folsom, wife of Dr. Norton Folsom who served as an army surgeon and as resident physician at Massachusetts General Hospital 1869-1876. Included in the collection are business letters from a firm of attorneys, numerous cancelled checks, and miscellaneous notes from Mrs. Folsom's years of widowhood.
	Subjects:	Folsom, Elizabeth \| Folsom, Norton \| Correspondence
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4	Title:	Robins papers, 1844-1852
	Accession:	00.1428
	Creator:	Robins Family
	Abstract:	The Robins Papers consist of business related and personal correspondence between friends and relatives of James B. Robins of Wilcox County, Alabama. Some of the letters discuss the death of James' brother and financial settlements of the estate with nephews Josiah and Samuel Robins. Of particular interest 1s a letter dealing with the sale of black slaves valued at twenty thousand dollars.
	Subjects:	Robins Family \| Slavery \| Correspondence
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5	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
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6	Title:	McCullough papers, 1804-1841
	Accession:	28.945
	Creator:	McCullough, William
	Abstract:	Col. William McCullough made his home in Asbury, New Jersey. He was probably a lawyer, but appears to have had other business interests as well. Included in this collection are fifty pieces of correspondence from family members and several business acquaintances, receipts and a ledger sheet for household supplies.
	Subjects:	McCullough, William \| Asbury (N.J.) \| Correspondence
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7	Title:	Luther Lomis papers, 1787
	Accession:	61.162.2
	Creator:	Lomis, Luther
	Abstract:	The Luther Lomis papers are a collection of business related correspondence written in 1787. Lomis was apparently a merchant in Suffield, Connecticut who dealt in commodities such as nails, tobacco and foods. Financial transactions reflect a barter economy as well as personal matters.
	Subjects:	Lomis, Luther \| Suffield (Conn.) \| Correspondence
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8	Title:	Gardner Family papers, 1882, 1892
	Accession:	00.1392
	Creator:	Gardner Family
	Abstract:	The Gardner family lived in the Dearborn area and some members of the family were acquainted with Henry Ford. The Gardner family home was moved to Greenfield Village in 1929. In the collection are the marriage certificate of James Gardner and Jane Flaherty, 29 Nov 1882, and a letter of thanks to the church choir on the occasion of the death of James.
	Subjects:	Gardner Family \| Gardner, James \| Flaherty, Jane \| Correspondence \| Marriage certificates
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9	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
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10	Title:	William Holmes McGuffey collection, 1836-1894
	Accession:	00.1406
	Creator:	Benson Ford Research Center.
	Abstract:	William H. McGuffey was an educator, minister, author and college president best known for creating the McGuffey Reader textbooks. The collection contains correspondence, lectures and photographs of McGuffey and his family.
	Subjects:	McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873 \| McGuffey, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1816-1896 \| McGuffey family \| Correspondence \| Photographs
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11	Title:	Horace Lemon papers, 1865-1881
	Accession:	00.1425
	Creator:	Lemon, Horace H.
	Abstract:	Horace H. Lemon was a resident of Cambridgeport, Massachusetts in the 1860s apparently as a school boy, when he was addressed as Master Lemon. The col1ection contains many (undated) notes and letters from school acquaintances. Later letters reflect the maturing interests of Mr. Lemon.
	Subjects:	Lemon, Horace H. \| Students \| Cambridgeport (Mass.) \| Correspondence
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12	Title:	Robertson papers, 1860-1865
	Accession:	00.1427
	Creator:	Robertson Family
	Abstract:	The Robertson papers are the lettera of Isaac and John Robertson to family members in Ohio. They were sent from various military camps of the Union Army during the Civil War and describe some of the battles in which the brothers participated. Included in the collection is a letter informing Mrs. Robertson that the effects of John, deceased, had been shipped from the hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Another letter accompanied pension forms from the Ohio Military Claim office. Of particular interest are the patriotic motifs on some of the stationery.
	Subjects:	Robertson Family \| Robertson, Isaac \| Robertson, John \| Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865 \| Correspondence
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13	Title:	L. D. Haggerty and Son records, 1903, 1907, and undated
	Accession:	00.4.7425
	Creator:	L. D. Haggerty and Son Company
	Abstract:	The L. D. Haggerty & Son Company was a brick manufacturing company begun at Michigan Avenue and Miller Road, Dearborn, Michigan in 1896. In 1936, the Haggerty powerhouse in Greenfield Village was patterned after the original brick yard facility and Henry Ford duplicated the Haggerty press, making bricks for Greenfield Village buildings in 1937-1938.
	Subjects:	L. D. Haggerty and Son Company \| Brick trade \| Dearborn (Mich.) \| Correspondence
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14	Title:	Carr Family papers, 1857-1922
	Accession:	00.694.30.1
	Creator:	Carr Family
	Abstract:	The Carr family were the last owners of the Sudbury, Massachusetts dwelling known as Plympton House, which is now located in Greenfield Village. This collection consists of correspondence between family members, letters from friends and a great many acquaintances of Charlotte Maria Carr.
	Subjects:	Carr Family \| Carr, Charlotte Maria, 1842- \| Sudbury (Mass.) \| Correspondence
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15	Title:	Henry Haga papers, 1951-1988
	Accession:	1735
	Creator:	Haga, Henry G., 1931-1988.
	Abstract:	Henry Haga was Chief Designer for General Motors Chevrolet Studio during the muscle car era of the 1960s and Director of Design for Opel during the 1970s. This collection includes articles, periodicals, correspondence and drawings which provide detail about Haga and his design career.
	Subjects:	Haga, Henry G., 1931-1988. \| Automobiles--Design and construction. \| Articles \| Correspondence \| Design drawings
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16	Title:	Robert Emery papers, 1795-1852
	Accession:	28.992.1
	Creator:	Emery, Robert
	Abstract:	Robert Emery (1773-1841) of Springfield, Massachusetts attended Harvard for a time, and became a ship captain at age twenty, sailing from the ports of Salem, Boston and Newburyport, Mass. The collection consists primarily of correspondence among family members and several property deeds dating from 1816 to 1843.
	Subjects:	Emery, Robert, 1773-1841 \| Springfield (Mass.) \| Correspondence \| Deeds
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17	Title:	Leavenworth papers, 1850-1907
	Accession:	30.209.35
	Creator:	Leavenworth, F.P. [Frederick Peabody]
	Abstract:	Captain F.P. Leavenworth was a resident of Petersburg, Virginia. Capt. Leavenworth was the son of the Rev. A.J. Leavenworth, President of [Leavenworth] Female College, Petersburg, Virginia. Related collection outside The Henry Ford: Frederick Peabody Leavenworth Papers, #3663, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
	Subjects:	Leavenworth, Frederick Peabody, b. 1833. \| Petersburg (Va.) \| Correspondence \| Clippings
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18	Title:	Dodge Brothers collection, 1904-1920
	Accession:	893
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company.
	Abstract:	The Dodge brothers, John and Horace, worked closely with Ford Motor Company until 1914 when they began their own automobile company. The collection consists of a miscellany of correspondence between the brothers and various Ford Motor Company executives.
	Subjects:	Dodge, Horace E. (Horace Elgin), 1868-1920 \| Dodge, John F. (John Francis), 1864-1920 \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford Motor Company \| Correspondence
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19	Title:	C.E. Wagner papers, 1901-1941
	Accession:	1481
	Creator:	Wagner, C. E.
	Abstract:	Photographs and miscellaneous papers of Ford Motor Company and S.S. Kresge Company photographer.
	Subjects:	Wagner, C. E. (Chester Earle) \| Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department \| Photographers \| Correspondence \| Financial records \| Glass Negatives \| Photographs \| Negatives (photographic)
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20	Title:	Augustus Post papers, 1928-1944, (bulk 1939-1944)
	Accession:	1765
	Creator:	Post, Augustus
	Abstract:	Major Augustus Post purchased the first automobile sold in New York City, and in 1899, along with several others, organized the first public garage in the United States. Post later founded the Automobile Old Timers Association, and this collection contains Post's personal records of the Association, including information concerning annual meetings, purposes, projects and members, along with a group of Post's personal correspondence.
	Subjects:	Post, Augustus \| American Automobile Association \| Automobile Old Timers Association \| Automobile industry and trade \| New York (N.Y.) \| Business records \| Correspondence
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