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61Title:  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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...ANIMALS GENERAL FORD FARMS HARVEST TIME GENERAL Ford Motor...
...made during this time. See BUSES--FORD; TRUCKS--FORD; WORLD...
...TIME (2 folders) VIEWS GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS--HENRY FORD...
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62Title:  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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...in 1940. By the time Schmidt left Ford in 1955 he had risen...
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63Title:  Frank Vivian papers, 1907-1950 
 Accession:  89 
 Creator:  Vivian, Frank, 1885- 
 Abstract:  Frank Vivian worked for the Ford Motor Company for a number of years at the Richmond, California plant, and was personally acquainted with Henry and Edsel Ford. His papers include correspondence, administrative material, photographs, published pieces, and clippings. 
 Subjects:  Vivian, Frank, 1885- | Ford Motor Company--Management. | Ford Motor Company--Exhibitions. | Ford Motor Company--Public Relations. | Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940: San Francisco, Calif.) | Automobile industry and trade--California. | Automobile factories--California. | Exhibitions--California--20th century. | Flags--United States | Process control | World War, 1939-1945 | Antiques | Photographs. 
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...members of the Ford party. From that time on, he fielded...
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64Title:  Rouge News Index, Volumes 1-4, 1946-1949 
 Accession:  none 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. 
 Abstract:  While the Ford News, of the nineteen twenties, thirties and earlier forties, discusses the establishment and growth of the Ford Motor Company, the first four volumes of the Rouge News deal with the internal restructuring of the company. The index consists ofsubjects and names in one alphabetical order. Subheadings are listed in alphabetical order under the subjects, where they are needed. Articles are listed in chronological order under the headings. 
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...Departmerit Created (Ford Times & Ford Dealer News), 2(...
...Publications Dept. See also Ford Times Employee Relations...
...Department Created (Ford Times & Ford Dealer News), 2(...
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65Title:  Elwood Paul Engel papers, 1942-1986 
 Accession:  1737 
 Creator:  Engel, Elwood Paul, 1917-1986 
 Abstract:  Elwood Paul Engel was a talented automotive designer who spent time at both Ford Motor Company and Chrysler. His papers include biographical material, drawings, clippings, awards and photographs of concept and production cars. 
 Subjects:  Engel, Elwood Paul, 1917-1986 | Ford Motor Company | Automobile drafting | Automobile industry and trade | Automobiles--Design and construction | Drafting and industrial drawings | Fairlane automobile | Galaxie automobile | Industrial designers | Lincoln Continental automobile | Mercury automobile | Design drawings | Photographs | Photographic prints 
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...designer who spent time at both Ford Motor Company and...
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66Title:  Interview with Donald De La Rossa, 1984 
 Accession:  91.1.1673.19 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization) 
 Abstract:  Interview with Donald De La Rossa done in 1984 as part of the Automotive Industry Design Oral History Collection. Dave Crippen of The Henry Ford serves as interviewer. 
 Subjects:  De La Rossa, Donald 
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...relationship with Henry Ford, but, at times, I would be in a...
...Every time he would start badmouthing Ford engineering. he...
...from Ford who actually ran styling for a limited time [...
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67Title:  Publications series, 1953-1964 
 Accession:  532 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Archives. 
 Abstract:  Ford Motor Company Archives staff documented many special events held by the company in the 1950s and 1960s. The Publications series contains publications and artwork from many of these events. 
 Subjects:  Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford Motor Company--History | Ford Motor Company. Archives. | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Ford Motor Company--Public relations | Archives | Ford automobile | Ford Model T automobile | Automobile racing | Press releases | Photographs 
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...of a book on life and times of Henry Ford Ford Motor Company...
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68Title:  Henry Austin Clark Jr. Photograph collection, 1853-1988 
 Accession:  1774 
 Creator:  Clark, Henry Austin, Jr., 1917-1991 
 Abstract:  The photograph collection of Henry Austin Clark Jr. collector, museum owner and devotee, documents the history of the automobile in Europe and the United States. 
 Subjects:  Clark, Henry Austin, Jr., 1917-1991 | Long Island Automobile Museum | Vanderbilt Cup Race | Indianapolis Speedway Race | Transcontinental journeys, 1900-1910 | Agricultural machinery | Airplanes | Antique and classic cars | Antique and classic motorcycles | Antique and classic trucks | Antique and classic tractors | Automobile driving | Automobile industry executives | Automobile manufacturers | Automobile racing drivers | Automobile racing fans | Automobile racing in art | Automobile traveling | Automobiles, Collectors and collecting | Automobiles, Electric | Automobiles, Equipment and supplies | Automobiles, Exhibitions | Automobiles, Foreign | Automobiles, History | Automobiles, Museums | Automobiles, Parts | Automobiles, Racing | Automobiles, Restoration | Automobiles, Steam | Busses | Commercial vehicles | Long Island Motor Parkway (N.Y.) | Taxicabs | Transportation, automotive | Trucks | Black-and-white negatives | Black-and-white photographs | Color slides | Copy prints | Motion pictures (visual work) | Photographs | Photograph albums 
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...DeLuca Joel E. Finn Ford Times Tim Hawkins Meecham Morris...
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69Title:  Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour collection, 1925-1927 
 Accession:  677 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. Archives. 
 Abstract:  Henry and Edsel Ford organized the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour to promote air travel and encourage construction of airfields. The collection primarily includes material documenting the first occurrence of the event in 1925. 
 Subjects:  Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943--Contributions in aeronautics | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Contributions in aeronautics | Aeronautics--Competitions | Aeronautics--United States | Airports--Michigan--Dearborn | Airplanes--United States | Air pilots--United States | Air Shows--United States | Balloons | Ford Reliability Tour | Ford Airport (Dearborn, Mich.) | Photographs | Photograph albums | Blueprints | Maps 
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...activities held at Ford Airport during the time of the tour....
...Ford donated the sterling silver trophy which would be permanently awarded to the first manufacturer to win the tour five times (...
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70Title:  Mechanical and Electrical Power Collection, 1785-1940 
 Accession:  2005.0.32.0 
 Creator:  Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center 
 Abstract:  An assembled collection containing a variety of material relating to mechanical and electrical power, the collection is divided into four series: Electrical Power, Internal Combustion Power, Steam Power, and Other Power Sources. Included are manuscript materials, newspaper and professional trade journal clippings, original trade literature, technical drawings, a few ephemera items, and photographic prints. The Electrical Power series is the largest series with 140 electric power suppliers and electrical equipment manufacturers represented. 
 Subjects:  Boilers | Electric batteries | Electrical engineering | Electric generators | Electric power | Electric lighting, Incandescent | Electric power systems | Electricity | Electric railroad trains. | Engines | Internal combustion engines | Motors | Power-plants | Power (Mechanics) | Power transmission | Steam power plants | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 | Humberstone, James, 1909- | Morton, Herbert Frederick, 1890-1966 | Smith, Fred | Edison Electric Light Company | Edison General Electric Company | Ford Motor Company | General Electric Company | Henry Ford (Organization) | Menlo Park Laboratory | Technical drawings | Blueprints (Reprographic copies) | Clippings (Information artifacts) | Patents | Photographs | Trade catalogs 
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...the Henry Ford collection at the time, [n.d. ] Company...
...Henry Ford Museum, by Ethel Smilick, Detroit Times Pictorial...
...Ford Purchase Blocked (Mills Building Generator), New York Times,...
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71Title:  Charles C. La Croix Records, 1941-1956 
 Accession:  435 
 Creator:  La Croix, Charles A. 
 Abstract:  Collection consists of sixty-one volumes that provide overview and description of Ford Motor Company production activiites during World War II. 
 Subjects:  Airplanes -- Motors | Motor vehicles, Amphibious | Antiaircraft artillery | Aircraft industry -- Michigan -- Willow Run. | Armored personnel carriers | Armored vehicles, Military | Automobile industry and trade | B-24 bomber | Branches (Business enterprises) | Costs, Industrial | Gliders (Aeronautics) | Industrial procurement | Manual training | Jeep automobile | Military trucks | Production control | Schools -- Michigan -- Willow Run. | Tanks (Military science) | Vehicles, Military | Vocational education | Women employees | World War, 1939-1945 | La Croix, Charles C. | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. | Ford Motor Company. Willow Run Bomber Plant. | Willow Run Industrial Complex. | Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company | Ford Village Industries. | United States. Army -- Equipment | Naval Service School. | Airplane Apprentice School. | Camp Willow Run. | Willow Run (Mich.) | Production and logistics | Contracts. | Patents. | Photographs. 
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...each of the war time production projects Ford was involved...
...extensive war time production activities of Ford. The bulk...
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72Title:  Sidney Olson "The Peaceful Revolution" Manuscripts, 1957 
 Accession:  64.167.812 
 Creator:  Olson, Sidney 
 Abstract:  Sidney Olson, while employed at the Kenyon & Eckhardt advertising agency, worked on projects associated with the Ford Motor Company. One of these projects focused on the 25th anniversary of Ford's V-8 engine. The Sidney Olson "The Peaceful Revolution" Manuscripts contains two copies of Olson's manuscript for this project, entitled "The Peaceful Revolution...The Silver Anniversary Story of the V-8 Engine." The collection is open for research. 0.1 cubic ft. (1 folder). 
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...of the Life and Times of Henry Ford, 1863-1947. Olson’s...
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73Title:  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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...on Ford Trade and Apprentice Schools; Westinghouse, time...
...1902 Ford identification) TI-TY (includes Time Magazine, EBF...
...Detroit Times subscription for Henry Ford II at Hotchkiss...
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74Title:  Sidney Olson Public Relations Projects, 1960 
 Accession:  64.167.716 
 Creator:  Olson, Sidney 
 Abstract:  Sidney Olson, while employed at the Kenyon & Eckhardt advertising agency, worked on projects associated with the Ford Motor Company. One was entitled Project Flora and related to test drives of 1961 Ford or Falcon automobiles. The Sidney Olson Public Relations Projects contains questionnaires, press documents, newspaper clippings, photographic prints, and a draft manuscripts relating to this project. The collection is open for research. 1.6 cubic ft. (4 boxes). 
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...of the Life and Times of Henry Ford, 1863-1947. Olson’s...
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75Title:  Sidney Olson "American Road" Manuscript, circa 1953-1963 
 Accession:  64.167.979 
 Creator:  Olson, Sidney 
 Abstract:  Sidney Olson conducted independent research in the Ford Motor Company Archives, with the intention of writing a series of books on Henry Ford. His manuscript was published in 1963 under the title "Young Henry Ford". The Sidney Olson American Road Manuscript contains Olson's manuscript for the book, including photographic prints of the images to be reproduced. Also included is a photocopy of the finished work. The collection is open for research. 1.0 cubic ft. (1 box). 
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...of the Life and Times of Henry Ford, 1863-1947. Olson’s...
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76Title:  Bernice Knight Licari Collection, 1922-1989 
 Accession:  2003.92 
 Creator:  Licari, Bernice Knight 
 Abstract:  The Bernice Knight Licari Collection, 1922-1989, contains materials relating to Edsel and Eleanor Ford and their family. George Knight, Bernice's father, worked for Edsel and Eleanor Ford providing security for their children, and documented this experience in a reminiscence included in the collection. Other items include gift tags, newspaper clippings, and assorted invitations, announcements, and thank you cards. Extent: 1.6 cubic ft. (3 boxes). The collection is open for research. 
 Subjects:  Knight, George Elliott, 1888-1981 | Firestone, Martha Parke, 1925- | Ford family | Ford, Benson, 1919-1978 | Ford, Edith McNaughton, 1920-1980 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 | Ford, Eleanor Clay, 1896-1976 | Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 | Ford, Josephine Clay 1923-2005 | Ford, Walter Buhl, II, 1920-1991 | Ford, William Clay, 1925-2014 | Johnson, Anne McDonnell Ford, 1919-1996 | Autobiographical memory | Christmas | Families | Funeral rites and ceremonies | Honeymoons | Weddings | United States, Detroit (Michigan) | United States, Grosse Pointe (Michigan) | United States, Grosse Pointe Farms (Michigan) | United States, Grosse Pointe Shores (Michigan) | United States, Akron (Ohio) | United States, Southampton, Long Island (New York) | Clippings (information artifacts) | Greeting cards | Manuscripts | Pamphlets | Publications | Souvenirs 
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...his time providing security for Edsel and Eleanor Ford’s...
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77Title:  Evdokin Bartoshuk Papers, 1913-1958 
 Accession:  2016.120 
 Creator:  Bartoshuk, Evdokin, 1895- 
 Abstract:  Evdokin Bartoshuk worked as a tool maker and leader at Ford Motor Company from 1913 to 1962. His papers contain charts, data and drawings related to tool making and machining, along with his Ford English School diploma and a photographic portrait. 
 Subjects:  Bartoshuk, Evdokin, 1895- | Ford Motor Company | Ford English School | Machinists | Tool and die makers | Notes | Photographs | Technical drawings | Wheel charts 
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...to Bartoshuk’s time at the Ford Motor Company Apprentice...
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78Title:  Stanley Leonard Knazak papers, 1914-1975 
 Accession:  1200 
 Creator:  Knazak, Stanley Leonard, 1885-1986. 
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...and memorabilia to Ford Archives. Still alive at this time....
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79Title:  Sidney Olson Research Notes on Henry Ford, 1952-1953 
 Accession:  64.167.512 
 Creator:  Olson, Sidney 
 Abstract:  Sidney Olson conducted independent research in the Ford Motor Company Archives, with the intention of writing a series of books on Henry Ford. His manuscript was published in 1963 under the title "Young Henry Ford". The Sidney Olson Research Notes on Henry Ford contains handwritten and typewritten notes, quotations from reminiscences of Ford Motor Company employees, topical files (primarily photocopies), a draft manuscript, and photographic prints. The collection is open for research. 5.4 cubic ft. (12 boxes). 
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...of the Life and Times of Henry Ford, 1863-1947. Olson’s...
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80Title:  Edsel Automobile Public Relations Records, 1955-1960 
 Accession:  765 
 Creator:  Ford Motor Company. M-E-L Division 
 Abstract:  C. Gayle Warnock worked in Ford’s public relations department in the late 1940s and continued to work for the company after his retirement. The bulk of this collection relates to Warnock’s involvement with the beginning and short life-span of the Edsel automobile as well as his earlier work for the Lincoln-Mercury Division in the late 1940s through the early 1950s. 
 Subjects:  Warnock, C. Gayle | Ford Motor Company. M-E-L Division | Edsel automobile | Press releases | Photographs. 
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...At the same time some officials at Ford during the Edsel’s...
...by Ford as compared to those being offered at the time by...
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