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1	Title:	A. J. Kloha records, 1955	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	1739
	Creator:	Kloha, A. J.
	Abstract:	A.J. Kloha was a manager in the Engine and Foundry Division of Ford Motor Company during the period that the Lima Engine Plant was constructed. His records provide detail of the design and engineering associated with the plant construction.
	Subjects:	Kloha, A. J. \| Ford Motor Company. Lima Engine Plant (Lima, Ohio) \| Construction projects \| Lima (Ohio) \| Lima (Ohio)--History \| Diaries \| Notes
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2	Title:	Howard Family papers, 1847-1901	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	62.168.9
	Creator:	Howard family
	Abstract:	Dr. Alonson Bingley Howard (1823-1883) was a country physician in mid-l9th century Michigan, and conducted his medical practice in a building located on his property, Windfall Farm. This building was moved to Greenfield Village between late 1959 and 1961. Included in the collection are account books, medicinal recipes, correspondence and receipts reflecting the medical practice and personal affairs of Dr. Howard.
	Subjects:	Howard family \| Howard, Alonson Bingley, 1823-1883 \| Homeopathic physicians--Michigan \| Physicians--Michigan \| Medicine \| Financial records \| Diaries \| Photographs
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3	Title:	Henry Ford II Speech Collection Subseries, 1944-1982	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	247
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Office of Public Relations
	Abstract:	The subseries contains exclusively Henry Ford II's speeches. Most speeches are in paper format, but there are also six 33 1/3 RPM phonograph records, two films, and two DVDs.
	Subjects:	Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996 \| Liebold, Ernest G., 1884-1956 \| Oscar II (Ship) \| Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) \| Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation (1916) \| Peace movements--United States \| World War, 1914-1918--Peace Pacifism \| Peace Ship \| Dearborn independent \| Diaries
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4	Title:	Claud E. Ford papers, 1860-1965 (bulk 1930-1965)	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	1676
	Creator:	Ford, Claud E., 1879-1965
	Abstract:	Claud E. Ford was a distant relative of Henry Ford who worked for the U. S. Postal Service. His papers include correspondence, diaries and photographs, many of which feature other members of the Ford family.
	Subjects:	Ford, Claud E., 1879-1965 \| Ford family \| Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 \| Ford, William, 1826-1905 \| Ford, William Henry, 1844-1939 \| Ford, Sarah Davis \| Financial records \| Diaries \| Genealogies \| Photographs \| Photograph albums \| Picture postcards \| Cartes-de-visite
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5	Title:	Howard Woodworth Simpson papers, 1919-1956	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	500
	Creator:	Simpson, Howard Woodworth, 1892-1963
	Abstract:	Howard Simpson worked for Henry Ford & Son at the Fordson tractor plant in Dearborn. He worked in tractor and transmission design. The papers include drawings, patents, notes and other data related to Fordson tractors and automobile transmission.
	Subjects:	Simpson, Howard Woodworth, 1892-1963 \| Agricultural implements \| Automobiles--Transmission devices \| Engineering drawings \| Fordson tractors \| Inventors \| Mechanical engineers \| Motor vehicles--Design and construction \| Tractor industry--Michigan \| Tractors \| Tractors--Patents \| Blueprints \| Diaries
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6	Title:	Laurence S. Sheldrick papers, 1932-1948	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	652
	Creator:	Sheldrick, L. S. (Laurence S.), 1892-1981.
	Abstract:	Laurence S. Sheldrick was a draftsman and designer for Lincoln Motor Company and Ford Motor Company. He worked a variety of design projects including automotive, tank, and aircraft engines and the 9N Fordson tractor. The papers include correspondence, reports and photographs related to that design work.
	Subjects:	Sheldrick, L. S. (Laurence S.), 1892-1981. \| Ford Motor Company -- Employees. \| Automobiles -- Performance \| Ferguson tractors \| Fordson tractors \| Mechanical engineers \| Tractors \| Correspondence \| Diaries \| Test reports
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7	Title:	Wayside Inn records series, 1890-1945	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	111
	Creator:	Ford Motor Company. Office of Henry Ford
	Abstract:	The Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, was purchased and restored by Henry Ford in 1923. The series includes documentation of the Inn's history and of its original owners, the Howe family; the purchase by Henry Ford; the restoration and renovation process; material relating to the Inn's operation; diaries maintained for schools and shops; and papers relating to the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
	Subjects:	Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946. \| Cameron, William John, 1878-1955. \| Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) \| Historic sites--Conservation and restoration. \| Historic buildings \| Nursery rhymes \| Sudbury (Mass.) \| Correspondence \| Diaries
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8	Title:	Irving Caesar papers, 1915-1974	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	167
	Creator:	Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996
	Abstract:	Composer and lyricist Irving Caesar served as secretary on Henry Ford's 1915-1916 Peace Expedition. The papers are primarily comprised of correspondence and writings.
	Subjects:	Caesar, Irving, 1895-1996 \| Liebold, Ernest G., 1884-1956 \| Oscar II (Ship) \| Henry Ford Peace Expedition (1915-1916) \| Neutral Conference for Continuous Mediation (1916) \| Dearborn independent \| Peace movements--United States \| World War, 1914-1918--Peace \| Pacifism \| Peace Ship. \| Diaries \| Microfilms
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9	Title:	Research Center Travel Literature Collection, 1826-2019 (bulk 1905-1985)	Requires cookie*
	Accession:	RC.26
	Creator:	Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center
	Abstract:	The Travel Literature Collection is gathered from many sources and covers the period from 1826 to the present. The collection is ongoing. One of the major contributors was the American Automobile Association of Michigan.
	Subjects:	Air travel \| Amusement parks \| Automobile travel \| Bed and breakfast accommodations \| Bus travel \| Historic parks \| Historic sites \| Hotels \| International travel \| Motels \| Museums \| National parks and reserves \| Ocean travel \| Railroad travel \| Restaurants \| Tourism \| Tourist camps, hostels, etc. \| Travel \| U.S. states \| American Automobile Association \| Disneyland (Calif.) \| Grand Canyon (Ariz.) \| Walt Disney World (Fla.) \| Niagara Falls National Heritage Area (N.Y.) \| Canada \| Europe, Western \| Mexico \| Atlases \| Brochures \| Diaries \| Directories \| Maps \| Pamphlets \| Schedules \| Souvenirs \| Tickets \| Travel guidebooks \| Viewbooks
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10	Title:	Small Accessions Collection, 1812-1984 (bulk 1903-1978)	Requires cookie*
	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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11	Title:	Fair Lane papers subgroup, 1835-1950	Requires cookie*
	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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