| | 4 | Title: | Coloring book collection, 1894-ongoing (bulk 1952-1975)  | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | AC_02 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | The coloring book collection consists of books containing line drawings, primarily for children to paint or color. Many, but not all, of these books are souvenirs of tourist sites or museums including Colonial Williamsburg, The Adirondack Museum, Shelburne Museum, Hagley Museum and The Smithsonian. Other general topics include pilgrims, the founding fathers, Christmas and the first moon landing. Coloring books of local interest include a 1987 book entitled "A Special Gift to Children, Henry and Clara Ford's Santa's Workshop" and the 1990 "Old Fashioned Farm Life Coloring Book, Nineteenth-Century Activities on the Firestone Farm and Greenfield Village". | | | | Subjects: | Firestone Farm. | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Children--Travel | Coloring for children | Creative activities and seat work | Museums | Tourism | Travel | Coloring books | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 5 | Title: | Edgar L. Bryant vs. Clara Ford Estate records, 1901-1949 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 513 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Archives. | | | | Abstract: | Records are comprised of files withdrawn from the Ford Motor Company Archives for use in the Edgar Leroy Bryant suit, 1952 to 1955, against the Clara Ford Estate. Consists of personal correspondence of Bryant and other members of the family, financial records, tractor and Valley Farm records, and deeds, maps, diagrams, etc. pertaining to Ford and Bryant property. | | | | Subjects: | Bryant, Edgar LeRoy | Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950. | Bryant family. | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Ford Farms. | Claims. | Property. | Correspondence. | Financial records. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 9 | Title: | Collected Research Papers subgroup, 1935-1976 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | SE005 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Archives. | | | | Abstract: | The Collected research papers subgroup is a set of research papers that cover a wide range of subjects. The papers came from a variety of sources, including students, graduate students, and people writing family reminiscences. Subgroup includes accessions 168, 423, 819, 858, 866, 872, 997, 1129, 1164, 1216, and 1417. | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 | Mayo, William Benson, 1866-1944 | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 | Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938 | Ford Motor Company. Archives | Ford Motor Company. Highland Park Plant | Ford Motor Company. Airplane Division | Ford Motor Company--Employees | Henry Ford Hospital | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Automobile industry and trade | African American automobile industry workers | Industry and education | Lumbering | Pacifism | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 10 | Title: | Ford Farms, Pequaming and Fair Lane records series, 1914-1935 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 93 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Office of Henry Ford. | | | | Abstract: | In addition to the Dearborn, Michigan, Fair Lane Estate, Henry and Clara Ford owned properties for personal and business-related purposes in other locations within Michigan. The series is comprised of architectural drawings and photographs illustrating the town of Pequaming, Michigan; the Fair Lane entrance gates and lodge; and Ford Farms in Dearborn, Michigan. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company. Office of Henry Ford. | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Homes and haunts. | Henry Ford Farms. | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | LaRue, D. W. | Willeke, Leonard Bernard, 1884-1970 | Zahnow, C. A. | Historic buildings | Lumbering--Michigan | Sawmills--Michigan. | Gates--Michigan. | Dearborn (Mich.) | Pequaming (Mich.) | Architectural drawings | Maps | Photographs | Photographic prints | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 11 | Title: | Leonard Willeke Collection, 1916-1982 (bulk 1916-1924) | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 1605 | | | | Creator: | Brunk, Thomas | | | | Abstract: | Leonard B. Willeke was an architect who completed several commissions for Henry and Edsel Ford as well as other Ford Motor Company executives. The collection includes fire-damaged fragments of blueprints and sketches of Fair Lane as well as a guide to the records on microfilm. | | | | Subjects: | Willeke, Leonard B., 1885-1970 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 | Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951 | Architects--Michigan | Architecture--Michigan | Architecture, Domestic | Architect-designed furniture | Buildings--Specifications | Ford, Henry--Homes and haunts | City planning | Industrial housing--Michigan | Historic buildings--Michigan | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Fordson (Dearborn, Mich.) | Indian Village (Detroit, Mich.) | Kanzler Residence (Detroit, Mich.) | Sorensen Residence (Detroit, Mich.) | Architectural drawings | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 13 | Title: | Photographs For The Company series, 1918-1954 | Requires cookie* | | | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 14 | Title: | Henry and Clara Ford Financial Records series, 1912-1946 (bulk 1919-1942) | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 254 | | | | Creator: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | | | | Abstract: | The Henry and Clara Ford Financial records series is made up of various financial records documenting Henry and Clara's personal finances and Henry's non-Ford activities. | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 | Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Employees | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Homes and haunts | Liebold, Ernest Gustav, 188401956 | Morton, Herbert Frederick, 1890-1966 | Thompson, Leslie J. | Waddell, H.R. | Cotswold Cottage (Dearborn, Mich.) | Dearborn Country Club (Dearborn, Mich.) | Dearborn Realty and Construction Company | Dearborn Water Works | Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad | Edison Institute Schools | Ford Hawaiians | Ford Motor Company | Ford Motor Company--Employees | Ford Motor Company. Office of Henry Ford. | Ford Village Industries | Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum | Henry Ford & Son, Inc. | Henry Ford Construction Department | Henry Ford Farms | Sialia (Ship) | Valley Farms, Inc. | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) | Antiques | Automobile industry and trade | Buildings--Michigan--Dearborn | Historic buildings | Historic sites--Conservation and restoration | Industrialists--Michigan--Dearborn | Dearborn (Mich.) | Richmond Hill (Ga.) | Fort Myers (Fla.) | Bank statements | Financial records | Ledgers | Microforms | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 15 | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 16 | Title: | Topical for Henry Ford series, 1918-1930 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 34 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department. | | | | Abstract: | The series contains two subseries: the General photograph albums subseries and the Camping albums subseries. The General photograph albums subseries contains photographs of Henry Ford's mother's family, Fair Lane, and the ships M/S Henry Ford II and M/S Benson Ford. The Camping subseries contains photographs of Henry Ford's camping excursions with Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone and John Burroughs. | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Ford, Benson, 1919-1978 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943--Travel | Ford, Clara Bryant, 1966-1950--Travel | Burroughs, John, 1837-1921--Travel | Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933--Travel | Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931--Travel | Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Travel | Ford family | Litogot family | Litogot, Sapharia, 1833-1878 | Mayo, William Benson, 1866-1944 | Ford Motor Company. Engineering Photographic Department | Ford Motor Company. Marine operations | Henry Ford II (Ship) | Benson Ford (Ship) | Ford Fleet | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) | Cargo ships | Santa Claus | Shipping--Great Lakes | Christmas | Camping | Automobile travel | Vacations | Waterwheels | Ford automobile | Packard automobile | Photographers | Locomotives | Horsemanship | Tractors | Fishing | Carts & wagons | Dearborn (Mich.) | Upper Peninsula (Mich.) | Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) | Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) | Photographs | Photograph albums | Photographic prints | Genealogies | Portraits | Group portraits | Negatives | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 17 | Title: | Disbursing Vouchers subseries, 1912-1952 and Statements series, 1918-1950 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 286 | | | | Creator: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | | | | Abstract: | Accession 286 includes multiple subseries from the Disbursing Vouchers and Remittances series as well as the entire Statements series. The accession contains bank statements, cancelled checks, vouchers and other financial records. | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Campsall, Frank Charles, 1884-1946 | Finch, Stanley Wellington, 1872- | Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Homes and haunts | Ford family | Liebold, Ernest Gustav, 1884-1956 | Ford Motor Company. Office of Henry Ford | Botsford Inn (Mich.) | Dearborn Country Club (Dearborn, Mich.) | Dearborn Inn (Dearborn, Mich.) | Dearborn Realty and Construction Company | Dearborn State Bank | Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton Railroad | Edison Institute Schools | Ford Motor Company | Ford Village Industries | Henry Ford Farms | Henry Ford Hospital | Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village | Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum | Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.) | Wayside Inn (Sudbury, Mass.) | Antiques | Automobile industry and trade | Historic buildings | Historic sites--Conservation and restoration | Industrialists--Michigan--Dearborn | Dearborn (Mich.) | Richmond Hill (Ga.) | Bank statements | Financial records | Vouchers | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 18 | Title: | General Photographs series, 1913-1954 | Requires cookie* | | | 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) | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 19 | Title: | Photographic Vertical File series, 1860-1980 (bulk 1890-1955) | Requires cookie* | | | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 20 | Title: | Records Stored in 1919 series, 1902-1923 | Requires cookie* | | | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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