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1Title:  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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2Title:  Philippe Halsman photographs, circa 1964-1969 Requires cookie*
 Accession:  84.8.1 
 Creator:  Halsman, Philippe, 1906-1979. 
 Abstract:  Philippe Halsman was a world-renowned photographer, best known for his exquisite LIFE magazine covers and portraits of movie stars, politicians, writers, philosophers, scientists, and artists from the 1940s and 1950s. This collection consists of images taken by Philippe Halsman during the 1960s at Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. 
 Subjects:  Halsman, Philippe | Henry Ford (Organization) | Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village. | Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum. | Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village | Dearborn Inn (Dearborn, Mich.) | Historic buildings | Historic sites | Museums | Photographs | Negatives (photographic) | Photographic prints | Transparencies | Slides 
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3Title:  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 
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4Title:  Thomas A. Edison collection, 1860-1980 (bulk 1860-1950) Requires cookie*
 Accession:  1630 
 Creator:  Benson Ford Research Center. 
 Abstract:  Thomas A. Edison was a great American inventor, applying for 1,093 patents during his lifetime. The collection includes correspondence, drawings, notes, financial records, artifacts, photographs and negatives concerning his work, family, associates and relationship with Henry Ford. 
 Subjects:  Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 | Edison family | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 | Jehl, Francis, 1860-1941 | Latimer, Lewis Howard, 1848-1928 | Edison Pioneers | Henry Ford (Organization) | Menlo Park Laboratory | Light’s Golden Jubilee (1929) | Electric engineers | Historic buildings | Inventors--United States | Inventions | Incandescent lamps | Sound recording industry | Correspondence | Financial records | Maps | Negatives | Patents | Photographs | Photograph albums | Scrapbooks | Sketches | Technical drawings 
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5Title:  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 
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6Title:  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 
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7Title:  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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