| | 2 | Title: | Willoughby Company Records, 1900-1939  | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 90.1.1749 | | | | Creator: | Willoughby Company | | | | Abstract: | The Willoughby Company, a custom design automobile body firm, originated in Rome, New York in the late nineteenth century, and later relocated to Utica, New York. One of Willoughby's largest clients was Ford Motor Company, for whom they built many custom Lincoln body styles. The collection consists of business records documenting sales, vehicle specifications, material purchases, and employee wages, and also includes over 600 design drawings for Lincoln, Packard, and Cadillac bodies, among others. Extent: 11.8 cubic ft. (17 boxes, 2 rolls). The collection is open for research. | | | | Subjects: | Willoughby, Edward | Willoughby, Francis | Willoughby Company | Willoughby Body Works | Automobiles--Design and construction | Lincoln automobile | Cadillac automobile | Advertisements | Clippings | Design drawings | Financial records | Photographs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 3 | Title: | Automobile advertisements series, 1903-1994 (bulk 1923-1959) | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 19 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. | | | | Abstract: | The Automobile Advertisements series contains advertisements for the Edsel, Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars. Special use automobiles, such as police cars and taxis, as well as advertisements for dealer shows featuring new models are also found in this series. The advertisements are arranged by size. Within each size category the advertisements are arranged alphabetically by make, chronologically by model year and then alphabetically by title of the advertisement. When there is no applicable model year, the date has been determined by the date of publication. Advertisements which feature the full line of Ford Motor Company automobiles have been organized with the ads entitled Ford, unless the illustrations or text refers to a specific make and then is filed in the appropriate grouping. Likewise, advertisements which feature both Lincoln and Mercury automobiles have been placed with Lincoln. Although there were no automobiles produced during 1942-1945 model years, there were advertisements in 1945 promoting the resumption of new models for the 1946 model year. These advertisements have been designated as 1945 advertisements whereas the 1946 advertisements focus on the features of the actual 1946 models. | | | | Subjects: | Advertising--Automobiles | Advertising, Magazine | Advertising, Newspaper | Edsel automobile | Ford automobile | Lincoln automobile | Mercury automobile | Ford Motor Company. | Advertisements. | Proofs. | Tear sheets. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 9 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Legal Office Patent Records, 1905-1951 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 93.1.296 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The records from the Ford Motor Company Legal Office contain material related to patent and trademark agreements, lawsuits and registrations for aircraft, prosthetics, tractors, magnesium manufacture, and Ford automobiles. | | | | Subjects: | Dow Chemical Company | Ford Motor Company | Henry Ford & Son, Inc. | Junkers, Hugo, 1859-1935 | Junkers Flugzeug- und -Motorenwerke, Dessau | Aircraft | Artificial hands | Fordson tractors | Lincoln automobile | Magnesium | Patents | Trademarks | Czechoslovakia | Germany | Great Britain | Spain | Photographs | Technical drawings | Blueprints | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 12 | Title: | Ford Motorsports records, 1957-1968 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 1930 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Lincoln-Mercury Public Affairs Department. | | | | Abstract: | The Ford Motorsports records are made up of correspondence, press releases and other textual materials, photographs, proof sheets, and negatives maintained by the Lincoln-Mercury Public Affairs Department documenting Ford Motor Company's involvement in racing and performance testing. | | | | Subjects: | Gurney, Dan | Nicholson, Don, 1927-2006 | Ford Motor Company. Lincoln-Mercury Public Affairs Department. | Indianapolis Speedway Race | Automobile industry and trade | Automobile rallies | Automobile racing | Automobile racing drivers | Automobiles, Racing | Comet automobile | Drag racing | Dragsters | East African Safari Rally | Le Mans Endurance Race, France | Lincoln automobile | Mercury automobile | Motorsports | Sports cars | Stock cars (Automobiles) | Photographs | Photographic prints | Negatives (photographic) | Color transparencies | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 13 | Title: | Ford Motor Company, Account Receivable and Accounts Payable Records Subseries, 1904-1925 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 64.167.623 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Auditing Department | | | | Abstract: | The Ford Motor Company, Account Receivable and Accounts Payable Records Subseries, 1904-1925 (15.4 cubic ft.), Accession 64.167.623, is made up of ledgers from the General Accounting Office containing the following financial data: accounts receivable, 1905-1914 and 1918-1920, which include an incomplete listing of cars sold to Ford Motor Company dealers and Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd., from 1905 to 1914; accounts payable, 1907-1909; special accounts receivable, 1913-1920, the bulk of which is entries for management personnel including Henry Ford and Edsel B. Ford; Lincoln accounts payable, 1922; a patterns lent account book, 1913-1917, regarding suppliers of malleable iron castings; and miscellaneous account books, including journal vouchers and foreign and domestic accounts receivable, 1918-1925. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company. Auditing Department | Ford Motor Company. Finance Staff | Ford Motor Company--Finance | Ford Motor Company. Lincoln Division | Ford Motor Company of Canada | Automobile dealers | Automobiles--Accounting | Automobile industry and trade--Costs | Automobile industry and trade--Statistics | Accounts payable | Accounts receivable | Branches (Business enterprises) | Cost control | Costs, Industrial | Financial statements | Ford autmobile | Labor costs | Lincoln automobile | Sales accounting | Wages--Accounting | Ledgers | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 15 | Title: | Automotive product literature collection, 1895-ongoing | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 175 | | | | Creator: | Benson Ford Research Center | | | | Abstract: | The Automotive Product Literature collection is an intentionally assembled collection of sales, promotional and informational material published by automotive manufacturers and used primarily by automotive dealers or sales agents to market and sell automobiles. The collection includes sales brochures, press kits, press releases, service bulletins, photographs, comparative literature, color and trim books and color chips, salesman's manuals, owner's manuals and reference books for over 1000 past and present automobile manufacturers worldwide. | | | | Subjects: | Automobile industry and trade | Automobile dealers | Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Automobiles, Foreign | Automobiles, Steam | Edsel automobile | Automobiles, Electric | Ford automobile | General Motors automobiles | Lincoln automobile | Mercury automobile | Marketing | Sales promotion | Press releases | Ford Motor Company. | General Motors Corporation | Brochures | Manuals (instructional materials). | Photographs | Publications | Sales catalogs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 16 | Title: | Ford Listens records, 1970-1976 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 1835 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company. Marketing Department. | | | | Abstract: | Program established by Ford Motor Company in the 1970s to receive and respond to customer inquiries about the company's products and services. Records consist of original research sheets and material used by Ford Listens staff to answer the questions including press releases, clippings, photographs, publications, and manuals. | | | | Subjects: | Ford, Henry, 1917-1987 | Iacocca, Lee A., 1924- | Nader, Ralph, 1934- | Ford Motor Company. Marketing Department. | Ford Motor Company. Customer Service Division | Ford Motor Company--Public relations. | Automobile industry and trade | Advertising | Automobiles--Safety measures | Automobiles--Seat belts | Edsel automobile | Ford automobile | Lincoln automobile | Marketing | Mercury automobile | Pinto automobile | Pollution | Safety. | Sales promotion | Press releases | Clippings | Photographs | Publications | Vertical files | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 17 | Title: | Frank Ernest Hill papers, 1950-1966 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 940 | | | | Creator: | Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969 | | | | Abstract: | Frank Ernest Hill collaborated with Allan Nevins in the 1950s on the first two volumes of a comprehensive history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. He coauthored a third volume. The papers are comprised of research material. | | | | Subjects: | Hill, Frank Ernest 1888-1969 | Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971. | Ford, Henry, 1863-1947. | Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950 | Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943. | Ford, Henry, 1917-1987. | Ford, William Clay, 1925- | Ford family | Ford Motor Company -- History. | Ford Motor Company -- Industrial relations. | Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village. | Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum. | Automobile industry and trade | Automobile industry workers | Automobile factories | Airlines | Ford automobile | Lincoln automobile | Industry and education | Labor -- History. | Trade unions -- Automobile industry workers. | Philanthropists | World War, 1914-1918 | World War, 1939-1945 | Detroit (Mich.) -- History | Genealogies. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 18 | Title: | Morgan L. Gies Presidential Vehicle Photographs collection, 1939-1966 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 2011.241 | | | | Creator: | Gies, Morgan L., 1908-1980 | | | | Abstract: | This collection consists of photographs, press kits, clippings and other ephemera related to presidential vehicles including the Sunshine Special, the Bubble Top and the 1961 Lincoln used by President Kennedy. | | | | Subjects: | Gies, Morgan L., 1908-1980 | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 | Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 | Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926- | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 | Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 | Hess, William C., 1906-2000. | Ford Motor Company. Lincoln Division | General Motors Corporation. Cadillac Motor Car Division | Hess & Eisenhardt Company | Presidential automobiles | Lincoln automobile | Cadillac automobile | Railroad cars | Parades | Flags--United States | Pullman cars | Photographs | Photographic prints | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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