| | 1 | Title: | Ford Motor Company Henry Ford Patent Records, 1923-1964  | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 74.300.1170 | | | | Creator: | Ford Motor Company | | | | Abstract: | The records consist of patent applications, primarily assigned to Henry Ford and dated 1923-1950, that were issued or in some cases either never filed or abandoned. At least one of the applications was assigned to Edsel B. Ford. Material includes application forms, drawings, photographs, internal and external communications, sketches, and notes. A small amount of the material (approximately 0.25 cubic ft. and dated 1931-1964) consists of patent and trade mark information related to the Ford Motor Company Johansson Gage Block Division. | | | | Subjects: | Ford Motor Company | Patents | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 3 | Title: | Howard A. Elliot papers, 1930-2004 (Bulk 1964-1972) | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 2006.62 | | | | Creator: | Elliott, Howard A. | | | | Abstract: | The Howard A. Elliott papers consist of correspondence, design drawings, reports, and patent copies related to Elliot's career in the automotive electrical systems industry. The papers include clippings about Essex Wire Corporation, design drawings of wiring connectors and harnesses, correspondence related to court actions he participated in, and copies of patents awarded to him personally and those assigned to Essex Wire. The bulk of the papers consist of general correspondence from Elliott's career at Essex, including plant photographs illustrating various wiring and winding tools and machines developed by Essex, as well as general reports. | | | | Subjects: | Elliott, Howard A. | Essex Wire Corporation. | Ford Motor Corporation. Wiring Division. | Automobiles--Electric wiring | Design drawings | Patents | Photographs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Title: | Charles C. La Croix Records, 1941-1956 | Requires cookie* | | | 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. | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 7 | Title: | C. Harold Wills papers, 1899-1939 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 418 | | | | Creator: | Wills, C. Harold (Childe Harold), 1878-1940 | | | | Abstract: | C. Harold Wills was an early associate of Henry Ford who later left Ford Motor Company to form his own automobile company, the C. H. Wills Company (later Wills Sainte Claire, Inc.). These papers mainly focus on Wills activities after leaving Ford Motor Company and include personal financial statements, business records and newspaper clippings. | | | | Subjects: | Wills, C. Harold (Childe Harold), 1878-1940 | Hornsey, John | Lee, John R. | Ford Motor Company | C. H. Wills Company | Wills Sainte Claire, Inc. | Marysville Land Company | Automobile industry and trade--Michigan | Automobiles--Design and construction | Industrial designers | Mechanical engineers | Metallurgy | Marysville (Mich.) | Financial records | Patents | Scrapbooks | Technical drawings | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 8 | Title: | J. W. Whitmore papers, 1926-1942 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 685 | | | | Creator: | Whitmore, J. W. | | | | Abstract: | The J. W. Whitmore papers are comprised of miscellaneous correspondence relating to Ford Motor Company arrangements for transportation for conventions, visiting individuals, dedications, etc. | | | | Subjects: | Whitmore, J. W. | Rooney, Mickey | Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 | Frederick IX, King of Denmark, 1899-1972 | Foster, Stephen A. (Stephen Austin), 1866-1931 | Ford Motor Company--Employees | Ford Motor Company. Traffic Division | Boy Scouts of America | American Legion | Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village | Automobile industry and trade | Annual Reports | Patents | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 9 | Title: | Stickley family collection, 1879-1978 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 1624 | | | | Creator: | Stickley family | | | | Abstract: | Gustav, Leopold, and John George Stickley along with two other brothers were furniture craftsman in New York in the early 1900s. The collection, which contains correspondence, financial records, photographs and printed material, primarily documents the work of Leopold and John George Stickley. | | | | Subjects: | Stickley family | Stickley, Gustav, 1858-1942 | Stickley, John George, 1871-1921 | Gustav Stickley Co. | Stickley & Associates | Stickley Bros. Co. | L. and J. G. Stickley Inc. | Furniture industry and trade | Furniture workers | Furniture, Mission | Arts and crafts movement. | Advertisements. | Design drawings | Financial records | Minutes | Oral histories | Patents | Photographs | Sales catalogs | Trade catalogs | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 10 | Title: | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 11 | Title: | Mechanical and Electrical Power Collection, 1785-1940 | Requires cookie* | | | 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 | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 14 | Title: | Bill Stumpf Papers, 1913-2006 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 2009.141 | | | | Creator: | Stumpf, Bill, 1936-2006 | | | | Abstract: | Bill Stumpf was an industrial designer who specialized in ergonomic chair and seating design. Working with the Herman Miller Research Corporation, he worked on the design of well-known ergonomic office chairs, including the Ergon and Aeron chairs. Stumpf's papers include drawings, correspondence, photographs, and other documents related to his design projects, as well as personal papers, publications, and memorabilia. | | | | Subjects: | Stumpf, Bill, 1936-2006 | Campbell, Kermit | Chadwick, Don, 1936- | Child, Julia | De Pree, Hugh | De Pree, Max | Kelley, Jack | Propst, Robert | Weber, Jeff | Chadwick, Stumpf, and Associates | Herman Miller Research Corporation | Herman Miller, Inc. | Sister Kenny Institute | Stumpf, Weber, and Associates | Walker Art Center | William Stumpf and Associates | Chair design | Chairs | Ergonomics | Furniture | Furniture design | Human comfort | Industrial design | Office chairs | Office furniture | Office layout | Offices | Seating--Furniture Hospitals--Furniture, equipment, etc. | United States, Ann Arbor (Michigan) | United States, Cannon Falls (Minnesota) | United States, Madison (Wisconsin) | United States, Minneapolis (Minnesota) | United States, Santa Monica (California) | United States, St. Croix Valley (Minnesota) | United States, St. Paul (Minnesota) | United States, Stockholm (Wisconsin) | United States, Winona (Minnesota) | Advertisements | Audiocassettes | Awards | Awards certificates | Blueprints (reprographic copies) | Books | Brochures | Color negatives | Color photographs | Color slides | Color transparencies | Correspondence | Design drawings | Drawings | DVDs | Financial records | Floppy disks | Magazines (periodicals) | Memorabilia | Memorandums | Negatives (photographs) | Patents | Periodicals | Photograph albums | Photographic prints | Posters | Promotional materials | Reports | Sketches | Slides (photographs) | Sound recordings | Technical drawings | Technical reports | Trade catalogs | Videocassettes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 15 | Title: | Robert Propst Papers, 1952-1998 | Requires cookie* | | | Accession: | 2010.83 | | | | Creator: | Propst, Robert | | | | Abstract: | This collection covers the professional and personal life of noted industrial designer Robert L. Propst. Propst is best known for his work with Herman Miller and for designing the "Action Office," an office furnishing system which became the basis for the modern cubicle. Materials include reports, design photographs, design drawings, and blueprints, as well as personal photographs, writings, and artwork. | | | | Subjects: | Propst, Robert | De Pree, D.J. (Dirk Jan De Pree), 1891-1990 | De Pree, Hugh | De Pree, Max | Houy, Chuck (Charles) | Kelley, Jack | Stumpf, Bill (William) | Wodka, Michael (Mike) | Herman Miller, Inc. (HMI) | Herman Miller Research Corporation (HMRC) | Herman Miller Research & Design | Michigan State University | The Propst Company | Propst Design Company | Propst Forestry System Corporation (PFSC) | Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) | University of Massachusetts | Chairs | Children's furniture | Furniture | Furniture design | Furniture designers | Hospital beds | Industrial design | Living room furniture | Logging | Lumbering | Medical offices | Office chairs | Office furniture | Playground equipment | Seating (Furniture) | Travel | China | Japan | Tibet | United States, Ann Arbor (Michigan) | United States, Denver (Colorado) | United States, Redmond (Washington) | United States, Zeeland (Michigan) | Advertisements | Artwork | Audiocassettes | Blueprints (reprographic copies) | Brochures | Calendars | Color negatives | Color photographs | Color slides | Color transparencies | Design drawings | Drawings | Engineering drawings | Financial records | Floppy disks | Journals | Manuals | Microfiche | Microfilm | Negatives (photographic) | Pamphlets | Patents | Photograph albums | Photographic prints | Portraits | Posters | Promotional materials | Publications | Reports | Sketches | Slides (photographs) | Sound recordings | Technical drawings | Transparencies | Videocassettes | | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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