Ford Motor Company. Estate of Henry Ford.

Henry Ford died at his home in Dearborn, Michigan on April 7, 1947, at age eighty-three. Clara Bryant Ford died at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan on September 29, 1950, at age eighty-four. Frank Campsall served as Henry and Clara Ford's longtime personal secretary, handling most of their personal business from the 1920s until his death in 1946. After his death, another secretary from the Office of Henry Ford, H. R. Waddell, assumed these duties. Ernest G. Liebold was Henry Ford's executive secretary for many years, from around 1910 through 1944, handling his financial and legal affairs. Most of the collection is made up of files maintained by these men, in particular Frank Campsall.