Henry Ford Office records, 1823-1984 (bulk 1920-1947)

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Henry Ford Office records, 1823-1984 (bulk 1920-1947)

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The Henry Ford Office records are comprised of the following subgroups: Highland Park Office records subgroup, 1902-1928 (62.4 cubic ft.), Acc. 2, Acc. 62; Engineering Laboratory Office records subgroup, 1920-1952 (1,248.8 cubic ft., 5 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder), Acc. 284, Acc. 285; Financial Records subgroup, 1912-1952 (254.4cubic ft. and 27 microfilm reels), Acc. 254, Acc. 286, Acc. 790; and the Personal Topics Subject File subgroup, 1823-1984 (57.4 cubic ft., 16 oversize boxes, 6 volumes, 35 items, and 15 microfilm reels).

ca. 1,623 cubic ft., 18 oversize boxes, 6 volumes, 35 items, and 42 microfilm reels.

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

Ford, Henry, 1863-1947

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Industrialist and philanthropist Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, grew up on a farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. Mechanically inclined from an early age, he worked in Detroit machine shops as a young man and became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in 1891. Henry and Clara Jane Bryant, married in 1888, had one child, Edsel, born in 1893. In that same year, Henry tested his first internal combustion engine, and by 1896 completed his first car, the Quadricycle. Ford partnered in ...