Water Power and Real Estate records series, 1918-1945.

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Water Power and Real Estate records series, 1918-1945.

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The Water Power and Real Estate records series consists of two subseries. The Water Power records subseries, 1918-1945 (5.2 cubic ft.), Acc. 288, includes correspondence, maps, reports, photographs and other materials related to water power (hydroelectric) properties owned by Ford including the Michigan properties of Brooklyn, Clarkston, Dexter, Dundee, Flat Rock, Macon, Manchester, Milan, Milford, Newburg (also listed as Newburgh), Northville, Plymouth, Sault St. Marie, Waterford and Ypsilanti among others; and properties at Saint Paul, Minnesota; South Sudbury, Massachusetts; other non-Michigan cities and Brazil. Also included are materials pertaining to properties Ford had an interest in purchasing or his office was contacted regarding purchase. The collection is arranged alphabetically by city or country name. The Real Estate records subseries, 1918-1939 (10.8 cubic ft.), Acc. 289, consists of files kept by William T. Gregory, a real estate agent for Ford. Files include correspondence, maps, blueprints and statements for properties owned by Henry Ford or those offered for sale to or requested for purchase by his office. Properties include farm, house and apartment rentals and commercial developments in Michigan cities such as Carleton, Dearborn, Detroit, Farmington, Flat Rock, Grosse Ile, Iron Mountain, Macon, Milford, Nankin Mill, Newburg, Northville, Phoenix Mill, Pinckney, Trenton and Waterford. The farm properties were managed by Ray Dahlinger, General Manager of the Ford Farms. Properties outside of Michigan include Green Island, New York, Hamilton, Ohio and John Burroughs' property at Roxbury, New York (including Woodchuck Lodge) which the Ford's helped him and his wife Ursula acquire in 1913 and subsequently purchased upon Burroughs' death in 1922. Material is also available for Ford's yacht Sialia, The Botsford Inn, Edsel Ford's Jefferson Avenue (Detroit) and Grosse Pointe properties, properties owned by the Ford Foundation, Ford Motor Company branches and plants including Highland Park and the Rouge, the Lincoln Motor Company plant on Warren Avenue, the Kirkby Apartments in Detroit, Dearborn Aviation Park Subdivision and Robert Herndon Realty Company's Dearborn properties. The collection also includes a number of solicitations for employment with Ford Motor Company or Henry Ford Farms. The collection is arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent, company name, subject or city.

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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