Ford Motor Company patents collection, 1903-1994.

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Ford Motor Company patents collection, 1903-1994.

The collection is primarily comprised of bound volumes of Ford Motor Company patents numbered 1 to 3,781,380, 1903-1971. It also includes separate volumes for Ford Engine patents, 1943-1961; Ford Body patents, 1943-1956; Ford Chassis patents, 1943-1961; Ford Tractor patents, 1946-1959; Ford Chemical patents, 1943-1961; Ford Electrical patents, 1943-1961; and Ford Transmission patents, 1943-1961. There are also 3 folders of Design patents, 1918-1994 and 2 folders of Defensive patents, 1969-1988.

43 volumes and 5 folders.

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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...