Henry Ford and Ford family papers, 1773-1955 (bulk 1915-1950).

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Henry Ford and Ford family papers, 1773-1955 (bulk 1915-1950).

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The papers are comprised of three subgroups: Fair Lane papers subgroup, 1835-1955 (74 cubic ft. and 8 oversize boxes), Acc. 1; Ford Properties subgroup, 1773-1954 (18.6 cubic ft., 1 oversize box, 1 volume, and 1 oversize folder), Acc. 93, 97, 111, 557, 797; Estate Records subgroup, 1832-1955 (75 cubic ft., 6 oversize boxes, 28 card files, and 5 volumes), Acc. 290, 384, 587, 588, 1136, 1390.

167.6 cubic ft., 15 oversize boxes, 28 card files, 6 volumes and 1 oversize folder.

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. Office of Henry Ford.

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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, Edsel, 1893-1943

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Edsel Ford's interests beyond automobiles and the automobile industry were broad and varied. He was president of the Arts Commission of the Detroit Institute of Arts, a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, and a trustee for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. He was a member of the Isle Royal National Park Commission, chairman of the board of the Detroit University School, and a director of the Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit. He was active in Ford Motor Company educatio...

Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950

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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 ...

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