Nevins and Hill research, original documents and notes series, 1845-1960.

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Nevins and Hill research, original documents and notes series, 1845-1960.

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The series is comprised primarily of original documents that were selected between 1952 and 1954 from accessions held by the Ford Motor Company Archives for research use in the three volume Nevins and Hill history of the company. The majority of the documents were retained as Accession 572 and were not returned to their source locations. There are also typewritten research notes interspersed within the folders. The series is valuable for its illuminating and overarching documentation of all aspects of the life of Henry Ford and the evolution of the Ford Motor Company. The records are organized by subject; twenty topical terms are further subdivided alphabetically. Sections include the automobile industry in general; Detroit, Michigan; Henry, Edsel, Clara and the Ford family; Ford Motor Company advertising, aviation activities, branch operations, engineering, finance, legal activities, organization, administration, suppliers, plants, sales, labor relations, foreign agencies and plants; and activities during both world wars.

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Ford Motor Company. Archives.

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In 1951, Edgar Le Roy Bryant, Clara Ford's brother served notice that he would file a claim against the estate of Clara Ford based on the contention that Clara had promised she would leave her possessions to his family. The suit, asking for $10 million or more, proceeded until March 1955, when it was settled out of court for a relatively small amount of cash. From the description of Edgar L. Bryant vs. Clara Ford Estate records, 1901-1949. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 774597...

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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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...

Henry Ford (Organization)

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Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950

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Ford family.

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Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969

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Frank Ernest Hill, under the auspices of Columbia University, collaborated with Allan Nevins in the 1950s on the first two volumes of a comprehensive history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. He co-authored a third volume. From the description of Frank Ernest Hill papers, 1950-1966. (The Henry Ford). WorldCat record id: 53929808 Journalist, author. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Ernest Hill : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the...

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...

Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...