William Clay Ford records series, 1949-1956.

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William Clay Ford records series, 1949-1956.

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The William Clay Ford series contains records about administration, public relations, and styling. The administrative records include correspondence regarding policymaking and organization of the Continental Division, intra-company communications, executive communications with Ernest R. Breech and other executives, committee reports, and a Continental Division organization chart. The public relations records include press releases, newspaper clippings, and magazine articles regarding William Clay Ford and the Continental Mark II, and correspondence regarding invitations to social functions. The styling records include photographs of interior and exterior views of Continental automobiles, photographs of clay models of the Continental, and correspondence with Walter B. Ford of W. B. Ford Design Corporation and other consulting stylists.

2.4 cubic ft., 1 oversize box, and 1 volume.

The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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