The Greenfield Village Buildings records collection is comprised of accumulated records documenting the history of each individual building in Greenfield Village. The material is arranged for description purposes into nine subgroups. The first seven subgroups represent seven distinct village districts including Working Farms District records subgroup (1.6 cubic ft.); Liberty Craftworks District records subgroup (2.4 cubic ft. and 1 oversize folder); Henry Ford's Model T District records subgroup (1.2 cubic ft. and 2 oversize folders); Railroad Junction District records subgroup (0.8 cubic ft.); Main Street District records subgroup (8 cubic ft. and 8 oversize boxes); Edison at Work District records subgroup (1.2 cubic ft. and 3 oversize boxes); and Porches and Parlors District records subgroup (10.8 cubic ft. and 10 oversize folders). The eighth, Henry Ford Museum Buildings records subgroup (0.8 cubic ft.), represents buildings that for the most part were once located in Greenfield Village and are currently located inside Henry Ford Museum; the ninth, Former Greenfield Village Buildings records subgroup (1.6 cubic ft.), are no longer extant in the village. There is also one folder for the Greenfield Village entrance. In some cases in all of these records, recently executed research has invalidated documents in the collection; these documents remain in the collection but it is important for researchers to note that these earlier versions exist. The collection and the inventory to the collection is currently organized alphabetically by name of building. Types of documents include affidavits, clippings, correspondence, family histories, general histories and research notes, inventories, maps, oral histories, and sometimes photographs. Some buildings are more thoroughly documented than others. Records are updated as new information becomes available through research, and as records of new building additions as well as reinstallations are sought.
