Fordson Estates Limited records, 1931-1956 (bulk 1931-1946)

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Fordson Estates Limited records, 1931-1956 (bulk 1931-1946)

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Extant records of Fordson Estates Limited, an agricultural development project of Henry Ford's in the 1930s through the 1940s. The records represent one example of Henry Ford's ongoing interest in agricultural development. This small body of materials deals directly with the daily operation of the farms on Fordson Estates and records many of the loans made from Ford Motor Company Limited, England to finance the operations. The records include two photograph albums and a folder containing four photographic prints of the buildings and grounds of the Boreham House Estate (later renamed Fordson Estates) at the time of purchase by Henry Ford, circa 1931; one minute book of the board of directors detailing the operations of Fordson Estates Limited, 1931-1946 (a second minute book, a continuation of the first, is referred to but not extant within the collection); three account registers (one blank), 1931-1948; one printed copy of the articles of association for Fordson Estates Limited,1931, along with a certificate of incorporation, 1949; one ledger for the operation of the Boreham House Estate, 1931-1933; one folder of correspondence relating chiefly to taxes and finances, 1937-1956; and one monograph on the Fordson Estates, Ten Years' Romance, written by Lord Perry. There are four folders of loose enclosures removed from the registers and account and minute books, 1931-1950 and undated.

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