C. Harold Wills papers, 1899-1939.

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C. Harold Wills papers, 1899-1939.

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The papers focus primarily on C. Harold Wills' activities after leaving Ford Motor Company in 1919. There are four series. The Personal Papers series contains personal financial records, general correspondence, and patent agreements. The Business Records series is comprised of land records, business correspondence, testing reports and miscellaneous printed material relating to the various interrelated enterprises in which Wills was engaged in Marysville, Michigan. The Hornsey-Wills Iron Reduction Process and Related Records series documents the Hornsey-Wills Iron Reduction Process for the recovery of high quality iron from ore. The Scrapbooks series consists of six scrapbooks dated 1919 to 1922.

4 cubic ft. and 1 oversize folder.

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