Mildred Ford collection, 1800-1968.

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Mildred Ford collection, 1800-1968.

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Papers of the Henry Ford, III family of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Two ledgers from Sterling Forge (no location) contain several hundred primitive folk art scenes in water color and pencil depicting daily life, ca. 1800s and a piece of Fraktur folk art for "Sara Ellerin, Born 1798" (restricted access to all artwork). Genealogical papers, scrapbooks, photograph albums; photocopies of Bible records. Thirty-six letters, 1967-1968, from United States congressmen in reply to Mrs. Mildred Ford's letters about United States involvement in Vietnam, include responses from Edward Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, George McGovern, and Strom Thurmond.

6 cu. ft.

Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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Western Michigan University, Dwight B. Waldo Library

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