Edward L. Bryant papers, 1901-1979 (bulk 1930-1965).

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Edward L. Bryant papers, 1901-1979 (bulk 1930-1965).

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The papers are comprised of personal correspondence, clippings, photos and memorabilia of family and career. Of special interest are letters from Clara Ford and a friend in the Rotary Club of Jerusalem. The papers also include research papers and articles Bryant wrote and a number of photograph albums. Albums include Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford, Henry and Clara Ford's Fair Lane Estate in Dearborn, Ford Farms, Fordson tractor, and family photographs including Henry and Clara with their grandchildren.

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The Henry Ford, Benson Ford Research Center

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Bryant, Katherine, 1888-1966

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Ford Farms.

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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947

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Industrialist and philanthropist Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, grew up on a farm in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. Mechanically inclined from an early age, he worked in Detroit machine shops as a young man and became an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in 1891. Henry and Clara Jane Bryant, married in 1888, had one child, Edsel, born in 1893. In that same year, Henry tested his first internal combustion engine, and by 1896 completed his first car, the Quadricycle. Ford partnered in ...

Bryant family.

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Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950

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Fair Lane (Dearborn, Mich.)

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Dearborn Historical Society

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Henry Ford (Organization)

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Bryant, Edward L., 1898-1984.

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Edward L. Bryant was born to Edward L. and Laura B. Bryant on February 8, 1898 in Detroit. He was a nephew to Clara Bryant Ford, wife of Henry Ford. He practiced law in Detroit. After retiring, he worked at the Edison Institute (now The Henry Ford) as a researcher. He wrote numerous articles published in a magazine put out by his Masonic Lodge and the Dearborn Historian. Bryant retired from the Edison Institute in 1966 and died in 1984. From the description of Edward L. Bryant papers...