Finding Aid for RESEARCH CENTER ARCHIVES VERTICAL FILE Accession RC.2 Finding Aid Published: May 2018 Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Boulevard ∙ Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 USA [email protected] ∙ www.thehenryford.org Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 OVERVIEW REPOSITORY: Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 www.thehenryford.org [email protected] ACCESSION NUMBER: RC.2 CREATOR: Henry Ford (Organization). Benson Ford Research Center TITLE: Research Center Archive Vertical File INCLUSIVE DATES: Circa 1929-2018 QUANTITY: 56.5 cubic ft. (18 file drawers and 3 boxes) LANGUAGE: The materials are in English. ABSTRACT: The Archives Vertical File is an assembled collection containing mainly printed material on a wide variety of subjects related to Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company, and the automobile industry. Page 2 of 67 Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: The collection is open for research. TECHNICAL RESTRICTIONS: Use of original video and audio tapes, floppy disks, and compact discs contained in the collection is restricted. Access may be unavailable due to lack of appropriate software and hardware, or use copies may need to be produced unless otherwise noted. Researchers interested in this material should contact Benson Ford Research Center staff ([email protected]). COPYRIGHT: Copyright for some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator(s). ACQUISITION: Acquired by The Henry Ford, circa 1929-2018. RELATED MATERIAL: Related material held by The Henry Ford: - Museum Vertical File - Edison Institute Vertical File PREFERRED CITATION: Item, folder, box, accession RC.2, Research Center Archives Vertical File, Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford PROCESSING INFORMATION: Collection processed on an on-going basis by staff of The Henry Ford. DESCRIPTION INFORMATION: Finding aid written and maintained by Benson Ford Research Center staff. Updated and republished June 2012, April 2016, and May 2018. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) and local guidelines. Page 3 of 67 Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The Archives Vertical File contains mainly printed material on a wide variety of subjects related to Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company, and the automobile industry. The bulk of the archives vertical file focuses on Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company including subjects such as Henry Ford's ancestors and descendants, and other Ford family members; Henry Ford's residences and property such as Fair Lane and Wayside Inn; Henry Ford's friends including Thomas Edison and family; Harvey Firestone and family and other celebrities; Henry Ford's personal interests including automobile racing, aviation, education, historic preservation; Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford); soybeans and village industries; Ford Motor Company's activities, anniversaries, buildings, defense production during World War I and World War II, domestic and international plants, divisions, employees, executives, public relations, rubber plantations in Belterra and Fordlandia, and subsidiaries; world’s fairs and automobile exhibitions. Also included is material on other automobile manufacturers both foreign and domestic; the automobile industry's 100th anniversary; famous people in the automobile industry; and modes of transportation such as airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, buses, tractors, and trucks. ARRANGEMENT The Archives Vertical File is arranged alphabetically by topic. Page 4 of 67 Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 CONTAINER LIST Description A Adams, George Matthew Advertising Aerial Roof Markings (See Dealers--Aerial Roof Markings) Aeronutronic Ford Corporation African-American Workers General (3 folders) Inventions Agnelli, Giovanni Ahren, Patrick (See O’Hern, Patrick & Margaret) Air Mail Service Air Pilot Brooks, Harry Piccard, Dr. Jeannette Sinclair, Cecil Airplanes Arrow Sport V8 (powered by Ford V8 engine) Consolidated B-24 (See also World War II--B-24 Bomber) Curtiss Douglas DC-2 DC-3 DC-6 Ford Motor Company Air Mail Airplane Division letters B-24 Liberator (See World War II--B-24 Bomber) Chronology and History Design Drawings Flivver (Single Seat Plane) Henry and Edsel Ford, interest in Indexes to Aviation Material Model Designations and Engine Numbers National Aviation Hall of Fame Photos (copies of and references to) Radio Beacon Tri-Motor 2 AT (Stout Design) 4 AT 5 AT (Plans) 8 AT (Single Engine) 14 AT 15 P (Flying Wing) Page 5 of 67 Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 A / Airplanes / Ford Motor Company / Tri-Motor continued: Advertising Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum (4-AT-65) Evergreen International Airline, Portland (5-AT-8) General Articles 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1990s 2000s undated Golden Wings Flying Museum Island Airway, Port Clinton, OH Literature Postcards (Copies) San Diego Aerospace Museum (5AT11) Transcontinental Air Transport Van Aukin Plane (with Model T Engine) Junkers “Bremen” McCarthy Air Scout (Grand Rapids, MI) Airports Illinois, Lansing (Ford) Michigan Dearborn (Ford) General Dirigible Mooring Mast Detroit, City Airport Airships – US Navy – ZMC-2 Airshows National Air Tour Edsel B. Ford Trophy 2003 Tour Alandt, Lynn Ford Ali, Muhammed Allen Park Veterans Hospital Alternative Fuels American Automobile Association (AAA) Ampex Corporation Amphibious Vehicles (See World War II--Amphibian) Anderson, John W. Anderson, Warren C. Anderson, William F. (Bishop) Annesley, Charles G. Antifreeze Solutions Armstrong, Neil Page 6 of 67 Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 A continued: Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA) Assembly Line Methods Ford Motor Company General Atterbury, George Washington Austin, Herbert Austin, Baron Auto Shows (See also National Auto Show, and North American International Auto Show) Automation (2 folders) Automobile Accessories (2 folders) Air Conditioning CB Radios General Heaters Hood Ornaments Radios Sunroofs Automobile Club of Michigan (AAA Michigan) Automobile Drivers with Disabilities Automobile Driving General Left or Right Side Debate Manuals and Regulations Automobile Industry and Trade (see also Box 1) 50th Anniversary Clippings (3 folders) Edison Institute Material Publications 75th Anniversary 100th Anniversary Alliances Detroit Development Firsts General 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s-present Page 7 of 67 Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 A / Automobile Industry and Trade continued: Health Aspects Japan Management Pennsylvania Pioneers Plants Retail Deliveries Safety Standards Slogans “Automobile Quarterly” Automobile Travel Automobiles (see also Box 1) Advertising Aerodynamics Aftermarket Conversions and Supplies Air Bag Restraint Systems Allard AMC (American Motors Corporation) Aston Martin Auburn Auctions Cappy Collection (Jerry Capizzi) General Melton, James Peck, D. Cameron Autonomous Vehicles Audi Autocar Automatic Transmission Avanti Bendix Bodies Clenet Fischer Le Baron Books about Brush Automobile Bugatti Buick Cadillac Camping Chevrolet General Corvette Child Restraint Systems Page 8 of 67 Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 A / Automobile Industry and Trade / Automobiles continued: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chrysler Citroen Classic Compact and Small Cars Concept and Experimental Convertible Cook Custom Cars Delage DeLorean (DMC) Design and Construction 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2010 Chrysler General General Motors Women Designers DeSoto deTomaso Detroit Electric Doble Steam Cars Driverless Cars Dubonnet Duryea Dymaxion Edison2 Edsel Electric (2 folders) Elmore Environmentalism Flanders Ford 1941 Model 1942 Model 1946 Model 1947 Model 1949 Model 1950 Model Page 9 of 67 Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 A / Automobile Industry and Trade / Automobiles / Ford continued: 1952 Model 1953 Model 1954 Model 1955 & 1957 Model 8-Track Tape Players Accessories Air-Cooled Engines Audio Systems Automatic Transmissions Bobcat Capri (Germany) Cardinal Comete (France) Compact and Small Cars Concept and Experimental Consul (UK) Conversions Convertibles Corsair (UK) Cortina Crown Victoria Custom Cars Emissions Engine Paint Colors Engines Escort Evolution Fairlane Fairmont Falcon Fiesta Firsts Five-Hundred Focus Focus Electric Fox (See Automobiles--Ford--Fairmont) Front-Wheel Drive Fuel Cell Automobiles Fuel Consumption Fusion Galaxie Granada GT Handicap Accessible Humor Page 10 of 67 Research Center Archive Vertical File Accession RC.2 A / Automobile Industry and Trade / Automobiles / Ford continued: Hybrid Light Car Maverick Meteor (Canada) Milestones 1,000,000th Ford 10,000,000th Ford 15,000,000th Ford 20,000,000th Ford 27,000,000th Ford 28,000,000th Ford 70,000,000th Ford 100,000,000th Ford Model 40 Special Speedster Model A 1903 1928-1931 Clubs General Articles Parts and Service Articles Roadster Reproduction (1979) Safety Glass Model B 1904-1906 1932 Model C (1904-1905) Model E Model F (1904-1905) Model Identification Model K (1906-1908) Model N (1906) Model R (1907-1908) Model S (1908) Model T (1908-1927) (see also Box 1) Anniversary Articles Canadian Motor Numbers Centennial Conversions Floorboards General Articles Miscellaneous Paint (Black) Parts & Service Articles (2 folders) Patent Plate