Archival Collections
The archival stacks at The Henry Ford hold millions of items, including photographs, drawings, letters, reports, motion picture film, and audio and video recordings. Learn more about some of the archival collections we hold by browsing the records below, which provide high-level descriptions, access to collection finding aids and links to digitized collection materials.
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- Ford Motor Company Legal Office Patent Records, 1905-1951
- Ford Motor Company Plant Engineering Construction Photographs, 1913-1953
- Ford Motor Company Textile Laboratory Records, 1959-1969
- Ford Motorsports Records, 1957-1968
- Ford Rotunda Lantern Slides Series, 1948-1962
- Fruehauf Trailer Company Records, 1931-1969
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- Jan Kamienski Papers, 1922-1966
- Jenny Young Chandler Collection, 1890-1910
- Jens Jensen Drawings Series, 1914-1924
- John Burroughs Papers, 1854-1915
- John Clark Racing Photographs, 1994-2000
- John Margolies Roadside America Transparencies, 1973-2005
- John Tjaarda Papers, 1916-1962
- Josephine H. Dibble Murphy Papers, 1907-1961
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- W. L. Reeves Blakeley Records, 1925-1928
- Wabash Railroad Travel Literature Collection, 1906-1959
- William H. McGuffey Papers, 1836-1894
- William M. Schmidt Papers, circa 1945-1972
- Willis Franklyn Ward Papers, 1941-1955
- Wise Family Papers, 1875-1955
- World's Fair Photographs Series, 1933-1964
- Wright Brothers Collection, 1867-2006
