General Personal Records Series

Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903. In 1906, James Couzens, at the time general manager and one of the company's first stockholders, organized the Henry Ford Office to manage Ford’s correspondence and personal affairs. By 1911, E. G. Liebold had become personal secretary to Henry Ford, and in addition to some company duties, largely took over the administration of Henry's affairs. As the company's size increased, functionally specialized departments were created for handling company activ...

The General Personal records series contains material related to many of Henry Ford's nonautomotive business and personal interests. The series includes subject files, correspondence, genealogy records and research material, proclamations and awards, and scattered financial records. The material offers insight into the interests and activities of Henry Ford and his place in society in the first half of the twentieth century. A number of documents from this series were used between 1952 and 19...