W. L. Reeves Blakeley Records
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Archival Collection Overview
Historical Note
W.L. Reeves Blakeley led an expedition for the Ford Motor Company to select a rubber site in Para, Brazil. A tract of 2,500,000 acres on the east bank of the Tapajos River was selected with a frontage of twelve miles on the river. In the summer of 1927, a new company, Companhia Ford Industrial do Brasil, was formed to operate the enterprise. The tract was named Fordlandia. In the spring of 1928, a crew of twenty-five men was dispatched to clear the land under Blakeley's supervision. Blakeley was...
Scope and Content Note
The W.L. Reeves Blakeley Records are comprised of documentation of experiments, test papers, plant samples, printed material and a few hand tools.
Collection Details
Object ID
64.167.534.0
Creators
Inclusive Dates
1925-1928
Size
2.6 cubic ft. (7 boxes)
Language
English | Spanish | Portuguese
Item Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Access Restrictions
The records are open for research.
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
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Digitized Artifacts From This Collection
"Plant Samples--Sample #76--Relogio, 1931"
Harvesting Chisel Used during Ford Motor Company's Brazilian Rubber Plantations Venture, 1928-1945
Tree Bark and Wood Pulp Samples from Brazil, Sample #15, 1925-1928
"Plant Samples--Sample #59--Malva Branca, 1931"
Tree Bark and Wood Pulp Samples from Brazil, Sample #5, Murure, 1925-1928
"Plant Samples--Sample #10--Malva Grande, 1931"
Tree Bark and Wood Pulp Samples from Brazil, Sample #2, Timbo Titica, 1925-1928
Tree Bark and Wood Pulp Samples from Brazil, Sample #11, 1925-1928
