Henry Ford Office Records - Engineering Lab Office
In 1964, the Ford Motor Company donated its archive to The Henry Ford, with the records from the office of Henry Ford at the collection’s core. Housed in over 3,000 boxes and forming an unbroken run of correspondence from 1921 through 1952, the Engineering Lab Office Records are a remarkable group of materials that document a period of more than thirty years of activity of one of the world's great industrialists and his company.
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Archival Collection Overview
Historical Note
Henry Ford Office
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. Frank L. Klingensmith, who was hired as a bookkeeper and clerk and eventually became treasurer and a director, received and answered mail, handled taxes, real estate transactions, requests for aid, etc. By 1911, E.G. Liebold had become personal secreta...
Scope and Content Note
The Engineering Laboratory Office records are comprised of six series which are found in two accessions, 64.167.284 and 64.167.285. This finding aid contains information on the second accession, 64.167.285, which is arranged in four series: the In-House Subject and Name Filing System series, January-June, 1921 (7.6 cubic ft.); the Library Bureau Filing System series, July 1921-1929 (429.6 cubic ft. and 6 oversize boxes); the Amberg Filing System series, 1930-1949 (781.6 cubic ft. and 1 oversize ...
Collection Details
Object ID
64.167.285.0
Creators
Inclusive Dates
1921-1952
Size
1238.05 cubic ft. (3087 boxes)
Language
English
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
Correspondence between F. D. Patterson and Frank Campsall (for Henry Ford) regarding Claude Harvard's Visit to Tuskegee Institute, May-June 1935
Correspondence regarding Patrick J. Culhane and the Diorama He Created and Gave to Henry Ford, June 1915-March 1922
Ford Motor Company Worker Safety Posters, "Tune In, Universal Safety," 1924
Ford Motor Company Worker Safety Poster, "Safety First. Save Your Eyes, Use Goggles," 1924
Birthday Greeting Telegram to Henry Ford from Darlene Dorgan and the "Model T Girls," July 29, 1941
Correspondence between Darlene and Marge Dorgan and the Office of Henry Ford, December 1940
Letter from Sidney Hougton to E.G. Liebold, December 2, 1922
Mr. T. A. Raman Presents a Portable Spinning Wheel to Henry Ford, a Gift from Mahatma Gandhi, 1942
