Bibliography: Ford Rubber Plantations: Fordlandia and Belterra

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Ford Rubber Plantations: Fordlandia and Belterra Bibliography

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Please note: This bibliography covers the Ford Rubber Plantations Fordlandia and Belterra. For information on the Ford branch in Brazil see Bibliography: Ford Brazil.

Archival

Acc. 301 Companhia Ford Industrial Do Brasil Records
- box 1 1927-1945; Minutes Book, Correspondence
- box 2 1927-1945; Correspondence, Stock Certificates
Acc. 74 Companhia Ford Industrial Do Brasil Records
- The Companhia Ford Industrial do Brasil Records contains photographs, correspondence Fordlandia and Belterra.
Acc. 390 AM Wibel Office Papers Subseries
- box 86 Amazon Rubber Plantation, Prior to 1935, 1926-1934 (4 folders; of Fordlandia and Belterra)
  - Amazon Rubber Plantation, 1935-1939 (5 folders)
- box 87 Amazon Rubber Plantation, 1939-1940
Acc. 391 Wendell S Miller Records Subseries
- box 20 Subsidiaries: Companhia Ford Industrial do Brasil 1932-1946
Acc. 38 Charles Sorensen Office Files Personal Records
- box 61 Rubber Plantation Visitors (2 folders)
- box 64 Rubber Plantation
- box 68 Rubber Plantation
- box 71 Rubber Plantation
- box 91 Rubber Matter
  - Rubber Plantation
- box 98 Rubber Plantation
Acc. 285 Henry Ford Office Papers
- box 631 Brazil
- box 748 Brazil - Correspondence re: Lake Ormoc
- box 789 Brazil
- box 929 Brazil Correspondence
- box 969 Brazil
- box 1107 Brazil
- box 1147 Brazil
- box 1275 Brazil Correspondence
- box 1314 Brazil
- box 1417 Brazil Correspondence, 1932
- box 1435 Brazil
- box 1532 Brazil Correspondence (2 folders)
- box 1592 Brazil
- box 1728 Brazil Correspondence
- box 1864 Brazil Correspondence
- box 1991 Brazil Correspondence
- box 2110 Brazil Correspondence
- box 2492 Brazil
- box 2673 Brazil
- box 2827 Brazil
Acc. 23 General Personal Records Series
- box 1 Brazil, 1929
- box 17 Rubber Plantation, undated (Fordlandia)
Acc. 1 Fair Lane Papers
- box 180 Rubber/Brazil
  - Correspondence, 1916-1944
  - Printed material (includes articles from Ford News, Ford Times, Rubber Age, and The Herald) 1927-1944
  - "Fordlandia and Beltera Rubber Plantation…" by Joseph A. Russell, thesis, 1941
  - Brochures: "Ford Rubber Plantation of Brazil" and "A Dependable Supply of Distinctive Brazilian Hardwoods," undated
Acc. 6 Edsel B. Ford Office Papers
- box 73 RO-RU (includes Rubber Plantation), 1931
- box 115 FO-FU (includes Fordlandia/Belterra Financial Program), 1936
- box 157 VA-VO (includes Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil, Ford Motor Company comments on visit to Ford rubber plantation), 1940
- box 158 WEA-WET (includes James K. Weir, establishment of additional rubber plantations), 1940
- box 159 BRA-BRY (includes Brazilian Rubber Plantations, reference to Fordlandia and Belterra), 1941
- box 169 GI-GO (includes Russell Gnau, EBF okays Rubber Plantation budget 1942-1943, no copy of budget in files), 1942
- box 170 I-J (includes S.C. Johnson Co., growth of Ford rubber plant in Brazil), 1942
- box 172 SCH-SE (includes Science Service, comments on FMC’s rubber research), 1942
- box 285 BRA-BRO (includes Brazil rubber plantation), 1932
Acc. 64 Ernest G Liebold Papers
- box 1 Rubber Plantation
  - Index to Mr. Liebold's notebook on the Rubber plantation: cost of clearing land
  - Proposed method of communication between Home Office and Ford Motor Company property on Rio Tapajos River, Brazil
  - Map showing location of Ford Motor Company Land. (from data from Mr. Blakeley)
  - Cablegrams received from Para
  - Letter to Henry Ford from George B. Carnahan of International Continental Rubber Co., Jan. 14, 1928
  - "Companhia Ford Industrial do Brazil, Para, Brazil" (Description of the concession, proposals for development, economic considerations, suggestions for operations, etc.)
  - Translation of proposal of W. L. Blakely (to obtain from the Government of the State unowned lands for plantation of rubber trees and other purposes)
  - Letter from Roy Carr to R. H. McCarroll 9/22/28
  - Public Utilities (Santarem) (report of municipal lighting at Santarem)
  - Memorandum re: radio conditions in connection with expedition S.S. Lake Ormoc
  - Tapajos River and cost of clearing land (report on area-cost for clearing land)
  - Federal laws of Brazil relating to telegraph, radio, etc.
  - Photostat of Map of South America
  - Memorandum re: Guayule production in California, 11/29/27
  - Letter from Edsel B. Ford to Dr. Dionysio Ausier Bentes 1/5/28
Acc. 494 Victor J Perini Papers
- box 1 Map of Pará, Brazil, 1918
  - Fordlandia and Boa Vista, 1930-1931
- box 2 (OS) Rubber plantation, 1929-1931 (unbound scrapbook)
Acc. 64.167.534 WL Reeves Blakeley Records
- box 1 By-products, Fordlandia
- box 2-4 Plant samples
- box 5 Hand tools
- box 6 Tree bark and wood pulp samples
- box 7 Plant samples
Acc. 1514 James R. Weir Papers
- box 1-3 Personal and Ford Motor Company correspondence, departmental communications concerning rubber production both in Brazil and elsewhere
- box 4-10 Photographs taken in Brazil, United States, Venezuela and elsewhere
- box 11 Log to the photograph collection
Acc. 378 Public Relations Research Library Subject Files
- box 7 Rubber Plantations
Acc. 536 Public Relations Research Library Press Releases
- box 91 Rubber Plantations
Acc. 1685 Photographic Library Earle Harger Records
- box 3 "The Rubber Plantations," undated (2 folders)
Acc. 951 Ford Motor Company Non Serial Publications Collection
- box 18 The Ford Rubber Plantation of Brazil S.A., 1941
Acc. 446 Dealer Film Subject File
- box 14 The Ford Rubber Plantations
Acc. 241 Department Executive Records Subseries
- box 7 Rubber; Fordlandia
Acc. 712 Correspondence Subseries. International Division
- box 42 General Correspondence - P - R (includes Rubber Plantation correspondence, Companhia Ford Industrial do Brasil (Para) authorizations, assets, etc., re sale of properties, photos of plantation, etc.), 1947
Acc. 60 Ford Motor Company Raw Materials and Mining Operations Records
- box 16 Rubber Survey, Fordite Dept. 1924-1926. Cost of consumption and production
Acc. 708 Bank Account Statements Subsubseries
- box 26 Para, Brazil (Comphania Ford Industrial do Brasil) 1933-1946
Acc. 134 Edsel Ford Estate Property Appraisal Records
- box 4 Companhia Ford Industrial do Brasil
  - Assets Transferred to Profit & Loss
  - Appraisal of Properties (Novo 30, 1944)
  - Audits (1935-1938, 1941-1945)
  - Financial Programs Rubber (information concerning)
Acc. 13 Engineering Library Vertical File for Henry Ford
- box 11 Ford Rubber Plantation, 1938
Acc. 880 Mira Wilkins Research Papers
- box 2 Operations by Country – Brazil, 1920-1938 and post-World War II
Acc. 1527 Ford R Bryan Papers
- box 14 Rubber Plantation
Small Accession
- Acc. 197 OZ Ide Papers
  - Copies of diary of Judge O.Z. Ide regarding Fordlandia (Boa Vista) site selection and purchase, copies of agreements, power of attorney, minutes of meetings and clippings
- Acc. 1756 Deckard, Howard C. papers (Fordlandia, Belterra, Rubber Industry and Trade in
  Brazil), 1928-1940
Acc. 95.34.1 Fordlandia Rubber Plantation Photograph Album
Acc. 1830 Fordlandia photograph album, created by Einar Oxholm, 1928-1930
Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File
- box 143 Rubber; Ford Motor Company; Brazil
  - Belterra
    - Employee Dwellings
    - Miscellaneous
    - People
    - Plantations
    - Schools
  - Fordlandia
    - Construction
    - Employee Dwellings
    - Miscellaneous
    - Plantations
    - Schools
Acc. 833 General Photographs Series
- box 371 "Redeeming a Rubber Empire" (3 folders, 765a – 765c)
- box 372 "Redeeming a Rubber Empire" (5 folders, 765d – 767a)
- box 373 "Redeeming a Rubber Empire" (2 folders, 767b – 767c)

Periodicals

“Development of Brazil Plantation: The Schools of Fordlandia and Belterra.” The Herald, September 13, 1940, v.7 n.17 p.1

Ford News

Review Shows Ford Industries Set New Totals for Year '27 (Developed), 8:6:13+:2
Ship Remodeled for Service in Brazil, 8:9:49+:1
Remodeled Ship Preparing for Trip South, 8:14:109+:3
Ford Barge Leaves for Brazil Rubber Project, 8:18:159:1-
Ship Leaves For Project, 8:19:169+:3
Supply Boats Leave East Coast for Brazil, 8:20:181+:2
Ships bearing supplies for project arrive, 8:21:203:3
Ford Ships Reach Mouth of Tapajos River in September, 8:23:218:3
Developments Begin on Ford Rubber Project in Brazil, 8:24:240:1-3
Important Strides Made by Company in 1928 (Plantation), 9:1:3:1-3
Lake Ormoc returns with bauxite are from British Guiana, 9:11:122:1-3
26^th Milestone Reached by Company, 9:12:134+:1-2
Clearing Land for Rubber Trees, 9:19:221:1-3
Year 1929 Important in Company Progress, 10:1:1+:1
Ormoc Leaves for Rubber Plantation, 10:7:74:2-3
Progress of Work at Rubber Plantation, 10:11:123:1-2
Year's Expenditures to Exceed Forecast, 10:14:158+:3
Work Progresses at Ford Rubber Plantation, 10:21:245:1-3
Progress on Ford Project at Boa Vista, 12:2:10+:1-2
...all seasons the Fordson finds work to do (Rubber plantation), 12:3:11:1-2
New Hardwoods from Brazil, 12:8:8:1-2
To Distribute Hardwoods, 12:10:11:2
Ford Project at Boa Vista, 14:9:170+:1-2

Ford Rouge News

Ford Rubber Plantation He Tamed a Wild Jungle and Made a Modern City, 2(15) Jul 19 '47:.5:1-2

Audio-Visual

The Henry Ford does not have any film footage of Fordlandia, film can be found at the National Archives

Oral Histories

Vertical File

Ford, Henry; Rubber, interest in
Rubber Plantations
Brazil
Articles
Correspondence
Maps
Photographs

Books

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall o f Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City. Greg Grandin
307.76 G753 2009
Ford: Expansion and Challenge, 1915-1933. Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill
338.76292 F699 N527 1957
Beyond the Model T: The Other Ventures of Henry Ford. Ford R. Bryan
338.76292 F699 B915b 1990

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