Bibliography: Edsel Division
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Edsel Division Bibliography
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Archival
- Acc. 765 Edsel Automobile Public Relations Records (C. Gayle Warnock files)
- box 1 Edsel Glamour Shots
- box 2
- Diagrams (photoprints)
- Plants and Offices
- Introduction of the Edsel in the Detroit District
- Edsel Executives and Dealers
- box 3 Marketing; Special Products Division, Edsel Introduction
- box 4 Marketing; Edsel Introduction
- box 5 Edsel Marketing
- box 6
- Discontinuing the Edsel
- Edsel Advertising and Promotions
- box 7 Edsel Promotion Program for 1957-60
- box 8 Edsel Promotion Program for 1957-60
- box 10 Phonograph Records
- Acc. 795 Edsel Division
- box 1 Styling book for the Edsel car from Roy Brown files
- box 1 Styling book for the Edsel car from Roy Brown files
- Acc. 747 J.B. Lackey Records
- box 1-10 Edsel Division financial records such as balance sheets, budget proposals, budget presentations and financial statements; correspondence with Engineering Staff, Automatic Transmission Division, Axle Group, Hardware and Accessories Group, and Metal Stamping Group; Controller authority letters; Intra-Divisional memoranda; and the Controller’s procedure manual, 1955-1958
- Acc. 723 Newspaper Clippings Series
- box 1 Scrapbook of clippings on 1958 model, clippings also cover the discontinuation of the Edsel 1960, 1955-1958
- box 1 Scrapbook of clippings on 1958 model, clippings also cover the discontinuation of the Edsel 1960, 1955-1958
- Acc. 793 Jack Clark Records
- box 1-2 Records of Edsel and Falcon production; reports, correspondence
- box 1-2 Records of Edsel and Falcon production; reports, correspondence
- Acc. 610 Dealer Meeting Records
- box 1 Telecast Script, Telecast
- box 1 Telecast Script, Telecast
- Acc. 739 Field Operations Manager Records
- box 2 Edsel Division Public Relations, 1955-1958
- box 6 Edsel Division Press Show, 1957
- Acc. 1857 Press Release Collection
- box 3 Edsel Division, 1956-1957
- box 33 Edsel National Press Meeting, 1957
- Acc. 664 New Car Registrations series (Edsel Division Sales)
- box 1-3 New Car Registrations by Edsel Dealer Market Area, 1956
- box 1-3 New Car Registrations by Edsel Dealer Market Area, 1956
- Acc. 701 M-E-L Division records
- box 1-2 Edsel Division Public Relations; Edsel Introduction
- box 1-2 Edsel Division Public Relations; Edsel Introduction
- Acc. 643 Richard E. Krafve Records (Edsel Division Sales)
- box 1 Administration
- box 2 Engineering, Finance
- box 3 Industrial Relations
- box 4 Plant Engineering, Production
- box 5 Production
- box 6-8 Production Engineering
- box 9 Public Relations, Purchasing
- box 10-15 Sales
- box 15 Traffic
- box 16 Master Parts Catalog
- Acc. 19 Automobile Advertisements Series
- box 1 Automobiles; Edsel, 1958-1959
- box 53 Automobiles; Edsel, 1958-1959
- box 66 Automobiles; Edsel, 1958
- box 110 Dealer Service; Edsel, 1958
- box 129 Dealer Service; Edsel, 1958
- box 153 Radio & Television Programs, 1957; The Edsel Show, 1957
- Acc. 902 Chronological Information Files Subseries (Owen W. Bombard files)
- box 4 Miscellaneous chronologies; Edsel division (2 folders)
- box 4 Miscellaneous chronologies; Edsel division (2 folders)
- Acc. 234 Speech Services Records
- box 2 Breech, Ernest R., 1957, August 27, Preview of Edsel
- box 13 Kravfe, Richard E., 1957, August 27, Press Show for Edsel
- Acc. 1650 Stockholder Relations Department Records
- box 1 Scrapbook; (includes letter from Henry Ford II to stockholders introducing Edsel line of automobiles - August 23, 1957)
- box 1 Scrapbook; (includes letter from Henry Ford II to stockholders introducing Edsel line of automobiles - August 23, 1957)
- Acc. 532 Publications Series
- box 13 Out of print distribution materials; Automobiles; Edsel (2 folders)
- box 13 Out of print distribution materials; Automobiles; Edsel (2 folders)
- Acc. 1576 Sales and Marketing Records Series
- box 1 Edsel Division sales, marketing, planning, research reports, dealer information
- box 1 Edsel Division sales, marketing, planning, research reports, dealer information
- Acc. 1674 Lincoln Division, Lincoln Design Drawings
- box 1 (size C) Edsel Auto Design Book by Roy Brown
- box 1 (size C) Edsel Auto Design Book by Roy Brown
- Acc. 1803 Edsel Promotional Materials
- box 1 Salesman promotion materials, sales literature, and sales guides, (includes 2 film reels and 2 LPs)
- box 1 Salesman promotion materials, sales literature, and sales guides, (includes 2 film reels and 2 LPs)
- Acc. 1131 Edsel Division, David A. Wallace Research Reports, 1956-1960
- box 2 Research binder on E car market
- box 3 Glass slides from presentation
- Acc. 175 Automotive Product Literature Collection
- Edsel 1958-1960
- Edsel 1958-1960
- Automotive Parts and Service Literature Collection
- Edsel 1958-1960
- Edsel 1958-1960
- Acc. 1701 Ford Motor Company Parts Drawings
- Limited Edsel parts drawings can be found interspersed in Ford and Lincoln/Mercury parts drawings
- Limited Edsel parts drawings can be found interspersed in Ford and Lincoln/Mercury parts drawings
- Acc. 00.1334.499.0 Edsel Division, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, 1955-1957
- Small Accessions
- Acc. 857 R.W. Royle papers; "Case Study: The Edsel", Michigan State University, 1961
- Acc. 883 Edsel Launch Press Program records, 1957
- Acc. 985 Edsel Division Public Relations bibliography
- Acc. 986 Information Services Department Edsel Division records; "Edsel Division Chronology”
- Acc. 991 Hefty, Robert W. records Edsel Automobile, Automobile Advertising, Market Surveys, 1960
- Acc. 1528 Simon, Virginia papers (Edsel Automobile), 1957
- Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File
- box 2 Advertisements – Automobiles – Edsel, 1957-1959
- box 24 Automobiles - Edsel -1958-1960
Periodicals
- Edsel Pointers. Ford Motor Company
- Your Edsel Marketer. Ford Motor Company. M-E-L Division
- Your Edsel News. Ford Motor Company. M-E-L Division
- The Edseller. Ford Motor Company
- M-E-L Los Angeles News. Ford Motor Company
- M-E-L Metuchen News. Ford Motor Company
- M-E-L St. Louis News. Ford Motor Company
- Edseletter. International Edsel Club 1978-2007 (incomplete)
Audio Visual (materials may be restricted due to format, please contact reference staff in advance for access)
- Acc. 929 Film Series
- Edsel promotions and introductions (64.167.929.1 – 64.167.929.7 see EMu for film details)
- Edsel promotions and introductions (64.167.929.1 – 64.167.929.7 see EMu for film details)
- Acc. 691 Edsel Division, Advertising
- Edsel film reels, 1957-1958 (64.167.691.1 – 64.167.691.60 see EMu for film details)
Oral Histories
- Acc. 1673 Brown, Roy A.
- Acc. 1673 Arnold, James A
Vertical File
- Automobiles – Edsel
- Ford Motor Company – Edsel Division
Books
- The Edsel. John Brooks, Ford Motor Company
629.222 B873 1960
- Edsel, 1957-1960. R. M Clarke
629.2222 E24e 1990 REF
- The Edsel Affair: ...What went wrong?: A narrative. C. Gayle Warnock
338.76292222 W28
- The Rest of the Edsel Affair. C. Gayle Warnock.
338.762 W285 2007
- Disaster in Dearborn: The Story of the Edsel. Thomas E. Bonsall
629.222 E24 B721 2002
- Selling the People's Cadillac: The Edsel and Corporate Responsibility. Jan G Deutsch
301.55 E24 D487 1976