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Ford Symphony Orchestra Bibliography

This bibliography was compiled by staff of the Benson Ford Research Center’s Archives and Library Department based on materials in our collections. If you have questions about these resources, please use our Submit a Question feature. If you are interested in duplication, please see our Duplication Resources FAQ.

Archival

• Acc. 46 Ford Motor Company Executive Correspondence
  • box 78 AU-AZ; N.W. Ayer and Son, Ford Sunday Evening Hour, 1939
  • box 89 FOR; Ford Summer Hour, Ford Sunday Evening Hour, 1939
  • box 132 AU-AZ; N.W. Ayer and Son, Ford Sunday Evening Hour, Ford Summer Hour, New York’s World’s Fair, 1940 (includes lists of orchestra members)
  • box 142 FOR; Ford Sunday Evening Hour, Ford Summer Hour, 1940
  • box 192 FOR; Ford Summer Hour, Ford Sunday Evening Hour, 1941
  • box 232 FOR; Ford Sunday Evening Hour, 1941
     
• Acc. 1224 Ford Sunday Evening Hour Collection
  • box 3 Ford Sunday Evening Hour Programs: October 7, 1934 – 1939
     
• Acc. 44 William John Cameron Records
  • box 4 Ford Summer Hour Printed Pamphlets, 1939-1941
    
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• Acc. 1 Fair Lane Papers
  • box 165
    • Ford Summer Hour; General materials, 1940-1941, Linton Wells talks, 1941 
    • Ford Sunday Evening Hour; General materials, 1934-1943, and undated, Budget materials, 1938-1939, Personnel, correspondence from and applications for announcers and members of the orchestra and chorus, 1936-1938, and undated
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• Acc. 157 C. L. Martindale/Otto H. Husen Files
  • box 243 Programs, 1935-1942, Talent lists, Contracts
  • box 244 Contracts
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• Acc. 1702 Ford Motor Company Poster Collection
  • Radio and Radio Broadcasting
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• Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File
  • box 146 Music-Orchestras-Ford Orchestra
  • box 148 Radio and Radio Broadcasting-Ford Motor Company-Ford Sunday Evening Hour
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• Acc. 232 World's Fair Photographs Series
  • box 1 58B-76 (includes Band Shell)

Ford News

• The Exposition's Music, 14:6:109:1-2
• Notes From Fair, 14:6:113:2
• Exposition In Full Swing, 14:7:123+:1-2
• Ford at the Century of Progress (Radio show), 14:9:163+:1-2
• Ford Exposition Near Close, 14:10:188+: 1-2
• Progress in the Ford World 1934 (Ford Exposition), 15: 1:7+:1-2
• New Series of Broadcasts, 14:10:192:2
• A Broadcast of Fine Music: The Ford Sunday Evening Hour, 14:11:203+:1-2
• Broadcasting the World Series (Ford shows), 14:11:212+:1-2
• Ford Sunday Evening Hour, 14:12:232: 1-2
• Progress in the Ford World During 1934 (Ford show), 15:1:7+:1-2
• Ford Sunday Evening Hour, 15:3:48:1-2
• Sunday Evening Series Closes, 15:7: 123:2
• The Sunday Evening Hour Resumes, 15:10:183+:1-2
• Progress In The Ford World 1935 (Ford shows), 16:1:3+:1-2
• Ford Sunday Evening Hour, 16:10:187:1-3
• Progress in the Ford World 1936 (Ford shows), 17:1:3+:1-2
• Radio Highlights: Ford Radio Programs Have Universal Appeal, 17:6:20+:1-2
• Ford Sunday Evening Hour Resumes, 17:9:182:1-2
• Progress In The Ford World 1937 (Ford show), 18:1:3+:1-2
• The Fifth Symphony Season (Ford show), 18:10:219+:1-3 
• Ford Exposition Gates Swing Open, 19:6:123+: 1-3
• Sunday Evening Hour Resumes, 19:10:238:1-2
• Progress In The Ford World-1940 (7th season Ford Sunday Evening Hour), 21:1:3+: 1-3
• Sunday Evening Hour Resumes (1941), 21:10:278:1-3
• The Ford Summer Hour, 19:7:161:1-3
• The Ford Summer Hour, 19:9:196:3
• The Ford Summer Hour, 20:1:3:1-3
• The Ford Summer Hour, 20:6:135:1-2
• The Ford Summer Hour, 21:1:3:1-3
• The Ford Summer Hour, 21:6:144:2-3

Audio-Visual (materials may be restricted due to format, please contact reference staff in advance for access)

• Below are the only full programs we have recordings of:
  • Ford Sunday Evening Hour: May 24, 1936
  • Ford Sunday Evening Hour: November 7, 1937
  • Ford Sunday Evening Hour: May 12, 1940
  • Ford Sunday Evening Hour: April 13, 1941
  • Ford Sunday Evening Hour: May 11, 1941
  • Ford Sunday Evening Hour: December 7, 1941
  • Ford Sunday Evening Hour: March 1, 1942

Vertical File

• Ford Sunday Evening Hour
• Ford Symphony Orchestra

Books

• The Public Image of Henry Ford: An American Folk Hero and His Company. David L. Lewis
     338.762 F699 L673 1976

Blog Posts

• Henry Ford and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Blog post, THF blog, 6-22-2016
  • https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/blog/henry-ford-and-the-detroit-symphony-orchestra/