Bibliography: Soybeans

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Soybeans Bibliography

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Archival

  • Acc. 2002.1.238 Soybean Plant Records
    • box 1-5 Daily production reports, 1939-1946
    • box 7
      • Labor relations report, 1942-1945
      • Laboratory reports, 1935-1946
    • box 8
      • Blueprints, 1937 (processing machinery)
      • Transit records, 1944-1945
         
  • EI.186 Greenfield Village Buildings Records Collection
    • box 55 Soybean Laboratory
      • Clippings, undated
      • Correspondence, 1946-1947
      • Cutler, E.J., "Reminiscences,” undated
      • Publications, 1936, and undated
         
  • RC.6 Engineering and Blueprint Aperture Card Collection
    • drawer 6 Greenfield Village Buildings; Soybean Laboratory
       
  • EI.16 Edison Institute Publications Records
    • box 1 Recipes for Soy Bean Foods; ca. 1935
       
  • Acc. 572 Nevins and Hill Research Series
    • box 7 No. 9.12 Farming (includes Ford Cooperative Farmer’s Assoc.)
       
  • Acc. 844 Henry Ford Fair Lane Office Records
    • box 1 Properties (statements describing properties held in Florida)
       
  • Acc. 445 Henry Ford Farms Records
    • box 1 Check stubs
    • box 2 Cost books
    • box 3 Machinery
    • box 4 Personnel
    • box 5 Invoices
    • box 6 Produce
    • box 7 “Ford Soy Bean Flour” (flour bag)
  • Acc. 285 Henry Ford Office Papers
    • box 1384 Soybean Case
    • box 1684 SHERN-SHEZ (SHF-SHH) (includes Uncle Bob Sherwood, also the Williams Company re: Oil from Soybeans and Tung Nuts)
    • box 1717 AMERICAN S-Z (includes American Trading Company re: soya beans)
    • box 1766 Ford Motor Company; Foreign Branches; Canada (includes Soybean Crops)
    • box 1824 ROW - ROX includes Lament Rowlands of O'Brien Varnish Company re: Soybeans and Tung Oil, etc.)
    • box 1831 Soybeans - Soya Beans
    • box 1832 Stephens - Adamson Manufacturing Company re: Soybean Conveyor Equipment
    • box 1849 WIM - WISE (includes Edwin Pugsley, Vice President of Winchester Repeating Arms Company re: soybeans, etc.)
    • box 1961
      • Soybeans
      • STA - STAG includes L. E. Stage re: processing of Soybeans
    • box 2047 LAD-LAH (includes Elmer R. Lagassee re: Chattel Mortgage on Soybean Corporation)
    • box 2080 Soybean
      • Re: Yokoten - Mammoth Yellow, Soybean Seed
    • box 2126 DOD (includes Percival Dodge re: Dr. Harold W. Close of American University of Beirut, re: Soybeans)
    • box 2134 Henry Ford Farms; Macon - Soybeans to Saline, Michigan
    • box 2169 LINA-LIHDE (includes Lincoln Memorial University re: Soybeans, etc.)
    • box 2187 PENNO-PENZ (includes The Pennsylvania Railroad re: Soybean Exhibit Car)
    • box 2195 Richmond Hill Plantation; Experimental - Rubber, Soybean
    • box 2286 Ford Motor Company; Foreign Branches; England - Dagenham and London (includes re: English Treatment of Soya Beans)
    • box 2393 SCI-SCOTS (includes Harvey J. Sconce re: Soybean Products, etc.)
    • box 2397 SHR-SHZ (includes Dr. Burt R. Shurly re: Soybean Bread, etc.)
    • box 2401 Soybean
      • General Folder
      • Re: Yokoten Soybean Seed (Folder #1)
    • box 2565 REE-REED (includes Leslie M. Reed re: Soybean Milk.)
    • box 2674 Henry Ford Hospital; Re: Soybean Milk
    • box 2759 Contains Memos re: Soybean Food Products
    • box 2781 Earl F. Willett, Advertising Manager of New Idea, Inc. (farm equipment) re: Soybeans
    • box 2897 SOUT-SOZ (includes memo re: Soybean Milk)
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  • Acc. 1 Fair Lane Papers
    • box 180 Soybean research, correspondence and articles regarding, 1931-1943
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  • Acc. 23 General Personal Records
    • box 7 Soy Beans, 1932
    • box 10 Farms-farming-gardens, undated
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  • Acc. 13 Engineering Library Vertical File for Henry Ford
    • box 21 Soy Beans, 1938-1944
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  • Acc. 6 Edsel B. Ford Office Papers
    • box 98 JA-JE (includes Frank B. Jagua request for information on Company's soy bean experiments)
    • box 99 MAR-MAY (includes W.J. Mason re: soy bean experiments)
    • box 104 BU-BY (includes Butler, Herrick & Marshall request for Ford Motor Company booklet on soybean research)
    • box 106 FO-FR (includes Emory L. Ford re: Company's purchase of Allis Chalmers combines and soy bean research)
    • box 110 RO-RY (includes Eleanor Roosevelt interest in growing soy beans at Hyde Park)
    • box 112 UNITED STATES (includes H.A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture re: discussion of soy bean production)
    • box 116 HE-HI (includes Herbert C. Hengstler, Department of State re: EBF's soy bean article)
    • box 117 KI-KY (includes L.C.E. King re: information on growing soy beans)
    • box 141 DI-DW (includes Dr. C.F. Dixon, experiments for soybean sutures)
    • box 169 GA-GE (includes Garden Club of America, acknowledgement of Soy Bean exhibit received from FMC and photo of exhibit layout)
    • box 299 K (includes Stephen King-Hall re: soybeans)
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  • Acc. 38 Charles Sorensen Papers
    • box 105 Soybeans, 1945
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  • Acc. 241 Department Executive Records
    • box 1 Ford, Edsel, "The Magic Bean" (soy bean)
    • box 7 Soy Beans; Farm Products in Industry
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  • Acc. 157 CL Martindale Otto H Husen Files
    • box 27 Soy Beans (1939-1940)
    • box 195 Departments and Plants: Soy Bean, 1943-1944
    • box 251 Operating Costs; Soy Beans, 1946
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  • Acc. 390 AM Wibel Office Papers
    • box 91 Soy Beans, 1939-1942
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  • Acc. 951 Ford Motor Company Non-Serial Publications Collection
    • box 25 The Industrialized American Barn
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  • Acc. 1023 Henry Ford Imprints and Reprints Collection
    • box 1
      • Automobiles and Soy Beans
      • "Can The Soybean Say Moo?"
      • Ford Soy Bean Texti1e - Test Spur New Factory Farm Link
    • box 5 Soy Bean Seed in Michigan
       
  • RC.12 General Brochure and Pamphlet Collection
    • box 1 Farm Crops – Soybeans
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  • Acc. 536 Public Relations Research Library Press Releases
    • box 95 Soybeans
      • Background
      • Milk
    • box 119 Soybeans, Johannson Gage Division, Charcoal Briquettes, Glass Plant, Rouge Paper Mill (7 folders)
       
  • Acc. 378 Public Relations Research Library Subject Files
    • box 8 Soybeans
      • General File
      • Releases
      • Correspondence
      • Pamphlets
      • Photographs
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  • Acc. 545 Press Releases Records
    • box 9 Soy Beans
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  • Acc. 629 Richard Crowe Public Relations Records
    • box 3 Soy Bean Plant
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  • Acc. 89.432 Holton W Diamond Papers
    • Materials related to Diamond's research in soybean use in non-dairy foods, correspondence and business records, laboratory notes and records, and court case documentation
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  • Acc. 685 JW Whitmore Papers
    • box 3 Soybean research, 1941
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  • Acc. 554 Clarence W Olmstead Records
    • box 1 Chicago Century of Progress, 1933-34; Soybean Exhibit
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  • EI. 141 Guide Reference Manuals
    • box 7 Experimental Laboratory & the Soybean, 1941
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  • RC.24 Research Center Recipe Booklet Collection
    • box 9 1937 “Soybean Dishes New & Old,” University of Wisconsin
    • box 10 1938 “Ways of Using Soybeans as Food,” University of Illinois
    • box 23 1974 “Soy Beans in Family Meals,” U.S. Department of Agriculture, Home and Garden Bulletin No. 208
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  • Acc. 940 Frank Ernest Hill Papers
    • box 23 Plants; Rouge; Soybean Processing Units
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  • Acc. 1117 David L. Lewis Papers
    • box 1 Ford, Henry; Soybeans, 1972
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  • Small Accessions
    • Acc. 1169 Chemical and Metallurgical Research Notes (Includes Patents, Soybean Experiments, Plastics), 1936-1948
    • Acc. 655 George Washington Carver Laboratory records (Includes George Washington Carver, Soybeans, Chemical Engineering), 1943-1946
    • Acc. 1820 Trade card, Edison Institute, Greenfield Village's Soy Bean Laboratory, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS MADE FROM SOY BEANS
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  • Acc. 64.167.232 Worlds Fair Photographs Series
    • box 1 Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, IL, 1933-1934; 1-15 (includes Soy Bean Barn)
    • box 5 California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, CA, 1935; 351-400 (includes soybean oil extractor)
    • box 6 California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego, CA, 1935; 451-500 (includes soybean extractor)
    • box 7 Dallas Centennial Central Exposition, Dallas, TX, 1936-1937; 41-61 (includes soybean extractor), 137-143 (includes soybean extractor model)
    • box 10 Dallas Centennial Central Exposition, Dallas, TX, 1936-1937; 741-761 (includes soybean extractor)
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  • Acc. 833 General Photographs Series
    • box 38 Soy bean (2 folders, 74a-74b)
    • box 39 Soybean plant (74c)
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  • Acc.189 Photographs for the Company Series
    • neg 11110-18 Soy Bean Products, 8.21.1934
    • neg 11610 Soy Bean Flaker for use at San Diego Fair, 4.12.1935
    • neg 11628-9 New Soy Bean Extractor for Sand Diego Fair, 4.22.1935
    • neg 13090 Industrial Processing of Soy Bean Parts, 3.31.1938
    • neg 13717-22 Boys at Chemical Plant – Soybean Fibre, 12.27.1938
    • neg 15484-87 Frame for Soybean Plastic Car – Per Boyer, 2.24.1941
    • neg 15733-53 Processing Soybean fiber – Highland Park, 4.11.1941
    • neg 15787-88 Various Soybean Products and Oil Display, 4.28.1941
    • neg 15812-17 R.A. Boyer and Soybean Wool at Highland Park Plant, 5.7.1941
    • neg 16656-60 Soybean Paint – Saline Mill, 11.18.1941
    • neg 17381-98 Experimental Farm – Russian Dandelions and Soybeans, 9.4.1942
    • neg 17899-950 Soybean Product with Girl Model – M. Savage, 1.16.1943
    • neg 18152-73 Soy Bean - Soylon Story – For R. Boyer, 3.6.1943
    • neg 18277-90 Soylon Fiber Weaving and Spinning, 3.26.1943
    • neg 19047-49 Soybean Milk – Mrs. Hardy – Bob Smith, 3.3.1944
    • neg 19050-56 Children at Henry Ford Hospital Drinking Soybean Milk, 3.4.1944
       
  • Acc. 188 Personal for Henry Ford Photographs
    • neg 4727 Soybeans, 10.30.1931
    • neg 7248-50 Soy Beans, 7.22.1932
    • neg 7251 Soy Bean Products, 7.22.1932
    • neg 7252-53 Soy Bean Oil, 7.22.1932
    • neg 7524-5 Soy Bean Operations, 7.22.1932
    • neg 7256-57 Ruddiman’s Lab, 7.22.1932
    • neg 758 Soy Bean Mill, 7.22.1932
    • neg 7274-76 Soy Beans – Macon Mill, 7.22.1932
    • neg 7473-75A Sugar Beet Farm – Soy Beans, 8.15.1932
    • neg 7649-51 Soy Beans, 9.19.1932
    • neg 7656-57 Soy Beans, 9.20.1932
    • neg 8076-83 Soy Bean Harvesting, 11.4.1932
    • neg 8847 Soy Bean Pod, 3.1.1933
    • neg 10230-51 Soy Bean Barn Homestead, 4.19.1934-5.10.1934'
    • neg 11770 Soy Bean Oil Extractor, 1.14.1935
    • neg 12926-28 First Model of Soy Bean Extractor for San Diego, 5.14.1935
    • neg 13253-58 Soy Bean Experimental, 7.11.1935
    • neg 13303-05 Soy Bean, 7.18.1935
    • neg 13346-407 Soy Bean Operations, 7.23.1935
    • neg 14640 Soy Bean Growth, 8.20.1935
    • neg 14744-51 Soy Bean Plants for R. Smith at Chemical Plant, 9.13.1935
    • neg 15707-15 Soy Bean Progress, 11.6.1935
    • neg 15802-10 Threshing Soy Beans on Ford Road, 12.6.1935
    • neg 15875-86 Threshing Soy Beans, 12.28.1935
    • neg 15952, Soy Bean Board Display, 1.8.1936
    • neg 16206-9 Soy Bean Bagging at Dearborn, 2.25.1936
    • neg 16726-28 Soy Bean Field and Harvest, 6.17.1936
    • neg 17063-72 Soy Bean Field Progress, 7.23.1936
    • neg 17747-52 Mr. H. Ford & Mr. Boyer in Soy Bean Field and the Plant, 10.5.1936
    • neg 17781-3 Threshing Soy Beans at Michigan & Southfield Roads, 10.31.1936
    • neg 20275 Soy Beans in Flower Pots, 3.2.1937
    • neg 20435 Soy Bean Board Display, 4.13.1937
    • neg 20593-94 Soy Bean Fertilizing – Used on Grass, 5.6.1937
    • neg 21320-24 Mr. Ford and Group on 74th Birthday – Working in Lab and Village Soy Bean Experiment, 7.30.1937
    • neg 23289-93 Milan Progress and Soy Bean Project, 5.23.1938
    • neg 23846-50 Soy Bean Extractor, 8.8.1938
    • neg 23882-86 Milan Progress and Soy Bean Project, 8.17.1938
    • neg 24077-86 Soy Bean Pictures, 10.5.1938
    • neg 24116-17A Milan Progress and Soy Bean Project, 10.13.1938
    • neg 24265 Soy Bean Flax
    • neg 24587-95 Saline Soy Bean Plant, 3.9.1939
    • neg 24717 Library at Chemical Plant (Soy Bean), 4.3.1939
    • neg 25944-45 Soy Bean Plastics, 9.28.1939
    • neg 26056-61 Ford Tractor and Combine – Harvesting Soy Beans, 10.17.1939
    • neg 26289 Soybean Plastic Dishes, 26289, 11.10.1939
    • neg 26383-90 Soybean Exhibit at Food Show – Convention Hall, 11.22.1939
    • neg 27771-83 Manufacture of Soy Bean Cotton, 6.24.1940
    • neg 27815 Drawing – Spinning Soybean Flax, 7.10.1940
    • neg 70465-75 Milan Soybean Mill, 7.14.1942

Periodicals

Ford News

  • Experimenting with the Soy Bean, 13:3:49+:1-2
  • A New Farm Market (Uses), 18:9:195+:1-3
  • Increasing The Use of Agricultural Products In Industry, 16:4:65+: 1-2
  • From Soy Bean To Automobile, 21:5:122+: 1-3
  • Iron Mountain Mandarin (Soy beans), 19:6:134+:1-3
  • We Paint Ford Cars With Soy Beans, 15:5:100:1-2
  • Progress in the Ford World 1936 (New soy bean oil plant), 17:1:3+:1-2
  • Another Village Industry (For ignition coils), 19:3:53+:1-3
  • Increasing...Use of Agricultural Products in...Automotive Industry, 15:7:125+:1-2
  • Industry and Agriculture Hand in Hand at the World's Fair, 14:5:83+:1-2
  • Notes From Fair, 14:6:113:2
  • 100 Years of Texas Progress, 16:2:24+:1-3
  • From Earth To Motor Car (1939-Raw materials exhibit), 19:4:80+:1-3
  • Ford At The Fair (NY-1939), 19:4:77+:1-3
  • Ford Exposition At Chicago Fair, 14:3:43+:1-2
  • Ford Exposition Gates Open, 14:6:103+:1-2
  • Crowds Visit Ford Exposition, 13:11:203+:1-2
  • Soy Bean Recipes, 19:1:20:1-2,19:3:69:2
  • Briefly Told (Varnish), 19:6:143:3

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      • 1940s
      • 1970s
      • 1980s
      • 1990s
      • 2000s
      • undated
    • General (2 folders)
    • Photographs

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