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Chemurgy 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. 698 Dearborn Conference Agriculture Industry Science Programs Proceedings
  • box 1 Proceedings of the Dearborn Conference of Agriculture, Industry and Science, May 7-8, 1935
  • box 2
    • Proceedings of the Second Dearborn Conference of Agriculture, Industry and Science, May 12-l4, 1936
    • Farm Chemurgic Journal Vol 1, number 1 - Sept 1937. Dedicated to the proceedings of the third Dearborn Conference (May 25-27, 1937)
       
• Acc. 1 Fair Lane Papers
  • box 193 (OS) Declaration of Dependence
     
• Acc. 285 Henry Ford Office Papers
  • box 1610 HALA-HALK (includes William J. Hale of Dow Chemical Company re: his books "The Farm Chemurgic" and "Chemistry Triumphant")
  • box 1888 Farm Chemurgic Council
  • box 2009 Farm Chemurgic Council - Carl Fritsche
  • box 2131 Farm Chemurgic Council (National)
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• Acc. 6 Edsel B Ford Office Papers
  • box 119
    • SI-SM (includes John Sloane re: Chemurgic Conference and hemp crop)
    • SN-SP (includes Southern Chemurgic Conference copy of "The Magic Bean" article)
  • box 124 FA-FI (includes Farm Chemurgic Council, third conference)
  • box 134 HOA-HL (includes Bryson D. Horton , confirming funds for chemurgy research at Michigan State College)
  • box 135 NATIONAL (includes National Farm Chemurgic Council booklet)
  • box 184 Telegrams; 1936 (includes Peirce Williams, Works Progress Administration re: Chemurgic Conference)
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• Acc. 1527 Ford Bryan Papers
  • box 10 General research; Chemurgy
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• Small Accessions
  • Acc. 1462 First Dearborn (Chemurgy) Conference Records

Ford News

• Along Mississippi Highways (Sweet potatoes and medical products), 18:10:218:1-3
• Chemurgy In Texas, 21:7:190:3
• Design For Exploration (Carnuba palms used to make wax), 21:1:6+:1-3
• Experimenting with the Soy Bean, 13:3:49+:1-2
• A Great Negro School (George Washington Carver's agricultural experiments), 21:11:295+:1-3
• Increasing The Use of Agricultural Products In Industry, 16:4:65+:1-2
• Increasing...Use of Agricultural Products in...Automotive Industry, 15:7:125+:1-2
• In The News (World's first plastic automobile body), 21:9:234:1-2
• Excerpts from "Henry Ford on Farm and Factory," 12:8:supp.:1-2
• I believe that industry and Agriculture are natural partners... 14:8:160:1
• Industrial Farming. 17:4:80:1-2
• Three principal arts (Agriculture, Manufacture & Transportation), 1:14:2:1

Oral Histories

•    64.167.65.122 J.L. McCloud

Vertical File

• Chemurgy

Books

• Proceedings. Dearborn Conference of Agriculture, Industry and Science. Dearborn, Michigan
  • 630.6 D285 1935-1936
     
• Condensed Proceedings of the Florida Chemurgic Conference, Gainesville, Florida, February 20, 1937, Attended by Representatives of Agriculture, Industry, Science and Finance. Sponsored by the Florida Section of the American Chemical Society, University of Florida, State Chamber of Commerce, Farm Chemurgic Council, the Chemical Foundation, Inc. Florida Chemurgic Conference, Gainesville
  • 630.6 D285, 1937
     
• The Farm Chemurgic: Farmward the Star of Destiny Lights our Way. Hale, William J.
  • 660.282 H165 1934
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• Farmward March: Chemurgy Takes Command. Hale, William J.
  • 660.282 H165 1939
     
• Pioneers of Plenty: The Story of Chemurgy. Borth, Christy
  • 660.2 B739 1942
     
• Here comes Tomorrow! Schoffelmayer, Victor H.
  • 660.282 S367
     
• The Green Vision of Henry Ford and George Washington Carver: Two Collaborators in the Cause of Clean Industry. Skrabec, Quentin R.
  • 338.973 S629 2013
     
• Henry Ford and his Researchers' Work with Soybeans, Soyfoods, and Chemurgy: Bibliography and Sourcebook, 1921 to 1996. Shurtleff, William; Aoyagi, Akiko
  • 016.664726 F699 S562 1997 REF