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Dearborn History 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. See also bibliographies on: Dearborn Realty and Construction Company, Dearborn Inn, Camp Legion and Camp Willow Run, Henry Ford Residences, Ford Homes Historic District, Dearborn Country Club, Ford Rotunda, Ford Rouge Factory Tour

Archival

• Acc. 1 Fair Lane Papers
  • box 1 Resolution, changing the name of the village of Springwells to Fordson, 1926
  • box 27 William Ford, 1826-1905, father of Henry Ford property information
  • box 44-45 Property
  • box 114 Christ Church, Dearborn
  • box 123 Camp Legion and Willow Run Chapels, correspondence and promotional materials, 1938-1949
  • box 133 Dearborn, 1920-1941, and undated (includes sketches of Dearborn's early settlers and programs from the "Historical and Patriotic Pageant" and "Dearborn Day")
  • box 147 Dearborn (includes materials regarding Ford gifts of Ford Field, public library, and land for hospital)
  • box 193 (OS) Charities, clubs, and associations A-Z (includes Veterans Administration, blueprint plan of Dearborn Hospital, 1937)
  • box 194 (OS) Property
     
• Acc. 587 Office of Henry Ford and Clara Ford Estate Records
  • box 134 Abstracts for various Military Reservation properties, Dearborn, circa 1870-1927
  • box 171-175 Tax Receipts; Dearborn
  • box 176 Tax Receipts; Fordson and Springwells, Michigan, 1920-1928
  • box 179-180 Tax Receipts; Dearborn Township
  • box 183 Tax Receipts; Springwells Township, Wayne County, Michigan, 1912-1923
  • box 185-186 Tax Correspondence; Dearborn
  • box 188 Tax Correspondence; Fordson and Springwells, Michigan, 1915-1928
  • box 193 Tax Correspondence; Dearborn Township
  • box 197 Tax Correspondence; Springwells Township, Michigan, 1915-1924
     
• Acc. 62 Henry Ford Office Papers
  • box 114 Leonard Willeke, Architect – Fordson Village, 1918-1919
    
• Acc. 102 Milton Bryant Papers
   
• Acc. 551 Henry Haigh Papers (UNPROCESSED)
   
• Acc. 391 Wendell S. Miller Records
  • box 3 Ford Foundation (Springwells Park Subdivision)
  • box 13 Ford Foundation (Springwells Park Subdivision)
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• Acc. 951 Ford Motor Company Non-Serial Publications Collection
  • box 7 Dearborn, Michigan
  • box 42 Springwells Park
  • box 55 Your Keys to a Dearborn Holiday
     
• Acc. 88.243 Sanborn Insurance Maps of Detroit Collection
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• Small Accessions
  • Acc. 419 Lewis W. Simpson Papers
  • Acc. 495 Mary Louise Gregory Brand Papers
  • Acc. 1068 Clyde Ford Memoir
  • Acc. 1359 Dearborn Sentinel, 1939
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• Acc. 1660 Photographic Vertical File
  • box 67-69 Dearborn, Michigan
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• Acc. 833 General Photographs Series
  • box 24
    • Springwells Park development - Dearborn (44e)
    • Dearborn, Michigan - city scenes (44f)

Trade Catalogs

• This was Dearborn. Howe-Peterson Funeral Home
  • P.B. ca. 1965

Periodicals

• The Dearborn Historian. Dearborn Historical Commission. (1961-)
• Dearborn City Directories. (1926-1992) (not a complete run)

Oral Histories

• 64.167.65.157 Mary Louise Gregory Brand
• 64.167.65.132 Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Davis
• 64.167.65.202 William Finzel
• 64.167.65.135 George H. Holmes
• 64.167.65.19 F.W. Loskowske
• 64.167.65.158 Edward F. Monnier
• 64.167.65.111 Dr. David O'Donnell
• 64.167.65.138 Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Scott

Vertical File

• Dearborn, Michigan, City of
  • Arsenal
  • Celebrations
  • Chemical Park
  • Civic Buildings
  • General
  • Housing
  • Landmarks
  • Maps
  • Parks
  • Radio Station
  • Residences
  • Residents
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Schools
  • Street Car
  • Tourism
     
• Fordson, Michigan
  • City Hall
  • General
     
• Springwells Park

Books

• Dearborn, Michigan. Hutchison, Craig; Hutchison, Kimberly A.; Dearborn Historical Museum
  • 977.4 H975 2003
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• Dearborn: Proud Past, Bright Future. Dearborn Historical Museum
  • 977.4 D285 2004
     
• Dearborn, Michigan. Dearborn Chamber of Commerce
  • 917.7433 D285 1975 (OS)
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• Dearborn: A Pictorial History. Eaton, Eleanor
  • 977.433 E14 1984 (OS)
     
• Historic Bus or Auto Tour of Dearborn. Gnau, Tara B.; Dearborn Historical Commission
  • 977.433 G571, 1974
     
• Dearborn, Fifty Years of Progress. Dearborn Historical Museum
  • 977.433 D285 1979
     
• History of the Churches in West Dearborn, Michigan. Daughters of the American Revolution. Col. Joshua Howard Chapter (Dearborn, Mich.), comp.; Allmendinger, Carrie C.
  • 977.433 H673 1938
     
• Inventory of the Church Archives of Michigan: Dearborn Churches. Michigan Historical Records Survey; Works Projects Administration. Professional and Service Projects. Historical Records Survey Project
  • 977.433 I62 1940
     
• A Guide to the Manuscript Collections and an Outline to History, Photograph, and Newspaper Files of the Dearborn Historical Commission. Dearborn Historical Commission
  • 017.1 D285 G946
     
• Best Dearborn Stories: Voices from Henry Ford's Hometown. Good, David L.; Wisniewski, Karen J.; O'Kray, L. Glenn.; Museum Guild of Dearborn
  • 977.433 B561 2011
     
• New Collection of Dearborn's Tales. Mamalakis, Helen K.
  • 133.1 M263 2003
     
• Before Fair Lane: Historic Houses from Henry Ford's Hometown Dearborn, Michigan (1832-1916). Museum Guild of Dearborn.; O'Kray, Glenn L.; Harkness, Bruce L.
  • 728 M986 2017 (OS)
     
• Lost Dearborn. Hutchison, Craig
  • 977.433 H978 2017
     
• School Sketches (A Twenty-one part series of Dearborn's Public and Parochial Schools). Gnau, Tara B.
  • 727 G571 1982
     
• The Pioneer 1922. Dearborn High School
  • 373.1 D285 1922
     
• Henry Ford's Plan for the American Suburb: Dearborn and Detroit. Barrow, Heather B.
  • 307.76 F699 B278 2015
     
• Dearborn Boys' Club. Hart, Wm. H.
  • 369.42 H326 1938
     
• The Fords of Dearborn. Bryan, Ford R.
  • 338.76292 F699 B915 2004
     
• Beyond the Model T: The Other Ventures of Henry Ford. Bryan, Ford R. Chapter 7: “Employee Housing in Dearborn”, p.78-82
  • 338.76292 F699 B915b 1997 REF
     
• Leonard B. Willeke: Excellence in Architecture & Design. Brunk, Thomas W. Chapter on “Fordson Village, a Model Industrial Sub"
  • 720.924 W698, B896
     
• Charter of the Village of Dearborn. Dearborn (Mich.). Charters
  • 351.977433 D285 1916
     
• Charter of the City of Dearborn: Wayne county, Michigan, January 9th, 1929. Dearborn (Mich.). Charters.
  • 351.977433 D285 1929
     
• Charter of the City of Springwells, Wayne County, Michigan adopted April 7th, 1924.
  • 352.15 C486 1924
     
• Minutes of the Meetings of the Townships of Bucklin, Pekin, and Dearborn, May 28, 1827-April 13, 1857. Dearborn (Mich. : Township); Michigan Historical Records Survey; Bucklin (Mich. : Township); Redford (Mich. : Township)
  • 352.15 M668 1941
     
• Transcriptions of Municipal Archives of Michigan: Minutes of the Meetings of the Township of Springwells, April 17, 1861-March 4, 1872. Springwells Township (Wayne Co., Mich); Michigan Historical Records Survey; Work Projects Administration. Division of Community Service Programs
  • 352.15 T772 1941