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Books on The Henry Ford (Edison Institute) Bibliography

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General History and Information Books

• The Book of Greenfield Village: Being an Account of the Historic Village founded by the late Mr. Henry Ford at Dearborn, in the state of Michigan, and containing Descriptions of the nearly One Hundred Original and Reconstructed Buildings, which reflect the Life and Work of Colonial and Nineteenth-century America. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 B724 1953
• The Past is Present in Greenfield Village. Bowie, Beverly M.
  • 973.074 H525 B786 1958 (OS)
• A Home for our Heritage: The Building and Growth of Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum, 1929-1979. Upward, Geoffrey C.
  • 973.074 H525 U71 1979
• American Ingenuity: Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. Wamsley, James S.
  • 973.074 W243 1985
• An Illustrated History: Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. Upward, Geoffrey C.; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525 1993 (OS)
• Henry's Attic: Some Fascinating Gifts to Henry Ford and his Museum. Bryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson); Evans, Sarah
  • 973.074 B915 1995
• Henry Ford Museum: An ABC of American Innovation. Hardin, Wes; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525 H259 1997
• An American Invention: The Story of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525 A532 1999
• Henry Ford and Greenfield Village. Simonds, William Adams
  • 069 H521 S597 2007?
• The Henry Ford Story. The Henry Ford
  • 303.484 H521 2010
• Telling America's Story: A History of The Henry Ford. Miller, Jeanine Head; Endelman, Judith E.; Bryk, Nancy Villa; Braden, Donna R.; Metros, Wendy; The Henry Ford
  • 973.074 H525 T276 2010 (OS)
• "History is Bunk": Assembling the Past at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. Swigger, Jessie
  • 973.074 H525 S977 2014
• Telling America's Story: A History of The Henry Ford.
  • 973.074 H525 T276a 2019 (OS)
• Spend Me Ten Millions. Morton, Herbert Frederick
  • 973.074 H525 M889 1954
• Strange Commissions for Henry Ford. Morton, H. F.
  • 069 M889 1934 (REF) (RARE)
• Edison Institute of Technology: Greenfield, Michigan, the Early-American Village. Menlo Park. Industrial Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 E23 1929
• Edison Institute Museum and Village. Edison Institute
  • 973.074 E23e, 1934
• Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. The Henry Ford Museum
  • 973.074 H525h, 1972
• Unique Collections, Innovative Designs, and one Interpretation: The Henry Ford Museum, 1929-1976. Hiedemann, Sabrina
  • 069.09 H633, H521, 2005
• The Henry Ford.
  • 973.074 H525he 2008
• Greenfield Village. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525g 1972
• Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: A Pictorial Souvenir. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; Wright, John L. (John Lewis)
  • 973.074 H525 W951 1983
• Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: A Pictorial Souvenir. Wright, John L. (John Lewis); Weingartner, Fannia.; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525, W951, 1985
• A Pictorial Souvenir: Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. Wright, John; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; The Henry Ford
  • 973.074 H525 W951 1989
• Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: A Pictorial Souvenir. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525h 1993
• Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: A Pictorial Souvenir. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525 1998
• Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village: A Pictorial Souvenir. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525 2001
• The Henry Ford: A Pictorial Souvenir. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525 2004
• Ford Rouge Factory Tour: A Pictorial Souvenir. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074, F699, 2004

Guidebooks and Manuals

• A Guide Book for Greenfield Village of the Edison Institute. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 069.09774 H521, 1937
• A Guide Book for Greenfield Village of the Edison Institute. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 069.09774 G812 1941
• Greenfield Village Guide Book. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 069.09774 G812, 1945
• A Guide Book for the Edison Institute Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 069.09774 H521, 1948
• A Guide Book for the Edison Institute Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 069.09774 E22 1955
• A Guide Book for the Henry Ford Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 069.15 H521 1967
• The Greenfield Village Guidebook: Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 G812 1977
• Guide to the Archives & Research Library. Edison Institute. Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village
  • 027.68 E23 1983
• The Henry Ford Educator Guide 2008-2009. The Henry Ford
  • 069.15 H521 2008
• The Henry Ford Official Guidebook. Henry Ford
  • 973.074 H525o, 2017
• A Reference Book for Greenfield Village Guides. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 069.5 G812 1946
• Inspirations: A Treasury of Resources for Employees of America's Greatest History Attraction. The Henry Ford
  • 069.63 H521, 2004
• The Only Place: Employee Handbook for America's Greatest History Attraction. The Henry Ford
  • 069.63 H521 2012 (OS)

Exhibit and Collections Catalogs

• A Group of American Antiques from the Private Collection of Henry Ford. People's Outfitting Company
  • 745.1 F699 P419 1928
• Inventory of Hammer Lamp Collection (taken May 6,7,8,9,12,13,14,15,16,17, 1930) upon removal of lamps from display cases in room no. 616, Engineering Societies Building, New York City, for shipment to the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; Engineering Societies
  • 621.32 I62 1930 (OS)
• Descriptive Catalogue of Antique Watches & Clocks from the Edison Institute, Dearborn Museum (founded by Henry Ford) now Temporarily on Exhibition at Cartier's, Inc. Cartier, Inc.; Edison Institute.; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 681.1 D449 1940
• Henry Ford, a Personal History, 1863-1947: A Guide to an Exhibition. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 338.76292 F699 H521h 1953
• Stoves in the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village Dearborn, Michigan. Peirce, Josephine H. (Josephine Halvorson)
  • 670 P378 1955
• In Cooperation with 28 leading American Corporations, The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village and The Encyclopedia Americana present Schoolroom Progress U.S.A. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; Encyclopedia Americana
  • 371.6074 C778 1955
• Antiques Henry Ford Museum: Special Issue February 1958. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 745.1 H521 A633 1958 (OS)
• Popular Antiques at the Henry Ford Museum. Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich.; Shelley Donald A.
  • 745.1 H521 1959 (OS)
• Henry Ford, a Personal History, 1863-1947: A Guide to an Exhibition. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 338.76292 F699 H521h 1960
• America's Foremost Automobile Collection. Henry, Leslie R.; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 629.222 H522 1962
• Check List: The Iva Bunnell Vurpillat Memorial Collection of Wedgwood Pottery: Exhibited at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich., May 4-May 31, 1966. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 738.27 W3 C514 1966 (OS)
• Heating and Cooking Stoves in the Collections of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan. Dryfhout, John H.; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 068 D798 1966 (OS)
• American Popular Portrait Photography between 1840 and 1880: In the Collection of the Henry Ford Museum. Moore, C. L.; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 068 M82 1969 (OS)
• Selected Treasures of Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973 S464 1969
• Folk Art and the Street of Shops. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; Bishop, Robert Charles; Wheeler, Robert G.; Stephen; Litho-Art, Inc
  • 745 H521 1971
• The Transportation Collection. Henry, Leslie R.; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 388.074 H522 1972
• Quilts, a Continuing Tradition. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 746.46 H525 1974
• Inaugural Preview Industrial Heritage U.S.A. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 069.09 H521 1974
• The Clock Collection: Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; Distin, William H.
  • 681.113 D614 1974
• Mechanical Arts at the Henry Ford Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 745.2 E23 1974
• An Exhibition Script for the Display of Wrought Iron Door Hardware in the Henry Ford Museum. Bradley, Douglas E.
  • 683 B811 1975 (OS)
• Reproductions from the Collections of Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 745.102872 H521 1975
• The Struggle and the Glory: A Special Bicentennial Exhibition. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.30216 E22 1976
• Industrial Heritage U.S.A.: From the Collections of Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum, a Bicentennial Exhibition: "The Evolution of American Industry.” Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.; Industrial Heritage U.S.A.
  • 338.09 H521 1976
• The Clock Collection. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; Distin, William H.
  • 681.113 D614 1977
• The History of Transportation Auction: Including the Henry Ford Museum Collection of HO Model Trains, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York City, December 14 & 15, 1985. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village; Guernsey's (Firm)
  • 688.1 H673 1985
• Streamlining America: A Henry Ford Museum Exhibit. Weingartner, Fannia.; Presser, Carole.; Less, Jan Kozora.; Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 745.2 S914 1986
• The Automobile in American Life: A New Henry Ford Museum Exhibit. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 629.22074 H525 1987
• Made in America: A New Permanent Exhibition opening December 1992 at Henry Ford Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525, M181, 1991
• Made in America: The Permanent Exhibition of American Industry, Past, Present, and Future. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 973.074 H525, M181, 1992
• The Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village Rail Collection. Kovl, David R.; Scott, J. G. S
  • 625.2 K88h 1993
• The Great American Road: A New Experience at Henry Ford Museum. Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
  • 625.7 H521 [2000?]
• Fons & Porter Presents Quilts from the Henry Ford: 24 Vintage Quilts Celebrating American Quiltmaking. Fons, Marianne.; Porter, Liz
  • 746.46 F676 2005
• Vintage Couture: The Fashions of Elizabeth Parke Firestone. Bryk, Nancy Villa; Endelman, Judith E.; Institute of Museum and Library Services (U.S.)
  •  391.2 B916 2005
• The Horses of Greenfield Village. Potts, Mary; Smith, Pamela K.
  • 069 H521, P871, 2012
• The World's Premier Automotive Exhibition: Driving America Henry Ford Museum. Henry Ford Museum; The Henry Ford
  • 629.22074 H525w 2012
• Driving America: The Henry Ford Automotive Collection. Leno, Jay; Ford, Edsel B. II.; Mooradian, Patricia E.; Casey, Robert; Anderson, Matt; Harmer, Mark.; The Henry Ford
  • 629.22074 H525d 2013 (OS)
• The Henry Ford Dollhouses.
  • 745.5923 H521 2018