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Henry Ford, Collector 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

• EI.186 Greenfield Village Buildings Records Collection
   
• Acc. 24 Herbert Morton Papers
   
• Acc. 1 Fair Lane Papers
  • box 127
    • General correspondence and materials regarding collecting, handicraft revival, antiques, 1926-1944, and undated
    • The Edison Institute; General correspondence and materials regarding operations and exhibits, 1927-1950, and undated
  • box 128-129 Greenfield Village buildings
  • box 132-133 Collections
  • box 133-134 Collected historical materials
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• Acc. 285 Henry Ford Office Papers
  • box 20 Antiques
  • box 82 Antiques
  • box 83 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 159 Boston (re: antiques)
  • box 160 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 200 W. W. Taylor (antiques), 1923
  • box 211 Boston Antique Shop, 1924
  • box 247 Mrs. H.F. Howard re: antiques
  • box 248 Indianapolis – Antiques
  • box 270 F. Roulet (antiques)
  • box 278 Wm. W. Taylor (antiques)
  • box 348 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 394 H. F. Howard (Mrs. Elizabeth S. - Antiques)
  • box 422 Felix Roulet (antiques)
  • box 429 W. W. Taylor (antiques)
  • box 452 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 574 Antiques
  • box 588 Boston Antique Shop, 1927
  • box 663 Frank Lawton re: antiques 1923-1926-1927
  • box 709 W. W. Taylor (antiques), 1927
  • box 730
    • Antiques (E. G. Liebold)
    • Antiques (Charles Newton)
  • box 744 James Bishop re: Antiques
  • box 746 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 823 Francis Jehl, re: antiques
  • box 876 Israel Sack
  • box 911 Antiques
    • E.G. Liebold
    • Charles T. Newton
  • box 927 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 956 Eimer and Amend - Antiques for Edison Institute
  • box 1090-1192 Antiques
  • box 1105 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 1214 Queen Anne Cottage Antique Shop
  • box 1223 Israel Sacks
  • box 1263-1264 Antique folder E.G.L.
  • box 1273 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 1364 Charles T. Newton re: Antiques
  • box 1377 Israel Sack
  • box 1408
    • Antique Folder E.G. Liebold, 1932
    • Antique Folder A-Z Charles T. Newton, 1932
  • box 1416 Boston Antique Shop, 1932
  • box 1490 Israel Sack
  • box 1503 Watches (Report of Antique Watches Purchased)
  • box 1531 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 1727 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 1863 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 1989 Boston Antique Shop
  • box 2094 Whitlock's Inc. (Antiques)
  • box 2575 S-SAD (includes Irael Sack - Antiques)
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• Acc. 292 Frank Campsall Records
  • box 23 Antiques
    • I. Sack, 1923-1925
    • Photographs, 1924-1935
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• EI.122 Wayside Inn Records
  • box 1 Antiques
    • Materials sent to
    • Photos, Antiques Collection
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• Acc. 89 Frank Vivian Papers
  • box 1 Antiques
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• EI.188 C. W. Ives Account Book
  • box 1 Account book describing shipments of antiques sent to Henry Ford by C. W. Ives, Account book describing shipments of antiques sent to Henry Ford by C. W. Ives, antiques dealer, located in New Haven, Conn

Ford News

• See:
  • Edison Institute
  • Greenfield Village

Oral Histories

• 64.167.65.112 Israel Sack
• 64.167.65.25 Edward J. Cutler
• 64.167.65.253 Fred Smith
• 64.167.65.235 Peter York
• 64.167.65.124 Ernest Foster
• 64.167.65.108 Henry Noppe
• 64.167.65.109 Leo Rugg
• 64.167.65.98 Clem Davis
• 64.167.65.115 E.G. Liebold (pt.2)
• 64.167.65.241 Fred Black (additional draft oral histories available)
• 64.167.65.45 Harold M. Cordell
• 64.167.65.129 H.R. Waddell
   
• EI.167 Edward J. Cutler

Vertical File

• Ford, Henry
  • Antiques
  • Restoration

Books

• Henry's Attic: Some Fascinating Gifts to Henry Ford and his Museum. Bryan, Ford R. (Ford Richardson); Evans, Sarah
  • 973.074 B915 1995
     
• Strange Commissions for Henry Ford. Morton, H. F.
  • 069 M889 1934 (REF)
     
• The Henry Ford Historical Collections. Haigh, Henry A.; Cordell, H.M.; Michigan History Magazine
  • 069 H149 1927 (REF)
     
• Psychic Reminiscences. King, Charles Brady
  • 133.9 F699 K52 1935 (Rare)
     
• History is Bunk: Assembling the Past at Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. Swigger, Jessie
  • 973.074 H525 S977 2014
     
• 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