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Ford Family Papers

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Ford, Henry Jones, 1851-1925

Henry Jones Ford (1851-1925) was a political scientist, journalist, university professor, and government official.

The collection contains correspondence, documents, and photographs of Ford, Princeton professor of politics (1908-1920), his wife, Bertha Batory Ford, and their children, John Howard Ford and Bertha Dorothy (Dolly) Ford Hildt. Also included are two letters by Bertha Ford's father, Ignatius Batory, genealogical material relating to the Ford, Jones, Cole, Anderson, and Preston families of Maryland, a biographical sketch about Henry Jones Ford by Edward S. Corwin, and printed articles by and about Ford.

Gift of Curt Buhler.

Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

No appraisal information is available.

Organization

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

Letters of Ignatius Batory, 1884-1893. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence of Bertha Batory Ford, 1925-1926. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence of Henry Jones Ford, A-H, 1881-1924. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence of Henry Jones Ford, M-W, 1898-1926. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Documents of Henry Jones Ford, 1906-1925. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Miscellaneous Papers of Henry Jones Ford, 1891-1920. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Biographical Sketch of Henry Jones Ford, by Edward S. Corwin, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence of John Howard Ford, 1906-1940. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Correspondence of Bertha Dorothy (Dolly) Ford Hildt, 1925-1940. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Genealogical Material, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Ford Family Photographs, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Printed Matter, 1902-1925. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest