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Ford Family Papers

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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.

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Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '14 in 2013.

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Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2009
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The collection is open for research.

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Collection Inventory

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Genealogical Material, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Ford Family Photographs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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

Print, Suggest