History Outside the Box Archive

War of 1812 Materials at the Benson Ford Research Center

Featured Artifact: An Improved Map of the United States by Shelton & Kensett, 1813

What Blueprints? The Ford Motor Company Part Drawing Collection, 1903-1957

Featured Artifact: Ford Motor Company Engineering Staff in Main Drafting Room, circa 1952

Still Unsolved: 85 Years After the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Featured Artifact: Portrait of Amelia Earhart

Leo Goossen, the Man Behind the Drawings

Featured Artifact: Supercharger Assembly Drawing, Offenhauser Engine

Grand Army of the Republic and the Origins of Memorial Day

Featured Artifact: Garland Their Graves: A Decoration Day and Memorial Service Song Book, for the G.A.R. and Kindred Orders

Ride Walt Disney’s Magic Skyway

Featured Artifact: Entering the Transparent Tunnel of the Magic Skyway Ride, Ford Pavilion, New York World's Fair

Cookbooks at the Benson Ford Research Center

Featured Artifact: Recipe Booklet, "The Cook is in the Parlour Cookbook from Campbell's Soups and Minute Rice,"

Ford Buys Lincoln: the 100thYear Anniversary

Featured Artifact: Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, Henry Leland, and Wilfred Leland at Acquisition of Lincoln Motor Company by Ford Motor Company

Lunchtime at Ford Motor Company 

Featured Artifact: Ford Motor Company Employees Eat Thanksgiving Dinner on the Job at the Highland Park Plant

Ford Aeronutronics and Philco

Featured Artifact: Testing the Lunar Capsule Built by Ford Motor Company Aeronutronic Division

Reading Rhymes: Poetry in the Benson Ford Research Center Collection

Featured Artifact: The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes

Women in Agricultural Work and Research

Featured Artifact: Woman Working with a Drying Box in the Office of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Back to School with the Henry Ford Trade School

Featured Artifact: Henry Ford Trade School Students and Teachers in Classroom

National Sandwich Month

Featured Artifact: George Washington Carver Preparing "Weed" Sandwiches

Celebrity Sightings in the Archives

Featured Artifact: Robert Mitchum During a Visit to Greenfield Village

Travel Literature & the 65th Anniversary of the Federal Highway System

Featured Artifact: "Travel a la Car," 1954

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Ford Motor Company Employee Clubs and Activities

Featured Artifact: Ford Office Girls Bowling Team at Melvindale Bowling Alley, November 1943

Children’s Books in the Library

Featured Artifact: "I Want to be a Space Pilot," 1961

Racing into Women's History Month with Lyn St. James

Featured Artifact: Lyn St. James Suited Up in Racecar Giving a "Thumbs Up," 2008

Ford Motor Company Radio and TV Programs

Featured Artifact: Advertising Poster, "The Ford Summer Hour," 1939

Wintertime Fun in the Archives!

Featured Artifact: Central Park in Winter, New York, New York, circa 1900