Finding Aid for FORD AND MODEL T SONGS COLLECTION, 1910-1939 Finding Aid Published: October 2011 Electronic conversion of this finding aid was funded by a grant from the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET) http: / / www.dalnet.lib.mi.us 20900 Oakwood Boulevard Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 USA research.center@thehenryford.org www.thehenryford.org
OVERVIEW REPOSITORY: Benson Ford Research Center The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Blvd Dearborn, MI 48124-5029 www.thehenryford.org research.center@thehenryford.org ACCESSION NUMBER: 163 CREATOR: Ford Motor Company Archives TITLE: Ford and Model T songs collection INCLUSIVE DATES: 1910-1939 QUANTITY: 1.2 cubic ft. LANGUAGE: The materials are in English ABSTRACT: The collection includes sheet music and audio recordings of songs related to Henry Ford or the Model T. Page 2 of 6
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: The collection is open for research COPYRIGHT: Copyright has been transferred to The Henry Ford by the donor. Copyright for some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator(s). ACQUISITION: Ford Motor Company Archives donation, 1964 RELATED MATERIAL: Related material held by The Henry Ford - "The Automobile in Popular Song" booklet, 1960, Accession 1019 PREFERRED CITATION: Item, folder, box, accession 163, Ford and Model T songs collection, Benson Ford Research Center, The Henry Ford PROCESSING INFORMATION: Collection processed by Ford Motor Company Archives staff, February 1964. DESCRIPTION INFORMATION: Original collection inventory list prepared by Ford Motor Company Archive staff, February 1964, and published in February 1964. Finding aid prepared by Elyssa Bisoski, October 2011, and published in October 2011. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) and local guidelines. Page 3 of 6
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection is primarily comprised of sheet music with titles that relate to the Ford automobile and/or the Ford Model T automobile. Also included are audio recordings of "Henry's Made a Lady Out of Lizzie," "The Little Ford Rambled Right Along," and "Since Henry Apologized to Me." There is also a folder of photographs of sheet music covers. Added to the collection in 2003 is a phonograph record entitled "Mose Allison sings and Plays V-8 Ford Blues." ARRANGEMENT Collection is organized alphabetically SUBJECT TERMS Names, Personal and Corporate Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Ford Motor Company Subjects Automobile industry and trade Ford Model T automobile Ford automobile Genre and Form Sheet music Audiotapes Phonograph records Cassette tapes Compact discs Page 4 of 6
CONTAINER LIST Box no. Description Box 1 Photographs of Sheet Music Covers; cross references Sheet Music At Dusk / Mary Harriet Morley and Elizabeth M. Bruen, 1936 El Triunfo de Henry Ford / Ricardo Jose Calvo, 1939 Elizabeth Ford / Wallace Irwin, circa 1917 Ford a' la France (author unknown), circa 1917 Ford March and Two-Step / Harry L. Zickel, 1908 Ford Patrol / Victor Verhearst, 1925 (Integrated from Accession 285) Ford Waltz / Tibor Kazazay, 1928 Ford's Grand March and Two Step / Nellie M. Dunn, 1925 Ford's One Man Chaser / Harry S. Coleman & Alexandria Momis, 1918 Help the Other Fellow (Henry Ford) / Louis I. Matthews, 1915 Henry Ford Blues and Fox Trot / Mauro Armas, undated (Integrated from Accession 31.1326) Henry Ford Fox Trot / Andrew Carp, 1923 Henry's Made a Lady Out of Lizzie / Walter O'Keefe, 1928 Henry's Made a Lady Out of Lizzie / Walter O'Keefe, 1928 (photocopies) How Can Henry Ford Afford a Ford to Ford a Ford? / Frank and Carl Wilson, undated Hunka Tin (author unknown), undated Hurrah for Henry! (That Builds the Famous Ford) / Harry Leslie Brown, 1923 I Didn't Raise My Ford to Be a Jitney / Jack Frost, 1915 It's the High Wave of the Tide; It's a Ford / Herman R. Andreasen, 1929 Let's All Henry Ford a Barndance Trot / Clarke and Leslie, 1926 (cover only) Little Ford Rambled Right Along / Byron Gay and C. R. Foster, 1914 (Integrated from Accession 57.13) Little Ford Rambled Right Along / Byron Gay and C. R. Foster, 1914 (photocopies; integrated from Accession 57.13) Love Story of the Packard and the Ford / Harold R. Atteridge and Harry Carroll Motor King March and Two-Step / Henry Frantzen, 1910 Mr. Ford You've Got The Right Idea / Ray Sherwood & J. Fred'K Coots, 1916 My Henry Ford / Joe Austin and Ralph Loveland, 1915 On the Old Back Seat of the Henry Ford / Lawrence Dillon and Will A.Dillon, 1916 Since Henry Apologized to Me / Rallard MacDonald and Billy Rose, 1927 Since Lizzie Changed Her Name to Baby Lincoln / Larry Shay, 1927 (Integrated from 2000.18.1) That Wonderful Ford / S. Geneva Cranston, 1915 Triumphal March / Pedro R. Manrifue, c.d. You Can't Afford to Marry If You Can't Afford a Ford / Jack Frost, 1915 Valse Boston / Pier Caronna, 1936 Watch The Fords Go By / Cliff Slider, 1936 When We A-Fordin' Go / Roy Pauley, 1923 Page 5 of 6
You Can t Afford to Marry If You Can t Afford a Ford / Jack Frost, 1915 (Integrated from Accession 2004.19.1) Box 2 Box 3 Recordings The Little Ford Rambled Right Along (3 phonograph records, integrated from Accession 1099; 2 audiotapes, integrated from Accession 904; 3 cassette tapes, includes songs Dixie Beline, Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me, and Village Blacksmith; 1 Edison Diamond Disc Record; 1 CD, includes Since Henry Ford Apologized to Me) Henry s Made a Lady Out of Lizzie (2 phonograph records, 3 audiotapes) Since Henry Apologized to Me (1 CD, 1 audiotape, 1 phonograph record) Recordings Mose Allison Sings and Plays V-8 Ford Blues (phonograph record and CD; integrated from Accession 2003.91.1) Child's Introduction to Great Inventors - Vol I: Henry Ford / Eve Corey, undated (phonograph record, integrated from Accession 1452) Page 6 of 6