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Descriptive Summary | |
Creator: | Ford, Ed |
Collection Name | Ed Ford Collection |
Inclusive Dates: | 1925-1972 |
Physical Description | 4 linear feet |
Abstract | Materials regarding Edward Ford's activities with the Navajo Agency, Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs; business records of Ed Ford's leather work business through the Branding Iron store, Flagstaff, Arizona. |
Collection Number | AHS-ND 45 |
Language | English. |
Repository |
Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archives PO Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523 5551 Fax: 928 774 1596 Email: ahsnad@infomagic.net |
Edward (Ed) Ford was born in 1903 and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. Ford held various positions in the Four Corners area including ranch hand in Hillside, Arizona; clerk for Babbitt Brothers Trading Company, Flagstaff, Arizona; stock handler and trader for Hubert Richardson, Tonalea, Arizona; stockman; and later District Supervisor of Land Management for the Navajo Agency, Window Rock, Arizona and Crownpoint, New Mexico.
Materials regarding Ed Ford's activities with the Navajo Agency, Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs; business records of Ed Ford's leather work business through the Branding Iron store, Flagstaff, Arizona. Date ranges, ca. 1925-1972.
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Babbitt Brothers Trading Company Collection, NAU.MS.#83
Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff, AHS-ND 45
Series I. Correspondence, 1928-1967 | |||||||||||
3 file folders containing correspondence and attached materials to Ed Ford. | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.1 | Correspondence: business and personal, ca. 1928-1967 | ||||||||||
Mostly regarding ranchwear; also from U.S. Forest Service regarding sale of livestock and waiver of grazing rights, 1950; cards and letter from sister and aunt, 1950; etc. | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.2 | Correspondence regarding bad checks, 1957-1967 | ||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.3 | Correspondence regarding employment with attached employment applications, 1936-1940 | ||||||||||
Series II. Financial, 1928-1972 | |||||||||||
34 file folders containing financial records, and attached materials, of Ed Ford. | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.4 | Financial: personal, 1928-1937 | ||||||||||
Promissary note and accompanying checks to R.B. Corbett, 1928-1931; financial ledger, February 1929; Bank of America account statements and cancelled checks, 1934-1937; statement of account with Enterprise Blacksmith and Machine Shop, n.d. | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.5 | Financial: personal, 1937-1938 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.6 | Financial: personal, 1938-1940 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.7 | Financial: personal, 1940-1941 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.8 | Financial: personal, 1941-1942 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.9 | Financial: personal, 1942-1943 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.10 | Financial: personal, 1943-1945 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.11 | Financial: personal, 1945-1946 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.12 | Financial: personal, 1936-1950 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips; also promissary note, 1940; and auto documents, 1936-1950 | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.13 | Official Navajo Agency Receipts, 1936-1946 | ||||||||||
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1.14 | Official Navajo Agency Receipts, 1946-1947 | ||||||||||
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1.15 | Financial: personal, 1948-1950 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.16 | Financial: personal, 1957-1969 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.17 | Financial: personal, 1956-1958 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.18 | Financial: personal, 1958-1960 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.19 | Financial: personal, 1960-1963 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.20 | Financial: personal, 1963-1966 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.21 | Financial: personal, 1963-1971 | ||||||||||
Bank of America account statements, cancelled checks, and deposit slips; also safety deposit box records, 1963-1970 | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.22 | Financial: business, 1962-1972 | ||||||||||
Receipts from advertising | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
1.23 | Financial: business, 1950 and 1967-1970 | ||||||||||
Allen Manufacturing Company receipts, miscellaneous receipts | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
2.1 | Financial: business, 1950-1955 | ||||||||||
The Brandin' Iron ledgers | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
2.2 | Financial: business, 1955-1963 | ||||||||||
The Brandin' Iron ledgers | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
2.3 | Financial: business, 1963-1968 | ||||||||||
The Brandin' Iron ledgers | |||||||||||
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3.1 | Receipts for leather work done by Ed Ford through the Brandin' Iron Shop in Flagstaff, Arizona. Most of the orders are from the Arizona Fish and Game Department, ca. 1959-1969 | ||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
3.2 | Financial: business, 1961-1971 | ||||||||||
Boot wear receipts; Livestock Board inspection documents, 1969-1970; voter registration for New Mexico, 1969; 2 receipts for donations to the Salvation Army Service Fund, 1961 and 1962 | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
3.3 | Financial: business, 1960-1971 | ||||||||||
Clothing invoices | |||||||||||
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3.4 | Financial: business, 1960-1970 | ||||||||||
Mail order customer receipts and accompanying correspondence | |||||||||||
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3.5 | Store inventory for The Brandin' Iron, 1950-1960 | ||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
3.6 | Store inventory for The Brandin' Iron, 1961-1968 | ||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
3.7 | Financial: business, 1958-1971 | ||||||||||
Clothing and miscellaneous receipts for The Brandin' Iron | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
3.8 | Records for film advertisements, 1956-1968 | ||||||||||
Correspondence, invoices, receipts, screening schedules with Alexander Film Co, 1956-1963; Motion Picture Alexander Corp, 1963-1966; and Motion Picture Ad Corp, 1966-1968 | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
3.9 | Financial: business, 1950-1960 | ||||||||||
Tax records for The Brandin' Iron | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
3.10 | District Supervisor of Navajo Agency Field Receipt books, 1945-1946 | ||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
3.11 | Supervisor of Navajo Agency Field Receipt books, 1947 | ||||||||||
Series III. Miscellaneous, 1925-1971 | |||||||||||
3 file folders containing advertising brochures, La Salle Extension School materials, Horsemen Association brochure, etc. | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
3.12 | La Salle Extension School, ca. 1927 | ||||||||||
Correspondence, accountancy course materials and exercises | |||||||||||
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3.13 | Miscellaneous memorabilia, ca. 1925-1970 | ||||||||||
Ads for clothing, accessories, books; order forms; subscriptions; 1925 day planner | |||||||||||
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3.14 | Northern Arizona Horseman's Association Annual Horse Show programs, 1970 and 1971 | ||||||||||
Series IV. Papers, 1927-1970 | |||||||||||
11 file folders containing papers of Ed Ford. | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
4.1 | Ed Ford's Public Notary log from New Mexico, 1946-1947 | ||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
4.2 | Insurance and liability records, 1960-1970 | ||||||||||
For The Brandin' Iron and personal auto insurance | |||||||||||
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4.3 | Log of clothing orders, ca. 1963-1970 | ||||||||||
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4.4 | Navajo Agency property records, 1937-1947 | ||||||||||
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4.5 | Miscellaneous business papers, 1936-1947 | ||||||||||
United States Department of Interior; Office of Indian Affairs; Equipment Operation Cost Field Record (maintenance records) for Ed Ford's government issued Ford automobiles, 1937-1943; and travel log, 1936-1947. | |||||||||||
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4.6 | Ed Ford's Navajo Agency Individual Trip Reports, 1937-1939 | ||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
4.7 | Ed Ford's Navajo Agency Individual Trip Reports, 1939-1940 | ||||||||||
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4.8 | Ed Ford's Navajo Agency Individual Trip Reports, 1941-1947 | ||||||||||
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4.9 | Personal papers, 1927-1962 | ||||||||||
Ed Ford's stock certificates, horse list, registration of firearms form, National Rifle Association announcements, Bill of Sale for horse, United Kennel Club papers for "Tex," etc., | |||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
4.10 | Internal Revenue Service forms, etc., ca. 1950-1969 | ||||||||||
Box-folder | |||||||||||
4.11 | Ed Ford's daily calendar books with scheduled activities written for dates from, 1939-1969 | ||||||||||