Windsor and Ford Business Records
name: label: Creator
content: Windsor & Ford (Brick Manufacturing Company).
label: Creator
content: Charles Ford (company).
label: Creator
content: Ford & Brother
label: Names
content: Ford, Charles
label: Names
content: Ford, Samuel
label: Names
content: Windsor, David A.
place: label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Real estate -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Brickmakers -- 1850-1910
label: Topic
content: Bricks -- Manufacturing -- 1850-1910 -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Brickmaking -- 1859-1906 -- Washington (D.C.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection purchased through Raymond J. Staffieri, 1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Windsor & Ford (Brick Manufacturing Company).
label: Creator
content: Charles Ford (company).
label: Creator
content: Ford & Brother
setName: label: See more items in
content: Windsor and Ford Business Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Records of Windsor & Ford Business Records, manufacturer of bricks.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Windsor & Ford, a brick manufacturing company in Washington, D. C., was operated by Charles and Samuel Ford and David A. Windsor. It supplied bricks for several federal and district buildings in the city. In addition, the Fords operated a brick manufacturing company and real estate business as Ford and Brother.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collection documents business actcivities of David A. Windsor and Charles Ford.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4.3 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1859-1906
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Ceramics and Glass (now the Division of Culture and Community Life) on April 19, 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0019
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Ledgers (account books)
label: Type
content: Receipts
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Business cards
label: Type
content: Invoices
label: Type
content: Account books
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is divided into three series.

Series 1: Windsor & Ford, 1859-1890

Series 2: Charles Ford, 1879-1900

Series 3: Ford & Brother, 1886

Series 4: Estate of Charles Ford, 1868-1906
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, archivist, 1983; revised Alison Oswald, archivist, 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Ledgers (account books)
label: Genre/Form
content: Receipts
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1930-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 1850-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Business cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Invoices
label: Genre/Form
content: Account books
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of invoices and receipts documenting the sale of bricks, purchase of supplies, and expenses for the real estate business; account books, ledgers, and a business diary showing employment records and the shipment of bricks by land and water. Records of Ford and Brother are primarily represented by Charles Ford, and later accounts are with his estate. Also in the included is correspondence concerning financial transactions of several companies and business cards of other local brick manufacturers.