The Henry Ford Blog

What do 18^th-century letter-writers, early 20^th-century business tycoons, and 21^st-century teenagers glued to their smartphones have in common? The answer may surprise you.

While cataloging a portion of the vast Henry Ford Office records (some 1,600 cubic feet), I became very excited when I discovered what I thought was a secret code. I later learned (quite fortuitously from a colleague on Twitter) that these documents formed a part of something almost equally fascinating.

Continue reading ‘Of Secret Codes, Abbreviations, and Knowledge Lost and Gained’