History Outside the Box

Special Event at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation®

Virtual Event: August 6, September 3, November 5, and December 3
Location: Hosted on Instagram - Stories Available for 24 Hours

Join us on Instagram the first Friday of each month as Historical Resources staff members dig through our vast archival and library collections to tell the stories of items that aren't usually on exhibit. Photos, scrapbooks, letters, books and more await. We'll look at a different topic each time, so check out our calendar of events for each month's theme.

This year's History Outside the Box events will be presented virtually on Instagram Stories, where they will be available for 24 hours after being posted. Topic wrap-ups and further information for some History Outside the Box programs will also appear on our blog.

Monthly Themes:

	Wintertime Fun in the Archives! January 15, 2021 Presented by: Janice Unger, Processing Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram Featured Artifact: Central Park in Winter, New York, New York, circa 1900
	Ford Motor Company Radio and TV Programs February 5, 2021 Presented by: Kathy Makas, Reference Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Advertising Poster, "The Ford Summer Hour," 1939
	Racing into Women's History Month with Lyn St. James March 5, 2021 Presented by: Janice Unger, Processing Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Lyn St. James Suited Up in Racecar Giving a "Thumbs Up," 2008
	Children’s Books in the Library April 2, 2021 Presented by: Sarah Andrus, Librarian Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: "I Want to be a Space Pilot," 1961
	Ford Motor Company Employee Clubs and Activities May 7, 2021 Presented by: Kathy Makas, Reference Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Ford Office Girls Bowling Team at Melvindale Bowling Alley, November 1943
	Travel Literature & the 65th Anniversary of the Federal Highway System June 4, 2021 Presented by: Lauren Brady, Reference Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: "Travel a la Car," 1954 History Outside the Box presented by
	Celebrity Sightings in the Archives July 2, 2021 Presented by: Kathy Makas, Reference Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Robert Mitchum During a Visit to Greenfield Village
	National Sandwich Month August 6, 2021 Presented by: Janice Unger, Processing Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: George Washington Carver Preparing "Weed" Sandwiches
	Back to School with the Henry Ford Trade School September 3, 2021 Presented by: Kathy Makas, Reference Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Henry Ford Trade School Students and Teachers in Classroom
	Women in Agricultural Work and Research October 1, 2021 Presented by: Hilary Severyn, Processing Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Woman Working with a Drying Box in the Office of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture
	Reading Rhymes: Poetry in the Benson Ford Research Center Collection November 5, 2021 Presented by: Sarah Andrus, Librarian Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
	Ford Aeronutronics and Philco December 3, 2021 Presented by: Kathy Makas, Reference Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Testing the Lunar Capsule Built by Ford Motor Company Aeronutronic Division
	Lunchtime at Ford Motor Company January 7, 2022 Presented by: Kathy Makas, Reference Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Ford Motor Company Employees Eat Thanksgiving Dinner on the Job at the Highland Park Plant
	Ford Buys Lincoln: the 100thYear Anniversary February 4, 2022 Presented by: Kathy Makas, Reference Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, Henry Leland, and Wilfred Leland at Acquisition of Lincoln Motor Company by Ford Motor Company
	Cookbooks at the Benson Ford Research Center March 4, 2022 Presented by: Sarah Andrus, Librarian Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Recipe Booklet, "The Cook is in the Parlour Cookbook from Campbell's Soups and Minute Rice,"
	Ride Walt Disney’s Magic Skyway April 1, 2022 Presented by: Jim Orr, Image Services Specialist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Entering the Transparent Tunnel of the Magic Skyway Ride, Ford Pavilion, New York World's Fair
	Grand Army of the Republic and the Origins of Memorial Day May 6, 2022 Presented by: Laura Myles, Collections Specialist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Garland Their Graves: A Decoration Day and Memorial Service Song Book, for the G.A.R. and Kindred Orders
	Leo Goossen, the Man Behind the Drawings June 3, 2022 Presented by: Janice Unger, Processing Archivist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Supercharger Assembly Drawing, Offenhauser Engine
	Still Unsolved: 85 Years After the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart July 1, 2022 Presented by: Shannon Rossi, Collections Specialist Location: Hosted on Instagram. Featured Artifact: Portrait of Amelia Earhart