Biographical Materials
Biographical Materials is a small series consisting of autobiographical sketches written by Joy on different phases in his life.
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Henry Bourne Joy Papers, 1883-1937
19 linear feet — 2 oversize folders — 2 oversize volumes
Detroit financier and industrialist, president of Packard Motor Car Company, leader of the "Good Roads Movement" and president of the Lincoln Highway Association, active in the Republican Party and business associations. Papers include correspondence, scrapbooks and photographs relating to automobile business, cross country auto travels and Joy's political interests.
The Henry B. Joy papers consist of correspondence concerning his business activities in Detroit, Michigan, his support of the Lincoln Highway Association, his campaign against the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition), and their interest in the Federal Council of Churches; also business letter books, 1888-1892, and 1902-1903; photograph album, 1915, concerning automobile trip from Detroit to San Francisco; scrapbooks, 1883-1937, containing newspaper clippings and articles relating to the development of the automobile industry, national economic affairs and Republican politics; and collection of printed pamphlets and newsletters, 1927-1936, of conservative individuals and organizations, including the American Coalition, American Liberty League, the Vigilant Intelligence Federation, the Daughters of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Dilling, Robert E. Edmonson, the Industrial Defense Association, the National Civic Federation, and the Union League of Michigan. The collection also includes photograph albums of cross-country automobile trips and of racing cars; also portraits of Joy.
Correspondence
The Correspondence series, except for a scattering of letters, dates primarily from the period following Joy's retirement from the Packard Motor Car Company in 1918. The letters concern Joy's various political and public interests: his opposition to the 18th Amendment (Prohibition), his interests in the nation's naval readiness, his support of measures to improve America's roads, and his opposition to some of the activities of the Federal Council of Churches. Joy corresponded widely with various public figures. His correspondents include James J. Couzens, Elizabeth Dilling Warren G. Harding Charles E. Hughes Edward Hunter Harry A. Jung Alfred M. Landon Andrew W. Mellon Truman H. Newberry Franklin D. Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Elihu Root William H. Slayton and William H. Taft. In addition to the files of correspondence, the collection includes two volumes of letterpress books of Joy's business activities. The volumes are dated 1888-1892 and 1902-1903.