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Creator:

Jordan, Phil  Search this

Names:

Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington  Search this

Baughman Company  Search this

Beveridge and Associates Inc.  Search this

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America  Search this

East Carolina University  Search this

IBM (International Business Machines)  Search this

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.  Search this

National Air and Space Museum  Search this

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Firm)  Search this

Robert Kline and Co. Inc.  Search this

Skyline Soaring Club  Search this

Society of Illustrators (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

United States Postal Service  Search this

United States Postal Service. Stamp Development Department  Search this

United States. Coast Guard  Search this

United States. Montgomery G.I. Bill  Search this

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration  Search this

Virginia Commonwealth University  Search this

Jordan, Phil  Search this

Extent:

7.18 Cubic feet (10 letter size document boxes, 3 legal size document boxes, one tall document box, and one oversize folder.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Place:

New Bern (N.C.)

Fort Greely (Alaska)

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Date:

1992-2015

Summary:

Phil Jordan was a Stamp Art Director for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Jordan's involvement with the USPS started in 1991 and ended 23 years later having worked on 300 stamps. The collection consists primarily of stamp design files created and maintained by Jordan during his time as a Stamp Art Director for the United States Postal Service (USPS) from 1991 to 2014. The majority of the files relate to stamps that were issued by the USPS while a smaller portion of the files are related to unissued stamps that Jordan worked on. As a Stamp Art Director, Jordan was responisbile for leading and providing direction for stamp designs and regularly worked with researchers, artists, painters, illustrators, photographers, and typographers to bring to fruition an aesthetic vision for each stamp.

Scope and Contents:

The Phil Jordan collection consists primarily of stamp design files created and maintained by Jordan during his time as a Stamp Art Director for the United States Postal Service (USPS) from 1991 to 2013. The majority of the files relate to stamps that were issued by the USPS while a smaller portion of the files are related to unissued stamps that Jordan worked on. As a Stamp Art Director, Jordan was responsible for leading and providing direction for stamp designs and regularly worked with researchers, artists, painters, illustrators, photographers, and typographers to bring to fruition an aesthetic vision for each stamp.

Of the some 300 stamps Jordan was responsible for, some that are represented in this collection include stamps related to hospice care (Jordan consider his work on this stamp to be amongst the most rewarding); legends of baseball; the Civil War Sesquicentennial; legends of Hollywood; the Indianapolis 500; literary arts; Owney the postal dog; the Washington, D.C. cherry blossom centennial; bicycling; ʻĪd al-Fiṭr; Grand Central Terminal in New York City; the USS Arizona Memorial; Wilt Chamberlain; the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Coast Guard; and the 50th anniversary of supersonic flight.

In addition, there are portfolios that provide visual documentation of Jordan's work on stamps, correspondence related to stamp design inquiries, and some biographical information.

Materials in the collection include correspondence, drawings, illustrations, color photographs, color transparencies, maps, news releases, notes, research materials, brochures, and clippings. Some materials are in electronic format.

Many of the stamps that Jordan worked on as Stamp Art Director can be found at the National Postal Museum.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into five series.

Series

Series 1: Issued Stamps Issued Stamps, 1999-2011

Series 2: Unissued Stamps, 1998-2006

Series 3: Portfolios, 1993-2015

Series 4: General Files, 1992-2013

Series 5: Oversize, 1994-2015

Biographical / Historical:

Phil Jordan was a Stamp Art Director for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Jordan's involvement with the USPS started in 1991 and ended 23 years later having worked on 300 stamps.

Jordan grew up in New Bern, North Carolina and attended East Carolina University. After a period of service with the Army Arctic Indoctrination School in Fort Greely, Alaska, Jordan graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in visual communications. Early in his career he worked as an artist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Baughman Company offset lithographers while attending school on the GI Bill.

Later he worked at the advertising agency Robert Kline and Co. Inc. as their art supervisor before serving as the assistant art director the United States Chamber of Commerce. Next, he joined Beveridge and Associates, Inc. guiding art direction for corporate, institutional and government design projects. Eventually becoming a partner at the firm, Jordan left after 18 years to form his own communications consulting firm where he managed projects for USAir, NASA, McGraw-Hill, IBM, the National Air and Space Museum, and Smithsonian Books.

Jordan was responsible for the formats of the Air and Space and Smithsonian magazines and was their Design Director for fifteen years. From there his work as consulting art director for the United States Postal Service's Stamp Development Department saw him art direct and produce 300 postage stamps as well as other stamp collateral publications for 23 years. Among some of the stamps he worked on include the 2011 Neon! Celebrate stamp, the 2012 Major League Baseball All-Stars stamps, the 2013 Civil War stamps; the 2012 Cherry Blossom Centennial stamps; the 1997 Classic American Aircraft stamps; and the 2003 First Flight stamp.

Jordan's work has been featured in a number of exhibitions and in publications such as Graphis, Society of Illustrators, and Communication Arts. A recipient of professional awards from these organizations over the years, he was also the recipient of the NASA Group Achievement Award. He is a past president of the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington and was an avid glider pilot, being a founding member of the Skyline Soaring Club and the former long-time editor of Skylines newsletter.

Provenance:

Donated by Phil Jordan, 2015. This collection was initially part of the museum collections (Accession 2015.2015), but was released to the NPM Archives in December 2023.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Access to original archival materials is by appointment only. Researchers must submit request for appointment in writing. Please direct reference inquiries to the National Postal Museum Archives: NPM_Archives@si.edu.

Rights:

The National Postal Museum Archives makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and the NPM Rights and Reproductions for additional information. Please direct reference inquiries to the National Postal Museum Archives: NPM_Archives@si.edu.

Occupation:

Art directors  Search this

Graphic designers -- United States  Search this

Topic:

Postage stamps  Search this

Baseball  Search this

Cherry blossoms  Search this

Bicycling  Search this

Supersonic planes  Search this

Hospice care  Search this

Owney (Dog)  Search this

Glider pilots  Search this

USS Arizona Memorial (Hawaii)  Search this

ʻĪd al-Fiṭr  Search this

Citation:

Phil Jordan Collection, NPMA.2023.2, National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NPMA.2023.2

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Phil Jordan Collection

Archival Repository:

National Postal Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/zn80a463026-5019-4c9c-95c2-cd698cf84f5a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-npma-2023-2

Creator:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Programs/Curatorial Department  Search this

Subject:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Programs Department  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Curatorial Department  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Department of Public Programs/Curatorial Division  Search this

Physical description:

69 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings

Type:

Manuscripts

Floor plans

Color photographs

Black-and-white photographs

Brochures

Audiotapes

Color transparencies

Clippings

Compact discs

Exhibition catalogs

Picture postcards

Floppy disks

Electronic records

Digital versatile discs

Videotapes

Date:

1976

1976-2019

Topic:

Art museums  Search this

Art, Modern  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Art museum curators  Search this

Local number:

SIA RS00804

Restrictions & Rights:

Materials less than 15 years old Restricted. Contact reference staff for details

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Exhibition Records 1976-2019 [Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Programs/Curatorial Department]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_225508

Creator:

Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders), 1917-1994  Search this

Scurlock, Addison N., 1883-1964  Search this

Custom Craft  Search this

Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Scurlock, George H. (Hardison), 1919-2005  Search this

Names:

Howard University -- 20th century  Search this

DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963  Search this

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915  Search this

Extent:

106 Boxes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Matrices, color separation

Photographs

Dye transfer process

Color separation negatives

Studio portraits

Place:

Shaw (Washington, D.C.)

Washington (D.C.) -- Small business -- 20th century

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans

Date:

1888-1993

Summary:

The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, DC from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). Series 1 primarily consists of black and white photographs, but also includes job envelopes, order forms, correspondence, notes, and other photographic materials such as negatives. An overview to the entire Scurlock collection is available here: Scurlock Studio Records.

Scope and Contents note:

Materials are almost entirely black and white photographs, but also include job envelopes, order forms, correspondence, notes, and other photographic material types that were included in the overall order. In addition, not all photographs in this series were taken by the Scurlock Studio; there are photographs by Abdon Daoud Ackad and other studios or photographers that were sent in to make copies. The series is arranged into two subseries: Subseries 1.1: Clients, and Subseries 1.2: Subjects.

Arrangement note:

Arranged in 2 subseries.

1.1: Clients Black and white photographs

1.2: Subjects Black and white photographs

Biographical/Historical note:

The Scurlock photographic studio was a fixture in the Shaw area of Washington, DC. from 1911 to 1994, and encompassed two generations of photographers, Addison N. Scurlock (1883-1964) and his sons George H. (1920- 2005) and Robert S. (1916-1994). More...

Forms Part Of:

This series forms part of the Scurlock Studio Records group.

Scurlock Studio Records

Series 1: Black and White Photographs

Series 2: Color Photographs

Series 3: Framed Prints

Series 4: Black-and-White Silver Gelatin Negatives

Series 5: Color Negatives

Series 6: Color Transparencies, Slides, and Other Formats

Series 7: Black-and-White Color Separation Negatives and Matrices

Series 8: Scurlock Studio Business Records

Series 9: Custom Craft Business Records

Series 10: Capitol School of Photography

Series 11: Washington Stock

Series 12: Background Materials and Publications

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view negatives due to cold storage. Using negatives requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.

Rights:

When the Museum purchased the collection from the Estate of Robert S. Scurlock, it obtained all rights, including copyright. The earliest photographs in the collection are in the public domain because their term of copyright has expired. The Archives Center will control copyright and the use of the collection for reproduction purposes, which will be handled in accordance with its standard reproduction policy guidelines. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Politicians -- 20th century  Search this

Portraits -- 20th century  Search this

Commercial photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C)  Search this

Photography -- 20th century -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Segregation  Search this

African American photographers  Search this

African American entertainers -- 20th century  Search this

African Americans -- History -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Matrices, color separation

Photographs -- 20th century

Dye transfer process

Color separation negatives

Studio portraits

Citation:

Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create digital surrogates of some of the negatives. Processing and encoding funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0618.S01

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Scurlock Studio Records, Series 1: Black and White Photographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8016336ae-23ec-4512-a76c-c1faa872aae0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0618-s01

Measurements:

overall: 9 7/8 in x 12 in; 25.0825 cm x 30.48 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

ID Number:

2015.0039.05

Catalog number:

2015.0039.05

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Advertising

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-69d9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807728

Measurements:

folded: 10 in x 11 7/8 in; 25.4 cm x 30.1625 cm

open: 10 in x 36 in; 25.4 cm x 91.44 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

ID Number:

2015.0039.06

Catalog number:

2015.0039.06

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-69da-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807736

Measurements:

folded: 10 in x 12 in; 25.4 cm x 30.48 cm

open: 10 in x 24 1/8 in; 25.4 cm x 61.2775 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

ID Number:

2015.0039.07

Catalog number:

2015.0039.07

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-69db-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807743

Measurements:

folded: 12 in x 10 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm

open: 12 in x 30 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 76.835 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

Subject:

Beer  Search this

ID Number:

2015.0039.08

Catalog number:

2015.0039.08

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Advertising

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-69dc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807747

Measurements:

folded: 10 in x 12 in; 25.4 cm x 30.48 cm

open: 10 in x 48 1/4 in; 25.4 cm x 122.555 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

ID Number:

2015.0039.09

Catalog number:

2015.0039.09

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6a4e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807755

Depicted (sitter):

Taylor, Elizabeth  Search this

Measurements:

folded: 12 in x 10 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm

open: 12 in x 20 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x 51.1175 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

ID Number:

2015.0039.10

Catalog number:

2015.0039.10

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Popular Entertainment

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6a4f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807758

Measurements:

folded: 10 in x 12 in; 25.4 cm x 30.48 cm

open: 10 in x 36 3/8 in; 25.4 cm x 92.3925 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

ID Number:

2015.0039.11

Catalog number:

2015.0039.11

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6a50-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807760

Measurements:

folded: 12 in x 10 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm

open: 12 in x 50 3/4 in; 30.48 cm x 128.905 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

Subject:

Beer  Search this

ID Number:

2015.0039.12

Catalog number:

2015.0039.12

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Advertising

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6a51-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807761

Measurements:

folded: 11 7/8 in x 15 7/8 in; 30.1625 cm x 40.3225 cm

open: 11 7/8 in x 31 3/4 in; 30.1625 cm x 80.645 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

Subject:

Beverages  Search this

ID Number:

2015.0039.16

Catalog number:

2015.0039.16

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Advertising

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-b1ca-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807820

Measurements:

folded: 12 in x 16 in; 30.48 cm x 40.64 cm

open: 12 in x 32 1/8 in; 30.48 cm x 81.5975 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

ID Number:

2015.0039.14

Catalog number:

2015.0039.14

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Advertising

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-b1cb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807821

Measurements:

folded: 16 in x 12 in; 40.64 cm x 30.48 cm

open: 16 in x 24 1/8 in; 40.64 cm x 61.2775 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

photograph

ID Number:

2015.0039.15

Catalog number:

2015.0039.15

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Advertising

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-b1cc-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807823

Measurements:

folded: 12 in x 16 in; 30.48 cm x 40.64 cm

open: 12 in x 48 in; 30.48 cm x 121.92 cm

Object Name:

transparency, color

ID Number:

2015.0039.13

Catalog number:

2015.0039.13

Accession number:

2015.0039

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Work and Industry: Photographic History

Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-b1cd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1807824

Collector:

R. E. Ulbricht  Search this

Donor Name:

R. E. Ulbricht  Search this

Site Name:

Hueyapan Hacienda  Search this

Unknown:

15.4 cm

9.3 cm

Object Type:

Figure

Place:

San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico, North America

Accession Date:

1903

Collection Date:

1902

Topic:

Archaeology  Search this

Accession Number:

041871

USNM Number:

A222579-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d509babb-24e7-4e98-9f37-1e4e9da45ee6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8054511

Donor Name:

Victor J. Evans  Search this

Height - Object:

ca. 5 m

Circumference - Object:

ca. 12 m

Height - Tipi Front Seam:

4 m

Culture:

Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi)  Search this

Object Type:

Tipi

Place:

Plains, Not Given, United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America

Accession Date:

20 Mar 1931

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

113605

USNM Number:

E362311-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33c1b08ca-3150-4da4-8ba4-f1d5da65118d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8409283

Donor Name:

Edward W. Nelson  Search this

Object Type:

Drill

Place:

Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, United States, North America

Accession Date:

9 Feb 1882

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

82A00003

USNM Number:

E48522-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c357f690-448e-457f-8d4c-39867a8a3085

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8466960

Donor Name:

Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou  Search this

Height:

93 cm

Width:

52 cm

Object Type:

Painting

Place:

Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Accession Date:

24 Feb 1886

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

016970

USNM Number:

E77052-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fceda275-92a8-4362-8239-03a058c2d732

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8480093

Donor Name:

Ensign U S N John B. Bernadou  Search this

Height:

67.5 cm

Width:

52 cm

Object Type:

Painting

Place:

Seoul, South Korea, Asia

Accession Date:

24 Feb 1886

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

016970

USNM Number:

E77052-1

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ff35515c-980f-45f5-ba4a-a370042369fc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8480094