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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

See more items in:

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

Editor:

Yang, Rongyi  Search this

Physical description:

400 pages color illustrations 27 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Taiwan

Date:

2018

Topic:

Postmarks  Search this

Postage stamps--History  Search this

Call number:

HE6185.T34 T34 2018

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1165259

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

Blog posts

Smithsonian staff publications

Blog posts

Published Date:

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:36:00 GMT

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

See more posts:

Festival Blog

Data Source:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:posts_4f16595b9654463807f308fe1135299c

Medium:

paper; ink

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.89 × 13.97 cm)

Type:

Covers & Associated Letters

Date:

1919

Object number:

0.214896.4

See more items in:

National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8fbfcda1f-938b-4e69-8f6d-79b2a78b5bd2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_0.214896.4

Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup58]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup59]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup60]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup61]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup62]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup63]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup64]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup65]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup66]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup67]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup68]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup69]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup70]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Object Name:

Envelope

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup71]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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Physical Description:

metal, brass (overall material)

mica (overall material)

paper (overall material)

Object Name:

currency

encased postage stamp

Other Terms:

Currency; 1860 00 00

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Date made:

1862

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup11975]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-570a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

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Physical Description:

metal, brass (overall material)

mica (overall material)

paper (overall material)

Object Name:

currency

encased postage stamp

Place made:

United States

Associated place:

United States

Date made:

1862

Credit Line:

The Chase Manhattan Bank

ID Number:

NU.79.112 [dup11976]

Catalog number:

79.112

Accession number:

1979.1263

See more items in:

Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-570b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

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