Indiana Campaign to reduce oversupply of tomatoes by promoting new recipes and reminding public of their nutritional value. Can Manufacturers' Institute, IN.
Texas Woman develops a book rest first in ceramic, then plastic, that is sold nationwide. Fort Worth, TX.
New York Making fastening devices for men's clothes. Wearing Madras shirts and Ivy League trousers make fashion statement; apparel industry. Waldes Kohinoor, Inc., Long Island City, NY.
Massachusetts Making styrofoam, a light-weight material that is easily shaped, is useful as an insulator and as packaging for electronic components. Dow Chemical, Somerville, MA.
Reference video, Box 13
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made directly with the Archives Center staff to view episodes for which no reference copy exists. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees will be charged for reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Industry on Parade Film Collection, 1950-1959, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Joined in the Search Cooperative experiments between small companies for their mutual benefit and for benefit of the public. Fire resistant construction materials, electrical fixtures and connections, liquids, powders, and fibers. New uses and ways to improve physical properties of woods, textiles, and jewels. Safe disposal of waste products used to clean clothing. Sharing information from road-testing automobiles. Filmed at: Can Manufacturers Institute, New York, NY; Underwriters' Laboratories, Chicago, IL; Factory Mutual Laboratories, Norwood, MA; Western Pine Association, Portland, OR; Wood Technology Laboratory of University of Michigan and National Assn of Furniture Manufacturers, Ann Arbor, MI; Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, WI; Gemological Institute of America, Los Angeles, CA; and American Institute of Laundering, Joliet, IL.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made directly with the Archives Center staff to view episodes for which no reference copy exists. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees will be charged for reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Industry on Parade Film Collection, 1950-1959, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tinware, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Correspondence, speeches, clippings, unpublished manuscripts, scrapbooks related to advertising.
In addition to Cole's professional work, the collection documents his involvement in professional associations, including the Association of National Advertisers, the Advertising Research Foundation, and the Advertising Council. Also includes the published findings of three ANA-commissioned surveys of wartime advertising and the proceedings of wartime ANA conferences; and a scrapbook of advertising ephemera, including late nineteenth-century trade cards and pamphlets. There is a letter in Box 1, folder 1, correspondence from Cole to Barry Goldwater noting he would not be voting for Goldwater in the 1964 Presidential Election due to Goldwater's stand on Civil Rights.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into four series.
Series 1: Correspondence, 1926-1964
Series 2: Unpublished Papers, 1942-1957
Series 3: Wartime Proceedings of the Association of National Advertisers, 1941-1944
Series 4: Advertising Ephemera, 1879-1964
Biographical/Historical note:
Gordon E. Cole's advertising career spanned thirty years, and this collection documents his work and interests.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Madelene Cole, 1990.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Copyright or trademark restrictions may be in effect for some material.
Marketing/promotional materials and proofsheets from Cole's association with the Pedlar & Ryan Advertising Agency, Cannon Mills, Inc., and the Can Manufacturers Institute
Collection Creator:
Cole, Gordon E. (advertising executive) Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1933-1946
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Copyright or trademark restrictions may be in effect for some material.
Collection Citation:
Gordon E. Cole Advertising History Papers, 1879-1964, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
