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Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

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2018-02-21T21:34:25.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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National Museum of the American Indian

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Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

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2021-10-25T16:16:31.000Z

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Education  Search this

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Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

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SmithsonianNMAI

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Collector:

Emile Granier  Search this

Donor Name:

Emile Granier  Search this

Culture:

Apache  Search this

Apache, Tonto (Dilzhe'e) (?)  Search this

Object Type:

Card

Place:

Arizona, United States, North America

Accession Date:

14 Sep 1898

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

034005

USNM Number:

E200560-0

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Anthropology

Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/362e8e521-2925-4ea7-97d3-f6f6f0bfc49b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8354907

Creator:

Pullman Palace Car Co.  Search this

Pullman, George M., 1831-1897  Search this

Names:

Lincoln, Robert Todd  Search this

Extent:

8 Cubic feet (11 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Correspondence

Drawings

Date:

1867-1982

bulk 1900-1930

Summary:

Records of the Pullman Company, manufacturers and operators of railroad sleeping cars. Pullman also manufactured hospital and dining cars at its Chicago facilities. Dating from 1867 to 1982 (bulk 1900-1930s), the collection includes background materials, correspondence, financial, personnel and operating records, drawings and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of materials from 1867-1982 (bulk 1900-1930s), and includes background materials, correspondence, financial records, operating records, personnel records, drawings, and photographs. Of note is the documentation of hospital cars and instructions for porters. The collection is not a complete record of the Pullman Palace Car Company's activities.

Series 1, Historical Background, 1867-1982, contains newspaper clippings and articles about the Pullman Palace Car Company and George Pullman. Also included is a 318-page typescript titledThe History of the Sleeping Car 1923, by Charles S. Sweet; documentation on how Pullman cars were named; and other histories of the Pullman Company including its hospital cars and maquetry design.

Series 2, Correspondence, 1912-1960, consists primarily of documentation about the sale of cars and equipment by Pullman Palace Car Company to specific railroad companies. The correspondence details the cost per car and in some instances, leasing costs, operating costs, and other relevant statistical and financial information about the transactions. There is some consolidated data on cars sold to the railroads as well as summary data on the type of car sold, name of car, selling price, purchasers, and the date the sale was approved. The correspondence is organized chronologically within Pullman Company correspondence wrappers which were used to maintain the correspondence in a uniform manner and in consecutive date order.

Correspondence about hospital cars contains information on the rental of Pullman cars to the United States government as well as letters discussing specifications for building hospital unit cars for the United States Army. There is one folder of miscellaneous correspondence with individuals seeking copies of photographs from the company and/or offering their historical writings about the company.

Series 3, Financial Records, 1875-1930, consists primarily of details of cost documentation created by the Pullman Company's Manufacturing Department. The cost sheets are arranged chronologically and represent an itemized financial breakdown of costs by material, labor, extra equipment, sundries, and recapitulation for a variety of Pullman cars. The cover sheet for work orders notes the lot number, plan number, type of Pullman car (e.g. baggage, parlor, private) being manufactured or serviced/repaired, to whom the order belongs, and associated dates. For example, one private, steel car for Mr. D. J. Reid or general service parlor car for Southern Railway.

Series 4, Operating Records, 1875-1972, consists of records used by the company for daily operations, particularly instructions for porters as well as repair logbooks, volumes detailing car building completion, published supplements noting specific changes to cars, correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and lists of cars built by Pullman and cars withdrawn from service. Also included is the Illustrations Accompanying the Report of the Engineer-in-chief, H.C. Mais, on Observations on Railways Made During His Tour in 1883. Henry Coathupe Mais (1827-1916) was an English born civil engineer who spent most of his career in Australia. Mais toured railways and other works in Europe and America. His lengthy report with many detailed illustrations was printed in 1884 as a parliamentary paper. Some report pages were moldy and have been separated. These pages include: the index, pages 1-7; page 58; and pages 98-111.

The reports found in the "general file" include Sleeping, Parlor and Lounge Equipment (1945) and Pullman Passenger Survey A Continuing Study--Part II, (1955). The latter report by McFarland, Aveyard and Company studied attitudes and opinions of Pullman passengers. There is a typescript of a presentation made by George W. Bohannan of the Pullman Company to the American Association of Passenger Traffic Officers (1964).

The records documenting the completion of cars are bound volumes arranged chronologically. The volumes detail lot number, plan numbers, date of order, type of car, account name, date of delivery, destination route, estimate price, cost price, and contract price. In some instances, new information was glued or taped into the volume. The repair books capture the date, name of car, yard, name of porter, and date shipped.

Series 5, Personnel Records, 1873-1979, includes a payroll list for the General Ticket Department, 1876; instructions for passengers with cholera, 1873; reward notices for an 1878 robbery; instructional manuals for Pullman porters; photographs of Pullman Company employees working, and general correspondence, 1896-1979; ancedotes about Pullman porters; an obituary for George Arthur Kelly, an executive vice president for the Pullman Company; articles and newspaper clippings about porters and conductors, particularly the Society for the Prevention of Calling Pullman Car Porters "George." Started in 1916, the Society for the Prevention of Calling Pullman Car Porters "George" was founded by George W. Dulany, Jr., an Iowa lumber merchant. Dulany organized the society for fun after hearing passengers call every porter George. The society became a hobby and there were no meetings, dues, or activities associated with his work. Dulany's campaign was solely to have passengers use a porter's correct name or simply call them "porter."

Series 6, Drawings, 1907-1939 and undated, contains bound volumes arranged chronologically of records of tracings of drawings for Pullman cars. The volumes detail the negative number, date, type of car, job number, and remarks.

Series 7, Photographs, 1932-1950s and undated, consists primarily of black-and-white copy prints (8" x 10") documenting employees, especially porters, passengers, and hospital cars. Many of the hospital cars depict both the exterior and interior, but none with patients. The passenger photographs are almost exclusively interior images of persons dining, sleeping, playing cards, and in general seating areas. The Southern Pacific dining car photographs are original prints and bear the Pullman Car Company embossed stamp and unique number. This range of photographs is (Pullman photograph #32867 to #32873) and the images depict exterior and interior views of the dining cars. There is one album of ninety-nine photographs taken by Ricardo Villalba (active 1860-1880) in Peru. The album was made for W.W. Evans, Esquire in 1875. The images depict landscapes, bridges, train tracks, railroad cars, railroad engines, and buildings, such as the Pano Cathedral.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into seven series:

Series 1, Historical Background, 1867-1982

Series 2, Correspondence, 1912-1960

Series 3, Financial Records, 1875-1930

Series 4, Operating Records, 1875-1972

Series 5, Personnel Records, 1873-1979

Series 6, Drawings, 1907-1939 and undated

Series 7, Photographs, 1932-1950s and undated

Biographical / Historical:

George M. Pullman (1831-1897) developed the railroad passenger sleeping car service into a major 19th century industry. He created the Pullman Palace Car Company in 1867. George Pullman was succeeded as president of the company by Robert Todd Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln's son, who served until 1911. In 1900, after buying competing companies, the firm was reorganized as the Pullman Company.

The idea for specially designed sleeping cars came to Pullman while traveling from Buffalo to Westfield, New York in 1854. He altered existing railroad cars in September, 1858, for service on the Chicago and Alton Railroad. They first sleeping car built to Pullman's specifications was the "pioneer," which carried part of the Lincoln funeral party from Chicago to Springfield, Illinois in 1865. In 1867 "hotel cars" were introduced. These sleeping cars, equipped with kitchen and dining facilities, eliminating the need for trains to stop at stations for passengers to buy food. In 1868, Pullman built the "Delmonica," devoted to restaurant purposes. The Pullman firm also built streetcars and trolleys.

In 1880 George Pullman built the town of Pullman, just south of the city of Chicago along the Illinois Central Railroad line, as the site for his manufacturing plant. Intended as a model manufacturing town, it had 12,000 residents in 1893. It suffered from the usual company town problems and was annexed to Chicago in 1889. In the wake of the depression of 1893 Pullman reduced wages for its workers by 25% or more. The American Railway Union, lead by Eugene V. Debs, sought to bring wage issues to arbitration but Pullman refused. In June, 1894 some 4,000 employees struck the company gaining support from thousands of railroad workers who refused to handle trains with Pullman cars. President Grover Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago in July and after a period of sporadic violence the strike was over by the end of the summer.

In later years the Pullman company introduced several innovations. It built lighter, articulated cars of alloy steel beginning in 1936. The following year, it introduced the roomette car with eighteen enclosed private rooms. In 1956 Pullman introduced the dome sleeper car with an upper deck observation level. The United States anti-trust suit against Pullman Manufacturing and Operating Company resulted in a 1944 decision requiring a separation of car building and car operation activities. Pullman sold its sleeping car service, transferring its operating unit to a group of fifty-nine railway firms in 1947.

George Pullman introduced two notable practices. First, rather than operating railroads, his firm leased sleeping cars to the railroads and provided the complete services on them, including supplying porters, conductors, dining staff, and food and linens. Second, Pullman named each of his sleeping and dining cars rather than assigning them numbers. This was intended to enhance the company's image by creating a personality for the car. Different categories of names signified different categories of cars and geographical names also helped to promote travel to the areas in which they operated.

Arthur Detmers Dubin assembled these Pullman Company materials. Dubin was born in 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. He began his architectural education at the University of Michigan in 1941 but was interrupted by World War II, and he served with distinction in the United States Army until 1946. After completing his studies in 1949, Dubin joined his father's and uncle's architectural firm, Dubin and Dubin, as a second--eneration architect. The leadership of the firm soon passed to Arthur and his brother, Martin David, and in 1965 they were joined by John Black and in 1966 by John Moutoussamy. Arthur's life--ong interest in trains and transportation and their implications for architecture is evident in transit stations commissions and service on transportation--elated advisory boards (Dubin was a member of the Illinois Railroad Commission), as well as in his writings and personal collections. Dubin was an avid train enthusiast and collector.

References

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Area Architects Oral History Project

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

Pullman Palace Car Company Photographs (NMAH.AC.1175), contains photographs of Pullman cars: freight, passenger, private and street railway/rapid transit cars. The bulk of the collection contains approximately 13,500 original glass plate negatives, film negatives, and copy prints.

Industry on Parade (NMAH.AC.0507) contains Reel #99, Servicing Sleepers, 1952. The Pullman Coach Company, Chicago, Illinois.

Materials In Other Organizations

Art Institute of Chicago

Bombardier Corporation

California State Railroad Museum

Chicago Historical Society

Arthur Dubin Collection at Lakeforest College

Illinois Railway Museum

Newberry Library, Pullman Company Archives

The Pullman Company archives consists of 2,500 cubic feet of records from the Pullman Company and Pullman heirs. The collection is comprised of business archives of the Pullman Palace Car Company from 1867 and include records of the entire firm up to the 1924 split into operating (sleeping car operation, service, and repair) and manufacturiung companies. From 1924 to 1981 the records chronicle the activities of the operating company only.

Pennsylvania State Archives

Pullman State Historic Site

Pullman Technology (Harvey, Illinois)

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Arthur D. Dubin Papers (83-015; 83-076; 83-101)

South Suburban Genealogical & Historical Society (South Holland, illinois)

Provenance:

Collection materials were donated by Arthur D. Dubin in 1980 and on January 30, 1986. Additional materials were donated by Lorrain Douglass, Kiara S. Winans and Kristin Peterson on April 3, 2012.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

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.

Topic:

Hospital cars  Search this

Hotel car  Search this

Roomette car  Search this

Dining cars  Search this

Labor relations  Search this

Railroads -- Dining-car service  Search this

Sleeping car  Search this

Strikes and lockouts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1930-1940

Correspondence -- 1930-1960

Drawings

Citation:

Pullman Palace Car Company Collection, 1867-1982, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0181

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Pullman Palace Car Company Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep859ac8544-9c31-48af-be09-abe3d415e126

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0181

Extent:

8.70 cu. ft. (9 document boxes) (7 12x17 boxes) (1 16x20 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Date:

1846-1995

Descriptive Entry:

These records are the official minutes of the Board. They are compiled at the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian, who is also secretary to the Board, after approval by the Regents' Executive Committee and by the Regents themselves. The minutes are edited, not a verbatim account of proceedings. For reasons unknown, there are no manuscript minutes for the period from 1857 through 1890; and researchers must rely on printed minutes published in the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution instead. Minutes are transferred regularly from the Secretary's Office to the Archives. Minutes less than 15 years old are closed to researchers. Indexes exist for the period from 1907 to 1946 and can be useful.

Historical Note:

The Smithsonian Institution was created by authority of an Act of Congress approved August 10, 1846. The Act entrusted direction of the Smithsonian to a body called the Establishment, composed of the President; the Vice President; the Chief Justice of the United States; the secretaries of State, War, Navy, Interior, and Agriculture; the Attorney General; and the Postmaster General. In fact, however, the Establishment last met in 1877, and control of the Smithsonian has always been exercised by its Board of Regents. The membership of the Regents consists of the Vice President and the Chief Justice of the United States; three members each of the Senate and House of Representatives; two citizens of the District of Columbia; and seven citizens of the several states, no two from the same state. (Prior to 1970 the category of Citizen Regents not residents of Washington consisted of four members). By custom the Chief Justice is Chancellor. The office was at first held by the Vice President. However, when Millard Fillmore succeeded to the presidency on the death of Zachary Taylor in 1851, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney was chosen in his stead. The office has always been filled by the Chief Justice since that time.

The Regents of the Smithsonian have included distinguished Americans from many walks of life. Ex officio members (Vice President) have been: Spiro T. Agnew, Chester A. Arthur, Allen W. Barkley, John C. Breckenridge, George Bush, Schuyler Colfax, Calvin Coolidge, Charles Curtis, George M. Dallas, Charles G. Dawes, Charles W. Fairbanks, Millard Fillmore, Gerald R. Ford, John N. Garner, Hannibal Hamlin, Thomas A. Hendricks, Garret A. Hobart, Hubert H. Humphrey, Andrew Johnson, Lyndon B. Johnson, William R. King, Thomas R. Marshall, Walter F. Mondale, Levi P. Morton, Richard M. Nixon, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt, James S. Sherman, Adlai E. Stevenson, Harry S. Truman, Henry A. Wallace, William A. Wheeler, Henry Wilson.

Ex officio members (Chief Justice) have been: Roger B. Taney, Salmon P. Chase, Nathan Clifford, Morrison R. Waite, Samuel F. Miller, Melville W. Fuller, Edward D. White, William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan F. Stone, Fred M. Vinson, Earl Warren, Warren E. Burger.

Regents on the part of the Senate have been: Clinton P. Anderson, Newton Booth, Sidney Breese, Lewis Cass, Robert Milledge Charlton, Bennet Champ Clark, Francis M. Cockrell, Shelby Moore Cullom, Garrett Davis, Jefferson Davis, George Franklin Edmunds, George Evans, Edwin J. Garn, Walter F. George, Barry Goldwater, George Gray, Hannibal Hamlin, Nathaniel Peter Hill, George Frisbie Hoar, Henry French Hollis, Henry M. Jackson, William Lindsay, Henry Cabot Lodge, Medill McCormick, James Murray Mason, Samuel Bell Maxey, Robert B. Morgan, Frank E. Moss, Claiborne Pell, George Wharton Pepper, David A. Reed, Leverett Saltonstall, Hugh Scott, Alexander H. Smith, Robert A. Taft, Lyman Trumbull, Wallace H. White, Jr., Robert Enoch Withers.

Regents on the part of the House of Representatives have included: Edward P. Boland, Frank T. Bow, William Campbell Breckenridge, Overton Brooks, Benjamin Butterworth, Clarence Cannon, Lucius Cartrell, Hiester Clymer, William Colcock, William P. Cole, Jr., Maurice Connolly, Silvio O. Conte, Edward E. Cox, Edward H. Crump, John Dalzell, Nathaniel Deering, Hugh A. Dinsmore, William English, John Farnsworth, Scott Ferris, Graham Fitch, James Garfield, Charles L. Gifford, T. Alan Goldsborough, Frank L. Greene, Gerry Hazleton, Benjamin Hill, Henry Hilliard, Ebenezer Hoar, William Hough, William M. Howard, Albert Johnson, Leroy Johnson, Joseph Johnston, Michael Kirwan, James T. Lloyd, Robert Luce, Robert McClelland, Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., George H. Mahon, George McCrary, Edward McPherson, James R. Mann, George Perkins Marsh, Norman Y. Mineta, A. J. Monteague, R. Walton Moore, Walter H. Newton, Robert Dale Owen, James Patterson, William Phelps, Luke Poland, John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn, B. Carroll Reece, Ernest W. Roberts, Otho Robards Singleton, Frank Thompson, Jr., John M. Vorys, Hiram Warner, Joseph Wheeler.

Citizen Regents have been: David C. Acheson, Louis Agassiz, James B. Angell, Anne L. Armstrong, William Backhouse Astor, J. Paul Austin, Alexander Dallas Bache, George Edmund Badger, George Bancroft, Alexander Graham Bell, James Gabriel Berrett, John McPherson Berrien, Robert W. Bingham, Sayles Jenks Bowen, William G. Bowen, Robert S. Brookings, John Nicholas Brown, William A. M. Burden, Vannevar Bush, Charles F. Choate, Jr., Rufus Choate, Arthur H. Compton, Henry David Cooke, Henry Coppee, Samuel Sullivan Cox, Edward H. Crump, James Dwight Dana, Harvey N. Davis, William Lewis Dayton, Everette Lee Degolyer, Richard Delafield, Frederic A. Delano, Charles Devens, Matthew Gault Emery, Cornelius Conway Felton, Robert V. Fleming, Murray Gell-Mann, Robert F. Goheen, Asa Gray, George Gray, Crawford Hallock Greenwalt, Nancy Hanks, Caryl Parker Haskins, Gideon Hawley, John B. Henderson, John B. Henderson, Jr., A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., Gardner Greene Hubbard, Charles Evans Hughes, Carlisle H. Humelsine, Jerome C. Hunsaker, William Preston Johnston, Irwin B. Laughlin, Walter Lenox, Augustus P. Loring, John Maclean, William Beans Magruder, John Walker Maury, Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, John C. Merriam, R. Walton Moore, Roland S. Morris, Dwight W. Morrow, Richard Olney, Peter Parker, Noah Porter, William Campbell Preston, Owen Josephus Roberts, Richard Rush, William Winston Seaton, Alexander Roby Shepherd, William Tecumseh Sherman, Otho Robards Singleton, Joseph Gilbert Totten, John Thomas Towers, Frederic C. Walcott, Richard Wallach, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., James E. Webb, James Clarke Welling, Andrew Dickson White, Henry White, Theodore Dwight Woolsey.

Topic:

Museums -- Administration  Search this

Museum trustees  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuscripts

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 1, Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes

Identifier:

Record Unit 1

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Archival Repository:

Smithsonian Institution Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-sia-faru0001

User:

Dempsey, Jack  Search this

Physical Description:

leather; cotton (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 11 in x 4 in; 27.94 cm x 10.16 cm

overall; single glove: 11 in x 6 in x 4 in; 27.94 cm x 15.24 cm x 10.16 cm

Object Name:

Gloves, Pair of

boxing gloves

Date made:

1920

Subject:

Boxing  Search this

Professional  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Chicago Historical Society, through Ellsworth H. Brown

ID Number:

1982.0360.01

Accession number:

1982.0360

Catalog number:

1982.0360.01

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Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-d774-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_665782

Landscape architect:

Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951  Search this

Provenance:

Chicago Park District Special Collections  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Douglas Park (Chicago, Ill.)

United States of America -- Illinois -- Chicago

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes a slide list and excerpts from publications featuring the gardens. The Douglas Park Formal Garden contains formal beds with sixteen thousand annuals, a waterlily pool, and a natural lagoon. The garden is open to the public.

General:

"Douglas Park Formal Garden (near Ogden Ave. and Sacramento Blvd.) has formal beds with sixteen thousand annuals, a waterlily pool and a natural lagoon."

Persons associated with property include: Jens Jenson (landscape architect); Chicago Park District Special Collections (Provenance).

Related Materials:

Douglas Park related holdings consist of 1 folder (2 35 mm. slides)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials 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. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File IL072

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Illinois

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6dbb8891b-d0ce-4fb4-ab1b-b10c837c1a0c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref6757

Landscape architect:

Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951  Search this

Provenance:

Chicago Park District Special Collections  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Garfield Park Conservatory (Chicago, Illinois)

United States of America -- Illinois -- Chicago

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes a slide list and excerpts from publications featuring the gardens.

General:

"Garfield Park holds Chicago's famous conservatory. Built in 1893, the 4 1/2 acre Garfield Park Conservatory (300 N. Central Park Blvd.) represents one of the largest and finest publicly owned conservatories in the world. Its enormous collection contains over five thousand varieties and species, and its propagating houses grow nearly three hundred thousand plants each year. Displays include the Palm House, the Fernery (over a hundred kinds of ferns), the Aroid House (tropicals), the Cactus House and and Economic Plant Houses (tropicals, citrus, spices), and the Main Horticultural Hall and the Show House, where massive floral exhibitions are held four times yearly. Near the conservatory is the large Garfield Park garden, 4 acres containing over twenty-four formal flower beds (fifteen thousand annuals), and a pool containing the best waterlily collection (fifty varieties) in the Midwest."

Persons associated with property include: Jens Jenson (landscape architect); Chicago Park District Special Collections (Provenance).

Related Materials:

Garfield Park Conservatory related holdings consist of 1 folder (2 35 mm. slides)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials 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. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File IL073

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Illinois

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6bb1c0cf0-fb9c-4280-81ea-c347a10ed0d8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref6758

Collection Creator:

Asch, Moses  Search this

Distler, Marian, 1919-1964  Search this

Folkways Records  Search this

Container:

Box 3.11, Folder 10

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1980

Scope and Contents note:

File consists of correspondence requesting permission to use records for exhibit.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Collection Citation:

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

CFCH.ASCH, File ASCH_03_011_010

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Moses and Frances Asch Collection

Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 3: Business Records / 3.1: General Business A-L

Archival Repository:

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk54907c6cb-3cdf-43cb-984c-442ff6d9d12f

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-cfch-asch-ref11985

Collector:

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Attributed name:

Cramer, Edward M.  Search this

Extent:

1 Cubic foot (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Broadsides

Sheet music

Place:

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

Date:

1860-1868

Summary:

This collection contains sheet music themed in support of the Confederacy. Many pieces were printed within the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1861-1865). It also contains one Confederate bond and early twentieth century facsimiles of Confederate broadsides from the Chicago Historical Society.

Scope and Contents:

Originally titled the Edward M. Cramer Confederate Sheet Music Collection in honor of Cramer, president of the music rights organization BMI from 1968-1987, this collection contains sheet music produced within the Confederate States of America, before and after the Civil War.

Series 1, Sheet Music, 1860-1868, undated, contains single sheet songs arranged alphabetically by title as well as compilations. The compilations are filed alphabetically under the song title most identified with the Confederacy. For instance, the reel "Molly Gardner" is in a collection of reels entitled Jerdon's Reels but found under the title "Molly Gardner".

Series 2, Ephemera, 1863, undated, contains one Confederate States bond and twentieth century facsimiles from the Chicago Historical Society of a variety of Confederate broadsides.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1, Sheet Music, 1860-1868, undated

Series 2, Ephemera, 1863, undated

Biographical / Historical:

During the American Civil War (1861-1865), the South used music as propaganda and inspiration to both the Confederate forces and the civilian population. After the war the music conjured up memories of the "Lost Cause" and those unfortunate soldiers who did not return home. Subject matter for songs was wide-ranging and drew from both domestic and military themes. Even though cut off from the music publishing houses of the northern states, the South was very active in publishing music within the boundaries of the Confederacy. Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee were reported to be the most active publishing centers, with the cities of Augusta, Georgia; Columbia, South Carolina; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Mobile, Alabama also publishing sheet music. Much of this music was published on inferior grades of paper, and even though the cover engraving tended to be excellent at the beginning of the war, by war's end the covers were fairly plain and devoid of color or elaborate decoration.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music, 1790-1980s (AC0300)

Provenance:

This collection was donated by Broadcast Music, Incorporated (BMI), 2011.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

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.

Topic:

War Between the States, 1861-1865  Search this

Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Communications  Search this

Genre/Form:

Broadsides

Sheet music -- 19th century

Citation:

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1258

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BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87e23fa00-5fda-4c92-ab46-d2049795fdfb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1258

Publisher:

Chicago Historical Society  Search this

Donor:

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 17.0" x 11.0".)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 22

Type:

Archival materials

Reproductions

Broadsides

Place:

Confederate States of America

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Reproduction of a poster in the Chicago Historical Society collection.

Local Numbers:

AC1258-0000089.jpg (AC Scan)

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

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 may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Draft -- 19th century  Search this

Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this

Genre/Form:

Reproductions

Broadsides

Collection Citation:

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection / Series 2: Ephemera / Confederate broadsides, Chicago Historical Society facsimiles

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f15d5963-ca69-44a5-b451-5bd3ade85754

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1258-ref925

Publisher:

Chicago Historical Society  Search this

Donor:

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 17.0" x 11.0".)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 22

Type:

Archival materials

Reproductions

Broadsides

Place:

Confederate States of America

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

AC1258-0000090.jpg (AC Scan)

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

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 may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Civil War, 1861-1865  Search this

Genre/Form:

Reproductions

Broadsides

Collection Citation:

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection / Series 2: Ephemera / Confederate broadsides, Chicago Historical Society facsimiles

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82ac2ab1d-6192-415c-ac3a-95d16a596541

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1258-ref926

Artist:

Otto J. Schneider, 1875 - 1946  Search this

Copy after:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Sitter:

Cornelius Rea Acheson, 1856 - 1931  Search this

Medium:

Etching and drypoint on paper

Dimensions:

Image: 21.4 × 13.8 cm (8 7/16 × 5 7/16")

Sheet: 28.6 × 20.6 cm (11 1/4 × 8 1/8")

Type:

Print

Date:

c. 1910-20

Topic:

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

Cornelius Rea Acheson: Male  Search this

Cornelius Rea Acheson: Politics and Government\Cabinet member\Secretary of State  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Chicago Historical Society

Object number:

S/NPG.79.35

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ceaf31e4-4607-487a-8d04-340ef1b96cfb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.79.35

Artist:

Otto J. Schneider, 1875 - 1946  Search this

Copy after:

Unidentified Artist  Search this

Sitter:

S. A. Walker, born mid 19th century  Search this

Medium:

Etching and drypoint on paper

Dimensions:

Image: 25.3 × 17 cm (9 15/16 × 6 11/16")

Sheet: 34 × 24 cm (13 3/8 × 9 7/16")

Type:

Print

Date:

c. 1920-30

Topic:

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache  Search this

Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Necktie  Search this

S. A. Walker: Male  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Chicago Historical Society

Object number:

S/NPG.79.36

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm42133f73b-f718-4961-a319-e92915f4652d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_S_NPG.79.36

Creator:

Chicago Historical Society  Search this

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 10.2" x 9.5".)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 22

Type:

Archival materials

Broadsides

Place:

Confederate States of America

Date:

1863

Local Numbers:

AC1258-0000087.jpg (AC Scan)

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

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 may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form:

Broadsides

Collection Citation:

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection / Series 2: Ephemera / Confederate broadsides, Chicago Historical Society facsimiles

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8dcc6ea31-6ecb-44f4-9d74-ae1d13015f5b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1258-ref923

Creator:

Chicago Historical Society  Search this

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 13.2" x 9.5".)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 22

Type:

Archival materials

Broadsides

Place:

Confederate States of America

Date:

1861

Local Numbers:

AC1258-0000088.jpg (AC Scan)

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

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 may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form:

Broadsides

Collection Citation:

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection / Series 2: Ephemera / Confederate broadsides, Chicago Historical Society facsimiles

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88802056a-b863-4df5-9fe3-ae0e396ac539

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1258-ref924

Creator:

Chicago Historical Society  Search this

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Broadcast Music, Inc.  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Ink on paper., 11.8" x 9.6".)

Container:

Box 1, Folder 22

Type:

Archival materials

Broadsides

Place:

Confederate States of America

Date:

undated

Local Numbers:

AC1258-0000091.jpg (AC Scan)

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research use.

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 may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form:

Broadsides

Collection Citation:

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection

BMI Archives Confederate Sheet Music Collection / Series 2: Ephemera / Confederate broadsides, Chicago Historical Society facsimiles

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ce16b067-bb39-4e74-adb3-ce1587f9ad1a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1258-ref927

Donor:

Shalett, Lew  Search this

Photographer:

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986  Search this

Creator:

Sheldon-Claire Company  Search this

Extent:

10 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 21 map-folders, 2 films, 1 videocassette)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Posters

Date:

1926-1968

Summary:

Employee motivational materials, circa 1926-1968, produced by the Sheldon-Claire Company.

Scope and Contents:

Employee motivational materials, circa 1926-1968, produced by the Sheldon-Claire Company. Materials include posters, pamphlets, manuals and other materials, in addition to the papers documenting the development and promotion of these products. Many are reproductions of work by famous photographers, such as Russell Lee. Some reflect World War II themes or constitute wartime propaganda.

Arrangement:

The collections is arranged into 14 series.

Series 1: Poster Campaigns, 1943-1964

Series 2: Bulletins, 1949-1963

Series 3: Supervisors Manuals, undated

Series 4: Small versions of Posters by Topics, undated

Series 5: Mail-O-Grams, undated

Series 6: Meet Bill Jones Service, 1926-1927

Series 7: Endorsements and Acknowledgments, undated

Series 8: The Greenly Plan, undated

Series 9: Scrapbook, undated

Series 10: Papers on Client Relations

Series 11: Background and Historical Materials, undated

Series 12: Copyright Papers, 1936-1968

Series 13: Posters, 1927-1962

Series 14: Miscellaneous, undated

Biographical / Historical:

In 1981, Mr. Lew Shallet sold his employee motivation program to Pratt, Whitney. However, that firm found that there was no market for it and it was discontinued. Mr. And Mrs. Lew Shalett moved to Florida in 1981. Mr. Shalett passed away on January 29, 1994.

Materials at Other Organizations:

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

In 1943, Mr. Shalett donated a set of his "This is America" posters to President Franklin D. Roosevelt; they were placed into the collection at Roosevelt's Hyde Park Library, where they joined previous poster series that Shalett had donated. In 1980, Mr. Shalett donated to the Chicago Historical Society his "valuable personal and private organized collection of graphic arts and related material consisting of original lithographed posters produced in the 20's [sic], 30's [sic], and during World War II."

Provenance:

Donated to the Archives Center by Mrs. Wanda Shalett in December 2001.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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.

Topic:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this

Industrial relations  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Posters -- United States  Search this

Propaganda  Search this

Genre/Form:

Posters -- 20th century

Citation:

Sheldon-Claire Company Records, 1926-1980, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0768

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Sheldon-Claire Company Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8458da57e-ddf0-4157-bfa7-2336461062f2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0768

Series Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 9

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1936

Series Restrictions:

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, 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).

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Historical

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Historical / Organizational Records, Marketing Material, Images, and Literature / 1: Organization and Society Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81ca25679-2bbe-4b1d-a8d4-594118f714ee

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-historical-ref533

Series Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Container:

Box ADD76, Folder 16

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1882 December 5

Scope and Contents note:

Address of Emery A. Storrs for the benefit of the Chicago Historical Society.

Series Restrictions:

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 Geographical Categories: Illinois, 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).

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Geographical Categories: Illinois

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep869fabeee-2355-405c-91f5-d597874020f9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-02-illinois-ref37