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Measurements:

overall: 7 1/2 in x 6 in x 6 in; 19.05 cm x 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm

Object Name:

vulcanizer, patent model

Credit Line:

Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery

ID Number:

MG.291116.166

Patent number:

53,612

Accession number:

291116

Catalog number:

291116.166

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-54e4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1401379

Measurements:

overall: 3/4 in x 6 1/4 in x 5/8 in; 1.905 cm x 15.875 cm x 1.5875 cm

Object Name:

oral hygiene product

toothbrush

Other Terms:

Toothbrush; Dentistry

Date made:

c 1920s-1940s

Credit Line:

Gift of Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery

ID Number:

MG.291116.326

Accession number:

291116

Catalog number:

291116.326

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-68d3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_724568

Measurements:

overall: 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 16.51 cm x 1.27 cm

Object Name:

oral hygiene product

toothbrush

Other Terms:

Toothbrush; Dentistry

Place made:

France

Date made:

c. 1925

Collection:

Dr. C. Edmund Kells Collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. J. O. Pierson

ID Number:

MG.M-10650

Catalog number:

M-10650

Accession number:

254077

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Beauty and Hygiene Products: Oral Care

Beauty and Health

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-4dab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_724569

Measurements:

overall: 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.445 cm

Object Name:

Dentures, Silver

denture

denture device

Other Terms:

Dentures, Silver; Dentistry

Subject:

Dental Products  Search this

Civil War  Search this

Credit Line:

D. L. Crowson

ID Number:

MG.M-12990

Catalog number:

M-12990

Accession number:

287883

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-ffd8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_733011

Medium:

metal

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (3.81 × 3.81 cm)

Type:

Seals, Symbols & Signage

Place:

Maryland

Date:

1892

Topic:

Popular Culture  Search this

Object number:

0.052985.212

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National Postal Museum Collection

On View:

Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm86640f773-e46b-42e9-a5b2-daf2427b37fc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_0.052985.212

Physical Description:

metal (overall material)

textile, velvet (overall material)

maroon (overall color)

metal, silver (overall material)

porcelain (overall material)

metal, gold (overall material)

Measurements:

average spatial: 2.2 cm x 10.1 cm x 7 cm; 7/8 in x 4 in x 2 3/4 in

case: 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 10.4775 cm x 6.985 cm

denture, set: 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 9.2075 cm x 6.0325 cm

Object Name:

Case

denture, set

dental device, set

Date made:

1829 - 1917

Credit Line:

Allene and Roger W. Reynolds

ID Number:

1991.0723.01

Catalog number:

1991.0723.01

Accession number:

1991.0723

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-3674-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1086348

Physical Description:

wood, rosewood (overall material)

leather (overall material)

mother-of-pearl (overall material)

fabric, velvet (overall material)

burgandy (overall color)

gold (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 19.1 cm x 43.3 cm x 30.6 cm; 7 1/2 in x 17 1/16 in x 12 1/16 in

overall: 7 1/2 in x 17 1/8 in x 12 1/8 in; 19.05 cm x 43.4975 cm x 30.7975 cm

Object Name:

Dental Instrument Set

dental instrument set

Credit Line:

Claire Garnier Smith

ID Number:

1992.0365.01

Catalog number:

1992.0365.01

Accession number:

1992.0365

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-dc88-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1141698

Creator:

Perkins, James Secor  Search this

Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924  Search this

Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972  Search this

Extent:

5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)

5 Cubic feet (19 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Videotapes

Betacam sp (videotape format)

Motion pictures (visual works)

Date:

1907-2000

bulk 1911-1924

Summary:

The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are slides dcoumenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists primarily of glass plate slides (negative and positive), photo prints, and stereographs documenting the work undertaken by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. As scientific managers, the Gilbreth's introduced new techniques to analyze work, the workplace, and work practices with the goal of eliminating waste to maximize productivity. The collection illustrates these new techniques and their application to a wide variety of studies. The collection is diverse and provides insight into understanding how Gilbreth approached his studies. Also included are slides documenting the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends. The collection also contains the film "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way," 1968 by James S. Perkins.

Series 1, Background Information, 1892-1997, includes biographical materials about Frank B. Gilbreth; copies of some of Frank Gilbreth's patents, 1892-1916; and printed materials, 1907-1997, that contain articles, newspaper and magazine clippings about Frank and Lillian Gilbreth and time and motion study generally. Black-and-white photo prints of Gilbreth or work Gilbreth documented from collections held at Purdue University and Ohio State University are included.

Series 2, Glass plate stereo slides, 1910-1924, consists of approximately 2,250 glass stereo slides photographed by Frank B. Gilbreth and others and intended for viewing through an optical viewing machine. Some are positive black and white, positive color, and negative black and white. The subject matter of the slides covers the work undertaken by Frank Gilbreth from 1910 to 1924 in the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Many of the images serve as documentation for the studies the couple performed as they were hired by firms in an attempt to provide solutions to the problems of inefficiency. Also included are the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends.

The slides are numbered sequentially. For example, a glass plate slide numbered 318949.001 will have a corresponding photoprint 318949.001 in Series 3, Photoprints of glass plate slides. Note: not all glass plate slides have corresponding photoprints. Additionally, there are Office of Photographics Services, Smithsonian Institution negative numbers assigned to many of the photo prints.

Some subject categories include:

Frank B. Gilbreth: working in motion laboratories, on factory inspections, seated in offices, with family and friends, in World War I uniform, watching and monitoring shop operations.

Lillian M. Gilbreth: with family, during university graduation ceremonies, traveling and working with Frank and observing office workers.

Gilbreth Family: family on the road in an automobile, at home seated around the dinner table, in the parlor, in the garden, and with friends and relatives.

Gilbreth ship travel: contains views on steamer voyages to Europe, deck scenes, arrivals, departures, ship officers and crew, and other passengers.

Automobile assembly study: internal and external views of a warehouse/factory, including large piles or rows of metal car frames and other parts.

Benchwork study: images of a male worker standing or sitting in a chair while filing an object secured in a vice at a workbench.

Betterment: images of efforts whcih contributed to industrial betterment (the Gilbreth chair, employee library, and the home reading box).

Bricklaying study: view of men wearing overalls and caps, shoveling, and men laying bicks.

Business and apparatus of motion study: views of lectures, meetings, film showings, demonstrations, charts, drawings, motion models, charts amd some equipment.

Disabled study: views of partially blind World War I veterans, amputees using special tytpewriter, assembling machinery, use of cructhes, and a one armed dentist.

Factory bench work: table-top machines assembly operations, hand tools, orderly arrangement of parts prior to and during assembly and a variety of bench vises.

Factory documentation: various images of the interior and edterior of factories including heavy machinery.

Golfing study: various cyclegraphs of a man swinging a golf club.

Grid boards: back drops used by Gikbreth to isolate and measure worker motions. This includes walls, floors, desktops, and drop cloths divided into grids of various densities and scales.

Handwriting and cyclegraphs: finger lights moving in patterns of script.

Ladders: include step ladders and painters' ladders shown in use near shelving.

Light assembly study: wide variety of images ranging from cyclegraphs of women working, to the factory floor as well as tools and machinery.

Materials handling study: different angles of an empty cart, a cart oiled high with boxes, and a man pushing a cart illustrating different body positions.

Military study: illustrate work on the Army foot meausring machine, gun parts, men holding a rifle.

Motion models: images of simple wire motionmodels.

Needle trade study: views of textile machinery and workers.

Office study: various shots inside of an office with tables, desks, drawers, files, and typewriters. Some of the images are cyclegraphs of femal and male workers performing tasks, such as writing, both tin the context of an office as well as in front of a grdidded background. There are several close-ups of an organizer containing penciles, paperclips, pins and rubberbands.

Packing: methods of placing and arranging goods in boxes, such as soap packing.

Panama-Pacific Exposition 1915: contains views of statuary, fountains, and architecture of the exposition held in San Francisco.

Pure light cyclegraphs: no workers or grids visible only finger lights in motion.

Rubber stamping study: hand movements and access to ink pads and stamps.

Scenic views: views of buildings, landscapes, street scenes, and fountains from around the world documenting Gilbreth's travels.

Shoe making study: laboratory studies of shoe assembly operations with an emphasis on workers access to component pieces.

Shop machinery: various shots of machines and workers working with machines.

Signage: include organizational flow charts, shop floor plans, route maps, office layouts, numbering systems, exhibit display boards illustrating Frank Gilbreth's efficiency studies and techniques.

Stacking: views of the art and science of stacking boxes, clothing, equipment, containers, and vertical storage without shelves.

Stock bins: consists of storage pips, paper, other raw materials, shelves, and corridoe shots.

Storage: images illustrate contrast between old techniques and new.

Surgical and dental studies: thester views of surgeons, assistants, nurses, hand motions in grasping, placing surgical instruments, dental work and self inspection of teeth.

Tool cribs: storage of hand tools in shops with an emphasis on easy access and easy inventorying.

Typing study: various views of femaile s under observation using Remington typewriters.

Series 3, Photoprints of glass plate slides, 1910-1924, consist of black and white photoprints of the glass plate slides depicting the fields of motion study, shop efficiency, and factory organization. Also included are the Gilbreth Family, their travels, residences, and friends.

Series 5, Stereographs,1911-1914,

Series 6, Audio Visual Materials, 1968, 2000, and undated, is divided into three subseries: Subseries 1, Audio visual documentation, 1968 and undated; Subseries 2, Moving Images, 1968 and undated; and Subseries 3, Audio Recordings, 1980, 1990,. 2000 and undated. The series contains several formats: 7" open reel-to-reel audio tape, 1/2" VHS, Beta Cam SP, DVD, audio cassette, one inch audio tape, and 16 mm film.

Subseries 1, Audio visual documentation, 1967-1968 and undated, consists of supplemental documentation for the film, "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way." Specifically, there are brochures and other printed materials detailing what the film is about and how copies may be obtained. This subseries also contains a copy of the book Cheaper by the Dozen, 1948. The book was written by Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey and tells the biographical story of Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and their twelve children. The book was adapted to film by Twentieth Century Fox in 1950.

Subseries 2, Moving Images, 1967, consists of one title, "The Original Films of Gilbreth The Quest for the One Best Way." The film materials consist of the film's production elements: 16 mm black and white negative A-roll; 16mm black-and-white negative B-roll; and the optical track negative. Each is 800 feet in length.

The film presents a summary of work analysis films which were taken by Frank B. Gilbreth between 1919 and 1924 showing a number of industrial operations from which the motion study was developed. Demonstrates motion and fatigue study, skill study, plant layout and material handling, inventory control, production control, business procedures, safety methods, developing occupations for the handicapped, athletic training and skills, military training, and surgical operations as researched and developed by Gilbreth. Points out that Gilbreth created entirely new techniques on how to improve industrial efficiency, while at the same time significantly improving conditions for the workers. The film was produced by James S. Perkins in collaboration with Dr. Ralph M. Barnes and with commentary by Liilian M. Gilbreth and James S. Perkins. The film was presented on December 3, 1968 at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Annual Meeting in New York. The formats for this title include: 16 mm, Beta Cam SP, and DVD. Additionally, there is a one inch audio tape recording for the film.

Subseries 3, Audio Recordings, 1980, 1990, 2000 and undated consist of a Smithsonian radio program titled "Inside the Smithsonian, Cheaper by The Dozen," from 1980 and an recording of Ernestine Gilbreth Casey discussing Gilbreth Family photographs from 2000. Hosted by [Ann Carroll?], "Inside the Smithsonian, Cheaper by The Dozen," featured Fred and Bill Gilbreth discussing their parents Frank and Lillian, Gilbreth, and the book Cheaper by the Dozen. The radio program coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the American Society of Mechancial Engineers (founded 1880)of which Lillian Gilbreth was the Society's first female member and showcased a single case exhibition at the Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) titled "Frank and Lillian Gilbreth: Motion Engineers." Inside Smithosnian Radio was a weekly program produced by the Office of Telecommunications. The recording of Ernestine Gilbreth Carey was recorded on July 9, 2000 and documents Ms. Carey's identification and discussion of Gilbreth Family photographs. David Ferguson assisted in the discussion. A hard copy index to the photographs Ms. Carey discusses is available.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into six series.

Series 1: Background Materials, 1892-1997

Subseries 1.1: Frank B. Gilbreth, undated

Subseries 1.2: Frank B. Gilbreth patents, 1892-1916

Subseries 1.3: Printed Materials, 1907-1997

Series 2: Glass Stereo Slides (Positive), 1910-1924 and undated

Series 3: Photo prints of glass stereo slides, 1910-1924 and undated

Subseries 3.1: Photo Print Books, 1-9, undated

Subseries 3.2: Photo prints (duplicates), undated

Series 4: Stereo Autochromes, undated

Series 5: Stereograph Cards, 1911-1914

Series 6: Audio Visual Materials, 1968, 1990, 2000 and undated

Subseries 6.1, Audio visual documentation, 1968 and undated

Subseries 6.2: Moving images, 1968 and undated

Subseries 6.3: Audio recordings, 1980, 1990, 2000, and undated

Biographical / Historical:

Frank Gilbreth is best known for his work on the efficiency of motion. Working with his wife and professional partner Lillian Moller Gilbreth, he applied modern psychology to his work with management. His innovative motion studies were used on factory workers, typists and people with disabilities. Gilbreth established the link between psychology and education to be succesful management.

Frank Gilbreth was born in Fairfield, Maine on July 7, 1868. His parents, John and Martha Bunker Gilbreth were New Englanders. John Gilbreth ran a hardware business, but died when Frank was only three. Bearing the responsibilty of raising her children alone, Martha moved the family twice in search of quality education for her children. Ultimately she decided to school the children herself. In 1885, Frank graduated from English High School in Boston. Despite gaining admission into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frank opted to enter the work world immediately as a bricklayer's apprentice with Whidden and Company, building contractors in Boston.

Smart and skilled, Gilbreth worked his way up in the company. He learned the trade quickly and soon was promoted to supervisor, foreman, and finally to the position of superintendent. To further his edcuation, he went to night school to study mechanical drawing.

At the age of 27, Gilbreth embarked upon his first business venture. He started his own contracting firm. His firm developed a fine reputation for quality work at a very rapid pace. He invented tools, scaffolding, and other contraptions to make the job easier. His company goals included the elimination of waste, the conservation of energy, and the reduction of cost. His work included canals, factories, houses, and dams. His clients came from all parts of the United States, and he performed some work in England.

In 1903, Frank Gilbreth met Lillian Moller (1903-1972) and married her on October 19, 1904. Lillian graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA (1900) and MA (1902). She later earned a Ph.D from Brown University (1915), earning a dissertation titled The Psychology of Management. Lillian's academic work, large family and integral role in Frank's consulting business kept her busy. Her contributions to the business led to a greater understanding of an individual's welfare in the work world. This becamme a key idea to increasing productivity through scientific management techniques.

Working together, the couple became leaders in the new field of scientific management. They published books, gave lectures, and raised tweleve children together: Anne, Mary (1906--912), Ernestine, Martha, Frank Jr., William, Lillian, Frederick, Daniel, John, Robert and Jane. Some of Gilbreth's books include Fields System (1908); Concrete System (1908); Bricklaying System (1909; Motion Study (1911); and Primer of Scientific Management (1911). Gilbreth co-authored with Lillian: Time Study (1916); Fatigue Study (1916); Applied Motion Study (1917); and Motion Study for the Handicapped (1919).

It wasn't long before Gilbreth moved away from construction. Together with his wife, they focused on the link between psychology and motion. With her strong psychological background, and his interest in efficiency, the Gilbreth's opened the School of Scientific Management in 1913. The school was in session for four years. Numerous professional attended the school, and soon the Gilbreth's had established a reputation as consultant's to the new field of scientific management.

In 1912, Frank won a contract with the New England Butt Company in Providence, Rhode Island. There he installed his system of scientific management in a factory setting for the first time. Contracts with the Hermann-Aukam handkerchief manufacturing company in New Jersey and the Auergessellschaft Company in Germany followed. Using motion study, Gilbreth studied and reoganized the factories, attempting to find "the one best way" to do work.

Gilbreth traveled to Germany to continue his work was a scientific manager. He visited factories and hospitals, working to improve procedures and eliminate waste. Using micro-motion study and the chronocyclegraph procedure, he analyzed and dissected motion, discovering therblings, the seventeen fundamental units of any motion. World War I slowed Gilbreth's progress abroad, so he focused his consulting business on firms n the United States.

After World War I, Gilbreth's business thrived. in 1920, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers instituted its Management Division, something Gilbreth had been demanding for years. He was now a famous American engineer, gaining financial rewards as as professional honors.

Frank Gilbreth died suddenly of a heart attack on June 14, 1924, still in the middle of three contracts. He was honored after his death in 1944 by the American Society of Engineers and the American Management Association with the Gant Gold Medal. After Frank's death, Lillian moved the family to California where she continued to work on efficiency and health in industry issues. She was a respected buiness woman and was hired by several companies to train employees, study working conditions, and reduce fatigue. She lectured at several universities (Newark College of Engineering and the University of Wisconsin), and joined the faculty at Purdue University in 1935 as the first woman professor in the engineering school.

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth often used their large family (and Frank himself) as guinea pigs in experiments. Their family exploits are lovingly detailed in the 1948 book Cheaper by the Dozen, written by Frank Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

Related Materials:

Material in Other Institutions

Purdue University, Archives and Special Collections

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers, 1869-2000

The Gilbreth Papers documents the professional and personal lives of Frank Gilbreth and Lillian Gilbreth. The collection consists of personal papers, letters, correspondence, photographs, and other memorabilia that Lillian Gilbreth collected during her life regarding her youth, marriage, family, and career.

Collection of materials related to Lillian Gilbreth, 1964-2006

One folder of items relating to the life of Lillian Gilbreth, and her family, collected by her granddaughter, Lillian (Jill) Barley and Nancy Weston. Materials include clippings relating to the Lillian Gilbreth postage stamp (1984); obituaries and memorial programs for Peter Barney, Ernestine Carey, Lillian Gilbreth, Anne Gilbreth Barney, Charles Carey, and Frank Gilbreth Jr.; programs and photographs relating to Lillian Gilbreth's visit to Athens in 1964; and biographical information on Lillian Gilbreth.

Cornell University, Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives

Frank Gilbreth Papers on Microfilm, Collection Number: 5424 mf

Selected papers pertaining to industrial engineering. Original materials are held by Purdue University. Microfilm copied purchased from Purdue University in April 1968.

Provenance:

The collection materials were donated by several individuals: New Jersey Institute of Technology (1975); Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., (1980); Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1995); Daniel B. Gilbreth (1998); and James Secor Perkins in 2001.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Series 2: Glass Stereo Slides are restricted. Boxes 3-9 were digitized in 2021. Researchers must use digital copies. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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:

Motion study  Search this

Machinery industry  Search this

Machine shops  Search this

Industrial management  Search this

Industrial films  Search this

Industrial engineering  Search this

Genre/Form:

Videotapes

BetaCam SP (videotape format)

Motion pictures (visual works) -- 1930-1950

Citation:

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Digitization of Series 2: Glass Stereo Slides (Positive) was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0803

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a48e652d-6387-4a23-98c0-299772c454d5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0803

Creator:

Gorelick, Shirley, 1924-2000  Search this

Subject:

Gorelick, Leonard  Search this

Soho 20 (Gallery)  Search this

Central Hall Gallery (Port Washington, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Shirley Gorelick papers, 1939-2008, 2016, bulk 1939-1980s. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Sister Chapel (Art installation)  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22098

AAA_collcode_goreshir

Theme:

Women

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_22098

Creator:

Gorelick, Shirley, 1924-2000  Search this

Names:

Central Hall Gallery (Port Washington, N.Y.)  Search this

Soho 20 (Gallery)  Search this

Gorelick, Leonard  Search this

Extent:

4.8 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Date:

1939-2008

2016

bulk 1939-1980s

Summary:

The papers of painter Shirley Gorelick measure 4.8 linear feet and date from 1939-2008, 2016, with the bulk of the material dating from 1939-1980s. The collection documents Gorelick's life and career through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, scattered writings, professional files recording her involvement with art collectives and galleries owned and/or run by women, printed and photographic material, and nine sketchbooks and loose sketches.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of painter Shirley Gorelick measure 4.8 linear feet and date from 1939-2008, 2016, with the bulk of the material dating from 1939-1980s. The collection documents Gorelick's life and career through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, scattered writings, professional files recording her involvement with art collectives and galleries owned and/or run by women, printed and photographic material, and nine sketchbooks and loose sketches.

Biographical material includes resumes and some early employment and education records. Personal correspondence primarily records the first years of Gorelick's marriage and provides insight into her early career through detailed correspondence with her husband, Leonard Gorelick. Professional correspondence is with multiple art galleries, organizations, and institutions primarily relating to exhibitions, pricing of her artwork, sales, and press reviews of her work, including by Lawrence Alloway who corresponded with Gorelick.

Scant writings include artists statements and notes as well as two papers Gorelick wrote as a student.

Professional files include price lists and an inventory of Gorelick's fine art collection, and also document her involvement with SOHO 20 and Central Hall Gallery and her contribution to The Sister Chapel installation.

Printed material documents Gorelick's extensive exhibition history through announcements, catalogs, and press reviews of her solo and group exhibitions and related awards.

Gorelick's sketchbooks comprise 9 volumes with some additional loose sketches enclosed, primarily containing figure studies in pencil. The series also includes an etching and a pencil study.

Photographic material provides what appears to be a comprehensive catalog of Gorelick's artwork from the 1960s through the 1980s, including slides and photos of many of her paintings, intaglio prints, and silverpoint drawings, as well as some of the models Gorelick worked with repeatedly. Also found are photos of Gorelick including portraits, studio photos, and photos of her with friends, colleagues, and family, and of Gorelick at events including exhibition openings and installations.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as seven series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1942-2000 (Box 1; 7 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1939-1994 (Box 1; 0.7 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, 1942-circa 1980s (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 4: Professional Files, circa 1960-1996, 2016 (Box 1; 7 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1940s-2008 (Boxes 2-3, OV 7; 1.8 linear feet)

Series 6: Sketchbooks, circa 1960s-circa 1980s (Boxes 2, 6; 0.3 linear feet)

Series 7: Photographic Material, 1960s-1990s (Boxes 3-5; 1.7 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

New York and Washington, D.C. painter Shirley Gorelick (1924-2000) is known primarily for her large-scale portraits in acrylic. Gorelick described her work as "psychological portraiture," that depicted couples and families through an intimate and empathic lens.

Gorelick was born Shirley Fishman in Brooklyn, New York. Her education involved studying with Chaim Gross, Moses Soyer, and Raphael Soyer, and then with Serge Chermayeff at Brooklyn College where she earned her B. A. in 1944. Gorelick subsequently earned an M. A. at Teachers College, Columbia University, briefly attended the Hans Hofmann School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and also studied with Betty Holliday in Port Washington, Long Island. In 1944 Gorelick married Leonard Gorelick, a dentist with a passion for art and science.

Gorelick's early work was influenced by Cubism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism, but she ultimately gravitated towards realistic, figurative portraits painted from photographs and direct observation. While working primarily in acrylic, she was also known for her silverpoint drawings and intaglio prints. Working with middle-aged couples and family groups repeatedly in the 1970s and 1980s, Gorelick's work explores the psychological state of her subjects as they directly engage the viewer.

In 1973, Gorelick was a founding member of Central Hall Gallery, a cooperative run by all women artists in Port Washington. She also had six solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows at SOHO 20, the second all-women artist-run exhibition space in New York City. She was one of thirteen women artists who collaborated on The Sister Chapel, painting a nine-foot portrait of Frida Kahlo for the installation which premiered at P.S. 1 in Long Island City in 1976.

Gorelick's work was widely exhibited, particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, and she is represented in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.

Gorelick died in Washington D.C. in 2000.

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art in 2021 and 2022 by Jamie Gorelick, Shirley Gorelick's daughter.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Painters -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Portrait painters -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Topic:

Women painters  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Shirley Gorelick papers, 1939-2008, 2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided in part by The Shirley Gorelick Foundation and the Walton Family Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.goreshir

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Shirley Gorelick papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw998fcf57a-8666-49f7-8cad-cc18eb68362f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-goreshir

Collection Creator:

Blaine, Nell, 1922-1996  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1980-1982

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Nell Blaine papers, 1879, 1940-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Processing of this collection received Federal support from the Collections Care Initiative Fund, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative and the National Collections Program. Funding for the digitization of this collection was provided in part by the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Walton Family Foundation.

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Nell Blaine papers

Nell Blaine papers / Series 2: Correspondence

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97430796a-c937-414d-b642-ada00db4bc03

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-blainell-ref57

Physical Description:

metal (overall material)

brown (overall color)

black (overall color)

Measurements:

average spatial: 102.2 cm x 30.2 cm; 40 1/4 in x 11 7/8 in

Object Name:

Anesthesia Machine

Other Terms:

Anesthesia Machine; Anesthesia Apparatus

Associated place:

United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

Associated dates:

1958 01 29 / 1958 01 29

Credit Line:

W. Harry Archer, D.D.S.

ID Number:

MG.M-07091

Accession number:

218892

218892

Catalog number:

M-07091

Patent number:

625

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-2f98-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1075603

Maker:

S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company  Search this

Measurements:

overall (as mounted on wall): 53 cm x 27 cm x 13 cm; 20 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in

Object Name:

electric system, dental

Credit Line:

Gift of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company

ID Number:

MG.M-09571

Accession number:

232230

Catalog number:

M-09571

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca783c4-6e74-7e84-e053-15f76fa05eb7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1867731

Object Name:

daybooks, dentist

Credit Line:

George W. Maynard

ID Number:

MG.143328 [dup12]

Catalog number:

143328 [dup12]

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca783c4-6433-7e84-e053-15f76fa05eb7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1841850

Object Name:

book, account, dentist

Credit Line:

George W. Maynard

ID Number:

MG.143328 [dup13]

Catalog number:

143328 [dup13]

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca783c4-710a-7e84-e053-15f76fa05eb7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1883284

Measurements:

overall: 3.1 cm x .8 cm x 15.5 cm; 1 1/4 in x 5/16 in x 6 1/8 in

overall: 1/4 in x 6 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; .635 cm x 15.5575 cm x 3.175 cm

Object Name:

forceps

forceps, sponge-holding

surgical instrument

ID Number:

2006.0011.20

Catalog number:

2006.0011.20

Accession number:

2006.0011

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-e217-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1301107

Maker:

Chevalier, John D.  Search this

Measurements:

overall: 2.3 cm x 2.8 cm x 15.5 cm; 29/32 in x 1 3/32 in x 6 3/32 in

Object Name:

dental instrument

dental instrument, forceps

Place made:

United States: New York, New York

Date made:

1835-1860

Subject:

Dentistry  Search this

Credit Line:

Suzanne Parmly

ID Number:

2014.0248.11

Accession number:

2014.0248

Catalog number:

2014.0248.11

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Medicine and Science: Dentistry

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-a6c8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1591232

Measurements:

overall: 3 1/4 in x 6 1/4 in; x 8.255 cm x 15.875 cm

Object Name:

Forceps

forceps, dental

Other Terms:

Forceps; Dentistry

Credit Line:

Gift of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company

ID Number:

MG.M-09562

Accession number:

232230

Catalog number:

M-09562

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6daa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_725266

Measurements:

overall: 4 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 11.1125 cm x 16.51 cm x 16.51 cm

Object Name:

Articulator, Gysi

articulator, gysi

dental device

Other Terms:

Articulator, Gysi; Dentistry

Credit Line:

Gift of University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry

ID Number:

MG.M-08872

Catalog number:

M-08872

Accession number:

218383

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6b25-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_735098

Measurements:

overall: 3/8 in x 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in; .9525 cm x .9525 cm x 14.605 cm

Object Name:

handpiece

ID Number:

1988.0018

Accession number:

1988.0018

Catalog number:

1988.0018

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-53b6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1402359