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Creator:

Vernon, Lillian, 1927-2015  Search this

Extent:

8 Cubic feet (37 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Audio cassettes

Cd-roms

Dvds

Sales catalogs

Videotapes

Date:

1974-2008

Summary:

Collection documents Lillian Vernon, entrepreneur who started a catalog business on her kitchen table. Materials include video and audio cassettes, awards, certificates, clippings, and sales catalogs.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of 12 cubic feet of material relating to Lillian Vernon, entrepreneur, who started her catalog business at her kitchen table. Materials include video and audio cassettes, awards, certificates, clippings, and sales catalogs, 1987-2008.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged in three series.

Series 1: Lillian Vernon Bound Catalogs, 1987-2007

Series 2: Biographical Material, 1989-2004 Series 3: Audio Visual Materials, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Lillian Vernon, born Lilli Menasche (1927-2015), immigrated with her family to the United States from Germany after escaping the Nazi regime of the 1930s. Vernon inherited her family's entrepreneurial spirit and in 1951 when pregnant with her first child, she searched for a way to stay home and yet augment the family budget. Using her combined wedding gifts, Vernon invested $2,000 in the business and placed her first advertisement in Seventeen for monogrammed accessories for teenagers. She received an overwhelming response and her business was launched. In the early years, the size of the business was limited to Vernon and her kitchen table, where she sorted and filled orders.

Vernon grew her enterprise into one of the nation's most successful mail-order catalogs and a major corporation. The Lillian Vernon Catalog, which the company launched in 1956, became an iconic shopping resource for American women. Produced monthly, the catalog was typically 120 pages and usually featured 750 items. In response to a catalog and shopping mall boom in the United States in the 1980s, the company produced a number of specialty catalogs in order to broaden its market, including ones targeted for children and homemakers.

In 1987, Vernon's company became the first business founded by a woman to be publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Responding to the increasingly important online market in the early 1990s, the Lillian Vernon Corporation opened a storefront on AOL in 1995 and followed with an online catalog and website. However, by the end of the 1990s, the company began to struggle to meet online needs, especially after the collapse of the dot-com bubble. Vernon sold the company to Zelnick Media in 2003, but retained the symbolic title of non-executive chairman.

Related Materials:

Materials at the National Museum of American History

The Division of Work and Industry holds related objects: engravo-graph machine, engraving blocks, kitchen table, wood sign, purse, and belt. See accession 2019.0306.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Fred P. Hochberg and David Hochberg, 2019.

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:

American woman entrepreneur  Search this

Business -- History  Search this

Direct marketing  Search this

Mail-order business  Search this

Genre/Form:

Audio cassettes

CD-ROMs

DVDs

Sales catalogs

Videotapes

Citation:

Lillian Vernon Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1495

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Lillian Vernon Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b38cef11-ceea-4f69-b3d7-dad9c94b334b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1495

Creator:

United States National Museum., Dept. of Anthropology.  Search this

Photographer:

Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1873-1878) (Hayden Survey)  Search this

Heyn Photo  Search this

Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904: Saint Louis, Mo.)  Search this

Mitchell, McGowan and Company  Search this

Place & Coover  Search this

Addison, George A.  Search this

Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934  Search this

Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893  Search this

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896  Search this

Bretz, George W. (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)  Search this

Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901  Search this

Fouch, John H., 1849-1933  Search this

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882  Search this

Goff, O. S. (Orlando Scott), 1843-1917  Search this

Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Partridge, William Ordway, 1861-1930  Search this

Randall, A. Frank  Search this

Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899  Search this

Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903  Search this

Publisher:

Rice, Rutter & Co.  Search this

Artist:

Noyes, Francis H.  Search this

Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953  Search this

Extent:

3 Painted photographs

8 Prints (halftone and color halftone)

56 Photographic prints (albumen and silver gelatin)

10 Copy prints

1 Stereograph (albumen)

2 Engravings

2 Color lithographs

Culture:

Sioux  Search this

Shoshone  Search this

Ute  Search this

Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Chiricahua Apache  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Seminole  Search this

Sauk  Search this

Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this

Powhatan  Search this

Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this

Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this

Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southern States  Search this

Mohawk  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Painted photographs

Prints

Photographic prints

Copy prints

Stereographs

Engravings

Color lithographs

Photographs

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents note:

The bulk of the collection consists of portraits of identified Native Americans and some government officials and interpreters. It includes cabinet cards, other mounted prints, newspaper articles, illustrations, and a photographic postcard. Depicted individuals include American Horse, Oglala; Black Hawk, Sauk; Bob Tail, Cheyenne; Crowfoot, Hunkpapa; Gaul, Hunkpapa; Geronimo, Chiricahua; John Grass, Teton; Chief Joseph, Nez Perce; Little Wound, Oglala; Medicine Bull, Hunkpapa; Osceola, Seminole; Ouray, Ute; Litte Raven, Arapaho; Plenty Coups, Crow; Pocahontas, Powhatan; Rain in the Face, Hunkpapa; Red Cloud, Oglala; Red Iron, Dakota; Short Man, Piegan; Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa; Standing On Prairie, Siouan; Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk; Two Guns White Calf, Piegan; Two Moon, Cheyenne; and Washakie, Shoshoni.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 87-2P

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Citation:

Photo lot 87-2P, United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.87-2P

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United States National Museum Department of Anthropology photograph collection relating to Native Americans

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw378544a5f-2448-46cd-90a0-4f00194bb205

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-87-2p

Photographer:

Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901  Search this

Hook, W. E. (William Edward), 1833-1908  Search this

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942  Search this

Parker, Joseph C.  Search this

Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912  Search this

Tibbitts, H. C.  Search this

Artist:

Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926  Search this

Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931  Search this

Extent:

5 Prints (halftone)

3 Engravings

37 Prints (albumen)

Culture:

Isleta Pueblo  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Engravings

Place:

Colorado

Yellowstone National Park

Arizona

Snake River (Idaho)

Shoshone Falls (Idaho)

California

Date:

circa 1850-1900

Scope and Contents note:

Scenic views of California, Colorado, Idaho, and Arizona. California images include Mount Shasta, San Francisco, Tehachapi Mountains, Coronado, San Isabell, San Jacinto, Toquich Canyon, and a government school in Agua Caliente. Additional photographs depict Yellowstone National Park and Yellowstone River; Shoshone Falls and Snake River, Idaho; Dragoon Mountains, Arizona; Garden of the Gods, Colorado; and an Isleta wine press.

Photographers include Camillus S. Fly, W. E. Hook, William Henry Jackson, Francis Parker, Rheas Brothers (San Diego View Company), Rifenburg and Murphy, I. W. Taber, and H. C. Tibbets. Additionally, there are photographs of Thomas Moran paintings, a William A. Rogers engraving of a Pueblo wind press, an engraving of Portsmouth Square in San Francisco in 1850, and a few other illustrations from publications.

Local Call Number(s):

NAA Photo Lot 29

Location of Other Archival Materials:

Additional Jackson photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 40, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 93, Photo Lot 143, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 92-3, the records of the Department of Anthropology, and the BAE historical negatives.

Additional Parker, Hook, and Taber photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24 and Photo Lot 90-1.

The National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds Camillus S. Fly photographs and negatives from 1886.

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Photograph collection related to California and views of the west, circa 1850-1900

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Citation:

Photo Lot 29, Photograph collection relating to California and views of the west, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.PhotoLot.29

See more items in:

Photograph collection relating to California and views of the west

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bc809fcd-5c67-4a88-bb22-46cc289d7435

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-29

Author:

Paredes, Ignacio de 1703  Search this

Subject:

Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint Apparitions and miracles  Search this

Catholic Church Nahuatl  Search this

Catholic Church Catechisms Aztec  Search this

Catholic Church Liturgy  Search this

Jesuits Missions  Search this

Physical description:

[46], 380, xc pages, [1] leaf of plates illustrations, coat of arms, portrait 21 cm. (4to)

Type:

Sermons

Early works to 1800

Ouvrages avant 1800

Catechisms

Sources

Texts

Textes

Imprints (Bibliotheca Mexicana)

Early works

Place:

Mexico

Mexique

Mexico City (Mexico)

Date:

1759

Topic:

Guadalupe, Our Lady of  Search this

Nahuatl language  Search this

1759  Search this

Nahuatl (Langue)  Search this

Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe  Search this

Apparitions  Search this

Missions  Search this

Call number:

PM4068.1 .P37 1759

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_531972

Author:

Neve y Molina, Luis fl. 1767  Search this

Former owner:

Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen 1760-1844 DSI  Search this

Inscriber:

Hale, Horatio 1817-1896 DSI  Search this

Physical description:

[24], 160 pages, [2] leaves of plates 1 illustrations 15 cm. (8vo)

Type:

Dictionaries

Date:

1767

Topic:

Otomi language  Search this

Otomi language--Spanish  Search this

Otomi language--Grammar  Search this

Spanish language--Otomi  Search this

Otomi (Langue)  Search this

OTOMI--DICCIONARIOS--ESPAÑOL  Search this

OTOMI--ORTOGRAFIA  Search this

Call number:

PM4147 .N5 1767X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_766424

Author:

Wood, J. G (John George) 1827-1889  Search this

Ill:

Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm 1823-1871  Search this

Smith, E. A (Edgar Albert) 1847-1916  Search this

Author:

March, Daniel 1816-1909  Search this

McCosh, James 1811-1894  Search this

Engraver:

Pearson, George fl. ca. 1860  Search this

Former owner:

Spencer, Frank 1941- ,- DSI  Search this

Printer:

Sherman & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.),.)  Search this

Physical description:

1 volume (various pagings) ill 25 cm

Type:

Specimens

Place:

Palestine

Middle East

Date:

1877

Topic:

Dummies (Bookselling)  Search this

Evolution  Search this

Nature in the Bible  Search this

Évolution  Search this

Nature dans la Bible  Search this

Call number:

BS663 .W66 1877b

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_795652

Object Name:

Print

print

broadside

Other Terms:

Print; Relief; Wood Engraving

Date made:

ca 1855

Subject:

Manufacturing  Search this

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

ID Number:

ZZ.RSN79761U01

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Agriculture

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b0-e9f6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_780436

Maker:

Nast, Thomas  Search this

Object Name:

Print

Other Terms:

Print; Relief; Relief; Wood Engraving

Place made:

United States: New York, New York

Date made:

ca 1872

ID Number:

ZZ.RSN79777U00

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-e10e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_780444

Object Name:

Print

Other Terms:

Print; Relief; Wood Engraving

Date made:

ca 1850

ID Number:

ZZ.RSN79784U06

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-dcb2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_780452

Physical Description:

metal (rope, piece of material)

Measurements:

overall: 89 in x 21 in x 14 in; 226.06 cm x 53.34 cm x 35.56 cm

Object Name:

clock

ID Number:

ME.315198

Catalog number:

315198

Accession number:

219760

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Work and Industry: Mechanisms

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-9098-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_850873

Maker:

Davenport, Anthony  Search this

Physical Description:

wood (overall material)

Measurements:

overall length: 13 3/4 in; 34.925 cm

needle: 5 1/2 in; 13.97 cm

overall in case: 4 7/16 in x 15 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 11.27125 cm x 40.3225 cm x 19.05 cm

Object Name:

surveyor's compass

Place made:

United States: Maine, Portland

Credit Line:

Elizabeth P. Berry

ID Number:

1989.0541.01

Accession number:

1989.0541

Catalog number:

1989.0541.01

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Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences

Surveying and Geodesy

Measuring & Mapping

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-a050-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_758693

Measurements:

overall: 9 1/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 1/8 in; 23.1775 cm x 14.9225 cm x .3175 cm

Object Name:

pamphlet

Credit Line:

Douglas D. and Lloyd Morgan

ID Number:

1982.0187.01176

Accession number:

1982.0187

Catalog number:

1982.0187.01176

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-4d29-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_825313

Measurements:

overall: 9 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 1/16 in; 23.1775 cm x 15.5575 cm x .15875 cm

Object Name:

Pamphlet

Credit Line:

Douglas D. and Lloyd Morgan

ID Number:

1982.0187.01175

Accession number:

1982.0187

Catalog number:

1982.0187.01175

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-4d2a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_825314

Medium:

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 23.2 x 12.3 cm (9 1/8 x 4 13/16 in)

Style:

Yaozhou ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Yaozhou kilns, Shaanxi province, China

Date:

11th-early 12th century

Period:

Northern Song dynasty

Topic:

Yaozhou ware  Search this

Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)  Search this

green glaze  Search this

China  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1919.90

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye345c9ab77-78ad-4d90-ba8c-30007df387d3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1919.90

Medium:

Jade (nephrite)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 11.7 x 34.3 x 0.7 cm (4 5/8 x 13 1/2 x 1/4 in)

Type:

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

China

Date:

475-221 BCE

Period:

Eastern Zhou dynasty

Topic:

dragon  Search this

Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)  Search this

Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

Accession Number:

S1987.483

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fffb670d-ae04-4571-9487-fbdfbc8ff085

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S1987.483

Artist:

Ethel Rich  Search this

Hugh Barclay Rich  Search this

Medium:

Painting, Oil on Board

Dimensions:

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 76.4 × 101.9cm (2 ft. 6 1/16 in. × 3 ft. 4 1/8 in.)

Type:

ART-Paintings

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Inventory Number:

A19370051000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv91dcea804-90d7-4950-86db-5764a436c20b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19370051000

Creator:

National Museum of American History  Search this

Type:

Conversations and talks

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2013-11-20T20:32:03.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

American History  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianAmHistory

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianAmHistory

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_TveKdW3qE-g

Creator:

Smithsonian Education  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-04-16T14:36:46.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Education  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianEducation

Data Source:

Smithsonian Education

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianEducation

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_JtKlT0r1ihI

Creator:

Smithsonian Education  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2019-04-10T10:19:49.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Education  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianEducation

Data Source:

Smithsonian Education

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianEducation

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_a1TQylLEaFw

Creator:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-04-15T00:01:20.000Z

YouTube Category:

People & Blogs  Search this

Topic:

Cultural property  Search this

See more by:

smithsonianfolklife

Data Source:

Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianfolklife

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_U9Ze6aQYDDY