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John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection

Creator:
Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile  Search this
Priscilla of Boston.  Search this
Burbidge, John (costume designer)  Search this
Extent:
1.6 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Design drawings
Sound recordings
Scrapbooks
Date:
1951-2006
Summary:
Includes Burbidge's design drawings for wedding gowns while employed by the Priscilla of Boston firm, and scrapbooks documenting Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge's wedding cakes.
Scope and Contents:
Includes Burbidge's design drawings for wedding gowns while employed by the Priscilla of Boston firm, and two scrapbooks documenting Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge's wedding cakes. Also included are two books written by Cile Burbidge on cake decorating.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into three series.

Series 1: Wedding Gown Design Drawings and Materials Relating to John Burbidge, 1968-1985

Series 2; Wedding Cake Scrapbooks,

Series 3: Books,
Biographical / Historical:
John Burbidge was a creative and prolific fashion designer for the Priscilla of Boston wedding gown company from the late 1940s to 1985. Burbidge, born in 1922, went to work for the Priscilla of Boston firm in 1948, after graduating from the New England School of Art and Design and serving for three years in the Army during World War II. He started out operating a button machine and gradually worked his way up to designing. His technique involved clipping photographs of models from magazines, laying tracing paper over the cut-out, and tracing the figure, onto which he added his design. After creating, in his words, "hundreds" of sketches and doodles, he would work out the details in muslin. Eventually he achieved status as Priscilla Kidder's favorite designer and was known for his use of certain features, such as bows, bustled backs, puffed sleeves and "star" bodices. The high point in his career with Priscilla of Boston was in 1971 when he designed the wedding dress worn by President Nixon's daughter Tricia at her White House wedding. The design had a strong influence on wedding fashion, though the design used was never duplicated by the company. Since leaving Priscilla of Boston, Burbidge has made a second career designing and creating dolls in elegant historic costume, while Burbidge's wife, Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge, designs and creates elegant and elaborate wedding cakes.
Related Materials:
Materials at the National Museum of American History

The Division of Home and Community Life has a collection of several Priscilla of Boston wedding gowns.
Provenance:
The collection was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Burbidge. The design drawings were donated in 1997 and the scrapbooks were donated in 2007.
Restrictions:
The 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:
Fashion design -- 1970-1990  Search this
Costume designers  Search this
Costume design -- 1970-1990  Search this
Wedding costume -- 1970-1990  Search this
Wedding cakes  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Design drawings
Sound recordings
Scrapbooks -- 20th century
Citation:
John and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0562
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John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep871c10bab-0a37-4440-bce8-64a8bf4e9083
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0562
Online Media:

Oral history interview, John and Cile Burbidge, original audiocassettes, 1998

Collection Creator:
Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile  Search this
Priscilla of Boston.  Search this
Burbidge, John (costume designer)  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
John and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection
John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection / Series 3: Oral History
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b22790a5-5a33-4993-8253-065b1eb38e45
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0562-ref67

Oral history interview, John and Cile Burbidge, reference audiocassettes, 1998

Collection Creator:
Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile  Search this
Priscilla of Boston.  Search this
Burbidge, John (costume designer)  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
John and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection
John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection / Series 3: Oral History
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep870eff29d-e742-42e9-bd1a-a8c1bdb94a36
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0562-ref68

Transcript of interview, 1998

Collection Creator:
Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile  Search this
Priscilla of Boston.  Search this
Burbidge, John (costume designer)  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 49
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
John and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection
John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection / Series 3: Oral History
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f36b9063-59ed-4dfa-885d-40151147b55a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0562-ref69

Oral History

Collection Creator:
Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile  Search this
Priscilla of Boston.  Search this
Burbidge, John (costume designer)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
John and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0562, Series 3
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John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84b4c1701-2fa1-45d6-a8b2-a1ebe52a24d6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0562-ref76

The Fine Art of Cake Decorating, Volume 1

Collection Creator:
Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile  Search this
Priscilla of Boston.  Search this
Burbidge, John (costume designer)  Search this
Container:
Box 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
John and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection
John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection / Series 2: Books
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80c7d452d-17ec-4934-a2a3-9ea33d9d5352
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0562-ref77

The Fine Art of Cake Decorating, Volume 2

Collection Creator:
Bellefleur-Burbidge, Cile  Search this
Priscilla of Boston.  Search this
Burbidge, John (costume designer)  Search this
Container:
Box 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
John and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection
John Burbidge and Cile Bellefleur-Burbidge Wedding Design Collection / Series 2: Books
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85b95f3eb-d692-4787-832a-5152c9bbcead
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0562-ref78

Freda Diamond Collection

Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Names:
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass.  Search this
Extent:
3 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 4 folders )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Design drawings
Scrapbooks
Awards
Articles
Photographs
Date:
1945-1998
Summary:
Archival materials relating to Diamond's career as an industrial designer, including various client files (especially Libbey Glass) containing photographs, designs, sketches, and other papers; articles by and about Diamond; magazines; awards; and a scrapbook.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into eight series.

Series 1: Client Files, 1945-1966

Series 2: Libbey Glass, 1946-1984

Series 3: Shaker Furniture and Clothing, undated

Series 4: Articles, 1945-1983

Series 5; Scrapbook, 1937-1946

Series 6: Presentations and Awards, 1951-1994

Series 7: Japan (1957 and 1968) and Israel (1973)

Series 8: Photographs, 1964-1967
Biographical / Historical:
Freda Diamond's work shaped the tastes of many Americans in the middle of the twentieth century. Diamond was born in New York City in 1905. She graduated from Cooper Union, a renowned institution of design, and then studied in Europe. As an industrial designer, Diamond's area of expertise focused largely on the home, influencing the tastes of the average American housewife. Her ability to predict consumer demands through market research was an important factor in the success of her designs. In 1942, Libbey Glass, a division of Owens-Illinois, commissioned Diamond (at her own prompting) to make a survey of consumer tastes. The resulting award-winning designs sold many companies on the idea of researching consumer preferences before manufacturing a product. Her opinion was so respected that in 1945 she was appointed to a manufacturing rehabilitation committee sent to Italy. Diamond's role was to educate Italian craftsmen on what to manufacture for the American mass market. In 1957 and 1968 she made similar trips to Japan. She died in 1998.
Provenance:
The collection was donated to the division of Ceramics and Glass, NMAH by Freda Diamond in June of 1997.
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:
Glassware  Search this
Furniture, Shaker  Search this
Furniture  Search this
Designers  Search this
Industrial design  Search this
Genre/Form:
Design drawings
Scrapbooks -- 20th century
Awards
Articles
Photographs -- 20th century
Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0616
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Freda Diamond Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84e98848f-dc81-46af-a080-4f28b5dbb7a3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0616
Online Media:

Women in the Design Industry: 1951

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 18
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
1956
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 4: Articles / 4.2: Articles Featuring Freda Diamond
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a1fe19be-6078-4224-80f9-dce8b15afb02
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref138

Post WWII Design Industry: 1945

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 19
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 4: Articles / 4.2: Articles Featuring Freda Diamond
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e453d6cd-ab53-4675-881f-ade21636f824
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref139

Post WWII Design Industry: 1945

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 5, Folder 17
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 4: Articles / 4.2: Articles Featuring Freda Diamond
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8560d5994-3231-413a-9ae9-6f6d65ed5079
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref140

Japanese &American Design (in English): 1957-1959

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 27
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 4: Articles / 4.2: Articles Featuring Freda Diamond
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep801774ffa-4995-400b-9c7b-d915cf59f3f8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref152

Japanese & American Design (in English): 1957-1959

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 4, Folder 14
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 4: Articles / 4.2: Articles Featuring Freda Diamond
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep834f54f28-ae3f-449c-aa8b-7654637302b9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref153

Japanese & American Design (in Japanese): 1957

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 28
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 4: Articles / 4.2: Articles Featuring Freda Diamond
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8244084cc-70b1-4167-9686-a3cb12dd7a68
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref154

Presentation: "Fifth Anniversary Exhibition of Good Design to Show", ca 1954

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 32
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 6: Presentations and Awards
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cf24b3e3-83a5-4a91-b543-21b6e264c59a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref166

Glassware designs

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 8, Folder 4-7
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1945
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 2: Libbey Glass / 2.4: Sketches
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d5b96292-c6de-41f4-9def-357a5119a141
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref697

Shaker Furniture: photos- original designs

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 3: Shaker Furniture and Clothing
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f1009b88-9fe3-48ba-b2ee-af23ca2c14df
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref121

Shaker Furniture: photos- contemporary designs

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 11
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 3: Shaker Furniture and Clothing
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep844337dfd-6110-4595-9856-2ff634907443
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref122

Shaker Home Accessories: sketches- contemporary designs

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 3: Shaker Furniture and Clothing
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8c367a83b-b1dc-4897-bc7c-aa654bfa16f6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref124

Shaker Furniture: photos- contemporary designs

Collection Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Container:
Box 4, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
undated
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
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.
Collection Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Freda Diamond Collection
Freda Diamond Collection / Series 3: Shaker Furniture and Clothing
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8dfe3e479-2b8b-467b-ae37-1b65788586f6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0616-ref125

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