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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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