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Designer:

Umberto Bellotto, Italian, 1882–1940  Search this

Manufacturer:

Pauly & C. - Compagnia Venezia e Murano, Murano, Venice,Italian, founded 1919  Search this

Medium:

blown glass

Dimensions:

H: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)

Type:

glasswares

Decorative Arts

Vase

Object Name:

Vase

Made in:

Murano, Italy

Date:

ca. 1927

Credit Line:

Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman

Accession Number:

2015-48-1

Restrictions & Rights:

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43994ea0b-92f7-4bb4-baa7-d3512220027e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_2015-48-1

Designer:

Umberto Bellotto, Italian, 1882–1940  Search this

Manufacturer:

Pauly & C. - Compagnia Venezia e Murano, Murano, Venice,Italian, founded 1919  Search this

Medium:

blown glass

Dimensions:

H.: 30.5 cm (12 in.)

Type:

glasswares

Decorative Arts

Goblet

Object Name:

Goblet

Made in:

Murano, Italy

Date:

ca. 1927

Credit Line:

Gift of Neil and Donna Weisman

Accession Number:

2015-48-2

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41ed72d5f-3914-4605-8d12-cce182a25047

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_2015-48-2

Designer:

Reuben Haley, American, 1872 - 1933  Search this

Manufacturer:

Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company, American, 1893–1932, 1936–1964  Search this

Medium:

Mold-blown glass

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 23.2 × 21 × 19 cm (9 1/8 × 8 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Type:

glasswares

Decorative Arts

Vase

Object Name:

Vase

Manufactured in:

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA

Date:

ca. 1928

Credit Line:

Gift of George R. Kravis II

Accession Number:

2018-22-37

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46ca77955-bdef-4f36-8f55-a31ab478fd4d

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edanmdm:chndm_2018-22-37

Manufacturer:

Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company, American, 1893–1932, 1936–1964  Search this

Designer:

Reuben Haley, American, 1872 - 1933  Search this

Medium:

glass

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 11 × 21 × 20 cm (4 5/16 × 8 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.)

Type:

glasswares

Decorative Arts

bowl

Object Name:

bowl

Manufactured in:

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA

Date:

ca. 1928

Credit Line:

Gift of George R. Kravis II

Accession Number:

2018-22-38

Restrictions & Rights:

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GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b33c3391-e764-4430-8dfd-ed2f9d7a7b22

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edanmdm:chndm_2018-22-38

Creator:

General Electric Company  Search this

Gotti, Mary Beth  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Information, Technology and Society  Search this

Extent:

5 Cubic feet (22 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Travel diaries

Advertisements

Diaries

Blotters (writing equipment)

Business records

Manuals

Lantern slides

Stock certificates

Stereographs

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Date:

circa 1890s-1969

Summary:

The collection documents the technology of lighting and various business aspects of the General Electric Lighting Division throughout the 20th century and consists of correspondence, bulletins, price lists, business record books, stock certificates, sales and advertising materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and lantern slides.

Scope and Contents:

The collection consists of approximately five cubic feet of correspondence, bulletins, price lists, business record books, stock certificates, sales and advertising materials, scrapbooks, photographs, and lantern slides. The collection documents the technology of lighting and various business aspects of the GE Lighting Division throughout the twentieth century.

Series 1, Historical Background Materials, 1910-1969, contains documentation on the history of the National Electric Lamp Company and the development of the incandescent lamp. The European Diary of 1928 is a narrative written by three General Electric employees—Samuel Doane, Chief Engineer, Joseph Kewley, Sales Manager, and George Osborn, Sales Manager. This narrative describes their business trip to Europe in the spring of 1928. It contains black-and-white photographs, menus, brochures, maps, postcards, and drawings detailing their travels in Paris, Nice, Milan, Venice, Berlin, Amsterdam, and England. The Record of Accomplishment, 1969, is a chronological listing (time line) of various events and/or accomplishments within General Electric.

Series 2, Executive Records, 1903-1955, consists of correspondence, annual reports, and technical standardization notices. The technical standardization notices were created by the Standardization Committee. This committee made decisions on how to facilitate and increase sales, improve quality, cheapen cost, and further the interests of the members of the Lamp Association. The reports cover a variety of subjects such as packing boxes, felt washers, high candle power lamps, and tabulating machines. Many of the reports contain black-and-white photographs. The Lamp Committee Reports seek to detail the demand for incandescent lamps and their improvements.

Series 3, House Organs, 1919-1959, contains documentation on in-house publications for General Electric. The Stimulator, 1919-1920, promoted "lighting profits and cemented friendliness, cooperation, progress, and quality." The Lamp Letter, 1947-1950, was published by the Lamp Department and dealt specifically with lamp-related issues. The Lamp Department Bulletin, 1947-1950, was produced for GE personnel and dealt with a variety of issues from sales to lamp types to licensing issues. The See Better—Work Better Bulletin, 1959, was published by the Lamp Division as a service to industrial and commercial lamp users.

Series 4, Sales and Advertising Materials, 1910-1955, includes price lists for lamps from both General Electric and other companies, manufacturers' schedules, data books, sales notebooks for sales representatives, and Edison Mazda Lamp advertising cards. The advertising cards are approximately 3" x 6" and are in color. They contain ad slogans such as "His Only Rival," "Satisfied Customer," Edison's Dream Comes True," "Have You Electricity?" and "I like Lots of Light."

Series 5, NELA School of Lighting Records, 1920-1930, documents the school, now known as the GE Lighting Institute, for training sales people and customers in the proper application of various lighting products. The records contain quarterly reports and general and lighting course descriptions.

Series 6, Business and Stock Records, 1890-1912, contains record and minute books and stock certificates from other lamp companies. The record books contain correspondence, resolutions, stockholder information, and committee reports.

Series 7, Scrapbooks and Photographs, 1890s-circa 1950, contains one scrapbook from 1923 with black and white photographs, clippings, correspondence, charts, telegrams, and booklets documenting General Electric's Nela Park location. The photo albums contain black and white photographs of staff, lamps, bulbs, tubing, tabulating, filaments, lead wires, stems, mounts, and lighting installations. The scrapbook and photo albums have indices.

Series 8, Lantern Slides, 1880-1950, consists of glass plates of Edison, images of people in the work place, and lighting equipment.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into eight series.

Series 1, Historical Background Materials, 1910-1969

Series 2, Executive Records, 1903-1955

Subseries 1.1, Correspondence, 1909-1922

Subseries 1.2, Annual Reports, 1949-1955

Subseries 1.3, Technical Reports, 1903-1935

Subseries 1.4, Standardization Committee, 1903-1908

Subseries 1.5, Lamp Committee, 1909-1935

Series 3, House Organs, 1919-1959

Series 4, Sales and Advertising Materials, 1914-1953

Subseries 4.1, Miniature Mazda Lamps, 1914-1935

Subseries 4.2, Large Mazda Lamps, 1914-1934

Subseries 4.3, Carbon Lamps, 1915-1922

Subseries 4.4, Miscellaneous, 1914-1953

Series 5, NELA School of Lighting, 1920-1930

Series 6, Business and Stock Records, 1890-1912

Subseries 1, Business Records, 1890-1912

Subseries 2, Stock Records & Certificates, 1890-1912

Series 7, Scrapbooks and Photographs, 1890s-circa 1950

Series 8, Lantern Slides, 1880-1950

Biographical / Historical:

Established in 1911, Nela Park (named for the National Electric Lamp Association) in Cleveland, Ohio, has through the present day served as both administrative headquarters and research laboratory for the development and sale of General Electric's (GE) lighting products. In the years following Thomas Edison's electric lamp invention (1879) many companies began to make and sell lighting devices. A merger of Edison Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric in 1892 created GE, which quickly grew to dominate the market. Westinghouse and several much smaller companies struggled to compete. These smaller lamp companies could not afford engineering and research facilities on a scale comparable with those of General Electric.

The National Electric Lamp Company was organized on May 3, 1901, by Franklin S. Terry (Sunbeam Incandescent Lamp Company), and Burton G. Tremaine, H. A. Tremaine and J. Robert Crouse (all from Fostoria Bulb and Bottle Company and Fostoria Incandescent Lamp Company). Terry suggested that the small companies band together to operate an engineering department, conduct lamp research and development, improve manufacturing methods, and build better lamp-making machinery. He further proposed to raise capital from and share patents with GE. This built upon an earlier organization, the Incandescent Lamp Manufacturers Association, organized by GE in 1896. The new National Electric Lamp Company was a holding company in which—unknown even to many of the smaller companies' executives—GE held a controlling (75%) interest. In 1911, GE's involvement with National became public during anti-trust proceedings. GE then purchased the outstanding stock and absorbed the smaller companies by converting them into divisional units.

Thomas Edison had, in 1882, moved his company's lamp manufacturing operation from the Menlo Park laboratory to a new facility in East Newark (Harrison), New Jersey. Named the Edison Lamp Works, this plant became the main administrative and sales facility for Edison Electric's and later GE's, lamp business. Research moved to Edison's new West Orange laboratory. In 1900, after the merger, GE established a research lab in Schenectady, New York. After forming National, Terry and B. G. Tremaine consolidated the administrative functions of that company in Cleveland and by 1910 were actively seeking space for a new office and laboratory campus. They selected a site along Euclid Avenue that was then on the outskirts of town. This became Nela Park (the "Company" had changed to "Association" in 1906). In addition to the National buildings, GE began moving its directly-owned lamp operations to Cleveland after the 1911 settlement. From 1925 through 1930 the various departments at Harrison moved to Nela Park, with the sales department being one of the last to move. GE's lighting research was carried out at both Nela Park and Schenectady.

A focal-point at Nela Park is the GE Lighting Institute, formerly known as the Nela School of Lighting. Organized by the Illuminating Engineering Section of the Engineering Department in 1921, the Lighting Institute continues to train sales people and customers in the use and proper application of various lighting products.

For additional information about Nela Park, General Electric and the National Electric Lamp Company see:

Arthur A. Bright, Jr., The Electric Lamp Industry, MacMillan, 1949.

Harold C. Passer, The Electrical Manufacturers, 1875-1900, Harvard University Press, 1953.

Leonard S. Reich, "Lighting the Path to Profit: GE's Control of the Electric Lamp Industry, 1892-1941," in Business History Review Vol. 66, pages 305-34.

Hollis L. Townsend, A History of Nela Park: 1911-1957, published by General Electric.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

William J. Hammer Collection (AC0069)

Separated Materials:

The Division of Work and Industry (Electricity-related collections) hold several artifacts. See accession numbers: 33,407; 43,120; 68,492; 232,822; 1997.0388 and 1998.0231.

Provenance:

The collection was donated to the Division of Information Technology and Society (now the Division of Work and Industry) by Mary Beth Gotti, Manager of the General Electric Lighting Institute on March 22, 2001.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves.

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:

Electricity  Search this

Electric lighting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Travel diaries

Advertisements

Diaries -- 19th century

Blotters (writing equipment)

Business records

Diaries -- 20th century

Manuals

Lantern slides

Stock certificates

Stereographs

Scrapbooks

Photographs -- 19th century

Citation:

General Electric Nela Park Collection, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0789

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89d3df569-a94b-4a8d-9aca-799c03a1c72f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0789

Creator:

Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company  Search this

Wetherill Company  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this

Names:

Wetherill Company  Search this

Extent:

80 Cubic feet (48 boxes )

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Card files

Specifications

Drawings

Trade catalogs

Ledgers (account books)

Date:

circa 1875-1930

Scope and Contents:

These records document the activities of the Wetherill Plant of the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, originally the Wetherill Company, particuarly the manufacture of steam and diesel engines. Included are engine specification cards; bound lists and charts of specifications and prices; a bound index of drawing numbers, 1886-1928; steam engine catalogs, ca. 1895-1910; drawings and plans for compound and Corliss steam engines, 1875-1921; engine record books, 1876-1902; order books, 1888-1891, 1895-1912; a delivery book, 1916; ledgers, 1876-1885; and drawings for the SunDoxford diesel engine, ca. 1920-1930.

Arrangement:

1 series. Arrangement: By type of material.

Provenance:

Immediate source of acquisition unknown.

Restrictions:

Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

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:

Steam-engines  Search this

Diesel engines  Search this

Genre/Form:

Card files

Specifications

Drawings

Trade catalogs

Ledgers (account books)

Citation:

Archives Center, Robert Wetherill Company Records, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0992

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a7c2333c-f002-405f-9cd4-e9d0b9f04153

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0992

Manufacturer:

Nancy McClelland, American, 1877–1959  Search this

Medium:

Screen-printed paper

Dimensions:

58 x 59.5 cm (22 13/16 x 23 7/16 in.)

Type:

Wallcoverings

Sidewall

Object Name:

Sidewall

Made in:

USA

Date:

1922–30

Credit Line:

Gift of Mount Vernon Ladies Association

Accession Number:

1946-54-2

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42e326f87-2500-4e73-b78c-3bc7c9d5c199

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1946-54-2

Manufacturer:

Nancy McClelland, American, 1877–1959  Search this

Medium:

Block-printed paper

Dimensions:

68.5 x 61 cm (26 15/16 x 24 in.)

Type:

Wallcoverings

Sidewall

Object Name:

Sidewall

Made in:

France

Date:

1922–30

Credit Line:

Gift of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

Accession Number:

1946-54-3

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44bd865cd-2f12-4d17-85db-c05a9bd93656

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1946-54-3

Manufacturer:

Nancy McClelland, American, 1877–1959  Search this

Medium:

Block-printed paper

Dimensions:

69.5 x 60.5 cm (27 3/8 x 23 13/16 in.)

Type:

Wallcoverings

Sidewall

Object Name:

Sidewall

Made in:

France

Date:

1922–30

Credit Line:

Gift of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

Accession Number:

1946-54-4

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41f053b54-5b99-4089-a86d-b4bf5d49ff76

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1946-54-4

Manufacturer:

Nancy McClelland, American, 1877–1959  Search this

Medium:

Block-printed paper

Dimensions:

66.5 x 62.5 cm (26 3/16 x 24 5/8 in.)

Type:

Wallcoverings

Sidewall

Made in:

Paris, France

Date:

1922–30

Credit Line:

Gift of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

Accession Number:

1946-54-6

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a43e47ce-fece-425c-adf9-bdfb588f619a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1946-54-6

Manufacturer:

Nancy McClelland, American, 1877–1959  Search this

Medium:

Block-printed paper

Dimensions:

103 x 76 cm (40 9/16 x 29 15/16 in.)

Type:

Wallcoverings

Sidewall

Object Name:

Sidewall

Made in:

Paris, France

Date:

1922–30

Credit Line:

Gift of Mount Vernon Ladies' Association

Accession Number:

1946-54-7

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cc446917-1474-417b-9004-e117de6bbde5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1946-54-7

Manufacturer:

Robert Caillard  Search this

Distributor:

Nancy McClelland, American, 1877–1959  Search this

Medium:

Block-printed

Dimensions:

126 x 21 cm (49 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. )

Type:

Wallcoverings

Border

Made in:

Paris, France

Date:

ca. 1928

Credit Line:

Gift of Alan Moss

Accession Number:

1992-156-43

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq496940a76-6e78-4d9c-b845-c9454aecfd11

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1992-156-43

Manufacturer:

Robert Caillard  Search this

Distributor:

Nancy McClelland, American, 1877–1959  Search this

Medium:

Block-printed paper

Type:

Wallcoverings

Sidewall

Made in:

Paris, France

Date:

ca. 1931

Credit Line:

Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology

Accession Number:

1998-75-4

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e13f8f1a-d80a-40c0-8071-c150a1ba46aa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1998-75-4

Artist:

Henry Major, 1889 - 1948  Search this

Sitter:

Samuel Goldwyn, 27 Aug 1882 - 31 Jan 1974  Search this

Medium:

Pencil on paper

Dimensions:

37.2cm x 27.1cm (14 5/8" x 10 11/16"), Image

Type:

Drawing

Date:

c. 1925-30

Topic:

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

Samuel Goldwyn: Male  Search this

Samuel Goldwyn: Literature\Writer  Search this

Samuel Goldwyn: Performing Arts\Producer\Film producer  Search this

Samuel Goldwyn: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Industrialist\Manufacturer  Search this

Samuel Goldwyn: Performing Arts\Performing arts director\Theater director  Search this

Samuel Goldwyn: Oscar  Search this

Samuel Goldwyn: Presidential Medal of Freedom  Search this

Portrait  Search this

Credit Line:

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Object number:

NPG.87.12

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

National Portrait Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4045d26dd-c3d8-407d-8974-fd73e746dc27

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npg_NPG.87.12

Manufacturer:

Ford Motor Company  Search this

Medium:

wood; metal; glass; paint (dark green, black)

Dimensions:

Height x Width x Depth: 102 x 79 1/2 x 196 in. (259.08 x 201.93 x 497.84 cm)

Type:

Transportation Equipment & Models

Place:

United States of America

Date:

1931 - c. 1954

Topic:

The Great Depression (1929-1939)  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Credit line:

Museum purchase

Object number:

1985.0522.1.1

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8f5bffe8a-b253-415f-962c-20781e2cd425

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1985.0522.1.1

Designer:

Eliel Saarinen, Finnish, 1873–1950  Search this

Manufacturer:

Dominick and Haff, New York, New York, 1872 – 1928  Search this

Medium:

silver

Dimensions:

L x W x D: 15.1 × 4.6 × 2.6 cm (5 15/16 in. × 1 13/16 in. × 1 in.)

Type:

cutlery

Decorative Arts

spoon

Object Name:

spoon

Manufactured in:

New York, USA

Date:

ca. 1930

Credit Line:

Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion

Accession Number:

1993-134-26

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a0644935-6562-4976-a2c3-6a5e671e8e5e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1993-134-26

Medium:

paper; ink (black)

Dimensions:

Height x Width: 9 1/4 x 6 5/16 in. (23.5 x 16 cm)

Type:

Revenue Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

1932

Topic:

The Great Depression (1929-1939)  Search this

Object number:

1998.2013.6000.5

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On View:

Currently on exhibit at the National Postal Museum

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8ead58066-dd13-4454-8f5e-e85397f63e03

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1998.2013.6000.5

Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Extent:

4.82 Cubic feet (consisting of 10 boxes, 1 folder, 5 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial).)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuals

Printed ephemera

Mail order catalogs

Manufacturers' catalogs

Trade cards

Printed material

Letterheads

Advertising fliers

Technical manuals

Advertising cards

Advertising mail

Publications

Sales catalogs

Trade catalogs

Illustrations

Sales letters

Correspondence

Advertisements

Trade literature

Commercial catalogs

Advertising

Sales records

Catalogs

Catalogues

Technical reports

Business letters

Business records

Ephemera

Invoices

Annual reports

Reports

Print advertising

Receipts

Business cards

Business ephemera

Date:

1803-1967

bulk 1830-1915

Summary:

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Iron forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Scope and Contents:

Iron and steel are companion industries so there is overlap in the products and goods manufactured and sold, which is evident in the documents. Iron was commonly used in construction as well as ornamental application in architecture and art, especially facades and sculptures, in addition to landscape and cemetery design, particularly in fencing. Some applications include bridges, concrete supports, joists, grating, casements, stairs, railings, trellises, doors, seats and other furniture, vases, vanes, shutters, posts, and fire escapes. Bar, plates, pig iron, cast iron, ore, and steel are commonly referred to in the collection materials. The emphasis is on products rather than production methods.

Materials represent a sampling of business records such as invoices, financial sheets, correspondence and a small number of advertising and promotional circulars. There are price sheets and a few product catalogs. Several company/foundry histories and prospectus documents are present. There is a large volume of import/export documents (European) present.

No extensive runs or complete records exist for any single company or brand, and no particular subtopic is represented in detail, although for any singular subtopic though some publications may provide general and historical overviews of a person, company, or facet of industry.

Arrangement:

The materials are arranged into three series.

Business Records and Marketing Materials

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:

Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:

Iron is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060, purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.

Rights:

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Topic:

Mail-order business -- Catalogs  Search this

Benches, iron  Search this

Fences -- wrought iron  Search this

Iron and steel industry  Search this

Gates -- Iron  Search this

Iron and steel bridges  Search this

Public works  Search this

Wrought-iron  Search this

Periodicals  Search this

Ironwork  Search this

Sales promotion  Search this

Iron industry and trade -- United States  Search this

Iron and steel workers -- 1920-1930 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Public buildings  Search this

Genre/Form:

Manuals

Printed ephemera

Mail order catalogs

Manufacturers' catalogs

Trade cards

Printed material

Letterheads

Advertising fliers

Technical manuals -- 20th century

Advertising cards

Advertising mail

Publications

Sales catalogs

Trade catalogs

Illustrations

Sales letters

Correspondence

Advertisements

Trade literature

Commercial catalogs

Advertising

Sales records

Catalogs

Catalogues

Technical reports

Business letters

Business records

Publications -- Business

Ephemera

Invoices

Annual reports

Reports

Print advertising

Receipts

Business cards

Business ephemera

Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Iron, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Iron

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Iron

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8feadb922-cd2c-4736-ba8f-2e992b118056

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-iron

Manufacturer:

International Silver Company, Meriden, Connecticut, founded 1898  Search this

Medium:

silver plated, metal

Dimensions:

L x W x D: 15.5 × 1.6 × 0.4 cm (6 1/8 × 5/8 × 3/16 in.)

Type:

cutlery

Decorative Arts

knife

Object Name:

knife

Manufactured in:

Meriden, Connecticut, USA

Date:

ca. 1930

Credit Line:

Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund

Accession Number:

1993-150-10

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4957d764d-b82e-493b-bfef-46d452b46925

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1993-150-10

Manufacturer:

International Silver Company, Meriden, Connecticut, founded 1898  Search this

Medium:

silver plated, metal

Dimensions:

L x W x D: 14.3 × 2.1 × 0.4 cm (5 5/8 × 13/16 × 3/16 in.)

Type:

cutlery

Decorative Arts

knife

Object Name:

knife

Manufactured in:

Meriden, Connecticut, USA

Date:

ca. 1930

Credit Line:

Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund

Accession Number:

1993-150-11

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b56ad567-c59f-482a-8381-7a1ebe6a8ca3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1993-150-11