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Creator:

Meiere, M. Hildreth, d. 1961  Search this

Names:

Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France)  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Peter A. Juley & Son  Search this

United States. Navy  Search this

Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991  Search this

Dunn, Louise Meière  Search this

Extent:

27.3 Linear feet

1.4 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Transcripts

Video recordings

Photographs

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Place:

Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939

Date:

1901-2011

bulk 1911-1960

Summary:

The papers of Hildreth Meière measure 27.3 linear feet and 1.40 GB and date from 1901 to 2011, with the bulk of material dating from 1911 to 1960. The collection documents Meière's life and travels, and her long and prolific career as an architectural muralist through biographical material, correspondence, writings, thirteen diaries, files regarding her war relief work during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, printed and digital materials, extensive photographs and slides, eight sketchbooks, and two videocassettes and 93 reels of motion picture film documenting her travels, her volunteer efforts in Spain following the civil war, artwork, and home movies.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of Hildreth Meière measure 27.3 linear feet and 1.40 GB and date from 1901 to 2011, with the bulk of material dating from 1911 to 1960. The collection documents Meière's life and travels, and her long and prolific career as an architectural muralist through biographical material, correspondence, writings, thirteen diaries, files regarding her war relief work during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, printed and digital materials, extensive photographs and slides, eight sketchbooks, and two videocassettes and 93 reels of motion picture film documenting her travels, her volunteer efforts in Spain following the civil war, artwork, and home movies.

Biographical material includes an autobiographical narrative written by Meière, her many awards and certificates, membership information, passports, her U.S. Navy service records from World War I, documentation of her brief marriage and family genealogy, obituaries, and memorial service documentation. Also found are extensive writings and research conducted by Meière's daughter, Louise Meière Dunn, which include a complete list of Meière's commissions, detailed biographical narratives, and records of Meière's works held elsewhere.

The papers contain Meière's personal and family correspondence, travel correspondence, and business correspondence regarding professional activities. Much of the correspondence with family and friends was written during Meière's extensive travels over the world. Both family and travel correspondence have extensive indexes, summaries, and in some cases, transcripts prepared by Meière's daughter, Louise Meière Dunn. Some of the indexes, summaries and transcripts are digital. Writings include poetry and diaries kept during childhood and school years, travel diaries, essays and talks written about Meière's work, writings Meière prepared for committees of the National Mural Painters Association, and detailed travelogues of her trips to Constantinople and the Balkans in 1933, to Russia in 1936, her "Grand Tour" to Australia, Southeast Asia, India, Africa, and Europe in 1952-1953, and her "Holy Land" tour of the Middle East in 1954.

Civilian War Service Records document Meière's efforts at war relief organization during and after the Spanish Civil War and during World War II. The Spanish Civil War files include extensive photographs provided by the Spanish government as well as three motion picture films documenting refugees and damaged architecture and public artwork shot by Meière during a trip sponsored by Franco's government. World War II activities concern Meière's efforts to organize artists in the United States to design and execute murals and other works of public art at military facilities around the U.S.

Travel records include maps, ephemera, slides, and 83 motion picture films taken on trips abroad between 1933 and 1958. Trips include Eastern and Western Europe, the Mediterranean Region and the Middle East, South America, Mexico and Guatemala, India, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, and the UK. The motion picture films are mostly shot in Kodachrome color and many contain intertitles prepared by Meière to identify locations for travel lectures.

Printed materials consist primarily of clippings and publications that reference Meière's work, contain profiles of her, or contain published writings by her. A single published educational film is also found, given to her by an Australian filmmaker friend. Additional photographs, digital photographs and moving images include personal photographs of Meière, with portraits by Peter A. Juley and Sons and Berenice Abbott, photographs of many of her commissioned works, and a few photographs of artwork by others. Home movies show Meière with friends in 1926 and 1940. Among the photographic documentation of artworks by Meière and others are motion picture films of the 1939 New York World's Fair, the D.C. Municipal Building Frieze, and the 1937 Paris Fair; also found are 311 lantern slides and 201 glass copy negatives of her own completed works as well as murals she documented while traveling, notably murals in Norway and Oberammergau, Bavaria, taken in the 1930s.

Eight sketchbooks date to her early years as an art student and artist and include many figure studies, landscapes, and theatrical sketches made at home and abroad.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 8 series. Indexes, summaries, and transcripts prepared by Louise Meière Dunn that relate directly to archival materials in the collection are found throughout the collection with the material they describe. These indices are particularly rich in Series 2, Correspondence.

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1915-2003 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 1, 14, OV18)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1901-2011 (3 linear feet; Boxes 1-4, RD19, 0.038 GB; ER01-ER03)

Series 3: Writings, 1904-1960 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 4-5)

Series 4: Civilian War Service Records, 1938-2006 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 5-6, 15, FC 28-30, 1.33 GB; ER05)

Series 5: Travel Records, 1933-1958 (12.8 linear feet; Boxes 6-10, 15, OV18, FC 31-111)

Series 6: Printed Material, 1913-1998 (2.1 linear feet; Boxes 10-12, 15, FC 112)

Series 7: Photographs and Moving Images, 1915-1966 (5.8 linear feet; Boxes 12-13, 16, 20-27, FC 17, 113-127, 0.029 GB; ER04)

Series 8: Sketchbooks, 1911-1922 (0.4 linear feet; Box 13)

Biographical / Historical:

Hildreth Meière (1892-1961) was born in Flushing, New York, and had a prolific career from 1921-1961 as an architectural muralist working primarily in an Art Deco style. Meière painted murals and designed for various mediums including mosaic, metal, and stained glass. In 1956 the American Institute of Architects awarded Meière their Fine Arts Medal.

Meière was educated at New York's Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, the Art Students League in New York, the California School of Fine Arts (now San Francisco Art Institute), and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in addition to pursuing studies in Italy. Her major commissions include the Nebraska State Capitol at Lincoln, the National Academy of Sciences, the Resurrection Chapel of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. In New York, she designed the Art Deco plaques on the exterior wall of Radio City Music Hall; created mosaic interiors for the Irving Trust Building at 1 Wall Street; and provided ecclesiastical decorations for St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Temple Emanu-El, and elsewhere. She also created murals for the Chicago 1933 Century of Progress Fair, and the 1939 New York World's Fair.

She was also an active officer in the Art Students League and the National Society of Mural Painters. Some of her most inspired collaborations were with the architect Bertram Goodhue in the 1920s, and only his sudden death in 1924 put an end to them, although some projects were finished with the successor firm.

Meière died in 1961 at the age of 68. Her work is remembered in several major publications, including The Art Deco Murals of Hildreth Meière by Catherine Coleman Brawer and Kathleen Murphy Skolnik, with photographs by Meière's granddaughter, Hildreth Meière Dunn, published in 2014; and the catalog of the 2009 exhibition at St. Bonaventure University, curated by Brawer and photographed by Dunn, entitled Walls Speak: the Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière.

Provenance:

A majority of the collection placed on deposit 2001 by Louise Meière Dunn, daughter of Hildreth Meière. The collection was donated incrementally by Dunn through 2012. Donations occurred 2001-2007, and again in 2010-2012.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires and appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

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

Occupation:

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

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

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

Topic:

War relief  Search this

Travel  Search this

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Motion pictures (visual works)  Search this

World War, 1914-1918  Search this

Women muralists  Search this

Function:

Art commissions

Genre/Form:

Transcripts

Video recordings

Photographs

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Hildreth Meière papers, 1901-2011, bulk 1911-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the digitization of 84 reels of motion picture film in the collection was provided by The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University through a generous grant from the Ruth Dayton Foundation. Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.meiemari

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Hildreth Meière papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91dab1643-4ed7-41c1-bd7a-196576d7d777

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-meiemari

Collector:

Orth, Edward J.  Search this

Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization  Search this

Names:

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Extent:

130 Cubic feet (417 boxes, 25 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Souvenirs

Photographs

Pamphlets

Guidebooks

Exhibition posters--1930-1940

Diaries

Ephemera

Film transparencies

Motion picture film

Posters

Place:

Flushing Meadows Park (New York, N.Y.)

New York (N.Y.)

Date:

1835-2000, undated

Summary:

Collection documents the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Also includes material relating to other fairs, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO), New York City tourism and The Walt Disney Company.

Scope and Contents:

Collection primarily documents the conception, planning, construction, management, and operations of the 1939 New York World's Fair located in Flushing Meadows, New York. Materials provide historical context and cultural significance as recorded in publications, artwork, photographs, ephemera, postcards, maps, plans, exhibitor's literature, souvenirs, and motion picture film. Most of the materials were primarily created for people who attended the fair. Some of the materials include scrapbooks created by fair visitors to document their experiences. There is a significant amount of material relating to other fairs, New York tourism, the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO) and the World's Fair Collector's Society. Other forms of entertainment such as festivals, the Olympic games, and Disney World are also found among these materials. There is little information relating to Edward Orth's personal and professional life as a city planner. The collection is arranged into eleven series.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into eleven series.

Series 1, Edward J. Orth Personal Papers, 1915-1989, undated

Subseries 1.1, Correspondence, 1939-1989

Subseries 1.2, Other Materials, 1915-1989, undated

Series 2, Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO) and World's Fair Collector's Society, Incorporated Records, 1942-1990, undated

Subseries 2.1, General Information, 1960-1988, undated

Subseries 2.2, Correspondence, 1942-1990, undated

Subseries 2.3, Classified and Wanted Advertisements, 1956-1988, undated

Subseries 2.4, Financial Records, 1976-1989

Subseries 2.5, Newsletters, 1969-1988, undated

Subseries 2.6, Membership Materials, 1970s-1989, undated

Series 3, New York World's Fair, Incorporated Records, 1900-1988, undated

Subseries 3.1, Administrative Files, 1900-1977, undated

Subseries 3.2, Amusement Zone, 1937-1940, undated

Subseries 3.3, Communications and Business Systems Zone, 1939-1965, undated

Subseries 3.4, Community Interest Zone, 1939-1949, undated

Subseries 3.5, Food Zone, 1939-1975

Subseries 3.6, Government Zone, 1939-1940

Subseries 3.7, Production and Distribution Zone, 1939-1940

Subseries 3.8, Transportation Zone, 1939-1940

Subseries 3.9, Ephemera, 1938-1988, undated

Series 4, Photographic Materials, 1939-1968, undated

Subseries 4.1, General, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.2, Amusement Area, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.3, Business Systems Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.4, Communications Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.5, Community Interest Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.6, Food Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.7, Government Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.8, Production and Distribution Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.9, Transportation Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.10, Miscellaneous, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.11, Oversize Photographs, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.12, Color Slides, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 4.13, Color Transparencies, 1940-1942, undated

Subseries 4.14, Edward Orth, 1967-1968

Series 5, Scrapbooks, 1938-1981

Series 6, Postcards, 1906-1985, undated

Subseries 6.1, Amusement Area, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 6.2, Business Systems Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 6.3, Communications Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 6.4, Community Interest Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 6.5, Food Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 6.6, Government Zone, International, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 6.7, Government Zone, Federal and States, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 6.8, Production and Distribution Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 6.9, Transportation Zone, 1939-1940, undated

Subseries 6.10, General, 1940, undated

Subseries 6.11, By Type, 1906-1985, undated

Series 7, Publications Related to World's Fairs, 1922-1989, undated

Subseries 7.1, Magazines, 1922-1988, undated

Subseries 7.2, Newspaper Articles, 1935-1989, undated

Subseries 7.3, Other Publications, 1937-1989, undated

Subseries 7.4, Other Subjects, 1962-1989

Series 8, Materials Relating to Other Fairs, 1851-2000, undated

Subseries 8.1, Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations or Crystal Palace Exhibition, 1851

Subseries 8.2, Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, 1853-1853

Subseries 8.3, International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine or Centennial International Exhibition, 1876

Subseries 8.4, World's Columbian Exposition or Chicago World's Fair, 1893

Subseries 8.5, Exposition Internationale D'Anvers, Antwerp, Belgium

Subseries 8.6, Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition, 1897

Subseries 8.7, Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition, 1898

Subseries 8.8, Expositions, 1901

Subseries 8.9, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1906

Subseries 8.10, Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, 1907

Subseries 8.11, Alaska, Yukon, Pacific Exposition, 1909

Subseries 8.12, Panama-California Exposition, 1915-1916

Subseries 8.13, Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts, and Industries, 1918

Subseries 8.14, Sesquicentennial Exposition, 1926

Subseries 8.15, Barcelona International Exposition, 1929

Subseries 8.16, L'Exposition Coloniale, Paris, 1931

Subseries 8.17, Olympics, 1932

Subseries 8.18, A Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933

Subseries 8.19, Expositions, 1933-1935

Subseries 8.20, Expositions, 1936-1937

Subseries 8.21, Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, 1937

Subseries 8.22, Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939

Subseries 8.23, Festival of Britain, Britain, London, United Kingdom, 1951

Subseries 8.24, Milan Fair, 1955

Subseries 8.25, Exposition Universelle et venti Internationale de Bruxelles, 1958

Subseries 8.26, American National Exhibition, 1959

Subseries 8.27, New York's World Fair, 1961-1977, undated

Subseries 8.28, Century 21 Exhibition, 1961-1962

Subseries 8.29, International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, 1967

Subseries 8.30, Long Beach, California, 1967-1968

Subseries 8.31, HemisFair 68, 1968

Subseries 8.32, Expo 70 or Japan World Exposition, 1970

Subseries 8.33, Expo 74 or International Exposition on the Environment

Subseries 8.34, Expo 75 or International Ocean Exposition, 1975

Subseries 8.35, American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976, 1976

Subseries 8.36, Queen's Bicentennial Festival, 1975-1976

Subseries 8.37, Plovdiv International Exhibition of 1981 or Expo 81

Subseries 8.38, Kobe Port Island Exposition or Portopia 81, 1981

Subseries 8.39, Knoxville International Energy Exposition or 1982 World's Fair, 1982

Subseries 8.40, Louisiana World Exposition, 1984

Subseries 8.41, Games of the XXIII Olympiad, 1984

Subseries 8.42, The International Exposition, Tsukuba, Japan or The International Science Technology Exposition, 1985

Subseries 8.43, Queen's Festival, 1985

Subseries 8.44, 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication or Expo 86, 1986

Subseries 8.45, World Expo 88, 1988

Subseries 8.46, Universal Exposition of Seville or Expo 92, 1992

Subseries 8.47, Expo 2000, 2000

Subseries 8.48, Other Events and Celebrations, 1886-1989

Subseries 8.49, Combined Fairs, 1968-1994

Subseries 8.50, General information about world's fairs, 1964-1980

Series 9, Ephemera, 1892-1989, undated

Subseries 9.1, New York and New York World's Fair, 1892-1989, undated

Subseries 9.2, Other States and Countries, 1835, 1939, undated

Subseries 9.3, Motion Picture Film and Entertainment, 1937-1981, undated

Series 10, Audio Visual Materials, 1939, 1964-1965, undated

Subseries 10.1, Moving Images, 1939, 1964-1965, undated

Subseries 10.2, Sound Recordings, undated

Series 11, Oversize, 1835-1992, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Biographical / Historical

Edward Joseph Orth grew up with a strong interest in history, particularly the history of the 1939 New York World's Fair. Orth's visit to the fair as a twelve-year-old boy led to a life-long passion of collecting. At the time of his death, he had amassed enough materials to fill two homes in California. Orth also collected materials from several other fairs. In addition, he saved some of the records of the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO) and the World's Fair Collector's Society.

Orth was born April 19, 1927, to Andrew Joseph Orth and Florence Minnie Gordon Orth in Glendale, New York. In the 1930s, the Orth family lived in several locations in New York including Ridgewood, Brooklyn, Glendale, and Queens. The home that made the most impact in young Orth's life came in 1935 when the family moved to St. Albans, Queens seven miles from Flushing Meadow Park, the future site of the 1939 fair. Sadly in 1939 there were several deaths in the family including three grandparents. The severe loss of life limited family social activities but a drive by the future site of the fair provided Orth a glimpse of the Trylon and Perisphere. He would later remark that the sight appeared to be magic. In the summer of 1939, he went to the fair with his classmates from Public School 136. The next summer Orth and his father purchased a 10-admission ticket from an elementary school in Hollis, Queens, New York. He saved every souvenir and any information he could find about the fair. He filled scrapbooks with images from newspapers and postcards from the Curt Teich and Manhattan Postcard companies. When his family moved from an apartment to a house, he acquired a fair bench which was kept in the backyard.

In 1941, Orth attended Newton High School in Elmhurst, and Queens, New York. The high school offered a college preparatory program with heavy emphasis on mathematics, science, mechanical drawing, and workshop courses. Orth's education and training combined with the knowledge he gained from motion picture films viewed at the fair, including Thomas Edison's "The City of Light," Ford Motor Company's "Road of Tomorrow," "Democracy," and General Motors' "Futurama" provided the foundation and inspiration for a career in architecture and landscaping. He ultimately became a city planner for the state of California. By 1943, Orth was exploring used magazine and bookstores in New York City to acquire more fair materials before enlisting in the United States Army in 1945. Upon his discharge he resumed buying and trading fair postcards. From 1948-1953, Orth attended the University of California and the University of Connecticut where he studied architecture and landscape design. During these years he posted advertisements in various publications in his continued pursue for fair materials.

In March 1953, Mr. Orth moved to Los Angeles, California. There he formed lasting friendships with other collectors. By 1967, Orth and several of his closest friends including Peter Warner, Oscar Hengstler, David Oats, Larry Zim, and Ernest Weidhaas conceived the idea of a fair collector's organization. By the summer of 1968, the group had formally created the Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (ECHO).

As time passed Orth became increasing concerned about the welfare of his collection. He wanted it to go to a museum rather than be sold in parts. In his will he stipulated that the collection would be given to the Smithsonian Institution upon his death. Jon Zackman, former Smithsonian employee, interviewed Orth's brother George and fair collector Peter Warner. Orth and Warner corresponded and traded objects over many years. Mr. Orth primarily covered the west coast area while Peter Warner was his east coast counterpart. Edward Orth died on September 6,1989 in Los Angeles, California at the age of sixty-two.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

New York World's Fair Collection, NMAH.AC.0134

Landor Design Collection, NMAH.AC.0500

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subject Category, World Expos, NMAH.AC.0060

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, NMAH.AC.0519

Alice R. Hillis World's Fair Film, NMAH.AC.0531

Borden Company 1939 New York World's Fair Collection, NMAH.AC.1063

Memories of the New York World's Fair, NMAH.AC.0592

Archives Center World Expositions Collection, NMAH.AC.0825

Daniel H. Meyerson World's Fair Collection, NMAH.AC.0745

Division of Community Life World's Fairs Collection, NMAH.AC.1132

Princeton University Posters Collection, NMAH.AC.0433

Hills Bros. Coffee Company, Incorporated Records, NMAH.AC.0395

Smithsonian Speech Synthesis History Project, NMAH.AC.0417

Messmore and Damon Company Records, NMAH.AC.0846

Thomas Norrell Railroad Collection, NMAH.AC.1174

William L. Bird Holidays on Display Collection, NMAH.AC.1288

Wurlitzer Company Records, NMAH.AC.0469

Victor A. Blenkle Postcard Collection, NMAH.AC.0200

Materials at Other Organizations

New York Public Library The New York World's Fair 1939 and 1940 Incorporated Records, 1935-1945, MssCol 2233.

New York City 1939 World's Fair architectural drawings, circa 1935. Museum of the City of New York. Museum of the City of New York.

New York City 1939 World's Fair Collection, 1939-1940. Museum of the City of New York. New York World's Fair 1939/40 Collection. Queens Museum.

1939 New York World's Fair Postcards, Identifier: 1972-320, Audiovisual Collections Repository, Hagley Museum & Library

Separated Materials:

Materials at the National Museum of American History

Artifacts from the collection include several thousand souvenirs and examples of memorabilia commemorating the fair to include buttons and badges, ceramics, glassware, clothing, costume jewelry, coins and medals, commemorative spoons and flatware, toys and games, and philatelic material which are all part of the Division of Home and Community Life's holdings (now Division of Cultural and Community Life).

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves. Researchers must use reference copies of audio-visual materials. When no reference copy exists, the Archives Center staff will produce reference copies on an "as needed" basis, as resources allow. Viewing film portion of collection requires special appointment, please inquire. Do not use when original materials are available on reference video or audio tapes. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Exhibitions -- 1930-1940 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

World's fairs  Search this

Amusement parks--History  Search this

Amusement parks--New York (State)--History  Search this

Architecture--Exhibitions  Search this

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

Architecture--United States--Designs and plans  Search this

Burlesque shows--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940  Search this

Business history Business enterprises--United States--History  Search this

Chicago's Century of Progress  Search this

Construction and civil engineering  Search this

Construction industry--United States--Management--History  Search this

Corporate culture--History  Search this

Corporate culture--United States  Search this

Engineering--History--20th century  Search this

Exhibition buildings – New York (State) – New York  Search this

Exhibition buildings--1920-1940  Search this

Exhibitions -- Design  Search this

Fairs -- New York (State) -- New York -- History  Search this

Fashion--History--20th century  Search this

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)--History  Search this

Food in popular culture--New York (State)--New York  Search this

Graphic arts--United States--History--20th century  Search this

International exhibitions  Search this

International Exhibitions Bureau  Search this

Lighting, Architectural and decorative--History--20th century  Search this

Technology -- United States -- History -- 20th century  Search this

Transportation--New York Metropolitan Area--Planning  Search this

Transportation--New York (State)  Search this

United States --Foreign relations --1933-1945  Search this

Urban parks--United States--History  Search this

Urban design  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- United States  Search this

Consumerism  Search this

Consumers--History--20th century  Search this

General Motors Corporation  Search this

Grand Central Parkway extension  Search this

Organizational behavior--United States--History  Search this

Public relations--History  Search this

New York World's Fair Commission  Search this

Queens (New York, N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc.  Search this

Genre/Form:

Souvenirs -- 1930-1940

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin -- 1930-1940

Pamphlets -- 1930-1940

Guidebooks -- 1930-1940

Exhibition posters--1930-1940

Diaries

Ephemera -- 20th century

Film transparencies

Motion picture film

Posters -- 1930-1940

Citation:

Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0560

See more items in:

Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep808504c62-92bb-48b1-8a76-f9d279516c33

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0560

Creator:

Simmons Company  Search this

Extent:

9 Film reels

88 Cubic feet (172 boxes, 16 oversize folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

Advertisements

Business records

Videotapes

Date:

1892-2000

Scope and Contents:

Series 1 includes: news articles about the company and the Simmons family; photographs of the machinery, factories, factory workers, products and showrooms; annual reports; various corporate periodicals; audit reports; patents; and materials relating to sleep research conducted by Simmons. Series 2 includes product catalogues, scrapbooks of advertisements, advertising artwork and mechanicals, sales kits, point of purchase items, marketing plans and surveys, sales training videos and filmstrips, and commercials. Of special note are the materials on Simmons involvement in the New York World's Fair in 1964-65 and the XIII Winter Olympic Games in 1980. Most newsprint in this collection has been photocopied onto acid-free bond paper and the originals destroyed. Unless otherwise noted, the materials appear in date order within each subseries or sub-subseries. Physically, the materials are arranged by type and size.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into two series.

Series 1: Corporate Materials, 1892-2000

Series 2: Marketing, 1896-1990s

Biographical / Historical:

This subject category- engineering consists of documents related to the field of engineering, both as a scientific discipline and as a business. Most of the material in the collection was produced by engineers, engineering firms, or firms using engineers in the course of other activities. The span dates for the collection are 1848-1963; the bulk dates are circa 1870-circa 1930. Most of the firms and individuals represented in the collection were located in eastern states like New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, though there are some items from other states and foreign countries.

Engineers & Engineering Firms material is comprised of materials from firms engaged in various activities in the engineering field, including machine and structural design; drafting; surveying; tool and machine repair and maintenance; consulting and inspection; and the manufacture of machine parts and factory equipment. The series consists of business cards; brochures, catalogs, and pamphlets; invoices and business correspondence; and handbills and other types of advertising matter. Bulk dates for this series are 1870-1930. Most firms in this series were based in the cities of the industrial North, especially Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and Chicago. A few items are from companies headquartered in other states and foreign countries. The material is arranged alphabetically by firm name. An article in the Simmons in-house publication The Owl states Zalmon G. Simmons "was not the inventor or first manufacturer of bed springs. His contribution was in lowering the price so that everyone could afford them. He took a hand-made item that sold for around $5 wholesale, and developed machinery which would enable its sale for as little as 80 cents."[1]

Simmons was born in Montgomery County, New York, in 1828. He moved to Kenosha, Wisconsin, at the age of fifteen with $3.00 in "tangible cash assets."[2] Upon finishing school, Simmons became a teacher and worked as a clerk in a general store; eighteen months later he bought the business.[3] Simmons was an enterprising individual and eventually became the President of the Rock Island Railway Company, the Northwest Telegraphy Company (which was bought by Western Union), and the First National Bank of Kenosha. In addition, Simmons served as mayor of Kenosha.

On April 16, 1871, Simmons purchased a cheese box factory, which also made wooden telegraph insulators for his telegraph company. As payment for a debt at his store, Simmons accepted a patent for a handmade, woven-wire bedspring.[4] Thus the Simmons legacy of mattress making was born. The company incorporated in 1884 as the Northwestern Wire Mattress Company.[5] The name was changed to the Simmons Manufacturing Company in 1889. "By 1891 the company was the largest of its kind in the world."[6]

When Zalmon Simmons died in 1910, his son, Zalmon Simmons, Jr., assumed power and continued expanding the company. "By 1919 the company had plants from coast to coast plus sixty-four warehouses and the beginnings of an export business."[7] Zalmon Simmons, Jr. became Chairman in 1932 and his son, Grant G. Simmons, became President of the company.

Since it appeared on the market, the Simmons name has become synonymous with its bestselling product, the Beautyrest mattress. Simmons introduced the Beautyrest in 1925 for the price of $39.50, about three to four times what the consumer was paying for a wire mattress at the time. Immediately the company began advertising using an innovative testimonial campaign featuring "celebrities" like Henry Ford, George Bernard Shaw, and Thomas Edison. By 1929 Beautyrest mattress sales had reached $9 million.[8] Grant G. Simmons wrote, "The consumer demand for Beautyrest stimulated by our national advertising literally forced hundreds of retailers who then had no interest in doing business with Simmons to carry our products."[9]

Card tables and folding chairs were added to the Simmons line in 1926. In 1940, the Hide-A-Bed sofa (which grew out of the studio couch of the 1930s) was born. Fold-out springs and mattresses were engineered to create the pull-out bed.[10] The Hide-A-Bed became one of the company's most famous products manufactured through the 1980s.[11] During WWII the company shifted its production to wartime needs, manufacturing 2,700 different items.[12] Almost immediately after the end of the War, Simmons resumed production; and in 1947 it introduced the Babybeauty mattress. Other Simmons mattress models have included, most notably, the Deepsleep and Maxipedic.

Throughout the years the Simmons Company has had many innovators and inventors make improvements to its mattresses and manufacturing machinery. John Marshall's pocketed-coil spring and John Gail's improvements and modifications to the manufacturing equipment are many of the most significant contributions. Together, Marshall's coil and Gail's pocketing machine made the Beautyrest mattress a reality.

The Sleep Research Foundation, established in1946 with a grant from the Simmons Company, "instituted a vast research program into the scientific aspects of sleep...dedicated to an objective study of sleep from a physiological and medical point of view."[13] The Sleep Research Center and its findings were a common feature in Simmons advertising.

Simmons has continued to use advertising as a way to make its brand known to consumers. Celebrity endorsements and "glamour girls in expensive lingerie" have been a mainstay in Beautyrest advertising.[14] Newspaper advertisements featuring so-called sale prices also have fueled demand for the products.

Company headquarters moved to New York City in 1923 and then to Atlanta, Georgia in 1975, where the company still resides. In 1979, Gulf & Western acquired the company, shifting control to outside the family for the first time. Wickes Corporation purchased Simmons from Gulf & Western in 1985. In 1991, Merrill Lynch Capital Partners, Inc. acquired a majority interest in the company. Today, Simmons has 17% of the bedding market share, second only to Sealy with 22%.[15]

[1]. "Zalmon G. Simmons." The Owl, December 1952, p. 10-11. Box 1, Folder 4.

[2]. "Kenosha Bank Celebrates 90 Years; Zalmon Simmons Is Remembered." Kenosha Evening News, 17 May 1941, n.p. Box 1, Folder 3.

[3]. Ibid. n.p.

[4]. "History of Simmons Company." Report to Stockholders for 1946: Diamond Anniversary, 1871-1946, p. 4. Box 1, Folder 3.

[5]. "Brief History of Simmons Company." ca. 1941. Box 1, Folder 2.

[6]. "History of Simmons Company." Report to Stockholders for 1946: Diamond Anniversary, 1871-1946, p. 5. Box 1, Folder 3.

[7]. "Simmons: The Bedtime Story That Became a Legend." Advertising News From Newsweek, 1969, p. 3. Box 1, Folder 5.

[8]. Simmons, Grant, Jr. "Simmons Company, 1870-1963." p. 7-8. Box 1, Folder 5.

[9]. Ibid. p. 11.

[10]. "Simmons: The Bedtime Story That Became a Legend." Advertising News From Newsweek, 1969, p. 3. Box 1, Folder 5.

[11]. In 1990, the Simmons Company sold the division that made Hide-A-Beds and recliners and licensed the use of the name to a manufacturer.

[12]. "Chronology of Simmons Company." ca. 1955. Box 1, Folder 4. Rise." The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 1957. Box 1, Folder 4. & "Simmons History." ca. 1955. p. 3. Box 1, Folder 4.

[14]. Simmons, Grant, Jr. "Simmons Company, 1870-1963." p. 9. Box 1, Folder 5.

[15]. Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands,1994 ed. S.v. "Simmons Beautyrest" and "Sealy."

Related Materials:

Materials at the Archives Center

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, ca. 1724-1977 (Beds and Bedding) (AC0060) Ivory Soap Advertising Collection (AC0791)

Breck Girl Collection, 1936-1995 (AC0651) Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair, 1939-1940 (AC0560)

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection (AC0519) Louis S. Nixdorff 1928 Olypic Games Collection, 1926-1978 (AC0443) Lloyd A. Strickland Collection of 1936 Olympics Photographs, 1936 (AC0743)

Provenance:

The collection was donated by the Simmons Company through Mr. Charlie Eitel, Chairman and CEO, and Mr. Donald Hoffman, Senior Vice President of Marketing, to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History, in June 2000.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Bedding industry  Search this

Sleep  Search this

Mattresses  Search this

Genre/Form:

Advertisements

Business records -- 20th century

Videotapes

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0731

See more items in:

The Simmons Company Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep857f3bf87-e407-401e-ba50-3410cb6e8a37

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0731

Creator:

Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this

Extent:

9.09 Cubic feet (consisting of 17.5 boxes, 1 folder, 19 oversize folders, 12 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (1 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Business ephemera

Ephemera

Date:

1851-1965

Summary:

A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: World Expositions 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:

This material consists primarily of guide books, souvenir books, catalogs, brochures, maps, general images, lithographs, advertising cards, postcards, commemorative stamps, tickets and correspondence created for the World's Fairs. A few trade catalogs (Chicago, 1893), magazines, bubble gum cards (Chicago, 1933-1934) and photographs are also included in the materials. One remarkable item in the world exposition's material is a "peephole" paper toy viewer from the New York 1939-1940 fair.

The amount of material for each fair varies widely. Most of the fairs including Paris 1855, Lausanne 1857, Boston 1883-1884, Bordeaux 1895, Philadelphia 1899, Milan 1906, Albuquerque 1908 and Seattle 1962 have very little information. The Philadelphia 1876 and Chicago 1893 expositions, however, contain a substantial amount of material. A number of expositions are not included among the materials. The container list indicates which fairs the Archives Center has information on in this collection.

A number of the expositions were given a nickname, mostly as a result of the architecture dominating the fair. Examples of those nicknames include the White City (Chicago 1893), the Magic City (Omaha 1898), the Rainbow City (Buffalo 1901), the Ivory City (St. Louis 1904), the Jewel City (San Francisco 1915), and Treasure Island San Francisco 1939-1940).

The World Expositions tend to have a theme or celebrate a special event. "The Age of Steam" was the theme for the first world exposition, held in London in 1851. In 1876, the Philadelphia exposition celebrated a century of American independence. The common name was the "Philadelphia Centennial." The Chicago 1893 fair celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America and was referred to as the "World's Columbian Exposition." The Omaha exposition in 1898 is known as the "Invitation to Renewed Expansion of the West." Buffalo's theme in 1901 was "All Americas Exposition", demonstrating the cultural, commercial and technical progress of the Western Hemisphere. Expanding the West was the theme for the St. Louis fair in 1904 to celebrate the lOOth anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France. In 1915, San Francisco celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal. American independence was celebrated again in Philadelphia in 1926 marking 150 years. Chicago's fair in 1933-1934 was called "A Century of Progress" it was incorporated as a city in 1833. The exposition in New York in 1939-1940 had two themes: "Building a World for Tomorrow" in 1939 and "For Peace and Freedom" in 1940. San Francisco's world's fair in 1939-1940 also had two themes: "Dawn of a New Day" in 1939 and "Fun in the Fourties" in 1940. The theme for New York's exposition in 1964-1965, "Peace Through Understanding", celebrated the 300th anniversary of the naming of New York by the British and the 15th anniversary of the United Nations in New York City.

Researchers interested in women's history will find little information on that subject. Most of the expositions had a Women's building, however, there are only a few items referring to them in this collection. Such materials include a book from the Philadelphia 1876 fair which discusses women's work. Another book from the Chicago 1893 fair examines the art and handicraft in the Women's building. A pamphlet also from the Chicago fair contains the official minutes of the Board of Lady Managers.

The materials in boxes one through seventeen are organized in chronological order by the name of the location of the fair. A number of manufacturers and distributors of various products created advertising for the expositions. Such materials remain with those created about the fair. A photocopy of product advertising has been filed in the appropriate subject category in the Warshaw Collection. Box eighteen contains miscellaneous items that could not be identified with a particular exposition. Such materials include photographs, advertising cards and souvenir books.

Other collections in the Archives that relate to world expositions are the Orth and Zimm collections. The Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the New York World's Fair 1939-1940 primarily documents the general organization of the New York fair and specific national or corporate pavilions. Holdings include advertising and promotional literature, press kits, maps and official guides, photographs and brochures. Additional material includes scrapbooks, photo album, diaries, postcards and posters. Among the personal papers of Mr. Orth are correspondence and copies of the newsletter, Exposition Collectors and Historians Organization (ECHO). ECHO was organized by Mr. Orth in 1976 for collectors and historians of world's fairs and disbanded upon his death. This collection is stored off site. Researchers are requested to make an appointment to use the materials. The Zim Collection contains materials from a number of the world's fairs. These materials are also stored off site and researchers will need to make an appointment.

Materials in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History that relate to the world's fairs can also be found in its Library. The Library has both primary and secondary sources. All of the primary materials have been microfilmed. The library also contains a comprehensive collection of secondary sources on the expositions. Among the secondary sources is a publication The Book Fairs, Materials about World's Fairs, 1834-1916, in the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (1992).

Special collections (Dibner Library) contains about thirty very rare items from various world expositions mostly dating from the 1851 fair and those occurring in the 1880s. Such items are mostly coffee table books created about the fairs. Researchers will need to contact the Dibner library to make an appointment to see original materials.

The Museum's curatorial divisions hold a number of three dimensional objects relating to the fairs. For information on the objects researchers should contact the divisions.

Materials in the Archives Center:

Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)

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:

World Expositions 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:

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.

Genre/Form:

Business ephemera

Ephemera

Citation:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: World Expositions, 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.World

See more items in:

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: World Expositions

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep870647d5c-3d16-42f8-a26f-ca22d461978f

EDAN-URL:

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

Creator:

Norton, Robert H.  Search this

Cooper-Hewitt Museum  Search this

Kass, Marcia  Search this

Names:

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New York World's Fair (1964-1965)  Search this

Extent:

0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 map folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Maps

Guidebooks

Cartoons (humorous images)

Brochures

Menus

Posters

Souvenir programs

Tickets

Date:

1873-2010

Scope and Contents note:

An artificial collection of ephemera from World's Fairs, intended as a growing repository for such miscellany from multiple sources. The initial donation consists of a season ticket, a booklet of souvenir tickets, and one menu from the 1939 New York World's Fair. The 2010 addendum contains eleven graphic works relating to World's Fairs. Eight of the items relate to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, including a poster, a map, a souvenir booklet, and several views of the Fair printed in Harper's Weekly; in addition to a cartoon depicting the Crystal Palace in New York in 1883, and two ads for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Also in the collection are souvenir books and pamphlets from the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair.

Arrangement:

1 series.

Provenance:

Collection materials donated by Robert Norton, Marcia Kass, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum (through Stephen Van Dyke, Craig P. Morton, John Anderson, and Capt. George and Ginger Vance,

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:

Exhibitions  Search this

Crystal Palace -- (New York, New York)  Search this

World's fairs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Maps

Guidebooks

Cartoons (humorous images)

Brochures

Menus

Posters

Souvenir programs

Tickets -- World's Fair, 1939 -- New York (N.Y.)

Citation:

Archives Center World Expositions Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0825

See more items in:

Archives Center World Expositions Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8f41c3cca-aee8-4b33-a5d7-f0df02de664e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0825

Collector:

Cooper-Hewitt Museum  Search this

Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987  Search this

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

Names:

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)  Search this

Appalachian Exposition. (Knoxville, Tennessee: 1911)  Search this

Art and Techniques Exposition (Paris, France: 1937)  Search this

British Empire Exhibition (Wembley, London, England: 1924-1925)  Search this

British Empire Exposition (Glasgow, Scotland: 1938)  Search this

Bronx International Exposition (New York, New York: 1917-1918)  Search this

Brussels International (1910 )  Search this

California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

California-Pacific International Exposition (San Diego, California: 1935-1936)  Search this

Canadian National Exposition (1937)  Search this

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States (1888 : Cincinnati, Ohio)  Search this

Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Chicago Autumn Festival (1899)  Search this

Cincinnati Industrial Exposition (1882 : Cincinnati, Ohio)  Search this

Cotton States Exposition (1895 : Atlanta, Ga)  Search this

Esposizione Internationale (1911 : Turin, Italy)  Search this

Esposizione Internationale D'Arte (Venice, Italy: 1910)  Search this

Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte (1895 : Venice, Italy)  Search this

Exhibition of Art Treasures (1857 : Manchester, England)  Search this

Exhibition, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1878 : Boston, Massachusetts)  Search this

Expo 67 (Montréal, Québec)  Search this

Exposicion Centro-Americana (1897 : Guatemala City, Guatemala)  Search this

Exposition International (1894 : Lyons, France)  Search this

Exposition International Coloniale Maritime et d'Art Flammand (Antwerp, Belgium: 1930)  Search this

Exposition International de Liege (1930)  Search this

Exposition Internationale Maritime (1887 : Le Havre, France)  Search this

Exposition Nationale Belge (1880 : Belgium)  Search this

Exposition Universelle (1885 : Antwerp, Belgium)  Search this

Exposition Universelle de Paris (1855 : Paris, France)  Search this

Exposition Universelle de Paris (1878 : Paris, France)  Search this

Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931)  Search this

Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris  Search this

Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)  Search this

Exposition universelle et internationale (1958 : Brussels, Belgium)  Search this

Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 (Paris, France)  Search this

Fiera di Milano (1939)  Search this

Foreign Exhibition (1883 : Boston, Massachusetts)  Search this

Franco-British Exhibition (London, England: 1908)  Search this

Franklin Institute Exhibition (1874 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)  Search this

Gewerbe Austellung (1896 : Berlin, Germany)  Search this

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Great Exhibition of 1851 (London, England)  Search this

Great Industrial Exhibition (1853 : Dublin, Ireland)  Search this

Great Lakes Exposition (Cleveland, Ohio: 1936-1937)  Search this

Hemisfair '68 (San Antonio, Texas: 1968)  Search this

Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)  Search this

Imperial International Exhibition (London, England: 1909)  Search this

International Exhibition (1897 : Brussels, Belgium)  Search this

International Exhibition of 1862 (London, England)  Search this

International Exhibition of 1871 (London, England)  Search this

International Exhibition of 1872 (London, England)  Search this

International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1865: Dublin, Ireland)  Search this

International Exposition (Barcelona, Spain: 1929-1930)  Search this

International Exposition (Brussels, Belgium: 1935)  Search this

International Exposition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industries (1925 : Paris, France)  Search this

International Exposition on the Environment (Spokane, Washington: 1974)  Search this

International Fire Exhibition 1903 : London, England)  Search this

International Marine Exhibition of Marine Hygiene and Exhibition of the Italian Glories (Genoa, Italy: 1914)  Search this

International Ocean Exposition (Okinawa, Japan: 1975)  Search this

Interstate and West Indian Exposition (Charleston, South Carolina: 1901-1902)  Search this

Italian Exposition (1904 : London, England)  Search this

Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition (Hampton Roads, Virginia: 1907)  Search this

Japan World Exposition (Osaka, Japan: 1970)  Search this

Japan-British Exhibition (London, England: 1910)  Search this

Knoxville International Energy Exposition (1982)  Search this

Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition (1905 : Portland, Or.)  Search this

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

National Ecuadorian Exposition (Quito, Ecuador: 1909)  Search this

National Export Exposition (1899 : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New York World's Fair (1964-1965)  Search this

Pan-American Exposition (1901: Buffalo, N.Y.)  Search this

Panama-California Exposition (1915 : San Diego, Calif.)  Search this

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Scottish National Exposition (Edinburgh, Scotland: 1908)  Search this

Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition (1926 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Sydney International Exhibition (Sydney, Australia: 1879)  Search this

Texas Centennial Central Exposition (Dallas, Texas: 1936)  Search this

Universal Exhibition (1873 : Vienna, Austria)  Search this

Western Pennsylvania Exposition (1915 : Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)  Search this

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition (1884-1885 : New Orleans, La.)  Search this

Extent:

46 Cubic feet (123 boxes and 150 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Motion pictures (visual works)

Postcards

Greeting cards

Stationery

Panoramas

Sheet music

Posters

Shopping bags

Photographs

Stereographs

Menus

Place:

Disneyland (California)

Date:

1841-1988

Scope and Contents:

Memorabilia of fairs and World's Fairs throughout history, both in the United States and abroad, including photographs, stereographs, panoramas and slides; printed materials; postcards; sheet music; philatelic material; stationery and greeting cards; menus and food service items; posters; shopping bags; motion picture films; and other items.

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into three series.

Series 1: World's Fair Materials, 1841-1988

Series 2: Reference and Miscellaneous Materials

Series 3: Larry Zim Materials

Series 4: Oversize Materials, 1909-1968

Biographical / Historical:

Larry Zim, whose actual name was Larry Zimmerman, was an industrial designer, a historian of World's Fairs who wrote extensively on the subject, and a collector of World's Fair memorabilia.

Provenance:

Collection by bequest of Larry Zim.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but two oversize folders are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Crystal Palace -- (New York, New York)  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Genre/Form:

Motion pictures (visual works)

Postcards

Greeting cards

Stationery

Panoramas

Sheet music -- 20th century

Posters

Shopping bags

Photographs -- 19th century

Sheet music -- 19th century

Stereographs

Menus

Citation:

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0519

See more items in:

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8523c6615-9c45-41fc-86c2-ca7717969437

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0519

Collector:

Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987  Search this

Donor:

Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987  Search this

Names:

New York Telephone  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Collection Collector:

Cooper-Hewitt Museum  Search this

Zim, Larry (Larry Zimmerman), 1931-1987  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (8"x10".)

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Place:

New York (N.Y.) -- 1930-1940

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

Decals on booth for New York Telephone; photographer unidentified.

Local Numbers:

AC0519-0000043.tif (AC Scan)

General:

In Box 48.

Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.

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.

Topic:

Telephone booths  Search this

telephone  Search this

Exhibitions -- 1930-1940 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin

Collection Citation:

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection, 1841-1988, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection

Larry Zim World's Fair Collection / Series 1: World 's Fairs Materials / New York, black and white photographs (2 volumes)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81fa23623-f882-4298-b4b7-679a4968f639

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0519-ref979

Collector:

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

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

Vogel, Robert M.  Search this

Names:

Ameriflora '92 (Columbus, Ohio)  Search this

Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this

Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee (Genova, Italy: 1992)  Search this

Expo '93 (Stuttgart, Germany)  Search this

Expo '93 (Taejŏn-si, Korea)  Search this

Exposición Universal de 1992 (Seville, Spain)  Search this

Exposition universelle et internationale (1958 : Brussels, Belgium)  Search this

Floriade Zoetermeer (The Hague, Netherlands: 1992)  Search this

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New York World's Fair (1964-1965)  Search this

Salon International de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace (Paris, France: 1991)  Search this

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Donor:

Annis, Esther Pauline  Search this

Carmody, Stella  Search this

Coppola, John  Search this

Frick, Margaret  Search this

Grossman, Walter  Search this

Hallwig, Elizabeth Ann  Search this

Hallwig, O.Morton  Search this

Holt, C.W.  Search this

Krause, Roy  Search this

Landor, Josephine  Search this

Landor, Walter  Search this

Lindsay, Elizabeth R.  Search this

Meggars, Edith R.  Search this

Shafer, Mary C.  Search this

Sheppard, Stephen  Search this

Willcutts, Viola E.  Search this

Former owner:

Warner, Peter M.  Search this

Extent:

3.3 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 12 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Programs

Clippings

Leaflets

Stickers

Guidebooks

Brochures

Commemoratives

Schedules

Stationery

Fans

Calendars

Postcards

Shopping bags

Press releases

Tickets

Certificates

Bumper stickers

Pamphlets

Maps

Catalogs

Date:

1876-1993

Summary:

Collection documents World's Fairs from 1876 to 1993.

Scope and Contents:

The collection is a compilation of gifts from numerous donors, of printed materials and ephemera relating to World's Fairs.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into one series chronologically by fair.

Provenance:

Collected from numerous donors by the Division of Community Life (now called the Division of Home and Community Life.) A number of items in the collection were also collected for the National Museum of American History by the Division. Donors include Viola E. Willcuts, Peter M. Warner, Edith B. Meggars, Elizabeth R. Lindsay, C.W. Holt, Walter Grossman, Margaret Frick, Peter M. Warner, Esther Pauline Annis, Roy Krause, Ameriflora, Expo '92, Expo '93, Colombo, O. Morton Hallwig and Elizabeth Ann Hallwig, Mary C. Shafer, Robert Vogel, John Coppola, Stella M. Carmody, Walter and Josephine Landor, and Stephen Sheppard.

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:

Exhibitions  Search this

World's fairs  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- Color transparencies -- 1950-2000

Programs

Clippings

Leaflets

Stickers

Guidebooks

Brochures

Commemoratives

Schedules

Stationery

Fans

Calendars

Postcards

Shopping bags

Press releases

Tickets

Certificates

Bumper stickers

Pamphlets

Maps

Catalogs

Citation:

Division of Community Life World's Fairs Collection, 1876-1993, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1132

See more items in:

Division of Community Life World's Fairs Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep82197e99b-7898-4422-9249-ca8c9abf0798

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1132

Creator:

Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this

Subject:

Brown, Samuel Joseph  Search this

De Rivera, José Ruiz  Search this

Hopkins, Harry Lloyd  Search this

Halpert, Edith Gregor  Search this

Abbott, Berenice  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty  Search this

Scaravaglione, Concetta  Search this

Speck, Walter  Search this

Ward, Lynd  Search this

Weisenborn, Rudolph  Search this

Morris, Carl  Search this

Segal, George  Search this

Olds, Elizabeth  Search this

Roosevelt, Eleanor  Search this

Knaths, Karl  Search this

Miller, Dorothy Canning  Search this

American Federation of Arts  Search this

Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Cartoonists Guild  Search this

Federal Art Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Music Project (U.S.)  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

American Council of Learned Societies  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Shakers  Search this

American Artists' Congress  Search this

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

The Design Laboratory (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Treasury Relief Art Project  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Type:

Prints

Government records

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Photographs

Slides (photographs)

Photograph albums

Drawings

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945

Citation:

Holger Cahill papers, 1910-1993, bulk 1910-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the public welfare  Search this

Art and state  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Public officers  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6730

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208855

AAA_collcode_cahiholg

Theme:

New Deal

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208855

Creator:

Collier, Nina Perera  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project  Search this

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Writers' Project (U.S.)  Search this

Federal Music Project (U.S.)  Search this

Index of American Design  Search this

United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Place:

United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945

United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945

Citation:

Nina Perera Collier papers, 1934-1950. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Federal aid to the public welfare  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)7490

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209649

AAA_collcode_collnina

Theme:

Women

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209649

Creator:

Gregory, John, 1879-1958  Search this

Subject:

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

John Gregory papers, 1924-1966. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8262

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210433

AAA_collcode_gregjohn

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210433

Creator:

Smith, Margery Hoffman, 1888-1981  Search this

Subject:

Dell, Floyd  Search this

Griffith, Emerson J.  Search this

Timberline Lodge (Mount Hood, Or.)  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Margery Hoffman Smith papers relating to Timberline Lodge, Oregon, 1939-1948. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

New Deal art  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Handicraft  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Craft  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Patronage  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8695

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210875

AAA_collcode_smitmarg

Theme:

Women

Craft

New Deal

Patronage

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210875

Creator:

Heythum, Antonin, 1901-1954  Search this

Subject:

Heythum, Charlotta  Search this

Hutchins, Robert Maynard  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Antonin Heythum papers, 1920-1959. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Industrial design  Search this

Theme:

Architecture & Design  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8798

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210982

AAA_collcode_heytanto

Theme:

Architecture & Design

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210982

Creator:

Bear, Donald, 1905-1952  Search this

Subject:

Fremantle, Anne Jackson  Search this

Lansner, Jules  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Donald Bear papers, 1923-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8874

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211059

AAA_collcode_beardona

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211059

Creator:

Gurr, Lena, 1897-1992  Search this

Subject:

Model, Elisabeth D. (Elisabeth Dittmann)  Search this

Lozowick, Louis  Search this

Lawrence, Jacob  Search this

Kent, Rockwell  Search this

Jones, Joe  Search this

Ward, Lynd  Search this

Von Wicht, John  Search this

Soyer, Raphael  Search this

Norman, Maria  Search this

Ehrenreich, Emma  Search this

Block, Dorothy  Search this

Biel, Joseph  Search this

Baron, Herman  Search this

Harkavy, Minna  Search this

Grosz, George  Search this

Force, Juliana  Search this

Fabri, Ralph  Search this

Ascher, Mary G. (Mary Goldman)  Search this

Allen, Mary Cecil  Search this

Knaths, Karl  Search this

John Reed Club  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

ACA Galleries  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Prints

Interviews

Christmas cards

Sketchbooks

Phonograph records

Place:

New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works

Citation:

Lena Gurr papers, 1908-1979. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Works of art  Search this

Painting, American -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women photographers  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Women  Search this

Photography  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8997

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211186

AAA_collcode_gurrlena

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Women

Photography

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211186

Creator:

Loew, Michael, 1907-1985  Search this

Subject:

Albers, Josef  Search this

Jensen, Alfred  Search this

Kahn, Louis I.  Search this

Kaprow, Allan  Search this

McNeil, George  Search this

McPherson, Sarah Freedman  Search this

Schempp, Theodore  Search this

Schnitzler, Max  Search this

De Kooning, Willem  Search this

Slivka, Rose  Search this

De Kooning, Elaine  Search this

Dehner, Dorothy  Search this

De Kooning, Willem  Search this

Gottlieb, Adolph  Search this

Hasen, Burt  Search this

Johnson, Philip  Search this

Kent, Rockwell  Search this

Lahey, Richard  Search this

McDarrah, Fred W.  Search this

Morris, George L. K.  Search this

Odets, Clifford  Search this

Siskind, Aaron  Search this

Marilyn Pearl Gallery  Search this

Landmark Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors  Search this

Holland-Goldowsky Gallery  Search this

United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this

University of California, Berkeley  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

Michael Loew papers, 1930-1997. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9162

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211356

AAA_collcode_loewmich

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211356

Creator:

Van Veen, Stuyvesant, 1910-1988  Search this

Subject:

Avery, Frances  Search this

United States Information Agency  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Citation:

Stuyvesant Van Veen papers, circa 1926-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Caricatures and cartoons  Search this

Graphic arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9250

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211445

AAA_collcode_vanveen

Theme:

Sketches & Sketchbooks

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211445

Creator:

Refregier, Anton, 1905-1979  Search this

Subject:

Randall, Byron  Search this

Refregier, Lila  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Morley, Eugene  Search this

O'Higgins, Pablo  Search this

Geddes, Norman Bel  Search this

Greenwood, Marion  Search this

Kent, Rockwell  Search this

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo  Search this

Dreyfuss, Henry  Search this

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Evergood, Philip  Search this

Fast, Howard  Search this

De Diego, Julio  Search this

Packard, Emmy Lou  Search this

Yavno, Max  Search this

National Council of American-Soviet Friendship (U.S.)  Search this

ACA Galleries  Search this

Bard College  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this

Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)  Search this

World Peace Council  Search this

Woodstock Artists Association (Woodstock, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Travel diaries

Greeting cards

Interviews

Cartoons (working drawings)

Scrapbooks

Transcripts

Photographs

Diaries

Sketches

Place:

Chile

Soviet Union

Guatemala

Mexico

Citation:

Anton Refregier papers, circa 1900-circa 1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Tapestry  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Political clubs  Search this

Muralists -- New York -- Woodstock  Search this

Art -- Commissioning  Search this

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

Mural painting and decoration -- Archival resources -- 20th century  Search this

Designers -- New York (State)  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9646

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211854

AAA_collcode_refranto

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211854

Creator:

Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953  Search this

Subject:

Brown, Bolton  Search this

Artists for Victory, Inc.  Search this

Society of American Etchers  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Citation:

John Taylor Arms papers, 1910-1952. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Prints -- Technique -- United States  Search this

Printing -- Societies, etc  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9996

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212786

AAA_collcode_armsjota

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212786

Creator:

Meiere, M. Hildreth, d. 1961-  Search this

Subject:

Abbott, Berenice  Search this

Dunn, Louise Meière  Search this

United States. Navy  Search this

Exposition internationale (1937 : Paris, France)  Search this

Peter A. Juley & Son  Search this

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Type:

Transcripts

Video recordings

Photographs

Diaries

Sketchbooks

Place:

Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939

Citation:

Hildreth Meière papers, 1901-2011, bulk 1911-1960. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

War relief  Search this

Travel  Search this

World War, 1939-1945  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Motion pictures (visual works)  Search this

World War, 1914-1918  Search this

Women muralists  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Latino and Latin American  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5982

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)228718

AAA_collcode_meiemari

Theme:

Women

Latino and Latin American

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_228718