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Former owner:

Schwartz, Mindy J.  Search this

Nicholas, Barbara K.  Search this

Allegheny City vacant property program  Search this

Production manager:

Reiff, Hannah  Search this

Outreach manager:

Madden, Robert  Search this

Provenance:

Garden Club of Allegheny County  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Place:

Garden Dreams Urban Farm and Nursery (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

United States of America -- Pennsylvania -- Allegheny -- Pittsburgh

Scope and Contents:

The folder includes worksheets and photocopies of articles.

General:

Three previously vacant city lots comprise this one-third acre urban farm and nursery garden focused on growing organically, providing a community gathering place, and teaching about sustainable land use. Ecologically sound practices are their main feature. The farm keeps bees for pollination and chickens for their eggs and to provide manure for the compost. Garden structures are fabricated from found or re-used objects and discarded building materials, such as PVC pipes that are too old to be used for their intended purpose but can serve as hoops for floating row covers. The business is recognized for its ingenuity, craftiness and thrift, as well as for creating a green space in a struggling neighborhood. They grow 100 varieties of tomatoes including heirlooms, dozens of sweet and hot peppers, many kinds of eggplants, greens and herbs. Flowers that are grown may be edible or are attractive to pollinating bees and other beneficial insects, including sunflowers, alyssum, coneflowers and native asters.

Since the urban lots contained detritus from demolished buildings and other debris, they had to be excavated, leaving craters that were filled with leaf mulch courtesy of the local public works agency. The organic matter decomposed into the degraded soil creating an excellent growing medium. Subsequent testing showed that the produce grown there was not contaminated and safe.

Persons associated with the garden include: Allegheny City vacant property program (former owners, 1996); Mindy J. Schwartz and Barbara K. Nicholas (former owners, 1996); Hannah Reiff (production manager, 2010- ); Robert Madden (outreach manager, 2008- ).

Related Materials:

Garden Dreams Urban Farm and Nursery related holdings consist of 1 folder (8 digital images)

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

Topic:

Gardens -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, File PA740

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Pennsylvania

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref16554

Discipline:

Mineral Sciences  Search this

Region:

North American Region  Search this

Object Type:

Education and Outreach collections

Collecting Locality:

Public Works Quarry, Bailey's Bay area, Bermuda, Islands of Bermuda

Topic:

Education & Outreach  Search this

Scientific Name:

Sedimentary Rock Calcareous Eolianite

USNM Number:

EO45300

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Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/321516f96-7e4d-4998-ae0f-e291c9731a56

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnheducation_10024626

Creator:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2014-12-08T16:55:38.000Z

YouTube Category:

Travel & Events  Search this

Topic:

Art, modern  Search this

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Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

YouTube Channel:

hirshhornmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_DkymJJU3Xzk

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2010-07-26T16:09:53.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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americanartmuseum

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

YouTube Channel:

americanartmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_vG4fqOaoRKs

Creator:

Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2021-05-20T19:17:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

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americanartmuseum

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

YouTube Channel:

americanartmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_7euB-jHf8U4

Collection Collector:

Orth, Edward J.  Search this

Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization  Search this

Container:

Box 44, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1937 - 1941

Collection 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.

Collection Rights:

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

Collection Citation:

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

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Edward J. Orth Memorial Archives of the World's Fair / Series 3: New York World's Fair 1939 and 1940 Incorporated Records / 3.1: Administrative Files

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0560-ref2714

Creator:

Blue Eagle, Acee, 1907-1959  Search this

Names:

Abbott, Mae  Search this

Beaver, Fred  Search this

Bosin, Blackbear, 1921-1980  Search this

Campbell, Walter S.  Search this

Dale, Edward E.  Search this

Debo, Angie, 1890-1988  Search this

Dja, Devi  Search this

Echohawk, Brummett T., 1922-2006  Search this

Fairbanks, Charles H. (Charles Herron), 1913-1985  Search this

Feder, Norman  Search this

Field, Dorothy  Search this

Gilcrease, Thomas, 1890-1962  Search this

Houser, Allan, 1914-1994  Search this

Howe, Oscar, 1915-1983  Search this

Jackson, Oscar B.  Search this

Lemos, Pedro de  Search this

Marriott, Alice  Search this

Martinez, Julian, -1943  Search this

Martínez, María Montoya  Search this

McCombs, Solomon, 1913-1980 (Creek)  Search this

Medicine Crow, Joseph, 1913-2016  Search this

Mirabel, Eva  Search this

Momaday, Al  Search this

Pond, Charles E.  Search this

Rowan, Edward B.  Search this

Shears, Glen E.  Search this

Sheets, Nan  Search this

Steinke, Bettina, 1913-1999  Search this

Sunrise, Riley  Search this

Te Ata  Search this

Whitehorse, Roland Noah, 1920-1998  Search this

Extent:

673 Paintings (visual works) (approximate)

30 Linear feet (55 document boxes and 8 oversize boxes)

Culture:

Muskogee (Creek)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Southeast  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Paintings (visual works)

Date:

1907 - 1975

Summary:

Acee Blue Eagle was a Pawnee-Creek artist, poet, dancer, teacher, and celebrity. The papers relate to both Blue Eagle's personal and professional life. Also included are some materials of Blue Eagle's friend Mae Abbott and a collection of art by other Indians.

Scope and Contents:

This collection reflects the life and work of Acee Blue Eagle, internationally famed Indian artist of Oklahoma. Identified for his brilliant paintings of tribal ceremonies, legend and dance, Blue Eagle's work is represented in numerous private collections and museums both in this country and abroad.

A portion of the papers contains correspondence. Fan mail written by school children to Chief Blue Eagle of the Chief Blue Eagle television program is included. Letters regarding Blue Eagle's participation in Indian festivals and events, art shows and exhibitions, speaking engagements on Indian life and culture are found in the collection. Personal correspondence is included; most frequent correspondents are Devi Dja, Mae Abbott, and Charles E. Pond. There are approximately 100 letters from Devi Dja, approximately 90 to or from Mae Abbott, and approximately 36 from Charles E. Pond. Some letters addressed to these individuals from other friends and acquaintances are also within this collection.

Photographs comprise a large portion of the Blue Eagle collection. Included are not only portraits of the artist himself and photographs of his art work, but a large number of prints of Blue Eagle in full costume and other Indians engaged in tribal ceremonies, identified by tribe, whenever possible. Photographs of Mae Abbott, Devi Dja and the latter's Balinese dance troupe are identified. A file of negatives is arranged in the same subject order as the prints. Newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Blue Eagle's work and activities are also included in the collection. These clippings have not been arranged. In addition, Mae Abbott's recipes and notes for her cookbook, wood blocks, greeting cards and other miscellaneous publications can be found in the collection. These items have been sorted but not arranged.

Within the collection are also over 600 pieces of artwork. A good number are by Blue Eagle while most are by other Native artists. Artists whose are work are represented in the collection include Fred Beaver, Harrison Begay, Archie Blackowl, Woodrow Crumbo, Allan Houser, Ruthe Blalock Jones, Quicy Tahoma, Pablita Verde, and members of the Kiowa Five (Spencer Asah, James Auchiah, Stephen Mopope, Monroe Tsatoke).

Arrangement note:

The collection is arranged into six series: 1) Personal; 2) Collections; 3) Artwork; 4) Television; 5) Correspondence; 6) Photographs.

Biographical / Historical:

Acee Blue Eagle was an artist, poet, dancer, teacher, and celebrity. Born Alex C. McIntosh in 1907, Blue Eagle attended Indian schools in Anadarko, Nuyaka, and Euchee, Oklahoma, and the Haskell and Chilocco Indian schools. Advanced study came at Bacone Indian College and the University of Oklahoma. At the latter, he studied with Oscar B. Jacobson. Privately he studied with Winold Reiss. Discrepancies exist in the records regarding his early life: born in either Anadarko or Hitchita, Oklahoma; he's cited as both Pawnee-Creek and 5/8 Creek without any Pawnee blood; his mother is either Mattie Odom, the first wife of Solomon McIntosh or Ella Starr, McIntosh's second wife.

A prolific painter who, for the sake of authenticity, carried out research in libraries and museums, Blue Eagle was an outstanding American Indian artist of the 1930s-1950s. His paintings hung in many exhibits, including the Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts, 1932-1933; International Art Exhibition of Sport Subjects at Los Angeles, 1932; Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, 1934; a one-man show at the Young Galleries in Chicago; National Exhibition of Art at the Rockefeller Center in New York, 1936; a one-man show at the Washington, D.C., Arts Club, 1936; Museum of Modern Art, 1941; Northwest Art Exhibition at Spokane, Washington, 1944; a one-man show at the Gilcrease Institute in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1953; An Exposition of American Indian Painters in New York, 1955; and a one-man show at the Philbrook Art Center in Tulsa, 1957. Between 1946 and 1965, over fifty galleries hung his paintings. Some pieces are among the permanent holdings of many institutions.

In 1934, Blue Eagle joined the Work Projects Administration (WPA) Public Works of Art Project, painting murals in public buildings. In 1935 at Oxford University, he participated in a program of the International Federation of Education and lectured on Indian art. A tour of Europe followed. He taught at Bacone Indian College from 1935-1938 where he founded the art program and became Director of Art. He also taught at the University of Kansas extension division in 1949 and Oklahoma State Technical College beginning in 1956. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Force; and, following the war, he spent a few years attempting to get into the movies. During 1946-1952, he was married to his second wife, a famous Balinese dancer, Devi Dja, and became involved in her career, an involvement that was briefly reflected in his art. However, Dja and Blue Eagle divorced and Blue Eagle lived with Mae Wadley Abbott for the last years of his life. During the 1950s, he had a television show for children on a Tulsa-Muskogee station. Acee Blue Eagle died on June 18, 1959 of a liver infection.

Sources Consulted

Martindale, Rob. Muskogee Paying Tribute to Blue Eagle. Biographical/Genealogical data, Box 1, Acee Blue Eagle Collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

West, Juanita W. 1967. Acee Blue Eagle: A.C. McIntosh. Biographical/Genealogical data, Box 1, Acee Blue Eagle Collection, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

1907 -- Born August 17, 1907 on the Wichita Reservation, north of Anadarko, Oklahoma

1928 -- Graduated Chilocco High School

1929-1934 -- Attended Bacone College, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Tech

1935 -- Toured United States and Europe giving lecture-exhibition program, "Life and Character of the American Indian"

1935-1938 -- Established and headed art department at Bacone College at Muskogee

1936 -- Exhibited at the National Exhibition of Art, Rockefeller Center, New York

1942-1945 -- World War II, U.S. Air Force (Army)

1947-49 -- Free-lance work in New York and Chicago

1951-52 -- Artist-in-residence at Oklahoma Tech

1950-54 -- Conducted TV program, Muskogee, OklahomaToured U.S. West Coast exhibiting and lecturing about ways to improve TV programs for children

1958 -- Named Indian-of-the-Year by the American Indian Expostion at Anadarko, Oklahoma

1959 -- Died June 18, 1959

Related Materials:

Other materials relating to Acee Blue Eagle at the National Anthropological Archives include correspondence in the Solomon McCombs papers, 1914-1972, and correspondence with Betty Meilink under Manuscript 2011-20.

Provenance:

Acee Blue Eagle's private papers and collection of paintings were donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Mrs. Mae Abbott of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Restrictions:

There are no restrictions on access.

Rights:

Literary property rights to unpublished material in the collection in the National Anthropological Archives has been given to the public.

Topic:

Indian art -- North America  Search this

Works of art  Search this

Citation:

Acee Blue Eagle Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1973-51

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Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1973-51

Creator:

Fuller Brush Company  Search this

Extent:

32.5 Cubic feet (77 boxes, 1 map-folder)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Articles

Clippings

Ledgers (account books)

Letters (correspondence)

Motion picture film

Newsletters

Photographs

Printed materials

Programs (documents)

Reports

Sales catalogs

Sales records

Trade catalogs

Trade literature

Training manuals

Financial statements

Market surveys

Business records

Place:

Connecticut -- Hartford

Kansas

Date:

1890-2017

Summary:

The collection documents the Fuller Brush Company founded by Alfred C. Fuller in 1906.

Content Description:

The collection documents the Fuller Brush Company from the early years of its existence. The contents include photographs; ledgers; correspondence; internal reports; manufacturing facility studies; quality control reports; financial statements; sales data; company newsletters, some loose and some in bound form; other internal publications; advertising; trade literature; product manuals; catalogs; training manuals and employee handbooks; company annual reports; convention programs and materials; films; materials relating to employee incentives; vinyl records of radio broadcasts; scripts, pressbooks, and other promotional material for motion pictures; informational audio-cassete tapes; contracts, trial testimonies, and other legal papers; industry surveys and marketing campaign proposals; and clippings and printed materials.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into thirteen series. Unless otherwise noted, material is arranged chronologically.

Series 1: Historical background, 1916-2001

Series 2: Corporate records, 1917-2010 (bulk 1973-1976)

Series 3: Marketing, 1941-2013

Series 4: Operational records, 1913-1976 (bulk 1969-1976)

Series 5: Financial materials, 1919-1996

Series 6: Personnel, 1922-1984

Series 7: Sales managers, 1922-1990

Series 8: Distributors, 1921-2006

Series 9: Publications, 1920-1999

Series 10: Product materials, 1912-2017

Series 11: Photographs, circa 1890-2000

Series 12: Press Clippings and Publicity, 1921-2010

Series 13: The Fuller Brush Man and The Fuller Brush Girl, 1947-1953, 2004 (bulk 1947-1952).

Historical:

Founded in 1906 by Alfred C. Fuller in Hartford, Connecticut, the Fuller Brush Company predominately sold a wide range of cleaning products, marketed for personal care, housekeeping, and commercial users. Mostly a direct-selling company, it is perhaps best known for its independent, door-to-door salesmen, a figure referred to in popular culture as "the Fuller Brush Man." Calling on the housewives of America, the Fuller Brush Man would visit households with a gift, flyers, and a case full of samples, with which he would demonstrate the use of cleaning implements of various shapes and sizes. Through techniques such as developing new products based on customer feedback, and providing a satisfaction guarantee by allowing for product returns during the Fuller Brush Man's next visit, the Fuller Brush Company inspired new levels of trust and credibility in direct selling. In return, the company reaped massive profits. During the peak of the company's popularity, in around the 1950s, the Fuller Brush Man was a ubiquitous part of the American landscape, alluded to in comic strips, radio programs, and popular films, such as the 1948 Red Skelton comedy The Fuller Brush Man and the 1950 comedy The Fuller Brush Girl, starring Lucille Ball.

The Fuller Brush Company continually used its resources to promote and establish the identity of the Fuller Brush Man, to its own salespeople as well as the public. Traditional print advertisements were supplemented with extensive publicity coverage, carefully crafted by the Fuller Brush Company's advertising and public relations team. The company fostered a culture of achievable aspiration among new recruits, through in-house publications, which celebrated the accomplishments of fellow dealers, incentive programs, and a career ladder pipeline, which allowed high achieving salesmen to advance from independent dealers to regional sales managers--who were considered formal employees of the Fuller Brush Company. Some sales managers became local celebrities in their districts, adding their own charisma to the development of the Fuller Brush Man--such as New York District's Al Teetsel--whose "Fine and Dandy" personal motto established a cult following. Other Fuller Brush Company salesmen used the Fuller Brush Man's distinctive optimism, pluck, and perseverance to later become celebrities in their own right, such as evangelist Billy Graham, who attributed his high school days as a successful Fuller Brush Man to his future success.

While the Fuller Brush Company is best known for its door-to-door network of Fuller Brush Men, and its household products division, the company experimented with various channels of distribution and other specialized products during its over 100-year history. The Fuller Brush Company produced implements to clean guns during World War II, and in 1945 was honored with the E Award for its war effort contributions. In the 1940s, the Fuller Brush Company introduced female salespeople, or "Fullerettes" to their door-to-door ranks (mostly to promote their Debutante Cosmetics line, released by Daggett & Ramsdell, Inc. in 1948). The company returned to actively recruiting Fullerettes in 1966, and thereafter welcomed distributors of either sex. The company's Machine Division produced the mast for the sailboat "Columbia" in 1958, and in the 1960s, its Marine Division produced items for the maintenance of nautical equipment. Around the 1960s, its Household Division incorporated new items such as vitamins and hormone treatments into its personal care product line. The company experimented with retail brick-and-mortar locations, and, in 1974, instigated a telemarketing program. After 1985, the Fuller Brush Company began to move away from door-to-door sales techniques, redeveloping its sale channel distribution system to include mail order catalogs, a secure sales website for distributors, network-marketing techniques, and a reinterpretation of sales territories for distributors where district territories began to blur in favor of nationwide sales opportunities.

Founded in Hartford, Connecticut, the company remained in the region through the 1960s, though the company shifted locations to larger offices and manufacturing facilities as it grew. In 1960, operational facilities and headquarters moved to a large, custom-built campus in East Hartford, Connecticut. However, in 1968, the company was acquired by the Kitchens of Sara Lee, Inc. (then a part of the Consolidated Foods Corporation). During the 1970s the Fuller Brush Company experienced rapid changes in administration and organization. Under President Nat Zivin, headquarters relocated to Niles, Illinois in 1973. Later the same year, headquarters and operations moved to a large manufacturing facility in Great Bend, Kansas. The company remained a division of Sara Lee until 1989.

The Fuller Brush Company grew to involve multiple subsidiaries, including many that were international. The Fuller Brush Company established a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary in 1921, called the Fuller Brush Company, Limited. In 1942, the Fuller Brush Company bought out a competitor, the Albany, New York-based Mohawk Brush Company. The "bristlecomb" hairbrush, introduced by the Mohawk Brush Company in 1928, remained one of the Fuller Brush Company's signature products. In 1961, the Fuller Brush Company founded and incorporated Charter Supply Corporation as a wholly-owned Mohawk subsidiary. Charter Products operated as a "private label" division, to rebrand duplicate products. The Fuller Brush Company also owned subsidiaries in Mexico; in 1968, the Fuller Brush Company held 100% interest in House of Fuller, S.A. and Charter de Mexico, S.A., both established in Mexico. Also in 1968, the Fuller Brush Company was a partial owner of House of Fuller (Jamaica), Ltd. The Fuller Brush Company conducted business around the world, including dealings in England, France, Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela.

With growth came legal challenges. The Green River Ordinance, established in 1931, placed limits on door-to-door sales. The Fuller Brush Company challenged the ordinance, when it went to the Supreme Court in 1937. Over the course of its history, the Fuller Brush Company weathered lawsuits ranging from trademark disputes to labor treatment complaints from area managers in Puerto Rico.

After the sale by Sara Lee in 1989, the Fuller Brush Company was held by a series of private owners, including Lee Turner and Stuart A. Ochiltree. In June 1994, CPAC, Inc. purchased the company. In 1995, CPAC, Inc. also bought a longtime competitor of the Fuller Brush Company, Stanley Home Products, a company founded in 1929 by Stanley Beverage, a former sales vice president for the Fuller Brush Company. The two companies became siblings under the same parent organization; items from the Stanley Home Products line were sold by Fuller Brush Company distributors, and manufactured at the Fuller Brush Company plant in Great Bend. In 2012, both the Fuller Brush Company and Stanley Home Products filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The companies merged their product lines and catalogs, eliminating equivalent products, to cut costs and streamline operations.

In December 2012, David Sabin and Chicago-based private equity firm Victory Park Capital purchased the Fuller Brush Company. The company headquarters moved to Napa Valley, California. Facing increased financial difficulties, in 2016 the company began to phase out its independent distributor system and domestic manufacturing operations. Around January 2018, the company was sold to Galaxy Brush LLC of Lakewood, New Jersey.

Biographical:

Alfred C. Fuller (January 13, 1885 - December 4, 1973), was founder and first president of the Fuller Brush Company, as well as the "original Fuller Brush Man." He was born in rural Nova Scotia, to parents Leander Joseph Fuller and Phebe Jane Collins. The eleventh of twelve children, Fuller took pride in the resilient and self-sufficient spirit he developed growing up on a Nova Scotian farm, and valued such qualities throughout his life over formal education. Long after his success, he promoted himself as an average man among average men.

In 1903, at age eighteen, Alfred Fuller left his family home in Nova Scotia, and followed siblings who settled in the United States. He moved in with his sister Annie and her husband, Frank Adler, in Somerville, Massachusetts. After a series of odd jobs, Fuller considered trying his hand at selling brushes (he was inspired by a brother, Dwight, who made and sold brushes before his death by tuberculosis in 1901). Alfred discovered a knack for trade; unlike many other direct salesmen at the time, his sales technique emphasized product demonstrations. Eventually, Fuller decided to make his own brushes. He set up a workbench in his sister's basement in January 1906. Four months later, he moved to Hartford, Connecticut where he founded the Fuller Brush Company.

The rapid success of the company, improved Alfred C. Fuller's romantic prospects. With the enthusiastic support of his sister, Annie, Alfred initiated a courtship with a Nova Scotian woman who had formerly caught his eye, Evelyn Ellis. They were married on April 10, 1908. However, the marriage was strained, and they divorced in 1930. In 1932, Alfred Fuller remarried. His second wife, Mary Primrose Pelton, was also Nova Scotian, the daughter of a judge from Yarmouth. They remained together for the rest of his life.

Alfred C. Fuller and his first wife Evelyn had two sons. Alfred Howard was born in 1913 and Avard in 1916. Both would later rise to prominence within the Fuller Brush Company, serving as its second and third presidents. The elder son, Howard, was Fuller Brush Company President from 1943 until 1959. From an early age, Howard challenged his father regarding the direction of the company. With his bold and aggressive personality, Howard was able to institute changes to the company that resulted in higher profits, such as distributing catalogs before the salesman's visit, shortening product demonstrations, prioritizing many small sales over few large sales, and developing other techniques that emphasized speed and efficiency. However, his temperament also contributed to Howard and his wife Dora's untimely deaths. Howard, always interested in thrilling, high-risk pursuits (such as driving sports cars, piloting airplanes, and racing speedboats and sailboats) was cruising through Nevada at 120-miles per hour for a business trip, uncharacteristically accompanied by his wife, when his Mercedes-Benz 300 SL blew a tire. Both Fullers died in the accident.

Following the tragic accident, Avard assumed leadership of the Fuller Brush Company. Avard's more conservative nature ushered in an era of leadership where his father, Alfred C. Fuller, rose in honor and influence with the company. However, Avard relied on traditional sales strategies (such as promoting a culture around the Fuller Brush Man, rather than take a more active strategy toward integrating female distributors) which placed the Fuller Brush Company at a disadvantage with competitors such as Avon Cosmetics. Avard served as President of the Fuller Brush Company until 1969.

Although Alfred C. Fuller never reclaimed presidency of the Fuller Brush Company, he remained chairman emeritus for the duration of his life. A treasured company figurehead, celebrations were held in his honor long after his retirement. In 1956, a testimonial dinner was held where a portrait of Fuller was unveiled in honor of the 50-year anniversary of the Fuller Brush Company. In 1965, Alfred C. Fuller was further honored, when his birthplace was dedicated as a historic landmark. Alfred C. Fuller was known as "Dad" Fuller to the thousands of Fuller Brush Men and Fullerettes who represented the company door-to-door throughout the country, and made frequent appearances in in-house publications and external publicity. Working with Hartzell Spence, Alfred C. Fuller wrote an autobiography, titled A Foot in the Door, published by the McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. in 1960. A practicing Christian Scientist with a devout Methodist mother, Fuller frequently alludes to the influence of his faith in his autobiography. Alfred C. Fuller passed away on December 4, 1973.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

Stanley Home Products Collection (AC0788)

Earl S. Tupper Papers (AC0470)

Brownie Wise Papers (AC0509)

Ann and Thomas Damigella Collections (AC0583)

Industry on Parade Film Collection, episodes 66, 217 (AC0507)

Materials at the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collection, includes some Fuller Brush Company catalogs;

The Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History holds artifacts from the Fuller Brush Company from previous accessions, such as hairbrushes for women and men (including bristlecomb hairbrushes); shower brushes; toothbrushes; combs; a military brush; brush holders; and similar materials. (AG.A.6645-AG.A.6653; AG.A.6656-AG.A.6666; AG.77-FT-15.0523; ZZ.RSN833134).

The Medicine and Science Division (now Division of Medicine and Science) National Museum of American History holds a general purpose cleaning brush, and a bathroom fixtures cleaning brush from a previous accession (2006.0098).

National Portrait Gallery holds a portrait of Alfred Fuller.

Materials at Other Organizations

Hagley Museum and Library, Manuscripts and Archives Department

Avon Products Inc., Records, 1880-2012

University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center, Archives

Columbia Pictures Records, 1934-1974 (collection #93555)

Includes materials related to the Fuller Brush man and Fuller Brush Girl, 1950.

Separated Materials:

Artifacts collected along with the acquisition of archival material are held by the Divisions of Work and Industry, and Medicine and Science.

Separated materials assigned to the Division of Work and Industry include a men's tie; buttons; ashtray; charm; and tape measure. See accession 2018.0089.

Separated materials assigned to Division of Medicine and Science include a bathing brush, a dental plate brush, a women's hair brush, a comb cleaner, and toothbrushes. Some items are maintained in original packaging, or are kept with original paper inserts. See accession 2018.0090.

Provenance:

Collection donated by the Fuller Brush Company through David Sabin, 2018.

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:

Advertising copy  Search this

Advertising, Point-of-sale  Search this

Broom and brush industry  Search this

Door-to-door selling  Search this

Household supplies  Search this

Print Advertising  Search this

Sales promotion  Search this

Traveling sales personnel  Search this

Manufacturing  Search this

Cosmetics industry  Search this

Industry -- U.S.  Search this

Direct selling  Search this

Businesspeople  Search this

Marketing  Search this

Radio broadcasts  Search this

Product demonstrations  Search this

Genre/Form:

Articles -- 20th century

Clippings -- 20th century

Ledgers (account books) -- 20th century

Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century.

Motion picture film

Newsletters -- 20th century

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century

Printed materials

Programs (documents)

Reports -- 20th century

Sales catalogs

Sales records

Trade catalogs -- 20th century

Trade literature -- 20th century

Training manuals -- 20th century

Financial statements

Market surveys

Business records -- 20th century

Citation:

Fuller Brush Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1459

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

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Collection Creator:

Smithsonian Institution  Search this

Computerworld Magazine.  Search this

Collection Source:

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

Container:

Box 35 (Series 12)

Type:

Archival materials

Collection 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.

Collection Rights:

Copyright held by donor and/or heirs. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.] .

Collection Citation:

The Computer World Smithsonian Awards, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Computer World Smithsonian Awards / Series 12: Awards / 12.9: Transportation

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0425-ref4191

Collection Creator:

Susanne Hilberry Gallery  Search this

Hilberry, Susanne, 1943-2015  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 23

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1980-1999

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copy requires advance notice.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Susanne Hilberry Gallery records, 1964-2017, bulk 1976-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Susanne Hilberry Gallery records / Series 4: Slides

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-susahilb-ref27

Collection Creator:

Susanne Hilberry Gallery  Search this

Hilberry, Susanne, 1943-2015  Search this

Container:

Box 6, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1980-1999

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copy requires advance notice.

Collection 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.

Collection Citation:

Susanne Hilberry Gallery records, 1964-2017, bulk 1976-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Susanne Hilberry Gallery records / Series 4: Slides

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-susahilb-ref9

Creator:

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Subject:

Cone, Marvin Dorwart  Search this

Dornbush, Adrian  Search this

Dunton, W. Herbert  Search this

McCosh, David J.  Search this

Pyle, Arnold  Search this

Peirce, Waldo  Search this

Poor, Henry Varnum  Search this

Roosevelt, Eleanor  Search this

Watson, Forbes  Search this

Wood, Grant  Search this

Bluemner, Oscar  Search this

Gross, Chaim  Search this

Little Gallery (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)  Search this

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

Stone City Colony and Art School (Stone City, Iowa)  Search this

Public Works of Art Project (Iowa)  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Theme:

Diaries  Search this

Lives of American Artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)9219

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211414

AAA_collcode_rowaedwa

Theme:

Diaries

Lives of American Artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211414

Creator:

Walinska, Anna  Search this

Names:

Guild Art Gallery  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this

Beata, Welsing  Search this

Hacohen, Bracha  Search this

Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Walinsky, Louis Joseph, 1908-2001  Search this

Extent:

2.1 Linear feet

2.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Interviews

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Transcripts

Travel diaries

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Israel -- Description and Travel

Date:

1927-2002

bulk 1935-1980

1927-2002

bulk 1935-1980

Summary:

The papers of New York-based painter, teacher and art director Anna Walinska measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1927 to 2002, with the bulk of material from 1935 to 1980. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, travel diaries, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographs.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of New York-based painter, teacher and art director Anna Walinska measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1927 to 2002, with the bulk of material from 1935 to 1980. The papers include biographical material, correspondence, writings, travel diaries, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork, sketchbooks, and photographs.

Biographical material consists of awards, certificates, curriculum vitae, biographical outlines, exhibition lists, passports and other material. There is a partial transcript from a radio interview of Anna Walinska. Also included are limited financial records.

Correspondence includes Anna Walinska's letters to her family from her 1954-1955 trip abroad to multiple countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. There is personal and professional correspondence with friends, artists and art institutions. Notable correspondents include Milton Avery, Louise Nevelson, Beata Welsing, Bracha Hacohen, William Littlefield, and Walinska's brother Louis Walinsky.

Writings consist of Walinska's notes, notebooks, lectures, essays, and a handwritten prospectus for Guild Art Gallery. There is one folder of writings by others about Walinska at the end of the series. There are four travel diaries that describe Walinska's trip around the world from 1954-1955, during which she traveled to many countries, and later trips to locations such as Israel and Trinidad.

Printed Material include clippings about Anna Walinska, group and solo exhibition catalogs, announcements, event invitations, and course catalogs for the Master Institute of United Art in New York City, where Walinska taught painting and drawing classes.

There are three scrapbooks: one scrapbook is about Guild Art Gallery, the second scrapbook is about the Holocaust exhibition, the third oversized scrapbook documents Walinska's career and activities overall.

Artwork consists of two bound sketchbooks as well as drawings and sketches in a variety of mediums from pencil and ink to watercolors and oils.

Photographs are of Walinska, friends, family, artists, artwork, exhibition installations, and other subjects. One album includes photos of Anna Walinska and her travels, along with images of friends and colleagues. The second album includes photographs of Walinska's solo exhibition at Sunken Meadow Gallery (1959). There is also one folder of photocopies of photos of assorted artwork by Walinska.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 8 series.

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1927-2002 (Box 1; 11 folders)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1949-1995 (Box 1; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 3: Writings, circa 1935-circa 1983 (Box 1; 8 folders)

Series 4: Travel Diaries, 1954-1973 (Box 1; 0.2 linear feet)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1942-2002 (Boxes 1-2; 0.4 linear feet)

Series 6: Scrapbooks, circa 1929-1980 (Boxes 2, 4; 0.5 linear feet)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1929-1963 (Box 3; 5 folders)

Series 8: Photographs, circa 1932-1980 (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Anna Walinska (1906-1997) was a New York artist, teacher and gallery director who traveled widely and is most well known for her paintings related to the subject of the Holocaust.

Anna Walinska was born in London, England in 1906 to labor organization leader Ossip Walinsky and poet Rosa Newman Walinska. She had two siblings, Emily and Louis. The family immigrated to New York City in 1914, and Anna Walinska began studying at the Art Students League in 1918. In 1926, she travelled to Paris and studied art at the Academie de Grande Chaumier with Andre L'Hote. France was her primary residence until 1930.

In 1935, Walinska and artist Margaret Lefranc co-founded the Guild Art Gallery at West 57th Street in New York and gave Arshile Gorky his first solo exhibition in the city. The gallery closed its doors in 1937. In 1939, Walinska was the Assistant Creative Director of the Contemporary Art Pavilion at the New York World's Fair. During this time, Walinska also pursued her own art and exhibited work in numerous group shows.

From 1954 to 1955, Walinska traveled around the world, visiting the capitals and major cities of many countries in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Places she went included Japan, Burma (now known as Myanmar), Pakistan, Greece, Italy, France and Spain. During her four month stay in Burma, she painted a portrait of Prime Minister U Nu and she later became a highly respected portrait artist who painted numerous illustrious subjects such as First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, artists Louise Nevelson and Mark Rothko, and many others.

In 1957, Walinska became the artist-in-residence at the Riverside Museum where she also taught and exhibited with other artists. That same year, she had her first retrospective at the Jewish Museum in New York City.

Walinska exhibited widely and often. Holocaust: Paintings and Drawings, 1953-1978, which opened at the Museum of Religious Art at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, is probably the most well-known of her exhibitions and it traveled across the country to several other sites such as the War Memorial Building in Baltimore and Mercy College of Detroit. Works from this exhibition were acquired by multiple museums to become part of their permanent collections.

Walinkska died on December 19, 1997 at the age of 91 in New York City. In 1999, there was a retrospective of her work titled Echoes of the Holocaust: Paintings, Drawings, and Collage, 1940-1989 held at Clark University's Center for Holocaust Studies. The Onisaburo Gallery at New York's Interfaith Center also held a solo exhibition titled Portraits of Faith (2000). Her art is part of the collections at the Denver Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Rose Art Museum, and other museums.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also has the Guild Art Gallery records, which consists of material related to the gallery that was co-founded by Anna Walinska.

Provenance:

The papers were donated by Anna Walinska in two installations in 1976 and 1981. Rosina Rubin, Anna Walinska's niece, made a third donation of material in 2017.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., research center.

Occupation:

Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

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

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

Topic:

Drawing--Study and teaching  Search this

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art  Search this

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

Asia--Description and travel  Search this

Middle East--Description and travel  Search this

Trinidad and Tobago--Description and travel  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Interviews

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Transcripts

Travel diaries

Citation:

Anna Walinska papers, 1927-2002, bulk 1935-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by Rosina Rubin.

Identifier:

AAA.walianna

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-walianna

Creator:

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Names:

Little Gallery (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)  Search this

Public Works of Art Project (Iowa)  Search this

Stone City Colony and Art School (Stone City, Iowa)  Search this

United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts  Search this

Bluemner, Oscar, 1867-1938  Search this

Cone, Marvin Dorwart, 1891-1965  Search this

Dornbush, Adrian, 1900-  Search this

Dunton, W. Herbert, 1878-1936  Search this

Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991  Search this

McCosh, David J., 1903-1980  Search this

Peirce, Waldo, 1884-1970  Search this

Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970  Search this

Pyle, Arnold  Search this

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962  Search this

Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960  Search this

Wood, Grant, 1891-1942  Search this

Extent:

3.2 Linear feet ((on 4 microfilm reels))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1929-1946

Scope and Contents:

Correspondence, printed material, photographs, business records and a diary.

REEL 103: Clippings, 1929-1932, on exhibitions and activities of the Little Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, directed by Rowan (microfilm title: Little Gallery).

REEL 1208: Photographs used to publicize exhibitions at the Little Gallery, including 183 photographs of works of art, the Little Gallery Junior Art Club, Grant Wood, and William Herbert Dunton at work.

REEL D141-D142: Correspondence; a diary; business records of the Little Gallery, the Stone City Art Colony and Art School, and the Section of Fine Arts; photographs, including two of The Little Gallery, five of the Stone City Colony and Art School, six of Rowan and three of his paintings, and two photos showing Grant Wood, David McCosh, Arnold Pyle, Adrian Dornbush, and Marvin Cone; and catalogs, clippings and publications, including "A Report on Iowa Art Under Public Works of Art Jan. 20, 1934, under the direction of Grant Wood" containing reproductions of work, several clippings, a 2 p. report "three weeks after the beginning of work" and 2 p. typed "Notes" signed by Wood with a photograph attached.

Among the correspondents are Oscar Bluemner, Chaim Gross, Waldo Peirce, Henry Varnum Poor, Eleanor Roosevelt, Forbes Watson, and Grant Wood.

Biographical / Historical:

Gallery director, painter, sculptor, teacher; Falls Church, Va. and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Founder and director of The Little Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1928-1934. The gallery was concerned with promoting education in the community. Because of his success with the Little Gallery, in 1931 he was chosen by the American Federation of Arts to be the director of a new experimental art center in Cedar Rapids. Rowan was affiliated with the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard before going to Cedar Rapids and served as Chief, Public Buildings Administration, 1930's-1940's.

Other Title:

Little Gallery records (microfilm title, reel 103)

Provenance:

Donated by Mrs. Edward Rowan, 1963.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Gallery directors -- Iowa -- Cedar Rapids  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.rowaedwa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rowaedwa

Creator:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2012-12-05T15:42:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Design  Search this

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Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

YouTube Channel:

cooperhewitt

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_FYxjS5I5NiI

Creator:

Johnson, Frederick 1904-1994  Search this

Correspondent:

Brew, John Otis  Search this

Cole, Fay-Cooper  Search this

Cooper, Paul Lemen 1909-1961  Search this

Corbett, John M  Search this

Deignan, Stella L  Search this

Eggan, Fred Russell  Search this

Ekholm, Gordon Frederick  Search this

Fejos, Paul  Search this

Giddings, James Louis  Search this

Griffin, James Bennett  Search this

Griffin, John W  Search this

Guthe, Carl E (Carl Eugen) 1893-1974  Search this

Hallowell, Alfred Irving  Search this

Hamilton, Henry W  Search this

Haury, Emil Walter  Search this

Jennings, Jesse David  Search this

Kidder, Arthur Vincent  Search this

Lee, Ronald F  Search this

Lehmer, Donald Jayne 1918-1975  Search this

Lewis, Thomas M.N  Search this

Libby, W.F  Search this

Macgregor, Gordon 1902-1948  Search this

Mason, John Alden 1885-1967  Search this

McKern, Will C  Search this

Roberts, Frank H. H (Frank Harold Hanna) 1897-1966  Search this

Ruppe, Reynold J  Search this

Setzler, Frank M (Frank Maryl) 1902-1975  Search this

Smith, G. Hubert  Search this

Stephenson, Robert Lloyd  Search this

Steward, Julian Haynes 1902-1972  Search this

Strong, William Duncan 1899-1962  Search this

Tong, Marvin E Jr  Search this

Webb, William S (William Snyder) 1882-1964  Search this

Wedel, Waldo R (Waldo Rudolph) 1908-1996  Search this

Wetmore, Alexander 1886-1978  Search this

Wilford, Lloyd A  Search this

Will, George Francis  Search this

Willey, Gordon Randolph  Search this

Correspondnet:

Kahler, Herbert E  Search this

Subject:

National Research Council Committee on Basic Needs in American Archaeology  Search this

Society for American Archaeology Planning Committee  Search this

Geological Society of America Carbon 14 Committee  Search this

Work Projects Administration  Search this

Society for American Archaeology Carbon 14 Committee  Search this

River Basin Surveys  Search this

United States National Park Service  Search this

Physical description:

3 linear feet

Type:

Letters

Photographs

Transcripts

Financial records

Notes

Place:

Great Plains

North Dakota

South Dakota

Nebraska

Oregon, Columbia River Basin

Washington, Columbia River Basin

Date:

1938

1938-1968

Topic:

Archeology  Search this

Data Source:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_87766

Creator:

River Basin Surveys  Search this

Correspondent:

Agogino, George Allan  Search this

Allen, Thomas J  Search this

Amelung, John Frederick  Search this

Angel, J. Lawrence (John Lawrence)  Search this

Arnold, J.R  Search this

Arthur, George W  Search this

Ayers, Harvard G  Search this

Baby, Raymond S  Search this

Baerreis, David Albert  Search this

Baldwin, Gordon C  Search this

Bannister, Bryant  Search this

Bass, William Marvin III  Search this

Baumhoff, Martin A  Search this

Bauxar, J. Joseph  Search this

Beardsley, Richard King  Search this

Beaubien, Paul L  Search this

Bell, Robert Eugene  Search this

Benedict, James B  Search this

Binford, Lewis R  Search this

Birkley, Walter H  Search this

Black, Glenn A (Glenn Albert) 1900-1964  Search this

Bliss, Wesley L  Search this

Bowers, Alfred W  Search this

Boyd, Mark F  Search this

Brannon, Peter A  Search this

Brew, John Otis  Search this

Brown, Dorothy J  Search this

Brown, Lionel A  Search this

Brown, Ralph Duncan  Search this

Bryan, Kirk  Search this

Bullen, Ripley P  Search this

Burd, William  Search this

Burd, R  Search this

Burgh, Robert F  Search this

Butterfield, Neal A  Search this

Subject:

United States Bureau of Reclamation  Search this

United States Department of the Interior Missouri Basin Field Committee  Search this

United States Work Projects Administration archeology  Search this

United States Army Corps of Engineers  Search this

United States National Park Service  Search this

Committee for the Recovery of Archaeological Remains  Search this

Physical description:

376 linear feet

Type:

Administrative records

Photographs

Letters

Questionnaires

Maps

Reports

Manuscripts

Clippings

Processed materials

Transcripts

Notices

Drawings

Place:

United States

Chattahoochee River

New River

Date:

1928-1960

1947-1969

Topic:

Archeology--dendrochronology--radiocarbon dating  Search this

Archeology  Search this

Data Source:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_87794

Creator:

Setzler, Frank M (Frank Maryl) 1902-1975  Search this

Author:

Taylor, Walter W. Jr  Search this

Deuel, Thorne  Search this

McKern, Will C  Search this

Correspondent of J.T. Russell:

Judd, Neil Merton 1887-1976  Search this

Correspondent of N.M. Judd:

Russell, James Townsend  Search this

Photographer:

Reeves, Dache McClain Major 1891-1972  Search this

Correspondent:

Abbot, Charles G  Search this

Baby, Raymond S  Search this

Bass, William Marvin III  Search this

Bassett-Smith, J.M.P  Search this

Billington, Brian P  Search this

Birdsell, Joseph B  Search this

Black, Glenn A (Glenn Albert) 1900-1964  Search this

Blegan, Theodore C  Search this

Blickensdefer, J.P  Search this

Brand, Donald Dilworth  Search this

Brew, John Otis  Search this

Broadbent, Sam R  Search this

Buffum, Jess H  Search this

Butcher, D  Search this

Byers, Douglas Swain  Search this

Caldwell, Joseph Ralston  Search this

Calwell, Arthur  Search this

Chambers, Moreau Browne Congleton  Search this

Campbell, T.D  Search this

Carmichael, Leonard  Search this

Chaney, Ralph W  Search this

Cherry, T.M  Search this

Childe, Vere Gordon  Search this

Clements, Forrest Edward  Search this

Colburn, William B  Search this

Cole, Fay-Cooper  Search this

Collier, Donald  Search this

Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur) 1902-2000  Search this

Courtais, Henri G  Search this

Cummins, Harold  Search this

Dahlquist, John E  Search this

Davis, Paul H  Search this

De Jong, C  Search this

Digby, Adrian  Search this

Dorsey, Henry W  Search this

Eggan, Fred Russell  Search this

Emmerson, J. Norman  Search this

Enright, William J  Search this

Evans, Clifford Jr  Search this

Fejos, Paul  Search this

Ford, James Alfred 1911-1968  Search this

Glueck, Nelson  Search this

Graf, John Enos  Search this

Greenwood, Arthur M  Search this

Griffin, James Bennett  Search this

Gugler, Eric 1889-1974  Search this

Gunter, Herman  Search this

Guthe, Carl E (Carl Eugen) 1893-1974  Search this

Harrington, Jean C  Search this

Heizer, Robert Fleming 1915-1979  Search this

Hooton, Earnest Albert  Search this

Hornblower, Henry II  Search this

Hughes, R  Search this

Humberger, Charles E  Search this

Jennings, Jesse David  Search this

Judd, Neil Merton 1887-1976  Search this

Kellogg, A. Remington  Search this

Kelly, Arthur Randolph  Search this

Kidder, Alfred Vincent  Search this

Kluckhohn, Clyde  Search this

Krieger, Alex Dony  Search this

Kreiger, Herbert William  Search this

Marquina, Ignacio  Search this

McCarthy, Frederick  Search this

McConnell, Robert E  Search this

McCracken, Harold  Search this

McKaig, W. Wallace  Search this

McKell, William  Search this

Meggers, Betty Jane  Search this

Miller, Robert R  Search this

Moore, W.E  Search this

Morgan, Richard G  Search this

Mountsford, Charles P  Search this

Nash, Philleo 1909-1987  Search this

Newman, Marshall Thornton 1911-1994  Search this

Osborn, A. Perry  Search this

Redfield, Robert  Search this

Reichard, D. Lloyd  Search this

Ritchie, William A  Search this

Roberts, Frank H. H (Frank Harold Hanna) 1897-1966  Search this

Russell, James Townsend  Search this

Sauer, Carl O  Search this

Shetrone, Henry C  Search this

Skinner, H. D  Search this

Specht, Raymond L  Search this

Spier, Leslie  Search this

Stewart, T. D (Thomas Dale) 1901-1997  Search this

Stirling, Gene M  Search this

Stirling, Matthew Williams 1896-1975  Search this

Strong, William Duncan 1899-1962  Search this

Swanton, John Reed  Search this

Taylor, Walter W. Jr  Search this

Trotter, Mildred  Search this

Webb, William S (William Snyder) 1882-1964  Search this

Wells, William W  Search this

Wetmore, Alexander 1886-1978  Search this

Willey, Gordon Randolph  Search this

Wilson, Laurence L  Search this

Wirth, Conrad L  Search this

Woodbury, George  Search this

Zepp, Erwin C  Search this

Subject:

Sapir, Edward 1884-1939  Search this

United States Work Projects Administration  Search this

Physical description:

15 feet

Type:

Aerial photographs

Place:

Colorado

Utah

Louisiana

Date:

1927-1960

Topic:

Archeology  Search this

American Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, 1948  Search this

Data Source:

National Anthropological Archives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_arc_87797

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.

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:

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:

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

EDAN-URL:

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

Collection Creator:

National Congress of American Indians  Search this

Container:

Box 412

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Collection Title, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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National Congress of American Indians records

National Congress of American Indians records / Series 6: NCAI Committees and Special Issues Files / 6.20: Economic and Reservation Development

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-010-ref5806