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Archives Center Ethnic Imagery Collection

Collector:
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Culture and the Arts  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Music, Sports and Entertainment  Search this
Seller:
Tom's Hoard House  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Advertising
Advertising cards
Postcards
Stereographs
Trade cards
Date:
1889 and undated
Scope and Contents:
Advertising, postcards, trade cards, and stereographs, depicting African Americans in stereotypical or demeaning ways.
Arrangement:
1 series.
Provenance:
Collected from various donors and vendors by the Division of Music, Sports and Entertainment (now the Division of Culture and the Arts). Donors include Richard E. Ahlborn and Alice M. Miles; vendors include Tom's Hoard House.
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:
Race discrimination  Search this
Ethnic imagery  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
Ethnic relations  Search this
Genre/Form:
Advertising
Advertising cards
Postcards
Stereographs
Trade cards
Citation:
Archives Center Ethnic Imagery Collection, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1138
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Archives Center Ethnic Imagery Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ede6d783-0e85-4fac-abe5-fa7108a0014d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1138

Fleischmann's Yeast [calendar]

Advertiser:
Fleischmann Yeast Manufacturing Company  Search this
Publisher:
Fleischmann Yeast Manufacturing Company  Search this
Series Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Ink on paper (card stock)., 6-3/8" x 5".)
Container:
Box 1, Folder 20
Culture:
African Americans -- 1880-1900  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Calendars
Date:
[1888]
Scope and Contents:
Calendar (partial) containing color cartoons and advertising for Fleischmann's yeast. The pages are tied together with string through two holes at the top of each card, and some have torn loose. The missing calendar pages may be found elsewhere in the box.

October page: image depicts a cook at a cast iron stove speaking with lady of the house-- "Mistress: Well cook, as long as buckwheat flour is in season we must have buckwheat cakes for breakfast. What yeast will you use? Cook: Fleischmann's yeast ma'am is my choice. I can make anything in de bakin line wif it. It's a right smart yeast."
Local Numbers:
AC0060-0000717.tif (AC Scan No.: October page)
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series 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:
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
Cookery  Search this
Baking  Search this
Yeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Calendars -- 19th century
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Yeast, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Yeast
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Yeast / Business Records, Marketing Material, and Other / Fleischmann Yeast Manufacturing Company New York, New York
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8ca12dfc8-7118-4fc7-b67b-8c861f683504
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-yeast-ref539

B. Thomas Smith Minstrel Show Posters

Collector:
Smith, B. Thomas, Jr.  Search this
Extent:
0.5 Cubic feet (1 map folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Advertising
Posters
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
A collection of posters advertising minstrel shows. The posters feature stereotypical images of black characters.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into one series.
Provenance:
Collection donated by B. Thomas Smith, Jr., 2016.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Blackface entertainers  Search this
Ethnic imagery  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
Minstrel shows  Search this
Vaudeville  Search this
Theater  Search this
Genre/Form:
Advertising
Posters
Citation:
B. Thomas Smith Minstrel Show Posters, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.1409
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B. Thomas Smith Minstrel Show Posters
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8acd7156d-ecb4-47d3-b0c1-8bb508c9f978
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1409

Diane Isaacs Collection of Black Memorabilia

Topic:
Black literature and culture
Creator:
Isaacs, Diane  Search this
Names:
Giovanni, Nikki  Search this
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967  Search this
Hurston, Zora Neale  Search this
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-  Search this
Petry, Ann, 1908-1997  Search this
Ringgold, Faith  Search this
Walker, Alice, 1944-  Search this
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960  Search this
Extent:
14.75 Linear feet (17 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Postcards
Clippings
Periodicals
Photographic prints
Sheet music
Audiovisual materials
Books
Date:
1800 - 2002
Summary:
The collection, which dates from 1800 to 2002 and measures 14.75 linear feet, documents two centuries of the depictions of African Americans in popular culture. The collection is comprised of papers, journals, books, audio visual materials, sheet music, correspondence, photographs and artifacts. Included in the audiovisual series are recordings of Maya Angelou and Alice Walker reading their works.
Scope and Contents note:
This collection documents various elements of African American history. The Diane Isaacs Collection of Black Memorabilia is arranged into three series: Printed Materials, Audio Visual Materials, and Miscellaneous. Material in each folder is arranged in chronological order from 1800 through 2002.
Arrangement note:
The collection is arranged by into three Series: (1) Printed Materials, (2) Audiovisual Material, and (3) Miscellaneous.
Biographical/Historical note:
Diane Isaacs was a professor of English and a collector of black memorabilia. She earned her Ph.D. from Teachers College at Columbia University in 1982 after she wrote a doctoral thesis entitled "Ann Petry's Life and Art: Piercing the Stereotypes." As a professor at Fordham College, the University of Maryland, and the University of Minnesota, Isaacs taught English courses throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She was a scholar of the Harlem Renaissance and published essays and articles pertaining to the contributions that African-American writers made to U.S. culture.

Isaacs married Professor Jay Leon Halio, another professor of English at the University of Delaware, on May 26, 2002 at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Topic:
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
African Americans  Search this
African American authors  Search this
Children's stories  Search this
Genre/Form:
Correspondence
Postcards
Clippings
Periodicals
Photographic prints
Sheet music
Audiovisual materials
Books
Citation:
The Diane Isaacs Collection of Black Memorabilia was donated to the Anacostia Community Museum in 2003 by Diane Isaacs.
Identifier:
ACMA.06-020
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Diane Isaacs Collection of Black Memorabilia
Archival Repository:
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa7ded876fe-1074-4e85-9a8b-94e058199b92
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-acma-06-020

Smithsonian World/WETA "Selling the Dream" Collection

Producer:
Smithsonian World  Search this
Names:
Center for Advertising History (U.S.)  Search this
Grey Advertising.  Search this
Mitsubishi  Search this
WETA  Search this
Wieden & Kennedy  Search this
Gitlin, Todd  Search this
Marchand, Roland  Search this
Oda, Frances  Search this
Ogilvy, David  Search this
Pertshuk, Michael  Search this
Polykoff, Shirley  Search this
Extent:
23 Cubic feet (16 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Audiovisual materials
Oral history
Motion pictures (visual works)
Transcripts
Interviews
Press releases
Date:
1990-1991
Summary:
The collection documents "Selling the Dream" was an hour long television documentary that aired in early 1991 as part of the public television series, Smithsonian World.
Scope and Contents:
Series 1, boxes 1-15: 16 mm color film shot for the program, arranged in two subseries. Subseries A, boxes 1-10, consists of primary source materials including film footage of a meeting of scholars, historians, archivists, Weiden & Kennedy advertising agency personnel, and Nike executives at the Smithsonian's Center for Advertising History for the Nike Advertising Oral History and Documentation Project; interviews with scholars, historians, industry representatives (including transcripts for some interviews); and documentation of a Mitsubishi GT3000 ad from pitch to production, including meetings between Grey advertising agency personnel and Mitsubishi account representatives, a live commerical shoot and a production session with a commercial narrator. Subseries B, boxes 11-15, consists of secondary materials created during production, including pre-production sync pulls, trims, and lifts as compiled and edited by producer Steven York and Associates. Series 2, box 16, contains documentary materials relating to the show's production and broadcast, including correspondence, press releases, and publicity. Transcripts for the interviews are located here.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into two series.

Series 1: Film

Series 2: Documentary Material
Biographical / Historical:
"Selling the Dream" was an hour-long television documentary that aired in early 1991 as part of the public television series "Smithsonian World." The program traces the evolution of advertising from the late 19th century through the creative revolution of the 1960s to explore how advertising both influences and reflects American culture. In addition to historical imagery, the program follows a contemporary Mitsubishi GT3000 automobile advertising campaign from conception to production. The program features interviews with the men and women who created the advertising as well as with scholars, historians, industry advocates and government officials who comment on the role and history of advertising in a comsumer culture. "Selling the Dream" was underwritten by Southwestern Bell and co-produced by WETA and the Smithsonian Institution. The Center for Advertising History served as a resource and consultant to the producers.
Provenance:
Collection donated by Smithsonian World through executive producer Sandra Bradley, in August 1991.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
There are reproduction restrictions on material in this collection. See repository details.
Topic:
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
Symbolism in advertising  Search this
Wit and humor in advertising  Search this
Sex role in advertising  Search this
Television advertising  Search this
advertising  Search this
Genre/Form:
Audiovisual materials
Oral history -- 1990-2000
Motion pictures (visual works) -- 1990-2000
Transcripts
Interviews -- 1950-2000
Press releases -- 1990-2000
Citation:
Smithsonian World/WETA "Selling the Dream" Collection, 1990-1991, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0418
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Smithsonian World/WETA "Selling the Dream" Collection
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8066f4d6d-e3ae-4a59-8135-2575b7d3b239
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0418

Africa in images / Curtis Keim

Author:
Keim, Curtis A  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Africa
Date:
2009
Topic:
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
In advertising  Search this
Call number:
DT38.7 .K45 2009
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1034839

Housework and housewives in American advertising : married to the mop / Jessamyn Neuhaus

Author:
Neuhaus, Jessamyn  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2013
2011
2013, c2011
Topic:
Sex role in advertising  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
Women in advertising  Search this
Housewives as consumers  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1020426

Slave in a box : the strange career of Aunt Jemima / M.M. Manring

Author:
Manring, M. M. 1962-  Search this
Subject:
Jemima Aunt  Search this
Quaker Oats Company  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 210 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
20th century
Topic:
Advertising--Social aspects--History  Search this
African American women in advertising  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
Call number:
HF5813.U6 M25 1998X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_536058

What a character! : 20th century American advertising icons / by Warren Dotz and Jim Morton ; photography by John William Lund

Author:
Dotz, Warren  Search this
Morton, Jim  Search this
Physical description:
131 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1996
C1996
20th century
Topic:
Advertising--History  Search this
Commercial art--History  Search this
Symbolism in advertising--History  Search this
Television advertising--History  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising--History  Search this
Call number:
HF5813.U6 D68 1996X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_512194

Michael Ray Charles, 1989-1997 : an American artist's work

Author:
Charles, Michael Ray 1967-  Search this
Bacigalupi, Don  Search this
Kern-Foxworth, Marilyn  Search this
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery  Search this
Austin Museum of Art  Search this
Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)  Search this
Subject:
Charles, Michael Ray 1967-  Search this
Charles, Michael Ray 1967- Interviews  Search this
Jemima Aunt  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. in bag : ill. (some col.) ; 66 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
1997
C1997
20th century
Topic:
African Americans in art  Search this
African Americans--Caricatures and cartoons  Search this
Advertising--Social aspects--History  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.C4738 B5 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_542446

Clinging to mammy : the faithful slave in twentieth-century America / Micki McElya

Author:
McElya, Micki 1972-  Search this
Subject:
Jemima Aunt  Search this
Physical description:
322 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2007
20th century
Topic:
African American women in popular culture--History  Search this
African Americans in popular culture--History  Search this
Women slaves--History  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
African American women--History  Search this
Racism in popular culture--History  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology)  Search this
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1077586

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