Beating the Weather! Instruments for flying DC-6 United Airlines plane from Los Angeles, CA to Chicago, IL. Instrument landing systems.
Machines that Make Machines! Mechanical aptitude testing. Pre-employment physical examination. Training machine for tool makers. Warner and Swasey Co., Cleveland, OH.
Industrial "Angels!" Ideas for new products. Invention advice; label-on-tape. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing; Kodak.
Old Country Career! Carving wooden shoes by hand for dancers. Holland, MI.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but the films are stored off-site. Special arrangements must be made directly with the Archives Center staff to view episodes for which no reference copy exists. 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 will be charged for reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Industry on Parade Film Collection, 1950-1959, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
4.81 Cubic feet (consisting of 10 boxes, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Advertising fliers
Exhibition catalogs
Sales records
Manuals
Annual reports
Print advertising
Blotters (writing equipment)
Publications
Business records
Business cards
Sales letters
Letterheads
Legal records
Photographs
Catalogs
Commercial catalogs
Catalogues
Printed materials
Receipts
Advertising cards
Mail order catalogs
Illustrations
Technical reports
Trade cards
Legal documents
Printed material
Trade catalogs
Periodicals
Technical manuals
Patents
Commercial correspondence
Invoices
Advertising
Sales catalogs
Advertising mail
Advertisements
Ephemera
Reports
Business ephemera
Trade literature
Manufacturers' catalogs
Business letters
Instructional materials
Printed ephemera
Correspondence
Date:
1834-1965
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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:
Covers a variety of tools, hand tools, and machinery including cutters, dies, measurement tools, rules, lathes, crimping devices, clamps, drills, and related precision tools.
Materials represent a sampling of merchant and services transactions, but there are no full business records for any single entity. This category has a large volume of catalogues present and a few examples of industry reports and technical documentation.
With the industries and trades represented in this category, there is significant overlap with Hardware, Instruments, and Mensuration.
Arrangement:
Tools is arranged in three subseries.
Business Records and Marketing Material
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:
Tools 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.
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tools, 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).
T1: GUST PIETILA: MAKING SKIS, TOOLS, FAMILY HISTORY, TECHNIQUES, OTHER MAKERS, USES, SLEIGH MAKING, BUSHELS, BASKETS MUCH MORE DETAIL IN SOUND LOG IN FW FILE
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in: Bruce Crossing (Mich.), United States, Michigan, September 19, 1986.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. Some duplication is allowed. Use of materials needs permission of the Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
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Type:
Archival materials
Introduction:
From the State of Michigan, ninety of its residents came to the 1987 Festival to speak about and demonstrate some of the rich traditional culture from that region. To help create a festival setting in which performers of valued traditions could speak about their experiences and heritages with performed music, active demonstrations, and spoken words seemed a most appropriate way to celebrate the sesquicentennial of that geographically endowed, historically important and culturally rich state.
Throughout Michigan's history those who migrated to the state have been drawn by - or have themselves introduced - fishing, trapping, mining, lumbering, farming, and automobile manufacturing. The lore of such occupations, combined with the rich ethnic heritage of those who built Michigan, form the essence of the state's traditional culture. Michigan today is home to more than one hundred different nationalities, including the country's largest population of Finns, Belgians, Maltese, and Chaldeans; the second largest numbers of Dutch, Lebanese, and French Canadians; and perhaps the largest concentration of Muslim Arabs (in southeast Dearborn) outside the Middle East. Detroit alone is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the country. The heritage of these diverse groups - along with those of Native, Euro Americans, and Afro Americans who migrated to Michigan throughout the state's history - give Michigan folklife its distinctive characteristics.
Complementing a full performance schedule that highlighted Michigan's diverse musical heritage, ongoing demonstrations included lure making, fly tying, boat building, Native American quillwork, black ash basketry, finger weaving and beadwork, Dutch wooden shoe making, furniture carving, Afro American quilt making, Palestinian needlework, Ukrainian textiles and egg decorating, ski and sleigh making, decoy carving, rag rug weaving, cherry harvesting & pruning, evergreen nursery techniques, net making, and ice fishing.
Betty Belanus, Laurie Sommers, and Thomas Vennum, Jr. served as Curators for the Michigan program, with Laurie Sommers also serving as Program Coordinator and Barbara Lau, as Assistant Program Coordinator.
The Michigan Program was made possible by the Michigan Sesquicentennial Commission and the Michigan Department of State.
Fieldworkers and consultants:
Fieldworkers
Dennis Au, Michael Bell, Horace Boyer, John Alan Cicala, Timothy Cochrane, Gregory Cooper, C. Kurt Dewhurst, Stev'e Frangos, Roland Freeman, Janet Gilmore, Alicia MarÃa González, James Leary, Yvonne Lockwood, Marsha MacDowell, Phyllis M. May-Machunda, Mario Montaño, Earl Nyholm, Marsha Penti, Roger Pilon, Peter Seitel, Eliot Singer, Laurie Sommers, Nicholas R. Spitzer, Thomas Vennum, Jr.
Consultants
George Cornell, LuAnne Kozma, Robert McCarl, Oscar Paskal, Barry Lee Pearson, Joseph Spielberg
Presenters:
Dennis Au, Horace Boyer, C. Kurt Dewhurst, Paul Gifford, Janet Gilmore, James Leary, William Lockwood, Yvonne Lockwood, Marsha MacDowell, Earl Nyholm, Mario Montaño, Roger Pilon, Joseph Spielberg, Nicholas R. Spitzer, Benjamin Wilson
Sensational Gospel Tones -- Sensational Gospel TonesAlfred Charleston, Grand Rapids, MichiganDonald Charleston, lead guitar and bass player, Grand Rapids, MichiganJuanita Charleston, Grand Rapids, MichiganRev. Leon Charleston, Grand Rapids, MichiganHenrietta Fields, Grand Rapids, MichiganTanya Johnson, vocalist, drummer, Grand Rapids, MichiganNathaniel Smith, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bill Stimac & Sons, music from the Keweenaw Peninsula -- Bill Stimac & Sons, music from the Keweenaw PeninsulaBill Stimac, 1923-, accordion player, Houghton, MichiganMark Stimac, 1956-, banjo and guitar player, Houghton, MichiganRandy Stimac, 1958-, accordion player, Houghton, Michigan
Thimbleberry, Finnish music -- Thimbleberry, Finnish musicEd Lauluma, 1921-2005, fiddle player, Chassell, MichiganAl Reko, 1933-, accordion player, vocalist, St. Paul, Minnesota, MichiganOren Tikkanen, mandolin and guitar player, Calumet, Michigan
Yemeni Folkloric Dance Group, Arab village music -- Yemeni Folkloric Dance Group, Arab village musicSaleh Alward, dancer, Dearborn, MichiganMohsin Elgabri, dramatist, dancer, Oud player, Dearborn, MichiganAlsanabani Faris, dancer, Dearborn, MichiganSaeed Masjahri, dancer, Dearborn, MichiganM. Aideroos Mohsen, dancer, Dearborn, MichiganAbdo Ali Saeed, dancer, Dearborn, MichiganOmar A. Wahashi, oud and tabla player, Dearborn, Michigan
Rose Mae Menard, 1901-1988, come¬dienne, storyteller, herbalist, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Art Moilanen, 1916-1995, vocalist, accordion player, Mass City, Michigan
Les Raber, fiddle player, Hastings, Michigan
Isaiah "Dr." Ross, 1925-1993, blues musician, Flint, Michigan
Occupations
Esperanza Alcala, ever¬green nursery worker, Grand Haven, Michigan
Steven B. Fouch, 1952-, cherry grower, extension agent, Grawn, Michigan
Elias Lopez, 1935-2004, evergreen nursery worker, Grand Haven, Michigan
Damien Lunning, trapper, Mio, Michigan
Judith Lunning, trapper, game cook, Mio, Michigan
Pedro Rodriguez, ever¬green nursery worker, Grand Haven, Michigan
Personal Experience Narrative, Flint Sit-Down Strike
Fred Ahearn, 1910-1991, Flint, Michigan
Burt Christenson, Flint, Michigan
Shirley Foster, Flint, Michigan
Berdene "Bud" Simons, Newport Richey, Florida
Nellie Simons, Newport Richey, Florida
Waterways
Josephine F. Sedlecky-Borsum, sports shop owner, fly tier, Baldwin, Michigan
Ray Davison, Great Lakes fisherman, Menominee, Michigan
Dick Grabowski, 1931-2006, Great Lakes fisherman, Menominee, Michigan
Charlie Nylund, 1933-, Great Lakes fisherman, Menominee, Michigan
Jay Stephan, river guide, boat builder, Grayling, Michigan
Elman G. "Bud" Stewart, 1913-1999, lure maker, Alpena, Michigan
Jim Wicks, ice fisherman, decoy carver, McMillan, Michigan
Ralph Wilcox, Great Lakes fisherman, fish smoker, Brimley, Michigan
David Wyss, river guide, boat builder, fly tier, Grayling, Michigan
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1987 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
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Type:
Archival materials
Introduction:
The third program to focus on a particular State, the Arkansas presentations at the 1970 Festival sought to give visitors an overview of the State's folklife and to present an intensive picture of the persistence and variety of the area's folk cultural patterns. The Swiss and Italians who settled in Arkansas in the late nineteenth century with the black farmers of the delta and with the mountaineers, whose forebears hailed from Britain, are contributors to the patchwork of traditional cultures characterizing the State of Arkansas. Festival programming sought to emphasize this diversity and mutual influence. Musician Jimmy Driftwood loaded up a bus with dozens of his friends and neighbors from Mountain View and nearby Ozark communities and drove two days to Washington. Other presentations included electric blues from West Memphis and black gospel singing, as well as various string band traditions. Craft presentations included chairmakers, musical instrument makers, tool makers, and decorative arts, as well as makers of wine and sorghum.
Sponsorship for the Arkansas presentation came from the Honorable Winthrop Rockefeller, Governor of Arkansas, the Arkansas State Parks Recreation-Travel, and the Crossett Art League.
Fieldworkers:
Mae Francis Johnson, Brenda Jones, Worth Long, Mack McCormick, Bernice Reagon, Jerry Ricks, Jane Sapp
Participants:
Craftspeople
Myra Adams, 1906-1987, corn cookery, Arkansas
Dallas Bump, 1918-2016, chair maker, Arkansas
Fred Bump, 1894-1977, chair maker, Arkansas
Floyd Carter, fishing lures, Arkansas
Ruth Marie Carter, fishing lures, Arkansas
Charles Christian, chair maker, Arkansas
Betty Christian, chair maker, Arkansas
Junior Cobb, wood carver, Arkansas
Jimmy Nelson, wood carver, Arkansas
Isaac Doss, blacksmith, Arkansas
Deborah Gibbs, silhouette cutter, Arkansas
La Vonne Gibbs, silhouette cutter, Arkansas
George Gibson, basket maker, Arkansas
Ben Harris, cooper, Arkansas
Roy Harris, 1920-, carver, doll maker, Arkansas
Alma Harris, 1919-1993, carver, doll maker, Arkansas
Violet Hensley, 1916-, fiddle maker, Arkansas
Sandra Hensley, fiddle maker, Arkansas
John C. Hoovler, 1908-1993, knife and tool maker, Arkansas
V. Otis Johnson, turkey caller maker, Arkansas
Len McSpadden, dulcimer maker, Arkansas
Elliott Hancock, dulcimer maker, Arkansas
Alice Merryman, corn husk broom and doll maker, Arkansas
Bill Phillips, log cabin builder, Arkansas
Claude Phillips, log cabin builder, Arkansas
Tim Sparks, basket maker, Arkansas
Morbuert Stewart, corn miller, Arkansas
Kevin Stewart, corn miller, Arkansas
Ira Tillman, Sr., sorghum maker, Arkansas
Erma Jean Tillman, sorghum maker, Arkansas
Harvey Lee Tillman, sorghum maker, Arkansas
Ira Tillman, Jr., sorghum maker, Arkansas
Johnny Lee Tillman, sorghum maker, Arkansas
Fred Tillman, sorghum maker, Arkansas
Willie Lee Tillman, sorghum maker, Arkansas
Dorothy Tillman Husky, sorghum maker, Arkansas
Essie Ward, 1902-1981, country scene painter, Arkansas
Herman Wiederkehr, 1895-1985, wine maker, Arkansas
Al Wiederkehr, 1897-1974, wine maker, Arkansas
Brenda Wiederkehr, wine maker, Arkansas
Gail Wiederkehr, wine maker, Arkansas
Grace I. Wilson, quilter, Arkansas
Performers
Children's Game Group, black singing games, Arkansas
Copeland Family Band -- Copeland Family BandPercy Copeland, 1914-2008, member of family band, including harmonica and strings, ArkansasIda Copeland, 1918-1997, member of family band, including harmonica and strings, ArkansasDale Copeland, member of family band, including harmonica and strings, ArkansasBetty Lou Copeland, 1958-, member of family band, including harmonica and strings, Arkansas
String band -- String bandLonnie Avey, 1910-1983, guitarist in string band, ArkansasSeth Mize, 1901-1977, fiddler in string band, ArkansasBookmiller Shannon, 1908-1985, banjo player in string band, ArkansasBob Blair, fiddler in string band, ArkansasWesley Blair, guitarist in string band, ArkansasDean Hinsley, mandolin in string band, Arkansas
Ira Tillman Family, shape note singers (7-shape), Arkansas
Sherman Ward, 1933-1995, guitarist and singer, Arkansas
Phyllis Whitfield, dulcimer player, Arkansas
Joe Willie Wilkins Blues Band -- Joe Willie Wilkins Blues BandJoe Willie Wilkins, 1923-1979, lead guitarist, ArkansasTheophlies "Fat Hurd" Hessensha, 1922-1977, drummer, ArkansasHouston Stackhouse, 1910-1980, rhythm guitarist, ArkansasWillie Kilgrew, bass player, ArkansasSammy Lewis, harmonica player, Arkansas
Collection Restrictions:
Access to the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections is by appointment only. Visit our website for more information on scheduling a visit or making a digitization request. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1970 Festival of American Folklife, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections , Smithsonian Institution.
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.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Saws, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
The employee and personnel materials consist of benefit, pension and insurance plans, a suggestion plan, an open house flier, family night documentation, and clubs for employees. Family Night was created by the Research Division to acquaint families with their work and explain how they contribute to the research effort of the company. Activities included demonstrations and displays of various machines.
There are employee cards, 1908-1917, which consist of index cards, arranged alphabetically by employee surname that detail the kind of work (planer, grinder, laborer, tool maker), age, marital status, where the person last worked, where they worked the longest, if they were interviewed, home address, when they began work, and if they retired or were discharged, with a reason.
From 1907 to 1940 the United Shoe sponsored the "Sam Sam" festival which included carnival rides, midway games, and entertainment for its employees and their families. Images of the "Sam Sam can be found in Series 17: Photographs, Subseries 10: Glass Plate Negatives.
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.
Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage and audio visual materials. Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period, reference copies do not exist for audio visual materials. Arrangements must be made with the Archives Center staff two weeks prior to a scheduled research visit. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
United Shoe Machinery Corporation Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
" John Lang & Sons Ltd, machine tool manufacturers, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, was a part of a much larger group of machine toolmakers, the Associated British Machine Tool Makers Ltd, whose registered offices were at 17 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1 and which had agents and offices world wide. In 1966, John Lang & Sons Ltd became Wickman Lang Ltd, remaining in Johnstone until about 1968, when they became Wickman Ltd and listed their offices as 40/44 Colquhoun Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland. In 1991, a Wickman Machine Tool Co Ltd was based in Coventry, England. " Source: http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/collects/catalog/ugd/001-050/ugd048.html University of Glasgow Archives . Search this
machinist and tool maker grinding rolls ; watchmakers' and jewelers' tools ; according to a web site, Pool constructed a phonograph for Edison: "This 'carte de visite'-sized photograph was taken on August 21, 1878, by Edison's nephew Charles Pitt Edison, the official laboratory photographer at the time. It shows a large phonograph made for Edison by Alex Pool of Newark, NJ. Ten prototypes were made but none are known to survive -- all that remains of that interesting machine are a few surviving pictures. The back of the photo carries a rubber-stamped notation that it is from Edison's Menlo Park laboratory and is signed and dated by Charlie." However this appears to be an unproven assertion ; http://members.aol.com/tinfoilphono/ephemer2.htm
Includes:
Trade catalog and price lists
Physical description:
1 piece; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Date:
1800s
Topic (Romaine term):
Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment) Search this
Machine tools and metalworking equipment Search this
