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Seymour Robins collection

Creator:: Robins, Seymour, 1913-2011 Search this

Names:: AT & T (Firm) Search this; Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive Search this; Creative playthings, Inc. Search this; Diamond International Corporation Search this; Genesco, Inc. Search this; Kimberly-Clark Corporation Search this; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Search this; Mohawk Paper Mills (Cohoes, N.Y.) Search this; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Search this; Neenah Paper (Firm) Search this; Philadelphia Museum of Art Search this; Smithsonian Institution Search this; Whitney Museum of American Art Search this

Extent:: 0.5 Cubic feet

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Trade catalogs

Date:: 1962 - 1992

Scope and Contents:: Materials consist of project catalogs for Mohawk Paper Mills and Neenah Paper, a division of Kimberly-Clark. The collection documents Robins' work as a graphic and industrial designer.

Biographical / Historical:: Seymour Robins is a graphic and industrial designer.,Born in Canada, he has lived most of his life in New York City and had his design practice there. Although locking together slotted pieces of paper has been done for many years, in the two decades that Robins has been designing these shapes that become forms when opened, he has developed them into a unique art form in itself. Robins' interlocking paper sculptures have been called "magic". He has had successful design assignments for AT&T, Diamond International Corporation, Genesco, Mohawk Paper Mills, Neenah Paper, Creative Playthings, and a host of other names in American industry. Robins designed the complex and precise Armillary Sphere for the Smithsonian, and has done paper sculptures for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Whitney Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Philadelphia Museum, and others. Over the years his demands and guidance for perfection in production have forced graphic arts suppliers into innovative improvements that have raised the level of die-makers' and the die-cutters' crafts. His work appears regularly in international design journals and is in the permanent collection at the Cooper-Hewitt Archives. He now lives and works in Sheffield, Massachusetts, in a barn he has converted into a studio and home.

Provenance:: All materials were donated by Mr. Robins in 1992. Transferred to the Archives Center in 2012.

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.

Occupation:: Industrial designers -- United States Search this

Topic:: Design, Industrial -- Sources -- History -- 20th century -- United States Search this; Graphic arts -- Sources -- History -- 20th century -- United States Search this

Genre/Form:: Trade catalogs

Citation:: Seymour Robins Papers, 1962-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:: NMAH.AC.1270

See more items in:: Seymour Robins collection

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8299c24ef-53b0-4bdf-9037-8e2202371519

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1270

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Horses

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 3.92 Cubic feet (consisting of 8 boxes, 1 folder, 12 oversize folders, 3 map case folders.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Business ephemera; Business letters; Reports; Business records; Receipts; Sales letters; Auction catalogs; Catalogues; Advertising; Commercial catalogs; Advertising cards; Trade catalogs; Publications; Print advertising; Sales records; Correspondence; Manufacturers' catalogs; Manuals; Advertising fliers; Exhibition catalogs; Periodicals; Catalogs; Printed ephemera; Illustrations; Ephemera; Mail order catalogs; Sales catalogs; Legal documents; Commercial correspondence; Photographic prints; Invoices; Trade literature; Trade cards; Business cards; Advertising mail

Date:: 1788-1955; bulk 1830-1930

Summary:: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Horses 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:: Horses covers goods and services for the procurement and maintenance of horses. Riding academies, racing, and breeding are represented. Some resources specifically target health care issues. Images are mostly illustrations with a few photographs. A few general interest pieces are present, but virtually nothing in the way of in-depth research or study. The bulk of the material is catalogues. The Pedigree folders contain some handwritten records, however, the origin/farm name is not readily apparent. A small amount of material is present regarding Warshaw's development of this category and sale of a poster to help generate income.

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

Arrangement:: Horses is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Horses 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:: Stables Search this; Horses -- 1910-1920 Search this; Horse-drawn vehicles Search this; Horses Search this; Sales promotion Search this; Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Horseshoeing Search this; Horses -- 1940-1950 Search this; Horses -- Breeding Search this; Horses -- Logos (Symbols) Search this; Horsemen and horsewomen Search this; Horses -- Design elements Search this; Horse-trading -- 1930-1950 Search this; Trick riding Search this; Patents Search this; Racetracks (Horse racing) Search this; Auctions Search this

Genre/Form:: Business ephemera; Business letters; Reports; Business records; Receipts; Sales letters; Auction catalogs; Catalogues; Advertising; Commercial catalogs; Advertising cards; Trade catalogs; Publications -- Business; Print advertising; Sales records; Correspondence; Manufacturers' catalogs; Manuals; Advertising fliers; Exhibition catalogs; Periodicals; Catalogs; Printed ephemera; Illustrations; Ephemera; Mail order catalogs; Sales catalogs; Legal documents; Publications; Commercial correspondence; Photographic prints; Invoices; Trade literature; Trade cards; Business cards; Advertising mail

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Horses, 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.Horses

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Horses

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84bc91852-99d1-4234-97ae-9f9ed68f30a4

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-horses

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Leather

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 1.9 Cubic feet (consisting of 4 boxes, 1 folder, 3 oversize folders, 1 map case folder.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Advertising cards; Advertising; Letterheads; Advertisements; Catalogs; Sales catalogs; Correspondence; Advertising mail; Publications; Invoices; Reports; Advertising fliers; Periodicals; Catalogues; Printed materials; Manuals; Mail order catalogs; Receipts; Printed ephemera; Manufacturers' catalogs; Business ephemera; Trade catalogs; Illustrations; Trade cards; Business letters; Business records; Print advertising; Ephemera; Printed material; Trade literature; Business cards; Commercial catalogs

Date:: circa 1845-1953

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 note:: The leather industry serves both commercial and consumer needs. The preparation and treatment of leather includes tanning, oiling, and dressings as well as tools and equipment used in working with it.

The business records are in the form of operational transactional documents, mostly in the form of bookkeeping, bills, receipts, and correspondence, with a significant volume of import/export documentation. Advertisements and catalogues cover consumer goods such as luggage, bags, accessories likesuch as wallets, handbags, shoes, bookbinders, harnesses and saddles used for or with livestock, plus raw or semi-processed leather, hide, and tanning goods and services made by or sold to manufacturers of finished leather products. Also present is a small quantity of product samples.

Arrangement note:: The collection is arranged into three subseries.

Business Records

Genre

Subjects

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:: Leather 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; Hides and skins Search this; advertising -- Business ephemera Search this; Hide preparation Search this; Patents Search this; Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this

Genre/Form:: Advertising cards; Advertising; Letterheads; Advertisements; Catalogs; Sales catalogs; Correspondence; Advertising mail; Publications -- Business; Invoices; Reports; Advertising fliers; Periodicals; Catalogues; Printed materials; Manuals; Mail order catalogs; Receipts; Printed ephemera; Manufacturers' catalogs; Business ephemera; Trade catalogs; Illustrations; Trade cards; Business letters; Business records; Print advertising; Ephemera; Printed material; Trade literature; Business cards; Publications; Commercial catalogs

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Leather, 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.Leather

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Leather

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80ae14fa7-6b4a-4da8-8032-6dedaf0c6d51

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-leather

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Dry Goods

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 37.8 Cubic feet (consisting of 76 boxes (including 12 off-site), 12 folders, 16 oversize folders, 7 flat boxes (6 full, 1 partial), plus digital images of some collection material. )

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Ephemera; Business ephemera

Date:: 1768-1973

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

Scope and Contents:: This material consists primarily of scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, bills/receipts, printed advertisements, trade catalogs, handbills, pamphlets, advertising cards , photographs, cloth samples , leaflets, books, prospectus, order forms, chromolithographs, magazine advertisements, seals, postcards, business cards, children's books, greeting cards, almanacs, calendars, cardboard standups, fans, paper bag samples and import/export documents from businesses referred to loosely as department or variety stores. A number of these stores are still in business and tend to have a substantial amount of material . Such companies include I. Magnin, R. H. Macy, Woodward & Lothrop, F. H. Woolworth's, Sears, Roebuck & Company , Montgomery Wards, Wanamaker, etc. There are a few references to businesses who imported English, French, German, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Egyptian, Sudanese, Persian and Moorish articles.

Generally the stores included among these materials sold a variety of products consisting of clothing and clothing accessories, home furnishings, home construction kits, novelties, stationery , groceries and a number of other products sold in contemporary department and variety stores. There are also companies that specialized in a particular product or type of product. Researchers interested in these businesses should also consult the same subject category if it is included on the listing of vertical document boxes. It is also possible that if the company produced oversize catalogs these would be listed with the Warshaw Collection oversize materials. For example, there are a number of Montgomery Wards, Butler Brothers, Bellas Hess and Company and Sears, Roebuck and Company catalogs found among the oversize materials.

There are a number of images that appear on these materials. Most of these images tend to be illustrations of the exterior or interior departments of the stores . Product illustrations also appear throughout the catalogues, printed advertisements and price lists. Ethnic images particularly in French advertisements also appear regularly. Dry goods stores relied heavily on advertisements directed toward children especially during the Christmas/holiday season. Books for children illustrating characters from favorite stories or Christmas scenes are common among the larger stores namely Woodward & Lothrop.

Materials in boxes one through thirty-nine are organized by name of company. Publications that discuss the history of a particular company are included with the company related materials. Catalogues , calendars , almanacs and price lists are generally listed under the company name in the finding aid with dates . This is due to the fact that these materials are often requested by researchers in this manner. This does not imply that these are the only materials for that particular company in the folders .

Box thirty-nine is also partially arranged by type including patents, stocks , general images, associations and miscellaneous items. A few related publications such as a chain store bibliography and a book on the history of chain stores are also included.

Boxes forty and forty-one contain periodicals created by W. A. Spelman in New York. Published as a trade journal devoted to the interests of the retail merchants, it was primarily meant to aid the subscriber in meeting the increasing competition in the dry goods trade. It was also meant to guide merchants in the purchase of goods. Referred to as The Fancy Goods Graphic or Spelman's Fancy Goods Graphic, these publications date from 1881-1890 .

Import and export documents are found in boxes forty-one, through forty-three.

The processing of additional materials in 2017 integrated a significant volume of material, most notably the Jermain Business and Family papers and to a lesser extent, the Trimble Family Business records. Both offer insight to the operations of 19th Century family businesses. Also added was significant manuscript on the history of Montgomery Ward is also available.

Catalogues, especially thinner circular type editions have not been consolidated and may be found throughout the material in this collection. However there are several groupings listed in the Catalogue series, especially for regular issue bulky catalogues published by Montgomery Ward and Sears Roebuck and Company. See note regarding some items that have been microfilmed or transferred off-site.

Arrangement:: Dry Goods is arranged in two subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

General, including Accounting Books and Ledgers

Companies and Proprietors

Companies and Proprietors, Oversize Material

Trade Literature and Other

Export/Import Records

Jermain Business and Family Papers; plus associated Albany Records

Montgomery Ward History Manuscripts

Trimble Family Business Records

General, Marketing Material

Catalogues

General and Mail Order

Montgomery Ward

Sears, Roebuck and Company

Assorted [Off-Site, including Montgomery Ward and Sears, Roebuck and Company]

Materials in the Archives Center:: Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Dry Goods 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 but the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalogs are stored off-site and are restricted due to fragile condition. Researchers should consult microfilm in NMAH library for 1880-1983 editions, drawer 692. Some additional items may be restricted due to fragile condition. 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:: Dry-goods Search this

Genre/Form:: Ephemera; Business ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Dry Goods, 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.Dry

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Dry Goods

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81e1746bc-55a5-45b1-b0f3-04621bd43e6c

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-dry

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Printing and Printers

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 6.04 Cubic feet (consisting of 11.5 boxes, 1 folder, 9 oversized folders, 3 flat boxes (1 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Legal documents; Print advertising; Business records; Correspondence; Invoices; Trade cards; Business cards; Business ephemera; Reports; Ephemera; Periodicals; Printed ephemera; Mail order catalogs; Advertising mail; Manufacturers' catalogs; Commercial catalogs; Catalogues; Proofs (printed matter); Advertising fliers; Receipts; Letterheads; Illustrations; Publications; Advertisements; Sales catalogs; Catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Advertising cards; Advertising; Manuals; Trade catalogs; Business letters

Date:: 1713-1993

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:: The subject category Printing and Printers primarily represents material designed and created by printing companies, largely on the behalf of other companies. Additional material includes serial publications created by printers, the history of printing, biographical material about printers or typographical artists, as well as printing and engraving instructions.

Types of printmaking and printers in these records include stereotyping, electrotyping, planographs, typographs, linotypes, and monotypes.

No expansive documentation of any single printer company is represented within the records, and there is minimal breadth of material on specific subject areas within the printing field. However, business records, company histories, select historical overviews, and the cumulative examples of printers visual work may provide researchers with a broad overview of the printing industry as well as a visual sampling of the evolution of printing styles.

Arrangement:: Printing and Printers is arranged in three subseries. Records, advertising, and catalogues for proprietorships may be filed under either the first or last name of the individual, researchers should look in all applicable alphabetical folders.

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:: Printing and Printers 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:: Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Printing -- Instruments Search this; Printing -- History Search this; Printing -- Technique Search this; Printing machinery and supplies Search this; Printing Search this; Printing presses Search this; Linotype Search this; Printmakers Search this; Patents Search this; Wood-engraving Search this; Printers -- United States Search this; Engraving -- 19th century -- United States Search this; Engraving -- History Search this; Printing industry Search this; Retail trade Search this; Sales promotion Search this

Genre/Form:: Legal documents; Print advertising; Business records; Correspondence; Invoices; Trade cards; Business cards; Business ephemera; Reports; Ephemera; Periodicals; Printed ephemera; Mail order catalogs; Advertising mail; Manufacturers' catalogs; Commercial catalogs; Catalogues; Proofs (printed matter); Advertising fliers; Receipts; Letterheads; Illustrations; Publications -- Business; Advertisements; Sales catalogs; Catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Advertising cards; Advertising; Manuals; Trade catalogs; Publications; Business letters

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Printing and Printers, 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.Printing

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Printing and Printers

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep837262a26-a5d0-4fe8-bbdf-30cab89234d0

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-printing

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Radios

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 2.44 Cubic feet (consisting of 4.5 boxes, 1 folder, 5 oversize folders, 2 flat boxes (partial), 1 map case folder.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Business ephemera; Business letters; Publications; Receipts; Business cards; Trade literature; Logs (records); Sales catalogs; Print advertising; Ephemera; Catalogs; Advertising mail; Commercial catalogs; Invoices; Trade cards; Technical reports; Trade catalogs; Advertising; Manuals; Reports; Manufacturers' catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Catalogues; Printed materials; Illustrations; Bulletins; Technical manuals; Printed material; Transcripts; Letterheads; Printed ephemera; Advertisements; Advertising cards; Radio scripts; Correspondence; Advertising fliers; Business records

Date:: 1893-1992

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:: The radio category contains material primarily related to radio company products, radio broadcasts and programs, technical documentation on the use of radios, and material documenting the effect of radio on modern life. The bulk of the material covers sales catalogues and advertisements, though no complete records for single companies are present.

The radio broadcast transcripts and programs include fictional or anecdotal stories, transcripts of contests, interviews, or speeches, and notifications about future broadcasts.

Literature concerning the effect of radio on modern life includes brief radio historiographies, discussions about the need for advanced education for the radio field, and documentation of the use of radio in leisure time or in rural life. Additional publications address the uses and effects of radio during times of war. While no extensive documentation exists on any one topic, the publications may provide general histories of the radio with snapshots of specific facets of radio history.

Arrangement:: Radio is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Radio 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:: Radio -- History Search this; Radio -- Receivers and reception Search this; Radio Search this; Radio -- Transmitters and transmission Search this; Radio -- Apparatus and supplies Search this; Radio broadcasting Search this; Radio broadcasts Search this; Radio in politics Search this; Radio advertising Search this; Radio -- Receivers and reception -- Design and construction Search this; Radio audiences Search this; advertising -- Business ephemera Search this; Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Periodicals Search this; Broadcast advertising Search this; Radio comedies Search this; Broadcasting Search this; Broadcasting -- United States Search this; War Search this; Retail trade Search this; Radio programs Search this; Transmission of culture Search this; Radio -- 1930-1940 Search this; Radio -- Antennas Search this

Genre/Form:: Business ephemera; Business letters; Publications -- Business; Receipts; Business cards; Trade literature; Logs (records); Sales catalogs; Print advertising; Ephemera; Catalogs; Advertising mail; Commercial catalogs; Invoices; Trade cards; Technical reports; Trade catalogs; Advertising; Manuals; Reports; Manufacturers' catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Catalogues; Printed materials; Illustrations; Bulletins; Technical manuals -- 20th century; Printed material; Transcripts; Letterheads; Printed ephemera; Publications; Advertisements; Advertising cards; Radio scripts; Correspondence; Advertising fliers; Business records

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Radios, 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.Radios

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Radios

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep805ffaf5e-f3b1-4f2a-9714-a4f2c6774754

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-radios

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Silver

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Names:: Tiffany and Company Search this

Extent:: 2.31 Cubic feet (consisting of 4.5 boxes, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial). )

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Mail order catalogs; Catalogues; Commercial correspondence; Advertisements; Trade literature; Business records; Commercial catalogs; Exhibition catalogs; Ephemera; Invoices; Print advertising; Business cards; Auction catalogs; Trade catalogs; Manuals; Sales records; Manufacturers' catalogs; Sales letters; Business letters; Periodicals; Business ephemera; Trade cards; Illustrations; Sales catalogs; Correspondence; Receipts; Catalogs; Printed ephemera; Letterheads; Publications

Date:: 1823-1947

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:: Products represented are predominately household, personal item, and religious articles made from silver such as spoons, flatware, wedding silver, bridal sets, cutlery, utensils, drinking mugs, cups, serving ware, vases, center pieces, candle holders and candelabrums, award cups and trophies, coffee and tea sets, jewelry, watches, urns, chandeliers, lamps, other lighting instruments, communion sets, and Ecclesiastical works.

Includes sterling, standard, silver plated, hand wrought silver, silverette, electro plated, with also occasional information pieces on the manufacture, shaping, and care of silver such as melting, spinning, presses and rolls, repoussé work chasing and snarling, and polishing .

Businesses include general merchants, specialty dealers, auction houses, and silversmiths.

Materials represent a sampling of daily transactions such as receipts and invoices for purchases. No extensive runs or complete records exist for any single company, brand, and no particular depth is present for any singular subtopic though some publications may provide general and historical overviews of a person, company, or facet of industry.

Arrangement:: Silver is arranged in four 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:: Silver 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.

Occupation:: Silversmiths Search this

Topic:: Silver Search this; advertising Search this; Silverwork Search this; Sales promotion Search this; Urns Search this; Vases Search this; Kitchen utensils Search this; advertising -- Business ephemera Search this; Implements, utensils, etc. Search this; Cutlery trade Search this; Chandeliers Search this; Candles Search this; Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Tea Search this; Plates (Tableware) Search this; Gifts -- 1850-1860 Search this; Art auctions Search this; Auctions Search this

Genre/Form:: Mail order catalogs; Catalogues; Commercial correspondence; Advertisements; Trade literature; Business records; Commercial catalogs; Exhibition catalogs; Ephemera; Invoices; Print advertising; Business cards; Auction catalogs; Trade catalogs; Manuals; Sales records; Manufacturers' catalogs; Sales letters; Business letters; Periodicals; Business ephemera; Trade cards; Illustrations; Sales catalogs; Correspondence; Receipts; Catalogs; Printed ephemera; Letterheads; Publications -- Business

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Silver, 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.Silver

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steel

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 5.11 Cubic feet (consisting of 11 boxes, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial.))

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Publications; Business ephemera; Manuscripts for publication; Steel plate engravings; Technical reports; Letterheads; Business cards; Advertising mail; Advertising fliers; Sales letters; Printed ephemera; Sales records; Advertising cards; Advertisements; Trade cards; Periodicals; Commercial catalogs; Manufacturers' catalogs; Manuals; Legal documents; Receipts; Invoices; Print advertising; Advertising; Ephemera; Business letters; Sales catalogs; Printed materials; Illustrations; Trade catalogs; Trade literature; Catalogues; Commercial correspondence; Business records; Printed material; Correspondence; Legislation (legal concepts); Reports; Technical manuals

Date:: 1819-1985

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:: The subject category Steel largely represents business records and advertisements created by steel manufacturers and distributors of steel-based goods or services. Additional materials include biographical writings about Andrew Carnegie, documentation about the effect of the steel industry on society, and educational material about the steel industry.

No complete set of business records are represented within the collection, however the United States Steel Corporation has notable representation within the business records.

Technical documentation about the production of steel-based products as well as background information about the United States Steel Industry and Andrew Carnegie are strong research strengths of this subject category.

Arrangement:: Steel 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:: Steel 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:: Steel founding Search this; Steel industry and trade -- 1930-2000 Search this; Stainless steel tableware Search this; Steel alloys Search this; Iron and steel bridges Search this; Iron and steel industry Search this; Manufacturing Search this; Iron and steel workers -- 1920-1930 -- New York (State) -- New York Search this; Steel industry and trade Search this; Steel, Stainless -- 20th century Search this; Structural steel workers -- 1920-1930 -- New York (State) -- New York Search this; Women iron and steel workers Search this; Manufacturing industries Search this; Manufacturing processes Search this; Trade associations Search this

Genre/Form:: Publications -- Business; Business ephemera; Manuscripts for publication; Steel plate engravings; Technical reports; Letterheads; Business cards; Advertising mail; Advertising fliers; Sales letters; Printed ephemera; Sales records; Advertising cards; Advertisements; Trade cards; Periodicals; Commercial catalogs; Manufacturers' catalogs; Manuals; Legal documents; Receipts; Invoices; Print advertising; Advertising; Ephemera; Business letters; Sales catalogs; Printed materials; Illustrations; Trade catalogs; Trade literature; Catalogues; Commercial correspondence; Business records; Printed material; Correspondence; Legislation (legal concepts); Reports; Technical manuals -- 20th century

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Steel, 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.Steel

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Shoes

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 5.57 Cubic feet (consisting of 11.5 boxes, 1 folder, 5 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial).)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Legal documents; Commercial correspondence; Sales letters; Advertising mail; Business cards; Print advertising; Sales catalogs; Business letters; Trade catalogs; Business ephemera; Printed material; Printed ephemera; Manufacturers' catalogs; Correspondence; Illustrations; Photographs; Mail order catalogs; Business records; Catalogues; Periodicals; Letterheads; Catalogs; Invoices; Trade literature; Reports; Realia; Ephemera; Publications; Sales records; Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts); Trade cards; Receipts; Commercial catalogs; Manuals; Printed materials; Advertising fliers; Advertising cards; Advertising; Advertisements

Date:: 1794-1961

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:: Materials relate to the manufacturing and sales of footwear primarily in the United States. This includes shoes, boots, sandals, slippers, moccasins, tip shoes, orthopaedic modified designs (extension shoes), storm boots, gaiters, foul weather rubbers, plus accessories or replacement parts like laces, heels, soles, and slip on rain/mud guards, cobblers and the repair of shoes.

Design improvements such as the "standard screw fastened" often appears in ads. Some common themes appear regularly in ads and images: people living or being transported in footware (Old Mother Hubbord, shoes as boats, sleds), cats (a la Puss in Boots), and horseshoes. However, this category only covers footwear for men, women, and children, both casual styles and for dress. For actual horseshoes, see subject category Horses. While there make be an incidental exception, lacking also is the presence of shoes specifically for certain professions (nursing, steel-toed workboots), dance (ballet, tap), or sports (cleats, riding boots, hiking, waders for fishing or hunting).

The bulk of the subject category comprises of business records, advertisements, and catalogues created by manufacturers and distributors of shoes. Oversize material included with the series comprise of additional business records including price lists, printed advertisements, and catalogues. Material includes import and export documents and records of patents.

Additional material includes serial publications from trade magazines, and realia in the form of shop signage and token coins. Material related to specific subject areas provides brief overviews of the shoe trade history, shoe construction, and shoe care intended for a general audience, as well as shoe and leather information intended for tradesmen.

No particular depth is present for any singular subtopic though some publications may provide general and historical overviews of various aspects of the shoe industry. A small number of German language material is within the collection and is indicated in folder descriptions when present.

Arrangement:: Shoes 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:: Shoes 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:: Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Shoe machinery Search this; Patents Search this; Retail trade Search this; Trade associations Search this; Shoe industry Search this; Orthopedics Search this; Bootmakers Search this; Shoemakers Search this; Shoes -- Sizes Search this; Shoes -- Fitting Search this

Genre/Form:: Legal documents; Commercial correspondence; Sales letters; Advertising mail; Business cards; Print advertising; Sales catalogs; Business letters; Trade catalogs; Business ephemera; Printed material; Printed ephemera; Manufacturers' catalogs; Correspondence; Illustrations; Photographs; Mail order catalogs; Business records; Catalogues; Periodicals; Letterheads; Catalogs; Invoices; Trade literature; Reports; Realia; Ephemera; Publications -- Business; Sales records; Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts); Trade cards; Receipts; Commercial catalogs; Manuals; Printed materials; Advertising fliers; Publications; Advertising cards; Advertising; Advertisements

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Shoes, 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.Shoes

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Waterworks

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 1.83 Cubic feet (consisting of 3.5 boxes, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial).)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Advertising fliers; Reports; Mail order catalogs; Business records; Technical reports; Commercial catalogs; Print advertising; Technical manuals; Business ephemera; Legislation (legal concepts); Commercial correspondence; Illustrations; Advertising cards; Advertising; Advertising mail; Advertisements; Catalogues; Publications; Trade literature; Periodicals; Photographs; Printed materials; Printed material; Receipts; Sales letters; Manuals; Catalogs; Sales catalogs; Trade cards; Business letters; Manufacturers' catalogs; Test reports; Trade catalogs; Ephemera; Business cards; Invoices; Legal documents; Printed ephemera; Sales records; Correspondence; Letterheads

Date:: circa 1832-1959

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 note:: Contains a broad scope of freshwater capture and use topics, with particular emphasis on the machinery and systems required for managing water resources and business aspects of the costs of goods and services. Includes coverage of home and farm use, agricultural solutions, and large scale operations such as public utilities such as damns, watersheds, reservoirs. Some of the technologies used are drilling, wells, hydraulics, engines and pumps, in addition to natural power sources in the form of windmills and turbines, and water wheels. both as methods of conveyance of water and in powering other devices such as grinders and saws. Purification and softeners address make up the bulk of treatment. Some materials address legal and regulatory issues but water rights is not significantly covered.

Materials include business records, marketing and advertising, some informational documentation in the form of guides and reports. A few schematics are present. A small amount of regulatory publications provide a glimpse of how municipalities dealt with local water issues, including billing and taxation. Miscellaneous writings includes a few tangential topics such as inland waterways and swimming pools, and a perspective essay on water.

Arrangement note:: Waterworks is arranged in three subseries.

Business Records

Genre

Subjects

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Waterworks 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:: Beverages Search this; Water use Search this; Patents Search this; Water -- Purification -- Filtration Search this; Water transfer Search this; Irrigation Search this; Retail trade Search this; Water-supply Search this; Water-power Search this; Water -- Purification Search this; Water-wheels Search this; Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Public works Search this; Turbines Search this; Hydraulic turbines Search this; Windmills Search this; Water -- Filtration Search this; Dams Search this; Water conservation Search this; Reservoirs Search this; Waterways Search this; Water pumps Search this; Hydraulic structures Search this; Hydraulic testing Search this; Public utilities Search this; Pumps Search this; Water resources development Search this; Water supplies Search this; Waterworks Search this; Filters and filtration Search this; Hydraulic engineering Search this; Drinking water Search this

Genre/Form:: Advertising fliers; Reports; Mail order catalogs; Business records; Technical reports; Commercial catalogs; Print advertising; Technical manuals -- 20th century; Business ephemera; Legislation (legal concepts); Commercial correspondence; Illustrations; Advertising cards; Advertising; Advertising mail; Advertisements; Catalogues; Publications; Trade literature; Periodicals; Photographs; Printed materials; Printed material; Receipts; Sales letters; Publications -- Business; Manuals; Catalogs; Sales catalogs; Trade cards; Business letters; Manufacturers' catalogs; Test reports; Trade catalogs; Ephemera; Business cards; Invoices; Legal documents; Printed ephemera; Sales records; Correspondence; Letterheads

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Waterworks, 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.Waterworks

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Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Whiskey, Liquor, and Spirits

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 7.38 Cubic feet (consisting of 12 boxes, 2 folders, 11 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 3 boxes (1 full, 2 partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Advertising; Advertising fliers; Advertising cards; Advertising mail; Advertisements; Beverage labels; Business cards; Business letters; Business ephemera; Business records; Caricatures; Catalogues; Commercial catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Correspondence; Ephemera; Invoices; Illustrations; Labels; Instructional materials; Legal documents; Legislation (legal concepts); Letterheads; Mail order catalogs; Manuals; Manufacturers' catalogs; Menus; Periodicals; Printed ephemera; Print advertising; Publications; Recipes; Receipts; Sales catalogs; Sales letters; Sales records; Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts); Trade catalogs; Trade cards; Trade literature

Date:: 1743-1963; bulk 1846-1962

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 note:: In 1953, Warshaw launched a year-long collecting campaign, soliciting material on whiskey and wine. He expanded this effort to also include items related to the drinking habit of notable persons. This category was originally labeled "whiskey" but has been retitled as the content covers a wide variety of distilled beverages, spirits, liquors, liqueurs, and hard alcohol.

The bulk of the content is print material in the form of advertising, circulars, price lists, marketing and promotional items with also a sampling of business records consisting of transactional documents such as receipts, invoices, correspondence, and import/export paperwork. Some bottle labels and a couple of packaging examples are present, as are drink recipe booklets and entertainment/pairing guides. Only a small portion of this series covers regulatory aspects such as licensing and taxation, including a Prohibitionists' Text-Book from 1880. The rich volume of advertising provides much in the way of visuals regarding the culture of drinking and entertainment through several 19th and 20th Century eras.

The Warshaw Survey Campaign Records series provides insight to his collection building strategy. Samples of his outbound solicitations exist and to a greater extent, the inbound replies help demonstrate his process and some of the relationships he had with institutions, businesses, and individuals. Of particular note are some of the anecdotal responses, plus several essays and memoir pieces related to the effects of alcohol consumption; not always positive, not always negative.

See also Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions, Liquor & Wine Labels and Advertisements, 1893-1905, which contains two additional boxes of scrapbooks filled with printed advertisements, dealers' receipts, labels and drink recipe books.

Arrangement note:: Whiskey, Liquor, and Spirits is arranged in five subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject

Warshaw's Whiskey and Wine Survey and Collecting Campaign Records

Oversize Material

Brand Name Index:: The following is a list of brand names for various alcoholic beverages and related names that appear on this list is a compilation of those found on materials in the vertical document boxes. It is not a complete list of all the brand names for whiskey.

Brand Name Index

Brand Name -- Manufacturer

Adam Schneider's Dutch -- Seagram Distillery

Alleghany -- Phoenix Mills Dist.Co.

Ambassador -- Taylor & Ferguson

Ancestor -- John Dewar & Sons

Anderson Co. Club -- Phoenix Mills Dist. Co.

Angostura Bitters -- Philip Goldberg

Antiquary -- Jas. Hardie

Apry -- Schieffein & Co.

Arkansas Traveler -- Seagram Distillers

B & B -- Wright & Taylor

Bailey' s -- Huey & Christ

Banquet -- Ginter Co.

Barton -- Revere Distilling Co.

Bay State -- Revere Distilling Co.

Beechwood -- Applegate & Sons

Beefeater -- Kobrand Corp.

Big Cat -- General Distillers Corp.

Black & White -- Fleischmann Dist.

Black Warrior, The -- Seagram Distillers

Blue Blood Club -- Kentucky Liquor Co.

Blue Ribbon -- Altschul Distilling Co.

Bombay -- A. M. Penrose

Bond & Lillard -- W.H. McBrayer

Bonnie Brae -- Cobb Hersey Co.

Bos -- Pease Son & Co.

Bottoms Up -- Brown-Forman Distillery Co.

Briar Mint -- Cincinnati Distillers

Briar Mint -- General Distillers Corp.

Brunswick Club -- H.& H.W. Catherwood

Buckingham -- Venable & Heyman

Burks Spring -- Thos. L. Smith & Sons

Cabinet -- Woodrow & George

Canadian Club -- Hiram Walker & Son

Cap'n Jack -- Cincinnati Distillers

Carioca -- Schenley Co.

Carstairs -- Stewart Distilling Co.

Cedar Brook -- Wm.H. McBrayer

Cedar Valley -- Weideman, Holmes & Co.

Cee Bee Sloe Gin -- Cook & Bernheimer Co.

Celery -- Cook & Bernheimer Co.

Charteuse -- Shieffein & Co.

Cherry Heering -- Schenley Import Co.

Chivas Regal -- General Wine & Spirits Co.

Churchill 88 -- Fleischmann Distilling Corp.

Clover Club -- Boyle & McGlinn

Club, The -- G.F. Heublein & Bros.

Club House -- M. Shaughnessy & Co.

Cold Spring Jockey Club -- John Kissel & Son

Commodore -- J. Brown & Co.

Commonwealth Club -- Cobb Hersey Co.

Corby's -- Jas. Barclay & Co.

Cordon Bleu -- Martell

Coates Plymouth -- Schiefflin & Co.

County Chairman -- General Distillers Corp.

Courvoisier -- W.A. Taylor & Co.

Crcaker Jack -- General Distillers Corp.

Creme Yvette -- Sheffield Co.

Cuckoo -- Rex Distilling Co.

Cutty Shark -- Berry Bros . & Rudd Ltd.

Dekuyper -- National Distillers Products

Dewey's Victory -- A.B. Sheaffer

Dews of Erin -- Cobb Hersey Co.

D.J.A. -- David & John Anderson Ltd.

D.O.M. Benedictine -- Julius Wile Sons

Drambuie -- W.A.Taylor & Co.

Drip Rock -- Cold Spring Distilling

Duff Gordon -- Munson G. Shaw Co.

Eagle Liqueur -- Rheinstrom Bros .

Early Times -- Brown-Forman Distillery

Gold Dust -- A.R. Champney Co.

El Bart -- Camberwell Distillery

Embassy Club -- Continental Distilling

Empire Club -- G.F. Coshland & Co.

Everett Spring -- Cobb Hersey Co.

Fairfax County -- Austin, Nichols & Co.

Fairview -- Schmidt & Ziegler, Ltd.

Fellsglen -- John E. Fells

Fenbrook -- Charles S. Gove Co.

Fig Rye -- F. Madlener

Four Roses -- Frankfort Distilleries

Fulton -- Myers & Co.

Fundador -- Canada Dry Import Co.

Gair Loch -- Stromness Dist. Co.

Galliano -- McKesson & Robbins

Gaston Fontaine's -- Cobb Hersey Co.

Geneva -- United Dist. Co.

George Mills -- Woodrow & George

Geyser -- Peoples Distilling Co.

Gilbey' s Gin -- National Distillers Prod.ucts

Gold Fax -- Clune & Torpy

Golden Seal -- W. Scott Gillespie

Golden Truth -- Despres Distilling Co.

Grand Marnier -- Carillon Importers Ltd.

Grant 63 -- Revere Distilling Co.

Grandpa' s Delight -- Pembrook Distilling Co.

Grant's Stand Fast -- Austin, Nichols & Co.

Green River -- McCulloch

Greensboro -- Cobb Hersey Co.

Grouse -- Seggerman Slocum

Harrisville -- Cobb Hersey Co.

Harvest Home -- Seagram Distillers

Hazel Dell -- Rheinstrom Bros.

Heather Blossom -- B.H.R. Distilling Co.

Hennessy -- Schieffein & Co.

Hillside -- Steinhardt Bros. & Co.

Hine Cognac -- 21 Brands Inc.

Hoffman House -- P.H. Hamburger

Holland Process -- Rosenberger Bros.

Home Comfort -- Max Stiner & Co.

House of Lords -- Wm.Whitely & Co.

House of Lords -- W.A. Taylor & Co.

Hunter -- Wm. Lanaham & Sons

Imperial -- Hiram Walker & Sons

Inverness Club -- J.W. Cheesman Co.

Irish Mist -- Munson G. Shaw Co.

Jackson Club -- O'Bryan Bros.

Jefferson -- Seagram Distillers

Jessie Moore -- General Distillers Corp

Joel Hill -- Woodrow & George

Jockey Club -- Excelsior Distilling Co.

J.& F. Martell's Brandy -- G.S.Nicholas & Co.

Kenton Belle -- Simon Kenton Co.

Kentucky Favorite -- United Dist. Co.

Kentucky Gentleman -- Barton Distilling Co.

Kentucky Nectar -- General Distillers Corp

Kentucky Tavern -- Glenmore Distillers

Keuka Club -- O'Dea Home Supply Co.

Keystone -- Wm.H.Graham & Co.

Kilty -- R.Thorne & Sons, Ltd.

King -- Brown-Forman Distillery

King's Ransom -- Edradour Distillery

King's Ransom -- Wm. Whitely & Co.

Kuban -- General Distillers Corp

Laganda Club -- Altschul Distilling Co

Lamplighter -- J.& w . Nicholson Co.

Latonia Club -- Sheldon Co.

La Rojena (Jose Cuervo) -- Young' s Market

Lechmere -- Doyle, F.M. & Co.

Lemon Hart -- Julios Wile Sons

Lick Run -- General Distillers Co.

Lindenwood -- Spiess & Bachenheimer

London Dry -- Sir Robert Burnett & Co

London Gin -- Wm. Reed

Lorraine Club -- Felix Coblentz & Co.

MacNaughton -- Schenley Co.

Maker' s Mark -- Star Hill Distilling Co

Mammoth Cave Springs -- Seagram Distillers

Manhattan Club -- Mac Stiner & Co.

Maryland Club -- John Belt & Co.

Mentor -- Ginter Co.

Monitor -- J.C. Childs & Co.

Mosaic -- People's Distilling Co.

Mount Vernon -- Cook & Bernheimer

Mount Vernon -- Mannis Distilling

Mouquin -- Austin, Nichols & Co.

Myers -- General Wine & Spirits Co. Thos. Smith Co.

M & Z -- Thos. Smith Co.

Nectar -- Woodrow & George

Nelson County -- Wm.S.Turner Dist.Co.

Novena -- Rheinstrom Bros.

Number 30 -- General Distillers Corp.

O.F.C. -- Geo. T. Stagg Co.

O.F.C. -- Schenley Co.

Old Amor Rye -- H.W .Huguley Co.

Old Angus -- Train & Mcintrye, Ltd.

Old Anvil -- General Distilleries Corp.

Old Benton -- Excelsior Distilling C

Old Boone -- Wm.S.Turner Dist.Co.

Old Charter -- Wright & Taylor

Old Chuck -- General Distilleries Corp.

Old Crow -- Hermitage Distillery

Old Crow -- H.B.Kirk & Co.

Old Elk -- Stoll, Vanatta & Co.

Old Fitzgerald -- Stitzel-Wellwe Distillery

Old Forester -- Brown-Forman Distillery Co.

Old Goodenough -- United Distributing Co.

Old Grain Belt -- Pure Food Dist. Co.

Old Grist Mill -- John F.Gillespie

Old Hickory Hollow -- Wm. S.Turner Dist.Co.

Old Homestead -- Seagram Distillers

Old Home Still -- Sheldon co. Cocktail

Old Hundred -- Wm.S.Turner Dist.Co.

Old Judge -- Altschul Distilling Co.

Old Lanark -- York Distilling

Old Maid -- Irene Parker Co.

Old Maysville -- Manufacturer Unknown

Old Minden -- Revere Distilling

Old Pilgrim -- Revere Distilling Co.

Old Prentice -- J.T.S.Brown & Sons

Old Pugh -- R.S.Strader & Son

Old Rampart -- General Distillers Corp.

Old Richmond -- Thos. L. Smith Co

Old Rip -- J.C. Childs & Co

Old Saratoga -- Rosskam, Gerstley & Co.

Old '67 Rye -- Wm.S.Turner Dist. Co

Old Star -- A & G J.Caldwell

Old Talent -- Cobb Hersey Co

Old Time -- John N.Thomas & Co.

Old Tom -- Wm.Reed

Old Tom Gin -- DuVivier & Co.

Old Underoof -- Chas.Dennehy & Co

Old Valley -- Woodrow & George

Owl Club -- Wm.S.Turner

Oxford -- Simon Kenton Co.

Paddy -- Cork Distributer

Paddy -- York Distilleries

Paddy -- Austin, Nichols & Co

Paul Jones -- Frankfort Distilleries

Perfection -- D.& J. Mc Callum's

Pernod -- Julius Wile Sons

Pilgrimage -- W.H.McBrayer

Pioneer, The -- Seagram Distillers

Pimm's Cup -- Julius Wile Sons

Pointer -- Gottschalk Co.

Pot Still Gin -- Milshire

Prince Hurbert Polignac -- Dennis & Hippert

Private Stock -- Cincinnati Distillers

Queen Louise -- Rose City Importing Co

Ramshead -- Hannah & Hogg

Red Top Rye -- Ferdinand Westheimer & Sons

Remy Martin -- Renfield Importers Ltd

Richwood -- W.H. McBrayer

Robin Olg -- Geo. Beer & Son

Rock Hill -- Wm.S.Turner

Rock Spring -- Dudley P.Ely

Rock & Rye -- Sheldon co.

Rogers -- United Distributing Co

Ronrico -- General Wine & Spirits Co

Rose Annoo -- Henry Hollander

Rosebud -- Applegate & Sons

Rose Wood -- General Distillers Corp.

Royal Club -- John N.Thomas & Co.

Secrestat Bitters -- G.S.Nicholas & Co.

Sheridan Club -- Despres Distilling Co

Silver Lake -- Seagram Distillers

Silver Thistle -- Hannah & Hogg

Stag -- A.M. Bininger & Co

Stand Fast -- Grant's

Standard -- Steinhardt Bros. & Co.

Sterling -- Steinhardt Bros, & Co.

Storm King -- J.C. Childs & Co.

Strega -- Canada Dry Imprt Co.

Summerfield -- Cobb Hersey Co.

Sunbeam -- Cobb Hersey Co

Sunny Valley -- Revere Distilling Co.

Susquehanna -- W.H. McBrayer

Swan Gin -- Ferd.Ruttman & Son

Sweet Home -- Altschul Distilling Co

Tea Kettle -- W.H.McBrayer

Tia Maria -- W.A.Taylor & Co.

Trimble -- White, Hentz & Co.

Tullamore Dew -- Munson G.Shaw Co.

Upper Ten -- H.& H.W Catherwood

Usher's Whiskey -- G.S.Nicholas & Co.

Virginia Gentleman -- Austin, Nichols & co.

Waterfill & Frazier -- W.H. McBrayer

Whipple Creek -- General Distillers Corp

White Dove -- Revere Distilliing Co.

White Label -- John Krissel & Son

White Label -- John Dewar & Sons

White Lily -- Cobb Hersey Co.

White Horse -- Mackie & Coy

White Seal -- Carstairs

Wild Cat -- Seagram Distillers

Wolf Creek -- Frankfort Distilleries

Woodland -- Crigler and Crigler

w.w.w -- Angela Myers

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:: Whiskey, Liquor, and Spirits 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:: advertising -- Alcoholic beverages Search this; advertising -- Beverages Search this; Alcohol Search this; Alcoholism Search this; Bars (Drinking establishments) Search this; Beverages Search this; Beverages -- 20th century Search this; Beverages -- advertising -- 1940-1990 Search this; Consumer goods -- Catalogs Search this; Dining Search this; Distilleries Search this; Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Law and legislation Search this; Drinking behavior Search this; Food Search this; Labels -- Alcoholic beverages Search this; Labels -- Design Search this; Medicine Search this; Restaurants Search this; Retail trade Search this; Restaurants -- United States Search this; Taverns (Inns) Search this; Trade associations Search this

Genre/Form:: Advertising; Advertising fliers; Advertising cards; Advertising mail; Advertisements; Beverage labels; Business cards; Business letters; Business ephemera; Business records; Caricatures; Catalogues; Commercial catalogs; Commercial correspondence; Correspondence; Ephemera; Invoices; Illustrations; Labels; Instructional materials; Legal documents; Legislation (legal concepts); Letterheads; Mail order catalogs; Manuals; Manufacturers' catalogs; Menus; Menus -- 20th century; Menus -- 21st century; Menus -- 1940-1950; Periodicals; Printed ephemera; Print advertising; Publications; Publications -- Business; Recipes; Receipts; Sales catalogs; Sales letters; Sales records; Signs (declaratory or advertising artifacts); Trade catalogs; Trade cards; Trade literature

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Whiskey, Liquor, and Spirits, 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.Whiskey

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Whiskey, Liquor, and Spirits

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e3a61e9c-8ebe-475e-bb04-45112af54ceb

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-whiskey

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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Iron

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

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

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Manuals; Printed ephemera; Mail order catalogs; Manufacturers' catalogs; Trade cards; Printed material; Letterheads; Advertising fliers; Technical manuals; Advertising cards; Advertising mail; Publications; Sales catalogs; Trade catalogs; Illustrations; Sales letters; Correspondence; Advertisements; Trade literature; Commercial catalogs; Advertising; Sales records; Catalogs; Catalogues; Technical reports; Business letters; Business records; Ephemera; Invoices; Annual reports; Reports; Print advertising; Receipts; Business cards; Business ephemera

Date:: 1803-1967; bulk 1830-1915

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

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

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

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

Arrangement:: The materials are arranged into three series.

Business Records and Marketing Materials

Genre

Subject

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

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

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

Rights:: 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

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Iron

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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

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

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Concrete

Creator:: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969 Search this

Extent:: 0.72 Cubic feet (consisting of 1.5 boxes, 1 folder, 1 oversize folder.)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Business ephemera; Ephemera

Date:: circa 1891-1959

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

Scope and Contents:: This material consists primarily of trade catalogs, manuals, reference books, primers, handbooks, pamphlets, printed advertisements, caricatures, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, articles, instruction books and bulletins from manufacturers of cement and products made of concrete.

Most of the products produced by these companies are for home, industrial and public use. Concrete home products include garden furniture, porches, terraces, garages, walls, gateways, steps, walkways, driveways, pools and bird baths. Industrial and public concrete products include pipes, roads, highways, bridges, septic tanks, sewers and tennis courts. A number of the companies manufactured other products such as plates for reinforced concrete construction of roofs, floors and siding; collapsible steel forms; culverts; lime and plaster.

There are a number of publications included in the materials. Most of these are organized alphabetically by name of company and are found with the rest of the company related materials. Topics include concrete construction about the home and on the farm, concrete highway construction, design and control of concrete mixtures and concrete building frames. Many of these publications include a variety of photographs, diagrams and building specifications. Literature that is not an official publication of a manufacturing company is found at the end of company related materials.

The bulk of the material dates from the twentieth century. Box one is organized alphabetically by name of company. Materials in box two are also organized by company name. There are four folders arranged by type: related publications including bulletins, periodicals, pamphlets and books. There also is a folder of miscellaneous materials.

Arrangement:: Arranged into 2 subseries:

Subseries 1: Manufacturers and Distributors, circa 1891-1952

Subseries 2: Related Publications, circa 1907-1959

Materials in the Archives Center:: Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)

Forms Part Of:: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Missing Title

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material

Provenance:: Concrete 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:: Cement Search this; Building materials Search this; Concrete Search this; garden furniture Search this; Roofing Search this

Genre/Form:: Business ephemera; Ephemera

Citation:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, 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.Concrete

See more items in:: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Concrete

Archival Repository:: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a64bea57-483b-46bc-a470-28593ca54cc3

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-concrete

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[Trade catalogs from Associated Electrical Industries Ltd.]

Company Name:: Associated Electrical Industries Ltd. Search this

Notes content:: Electronic supplies and switchgear : vacuum tubes, pentodes, triodes, tetrodes, valves, half-wave rectifiers, electric current rectifiers, microwave valves, photoconductive cells, explosion pots, circuit breakers, metalclad units, cellular gear, fuses. Silicon diffused rectifiers ; silicon microwave PIN diode ; Ampere thyristors...this comprises the uncataloged portion.

Includes:: Trade catalog; Black and white images

Physical description:: 52 pieces; 1 box

Language:: English

Type of material:: Trade catalogs; Trade literature

Place:: Lincoln, United Kingdom

Date:: 1900s

Topic (Romaine term):: Electrical apparatus and equipment Search this

Topic:: Electric apparatus and appliances Search this

Record ID:: SILNMAHTL_45287

Collection:: Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45287

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[Trade catalogs from Aristo-Craft Distinctive Miniatures]

Company Name:: Aristo-Craft Distinctive Miniatures Search this

Notes content:: electric motors; table-top slot racing motors ; Aristo-Rev motors

Includes:: Trade catalog; Black and white images

Physical description:: 2 pieces; 1 box

Language:: English

Type of material:: Trade catalogs; Trade literature

Place:: Newark, New Jersey, United States

Date:: 1900s

Topic (Romaine term):: Electrical apparatus and equipment Search this; Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc. Search this

Topic:: Electric apparatus and appliances Search this; Engines Search this; Motors Search this

Record ID:: SILNMAHTL_45288

Collection:: Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_45288

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[Trade catalogs from M-O Valve Co., Ltd.]

Company Name:: M-O Valve Co., Ltd. Search this

Related companies:: General Electric Co. Ltd. of England ; Brook Green Works ; G.E.C. Search this

Notes content:: valves ; stabilizers ; amplifiers ; oscilloscope tubes ; coaxial transitions ; resonance isolators ; deuterium filled thyratron ; surge diverter ; crystal controlled x-band solid state source ; pulse modulator tetrode ; cathode ray tubes

Includes:: Trade catalog; Black and white images

Physical description:: 78 pieces; 3 boxes

Language:: English

Type of material:: Trade catalogs; Trade literature

Place:: London, United Kingdom

Date:: 1900s

Topic (Romaine term):: Electrical apparatus and equipment Search this; Measuring; calculating and testing devices Search this

Topic:: Calculators Search this; Electric apparatus and appliances Search this; Measuring instruments Search this; Weighing instruments Search this

Record ID:: SILNMAHTL_42862

Collection:: Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_42862

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[Trade catalogs from Federal Telephone Mfg. Corp.]

Company Name:: Federal Telephone Mfg. Corp. Search this

Related companies:: Federal Radio Corp. Search this

Notes content:: radio receiver ; amplifying transformers

Includes:: Trade catalog, price lists and manual; Black and white images

Physical description:: 14 pieces; 1 box

Language:: English

Type of material:: Trade catalogs; Trade literature

Place:: Buffalo, New York, United States

Date:: 1900s

Topic (Romaine term):: Radios and radio equipment Search this

Topic:: Radio supplies industry Search this

Record ID:: SILNMAHTL_43325

Collection:: Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_43325

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[Trade catalogs from Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc.]

Variant company name:: Passaic, NJ Search this

Company Name:: Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc. Search this

Related companies:: DuMont ; Instrument and Cathode-ray Tube Division ; Du Mont Laboratories ; Divisions of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. ; Du Mont Technical Sales Dept. ; Telecasting Equipment Dept. Search this

Notes content:: Cathode-ray oscillography ; cathode-ray tubes ; precision electronics and television ; color television ; radar, guided missiles, computers, amplifiers, navigational aids, sonar systems and components, transducers, electron tubes, etc. ; "fine furniture" television and high fidelity instruments ; film reproduction equipment ; "Oscillographer" ; "Raster" publications ; "Resonoscope" to determine the correct pitch of musical instruments or voice ; television service manual for "Models 180, 181, 182, 183" ; operating instructions for oscillographs ; service and maintenance manuals for oscillographs ; "Ultra High Frequency channels" ; National Television Allocation Plan vol. 4 ; "Comparison of F.C.C and Du Mont Allocation Plans" ; "Duoscopic" television receiver ; "Practical Guide for Cathode-Ray Design" ; direct view storage tube

Includes:: Trade catalog, manual, photographs and histories; Black and white images; Color images

Physical description:: 388 pieces; 9 boxes

Language:: English

Type of material:: Trade catalogs; Trade literature

Place:: Clifton, New Jersey, United States

Date:: 1900s

Topic (Romaine term):: Computers and computer equipment Search this; Electrical apparatus and equipment Search this; Furniture and furnishings Search this; Military equipment and supplies (including uniforms) Search this; Musical instruments Search this; Photographic equipment and supplies Search this; Television Search this

Topic:: Armed Forces -- Equipment Search this; Cameras Search this; Computers Search this; Electric apparatus and appliances Search this; Furniture industry and trade Search this; House furnishings Search this; Interior decoration Search this; Military supplies Search this; Military uniforms Search this; Musical instruments Search this; Optical equipment Search this; Photographic industry Search this; Television -- Receivers and reception Search this; Television supplies industry Search this

Record ID:: SILNMAHTL_13718

Location:: Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:: Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_13718

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[Trade catalogs from Empire Devices Products Corp.]

Variant company name:: Amsterdam, NY Search this

Company Name:: Empire Devices Products Corp. Search this

Related companies:: Empire Devices Inc. ; Burlingame Associates (Mount Vernon, NY) ; Burlingame Associates, Ltd. (New York, NY) Search this

Notes content:: Field intensity meters ; distortion analyzers ; impulse generators ; coaxial attenuators ; crystal mixers ; electronic instrumentation ; microwave components

Includes:: Trade catalog; Black and white images

Physical description:: 7 pieces; 1 box

Language:: English

Type of material:: Trade catalogs; Trade literature

Place:: Bayside, New York, United States

Date:: 1900s

Topic (Romaine term):: Electrical apparatus and equipment Search this; Measuring; calculating and testing devices Search this; Scientific and optical instruments Search this

Topic:: Calculators Search this; Electric apparatus and appliances Search this; Measuring instruments Search this; Optical instruments Search this; Scientific apparatus and instruments Search this; Weighing instruments Search this

Record ID:: SILNMAHTL_15810

Location:: Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:: Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_15810

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[Trade catalogs from James W. Tufts]

Company Name:: James W. Tufts Search this

Notes content:: arctic soda water bottling apparatus

Includes:: Trade catalog and price lists; Black and white images

Physical description:: 5 pieces; 4 boxes

Language:: English

Type of material:: Trade catalogs; Trade literature

Place:: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date:: 1800s

Topic (Romaine term):: Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.) Search this; Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.) Search this

Topic:: Barrels Search this; Beverage industry Search this; Bottling Search this; Distilleries Search this; Food industry and trade Search this; Industrial equipment Search this

Record ID:: SILNMAHTL_26078

Location:: Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection:: Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:SILNMAHTL_26078

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