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.
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).
Chemical Construction Corp. (div.) ; Filtration Equipment Corp. (div.) ; Lederle Laboratories (Pearl River, NY div.) ; Davis & Geck, Inc. ; North American Cyanamid Ltd. ; Lederle Antitoxin Laboratories Search this
Notes content:
Cyanamid, plastics, molding compounds, drugs, dyes, vat dyes, gypsum products, pigments, petroleum chemicals, industrial chemicals, explosives, separation processes, aerosol wetting agents, ore dressing, fertilizers. Contracting chemical engineers ; Leaflet on Vitamins, Minerals, and Nutrition ; Information about medical films ; Achromycin V Capsules ; Declomycin ; Cyasorb UV Light Absorber ; Annual Reports (1980, 1981, 1988) ; medical, agricultural and chemical products ; perfumes ; deodorants ; hair care products ; cleaning liquids ; insecticides ; vitamins and minerals ; "Pnu-Imune" Pneumococcal Vaccine ; "Pnu-Search" ; "Tine Test" ; prescription medication ; "Systemic Antibiotic Therapy of Acne Vulgaris" ; "ECG Interpretation: The Elusive Diagnosis" ; drug identification charts ; Filtration and filters for industrial use ; Clarifying tank for sewage disposal ; Bar screen ; travelling screen ; "The Story of Lederle" including research, production, sales, and export activities for pharmaceuticals, biologicals, veterinary products, etc. ...this comprises the uncataloged portion.
"Silica vs. Phoscaloid: a story of phoscaloid's development by Old Man Experience" (1941); water and sewage treatment using intermitting (circulating) aerating system and chemical clarification and purification without filtration ; water treatment plant services ; engineering services for boiler room and furnace construction, boiler and fuel testing, smoke elimination, and methods of gas, oil and coal consumptions ;
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
5 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components) Search this
Business services (advertising; marketing; organizational management; etc.) Search this
1959-1960 ; filtration systems ; quick coupling stainless steel, aluminum, bronze and copper industrial filters and strainers for liquids, for food, chemical and paper processing ; "D U O" filters ; pumps ; oscillating showers ; industrial machinery ; "Process Water Clarified", reprinted from "Industrial Improvement", Jan. 1959 ;
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
7 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
Vicksburg, Michigan, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Waste Management (including water treatment; recycling; refuse collection; industrial waste; etc.) Search this
Open tank filters; rotary filters; rotary clarifiers or thickeners; rotary hopper dewaterers; special filtation apparatus; leaf and rotary suction filters.
Includes:
Trade catalog
Black and white images
Physical description:
10 pieces; 1 box
Language:
English
Type of material:
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Place:
New York, New York, United States
Date:
1900s
Topic (Romaine term):
Waste Management (including water treatment; recycling; refuse collection; industrial waste; etc.) Search this
