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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Periodicals, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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Gorrell, Edgar S. (Edgar Staley), 1891-1945 Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1936
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Collection Citation:
Edgar S. Gorrell Collection, Acc. XXXX-0057, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Series 12 includes paper dolls that were collected from periodicals. It is broken into two subseries. The first includes regular periodical characters, like the famous Betsy McCall. The second subseries includes paper dolls that were found in particular periodicals. This series includes a special aspect of the history of paper dolls as both play things and collectibles.
Subseries 12.1, Characters, circa 1900-1995, Women artists during the 1910s-1930s, generally known for their illustrations in children's publications, created and submitted paper dolls to periodicals such as the Ladies Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, McCall's Magazine and the Pictorial Review. The popularity of the characters meant that the dolls were included in each issue for a number of years. Reproductions later printed as a collection of the dolls spanning many years. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the name of the character.
Subseries 12.2, Periodicals, circa 1890-1995, number of children's publications included a different paper doll in each issue. Wee Wisdom ran a series of paper dolls in the 1940s that had been drawn and submitted by children under the age of 15. Each doll had to be accompanied by a note from a teacher or parent stating that the doll was an original. Dolls appeared in the magazine with a name and clothing and the name and age of the creator. Dolls were redrawn by Dorothy Wagstaff. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title of periodical.
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Collection Citation:
The Carolyn and Donald Grepke Paper Doll Collection, 1895-1991, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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Collection Citation:
The Carolyn and Donald Grepke Paper Doll Collection, 1895-1991, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
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The Carolyn and Donald Grepke Paper Doll Collection, 1895-1991, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
14.41 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (20 document boxes) (4 12x17 boxes) (1 16x20 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Motion pictures (visual works)
Black-and-white photographs
Manuscripts
Video recordings
Date:
circa 1885-1981
Introduction:
Materials in this record unit were donated to the Archives by Lucile Quarry Mann and the National Zoological Park between 1977 and 1988. During 1980 and 1981, Lucile
Mann narrated the 16mm motion picture on audiotape with scripts by Pamela M. Henson, Oral Historian. In 1985, the motion picture was transferred to a 3/4" videotape and the
taped narration was synchronized with the image.
Descriptive Entry:
These papers consist of correspondence from professional colleagues and government officials concerning entomology and live zoological collections as well as correspondence
from personal acquaintances concerning zoo visits, lectures, published works, social events, and the occasions of the Manns' retirement (and including photographs). Also included
are William M. Mann's correspondence to his mother in which he described his school activities and field trips abroad, and to Lucile Mann during his travels on the Smithsonian-Chrysler
Expedition to East Africa, 1926, and as Technical Observer for the Quartermaster Corps during World War II.
These papers also document the Manns' trips abroad: the Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition to East Africa (Tanganyika) in 1926, British Guiana in 1931, the National Geographic
Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies in 1937, to Brazil and Argentina in 1939, the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia in 1940, visits
to European zoos in 1929, 1938, and 1948, Lucile Q. Mann's trips, 1962-1974, and William M. Mann's entomological trips, 1912-1922. Documentation includes correspondence, diaries,
field notes, photographs, souvenirs, lists of animals brought back by the 1937 expedition, and newspaper and journal articles, in particular, articles by William H. Shippen
of Washington, D.C.'s Evening Star during the 1939 voyage to South America.
In addition, there are manuscripts and printed materials covering the Manns' trips and NZP experiences, including outlines for lectures and radio talks; drafts and outlines
for biographies of William H. Blackburne and William M. Mann; book reviews by William M. Mann; materials on the Mulford Biological Expedition to the Amazon River Basin; William
M. Mann's entomological monographs; a report to the Quartermaster Corps. and a scrapbook of newspaper articles on William M. Mann's autobiography, Ant Hill Odyssey
(1948).
Photographs include William M. Mann's collection of portrait photographs of individuals, mostly naturalists; photographs taken during the Manns' trips abroad; group photographs
of the Manns with acquaintances; photographs of animals and insects; and a photograph of Smithsonian officials and staff with President Calvin Coolidge, 1927. Audiovisual
materials include motion pictures of scenes filmed in Liberia, 1940, audiotapes containing a narration by Lucile Mann for the Liberian film, 1981, and videocassettes taped
from the motion picture and audiotapes, 1985.
Historical Note:
William M. Mann (1886-1960) was born in Helena, Montana. He attended Lyon School for Boys, Spokane, Washington, 1900-1902, and Staunton Military Academy, Virginia,
1902-1905. During a brief furlough from the academy in 1903, Mann worked as an animal cage cleaner at the National Zoological Park (NZP). After graduating from the academy
in 1905, Mann worked as a rancher in Texas and New Mexico where he also collected entomological specimens.
Mann attended Washington State College, Pullman, 1907-1909, and Stanford University, 1909-1911, where he received his B.A. Mann continued his entomological studies under
William Morton Wheeler at Bussey Institution, Harvard University, where he received his Sc. D. degree in Entomology in 1915.
Between 1911 and 1916, Mann made several entomological collecting trips abroad: as a member of the Stanford Expedition to Brazil, 1911; to Haiti, 1912; to Cuba and the
State of Hildago, Mexico, 1913; as a member of the Philip Expedition to the Middle East, 1914; and as a Sheldon Traveling Fellow to Fiji and the Solomon Islands, 1915-1916.
He also studied briefly in Switzerland, 1914.
Mann served as an entomologist for the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 1916-1925. During this period, Mann made entomological collecting
trips to Spain, Columbia, Central America, Mexico, and Cuba, and as assistant director of the Mulford Expedition to the Amazon River Basin, 1921-1922. He also did entomological
studies in Holland and Italy.
In 1925, Mann was appointed the fifth Superintendent of the NZP. In 1926, the title of Superintendent was changed to Director. Mann held that title until his retirement
in 1956. Mann's major achievements during his tenure as head administrator of the NZP included the Park's building program, 1927-1940, and his various expeditions to collect
live animals in order to increase the NZP population.
In 1944, Mann was appointed Technical Observer by the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, to report on the living conditions in the United States military bases in
Fiji and the Solomon Islands. After his retirement in 1956, Mann was director emeritus of the NZP, and was made honorary research associate of the Smithsonian Institution.
Mann was also an honorary curator of Entomology at the United States National Museum during almost his entire career, and donated his entomological collection to the USNM.
Lucile Quarry Mann (1897-1986) was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Michigan in 1918. She worked for Military Intelligence
in Washington, D.C., during the last remaining months of World War I. She served as assistant editor at the Bureau of Entomology, USDA, 1918-1922, and as editor for The
Women's Home Companion in New York City, 1922-1926.
In 1926, Lucile Quarry married William Mann, shortly after Mann's return from an animal collecting expedition to East Africa. As a wife of a zookeeper, Lucile Mann traveled
with her husband to Europe and on live-animal collecting expeditions. She also acted as a foster parent to many of the orphaned infant NZP-born animals at the Manns' apartment.
Lucile Mann worked in the NZP administrative offices from 1951 until her retirement in 1967, but she continued to work there part-time until 1971. She also was editor of
Tiger Talk, the NZP newsletter, and Spots and Stripes, the Friends of the National Zoo newsletter.
A taped interview with Lucile Mann was made in 1977 as part of the Archives' Oral History Project. The tapes and transcripts can be found in RU 9513.
Chronology:
1886 -- William M. Mann born, Helena, Montana.
1897 -- Lucile Quarry born, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1900-1902 -- William M. Mann attended Lyon School for Boys, Pullman, Washington.
1902-1905 -- William M. Mann attended Virginia Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia.
1903 -- William M. Mann worked at NZP as an animal cage cleaner under animal keeper, William H. Blackburne.
1905 -- William M. Mann worked as a rancher in Texas and New Mexico.
1907-1909 -- William M. Mann attended Washington State College, Pullman.
1909-1911 -- William M. Mann attended Stanford University. Received B.A., 1911.
1910 -- William M. Mann did entomological collecting along the Arizona-Mexican boundary.
1911 -- William M. Mann was a member of the Stanford Expedition to Brazil
1911-1915 -- William M. Mann attended Bussey Institution, Harvard University. Received Sc.D. in Entomology in 1915.
1912 -- William M. Mann went on an entomological collecting trip to Haiti.
1913 -- William M. Mann went on a entomological collecting trip to Cuba, and Hildago, Mexico.
1914 -- William M. Mann was a member of the Philip Expedition to the Middle East.
1915-1916 -- William M. Mann, as a Sheldon Traveling Scholar, went on a entomological collecting trip to Fiji and the Solomon Islands.
1916-1925 -- William M. Mann served as an entomologist for USDA, and as an entomological explorer, traveled to Columbia, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, France, and Italy, and studied in Italy and Holland.
1918 -- Lucile Quarry received B. A. in English from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and worked until November for Military Intelligence in Washington, D. C.
1918-1922 -- Lucile Quarry was an assistant editor for USDA's Bureau of Entomology.
1921-1922 -- William M. Mann was assistant director of the Mulford Expedition to the Amazon River Basin.
1922-1926 -- Lucile Quarry was an editor for The Woman's Home Companion in New York City.
1925 -- William M. Mann appointed Superintendent of NZP.
1926 -- Job title changed to Director of NZP
1926 -- William M. Mann went to Tanganyika as a member of the Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition to East Africa, to collect animals for the NZP.
1926 -- William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry married.
1928 -- The Manns visited European zoos. (Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, and the Netherlands)
1931 -- The Manns went to British Guiana to collect live animals for the NZP.
1937 -- The Manns went on an around-the-world trip by sea as members of National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition to the Dutch East Indies to collect live animals for the NZP in Sumatra.
1938 -- The Manns visited European zoos. (Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Danzig, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, France, Scotland, and Ireland)
1939 -- The Manns visited Brazil and Argentina, to collect live animals for the NZP.
1940 -- The Manns visited Liberia as members of the Firestone-Smithsonian Expedition to Liberia to collect live animals for the NZP.
1944 -- William M. Mann served as Technical Observer for the Quartermaster Corps, U. S. Army in Fiji and the Solomon Islands.
1948 -- The Manns visited European zoos. (Great Britain, France, West Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands)
1951 -- Lucile Q. Mann began work at the NZP.
1956 -- William M. Mann retired from NZP.
October 10, 1960 -- Death of William M. Mann (age 74 years)
1967 -- Lucile Q. Mann retired from NZP.
1967-1971 -- Worked part-time at NZP.
1977 -- Oral history interview for SIA. (See RU 9513)
November 26, 1986 -- Death of Lucile Q. Mann (age 89 years)
0.01 Items (ca. 600 items (on 3 partial microfilm reels))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1848-1947
Scope and Contents:
Scrapbooks, clippings, photograph, letters, and drawings.
REEL D10: Note to Miss Fry, 1903, from Elliott and an article, "The Red Rose" by Mary Tracy Earle, reprinted from "The Lamp," May 1903, about the studio which Elliott shared with Jesse Wilcox Smith and Violet Oakley.
REELS P4-P5: Scrapbooks, 1848-1947, containing reproductions of Elliott's illustrations from THE TIMES, LADIES HOME JOURNAL, HARPER'S WEEKLY, SATURDAY EVENING POST, WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, and other publications; clippings about Elliott; sketches; a photograph of Elliott; and 4 drawings by her father, Jasper Green.
Biographical / Historical:
Illustrator; Philadelphia, Penn. Died 1954.
Provenance:
Materials on reel D10 donated 1955-1962 by Charles E. Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA; materials on reels P4-P5 lent for microfilming 1954 by the Free Library of Philadelphia.
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Occupation:
Illustrators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Search this
Topic:
Women artists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Search this
Caption: ""Girls with sweet fragrant skin win out."" For Lux soap.
Local Numbers:
245287
Ivorydata4 1144
03061112 (Scan No.)
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Caption: "Ivory Soap 99 44/100 Per Cent Pure". White cat surrounded by green cats.
Published Nov. 1900. Top left and right corners torn; all edges rough.
Local Numbers:
245425
Ivorydata4 1282
03007910087 (Scan No.)
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Caption: "The cakes of Ivory are so shaped that they [...]". Bar of Ivory being carried by beetles, grasshoppers, and other bugs.
Local Numbers:
245426
Ivorydata4 1283
0307910088 (Scan No.)
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Caption: "Ivory Soap [...] 99 44/100 Per Cent. Pure." Woman at dressing table spot cleaning chamois glove.
Published June 1910.
Local Numbers:
245434
Ivorydata4 1291
0307910096 (Scan No.)
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Caption: "Ivory Soap [...] 99 44/100 Per Cent. Pure." Woman in white dress having palm read by a Gypsy.
Published June 1911.
Local Numbers:
245435
Ivorydata4 1292
0307910097 (Scan No.)
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Caption: "Have you ever made Ivory Soap Paste for house-cleaning?" Mother and daughter in kitchen at stove making Ivory Soap Paste.
Published March 1916. Fold.
Local Numbers:
245442
Ivorydata4 1299
0307910104 (Scan No.)
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Published Sept. 1916. Fold at bottom; torn on left.
Local Numbers:
245443
Ivorydata4 1300
0307910105 (Scan No.)
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Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Periodicals, 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).
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Periodicals, 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).
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Periodicals, 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).
