Samuel Yellin was an American master blacksmith. In 1910, he built the Arch Street Metalworker's studio.
Scope and Contents:
The collection is divided into three series:
Series 1: Motion pictures, 1928, 1930
Series 2: Documents, 1971
Series 3: Photographs, 1975
Arrangement:
Collection divided into three series.
Series 1: Motion Picture Films, 1928
Series 2: Documents, 1971
Series 3: Photoprints
Biographical / Historical:
Yellin, born in Poland, began learning ironwork at seven. He migrated to America in 1906 and taught at the Pennsylvania Museum and the school of Industrial Art. In 1910, he built the Arch Street Metalworker's studio, which eventually employed more than 200 craftsmen. Yellin was also an avid collector of fine examples of ironwork.
Provenance:
The collection was donated Harvey Z. Yellin in 1975.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
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Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1928, 1930
Scope and Contents:
The films are: (1) "The Making of Wrought Iron", produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, shows an artist sketching a grille and Yellin shaping a grille for a chair. (2) "The Florida Film" shows examples of Yellin's first work as used in the Singing Tower, Mountain Lake, Florida. Both are distributed by Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Extent:
1 Film reel (16mm, black-and-white silent film, 250 ft.)
Container:
Reel AC0254-OF0001
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Film reels
Date:
circa 1930
Scope and Contents:
"The Making of Wrought Iron" produced by the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows an artist sketching a grille and Yellin shaping a grille for a chair.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Extent:
1 Film reel (16mm, black-and-white silent film)
Container:
Reel AC0254-OF0002
Type:
Archival materials
Moving Images
Film reels
Date:
circa 1928
Scope and Contents:
"The Florida Film" (175 ft., ca. 1928, edge code dates 000-1928), shows examples of Yellin's first work as used in the Singing Tower, Mountain Lake, Florida. Poor quality: grainy, overexposure and underexposure; no detail in white areas; poor contrast. Intertitles as follows: 1. "Starting"; 2. "Finishing Up with a Wood Stick"; 3. "The Result of Applied Craftsmanship"; 4. "A Scroll in Iron"; 5. "Examples of Samuel Yellin's Finest Work as Used in the Singing Tower [Bok Tower?], Mt. Lake, Florida".
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1971
Scope and Contents:
The documents are two items by Myra Tolmach Davis: "Sketches in Iron: Samuel Yellin," a copy of a typescript addressed to George Washington University (Washington, D.C.), for Master of Museology degree, June 6, 1971. 67 pp. The article, "Samuel Yellin's Sketches in Iron," published in Historic Preservation, vol. 23, no. 4 (Oct. Dec.), 1971, pp. 4 13, is virtually identical to the text of her thesis.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1975
Scope and Contents:
This series consists of 86 prints from 35mm negatives by Richard Hofmeister, Office of Printing and Photographic Services, Smithsonian Institution, April 1, 1975, with an itemized checklist, "The Samuel Yellin Metal Working Building & Collection, Philadelphia..." These photographs show Smithsonian curator Richard Ahlborn during his visit to the Yellin shop on April 1, 1975, and the exterior of the building, library, factory, study, and collection rooms. The original 35mm negatives by Richard Hofmeister, who accompanied Ahlborn on this research trip, are in the Office of Imaging, Printing and Photographic Services (OIPP) negative library, nos. 75, 4495 to 75 4499.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1971
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Thesis: Myra Tolmach Davis, "Sketches in Iron: Samuel Yellin," to George Washington University (Washington, D.C.), for Master of Museology degree, June 6, 1971. 67 pp.
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1971
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Scope and Contents:
Images include Mr. Harvey Yellin, Richard Ahlborn, the exterior of the building, carvings from Samuel Yellin's collection, examples of Yellin's work, etc.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 6
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Container:
Box 1, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Access and use of audiovisual materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of audiovisual materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees regarding intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Samuel Yellin Collection,1928-1975, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
