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Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this

Type:

Interviews

YouTube Videos

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2015-10-08T15:55:57.000Z

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Education  Search this

Topic:

Museum administration  Search this

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Smithsonian Institution Archives

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SIArchives

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_28ibc1Uz0H0

Biogeographical Region:

73 - Northwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

A. Arthur Heller  Search this

Emily Gertrude Heller  Search this

Min. Elevation:

61  Search this

Place:

Near Montesano, Chehalis County., Washington, United States, North America

Collection Date:

4 Jun 1898

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Rosales Rhamnaceae Rhamnoideae

Published Name:

Frangula purshiana (DC.) A. Gray ex J.G. Cooper

Barcode:

03367970

USNM Number:

333075

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35f8e48a3-d0cc-45d1-b47e-34ad569e216b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14892272

Biogeographical Region:

73 - Northwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

A. Arthur Heller  Search this

Emily Gertrude Heller  Search this

Max. Elevation:

610  Search this

Min. Elevation:

457  Search this

Place:

About Lewiston, Nez Perces County., Idaho, United States, North America

Collection Date:

20 May 1896

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Rosales Rhamnaceae Rhamnoideae

Published Name:

Frangula purshiana (DC.) A. Gray ex J.G. Cooper

Barcode:

03368020

USNM Number:

267605

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3327d3c6e-be94-4ccf-871b-724e33460782

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14892297

Creator:

Smithsonian Institution Archives  Search this

Type:

Interviews

YouTube Videos

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Museum administration  Search this

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Collection Creator:

Clark, Edward, 1926-2019  Search this

Extent:

Includes one sound cassette containing a recorded interview.

Container:

Box 5, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1995-1997

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings and born-digital records with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Ed Clark papers, 1923-2017. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

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Ed Clark papers

Ed Clark papers / Series 5: Professional Activities / Projects and Exhibitions

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw980fb0f62-55f4-43c8-b30d-e057d57bd0d3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-clarked-ref150

Creator:

Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000  Search this

Names:

Claiborne, Craig  Search this

Gordon, Elizabeth, 1906-2000  Search this

Leach, Bernard, 1887-1979  Search this

Extent:

3 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Periodicals

Photographs

Correspondence

Personal papers

Place:

Japan

Date:

1958-1987

Summary:

Papers, 1959-1987, of Elizabeth Gordon, editor of the periodical, House Beautiful from 1941-1964, mostly related to her research for the August and September 1960 issues of House Beautiful regarding the Japanese aesthetic concept of "shibui", and the subsequent travelling "shibui exhibition" from 1961-1964. Included are correspondence, some photocopies, 1959-1963; notes; drafts for articles and lectures; printed material including magazine and newspaper clippings, 1959-1987; 2 books, and exhibition announcements; drawings of paper and foil art; a photo album containing photos of exhibition installations; and photographs, slides, color transparencies, and lantern slides depicting people, sites, and objects reflecting the "shibui" aesthetic.

Scope and Contents:

The Elizabeth Gordon Papers measure 4.5 linear feet and span the years 1959-1987. The collection mainly documents Ms. Gordon's research for the August and September 1960 issues of House Beautiful regarding the Japanese aesthetic concept of "shibui", and the subsequent travelling "shibui exhibition" from 1961-1964. Included are correspondence, some photocopies, 1959-1963; research notes and materials; articles; lectures; printed material including magazine and newspaper clippings, 1959-1987; 2 books, and exhibition announcements; article materials; a photo album containing photos of exhibition installations; and photographs, slides, color transparencies, and lantern slides depicting people, sites, and objects reflecting the "shibui" aesthetic.

Arrangement note:

This collection is organized into eight series. 1. Biographical data, 2. Shibui research, 3. Shibui issues of, House Beautiful, 4. Correspondence, 5. Shibui promotion, 6. Exhibition files, 7. Printed materials, and 8. Photographs.

Biographical Information:

Born in Logansport, Indiana in 1906, Elizabeth Gordon served as editor of House Beautiful magazine 1941 to 1964. Ms. Gordon first became interested in Japanese aesthetics during the mid-1950s. As a result she began to read and study Japanese art, history and culture. In 1959, Gordon travelled to Japan with three staff people from, House Beautiful. In Kyoto she met Eiko Yuasa, a young woman then employed by the City of Kyoto to handle foreign V.I.P.s, who was assigned to assist Gordon during her stay there. It was Ms. Yuasa who, in the course of discussions of Japanese aesthetics, introduced the term "shibui." Around that term and its related concepts ("iki", "jimi", "hade") the theme for the issue began to crystallize. In August and September, 1960, House Beautiful, under the editorial control of Ms. Gordon, published two extremely popular issues devoted to the subject of "shibui". Due to the popularity of the issues, museum exhibits devoted to the concept of "shibui" travelled around the United States. Ms. Gordon died in Adamstown, Maryland in 2000.

Biographical Overview

1906 -- Born in Logansport, Indiana

1920s -- Attended the University of Chicago

1930s -- Moved to New York to work as a promotional copywriter for several newspapers

1930s -- Syndicated columnist on home maintenance for The New York Herald Tribune

1930s -- Editor at Good Housekeeping (here for 8 years)

1937 -- More House for your Money by Elizabeth Gordon and Dorothy Ducas published by W. Morrow and Company: New York.

1937 -- Married Carl Hafey Norcross

1939 -- Appointed editor of House Beautiful

1964 -- Left the magazine world

1972 -- Published a special issue on Scandinavian design and awarded the insignia of a knight, first class, in the Finnish Order of the Lion

1987 -- American Institute of Architects made her an honorary member

1988 -- Carl Hafey Norcross died

September 3, 2000 -- Died in Adamstown, MD

(The following biography of Elizabeth Gordon comes courtesy of curator Louise Cort. Written in consultation with Elizabeth Gordon, October 23, 1987)

The research papers, memoranda, magazines, books, photographs and color transparencies and other materials in this archives are related to the publication by Elizabeth Gordon (Mrs. Carl Norcross), editor of House Beautiful from 1941 to 1964 and creator of the August, 1960 issue of the magazine on the special theme of the Japanese aesthetic concept of "shibui". The "shibui issue" was followed by the September, 1960, issue of the same publication on the theme, "How to be shibui with American things." As a by-product of the issues, a "Shibui Exhibition" travelled to eleven museums in the United States during 1961-1964. Each exhibition was opened with a slide lecture by Elizabeth Gordon.

Miss Gordon first became curious about Japanese aesthetics in the mid-1950s when she began to see Japanese objects being displayed and used in the homes of Americans who had spent time in Japan during the Occupation and Japanese influence began to appear in wholesale showrooms of home furnishings manufacturers. It was clear that the time had come: she HAD to go to Japan!

She read for five years before going to Japan - history, social mores, art history. (Many of the books on Japan that she collected during this time have been presented to the library at the University of Maryland, College Park.)

An important bit of advice came from Alice Spaulding Bowen, owner of Pacifica, the highest quality shop of Asian antiquities in Honolulu, who told her, "Be sure to read, The Tale of Genji - then you'll understand everything."

She made her first trip to Japan in April, 1959, accompanied by three staff people from, House Beautiful. In Kyoto she met Eiko Yuasa, a young woman then employed by the City of Kyoto to handle foreign V.I.P.s, who was assigned to assist Miss Gordon during her stay there. It was Ms. Yuasa who, in the course of discussions of Japanese aesthetics, introduced the term "shibui." Around that term and its related concepts ("iki", "jimi", "hade") the theme for the issue began to crystallize.

Miss Gordon came home, planning to spend the summer researching "shibui" with the aid of the Japan Society. But she found virtually nothing written in English on the concept. So she returned to Japan in December, 1959 together with staff member Marion Gough, to dig deeper and to work out details and get better educated with Eiko Yuasa. One of their devices was to walk through department stores and discuss with sales personnel whether objects for sale were "shibui", or were "jimi" or "hade", and why. Between themselves, they did the same for the costumes of women they saw on the streets.

Lacking printed sources for information on "shibui", Miss Gordon sought out and interviewed experts, including Douglas Overton, head of the Japan Society in New York. In Japan in December, 1959, she met Yanagi Soetsu, founder of Japan's Folk Craft Movement and head of the Craft Museum in Tokyo (with an introduction from Tonomura Kichinosuke, head of the Craft Museum in Kurashiki). She met the chef Tsuji Kaichi, who was commissioned to write an article on "kaiseki" (that could not be used because of an inadequate English translation) and Frances Blakemore. She met several times with Bernard Leach and attended his lecture at Bonnier's while he was in New York in March, 1960. (He would later write a "fan letter" for the issue)

As the concept of "the shibui issue" began to take shape, a third trip in the spring of 1960 focused on photography - to produce the shooting script decided on the preceding December. This was executed by the noted photographer Ezra Stoller of Rye, New York, and John DeKoven Hill, House Beautiful's Editorial Director. (Mr. Hill worked with Frank Lloyd Wright except for the ten years that he was a member of the House Beautiful editorial staff)

Miss Gordon was back in Japan in Mid-August 1960 as the "shibui issue" was causing a sensation. Altogether she spent sixteen months in Japan.

As one of the experiences that influenced her strong interest in Japanese costumes and textiles, Miss Gordon remembers a spectacularly thorough exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum in Ueno on, 1200 Years of Japanese Costume. She saw it on the last day of its exhibition (possibly 1964).

The August 1960 issue sold out quickly. Copies of the magazine, which sold for fifty cents, were sold on the "black market" for ten dollars.

The publication of the August 1960 issue was followed by an unprecedented avalanche of "fan mail". Many department heads in colleges and universities, including the Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (where Miss Gordon had worked as an undergraduate) wrote to comment on the issue. Many people in other fields of endeavor wrote: heads of firms concerned with interior design, landscape architecture, and related areas expressed their interest in the concept of "shibui" Other writers include Bernard Leach, Gertrude Natzler, Laura Gilpin, Mainbocher, the architect Yoshimura Junzo, the textile artist Marianne Strengell, Walter Kerr, Craig Claiborne, and Oliver Statler.

The "shibui issue" was followed immediately by the September issue dealing with the use of non-Japanese objects to express the concept of "shibui." (Miss Gordon convinced her advertisers, who had been skeptical about the potential success of the August issue, by promising the September issue dealing with American products.) Four American firms were involved in the production of an integrated line of paints, wallpaper, furniture and carpets expressive of the concept. Products were designed by the firms' designers following the clues offered by objects and fabrics purchased by Miss Gordon in Japan in December 1959 and spring 1960. Miss Gordon has expressed her dissatisfaction with the September issue, although public opinion was positive. She feels that some of the firms failed in the "shibui" project, though some "caught" the message: namely the paint company and the fabric/wallpaper company.

In response to strong public interest, the House Beautiful staff prepared a travelling exhibition to introduce the concept of "shibui" through a series of vignettes, mixing fabrics and objects, colors and textures. The museum installation was designed by John Hill of House Beautiful. Japan Air Lines underwrote shipping costs.

The exhibition began in Philadelphia in late 1961. Ezra Stoller was sent to photograph the installation in considerable detail at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts in January, 1962, so that his photographs cold serve as guidelines for installations at the other museums, which included the San Francisco Museum of Art (April 1962), the Newark Pubic Library, and the Honolulu Academy of Art. Miss Gordon presented a lecture on "shibui" at each of the museum installations.

In appreciation of her work to introduce Americans to the concept of "shibui", the city of Kyoto presented a bolt of especially "shibui" kimono fabric executed by a Living National Treasure textile artist. Miss Gordon eventually tailored the fabric into a dress and jacket. She received the 1961 Trail Blazer Award from the New York Chapter of the National Home Fashions League, Inc. In June, 1987, Miss Gordon was named an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects, with her introduction of the concept of "shibui" and her promotion of an understanding of other culture cited as her major contributions to American architecture.

Provenance:

Elizabeth Gordon donated her papers to the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives in 1988.

Elizabeth Gordon donated her papers to the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives in 1988.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

No restrictions on use.

Topic:

Interior decoration -- Periodicals  Search this

Landscape gardening  Search this

Art, Japanese  Search this

Aesthetics, Japanese  Search this

House funishings  Search this

Interior decoration  Search this

Museum exhibits  Search this

Interior decorators  Search this

Gardens -- Japan  Search this

Genre/Form:

Periodicals -- 1940-1970

Photographs

Correspondence

Personal papers -- 1950-2000

Citation:

The Elizabeth Gordon Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Elizabeth Gordon, 1988

Identifier:

FSA.A1988.03

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3bd5683e5-f956-4a04-9d0c-4565a6b761b7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1988-03

Creator:

Blanch, Gertrude  Search this

Bloch, Richard M.  Search this

Bradburn, James  Search this

Brainerd, John G.  Search this

Brown, George W.  Search this

Brown, Gordon S.  Search this

Buchholz, Werner  Search this

Burns, Robert  Search this

Atanasoff, John V.  Search this

Atchison, William  Search this

Auerbach, Issac  Search this

Bartik, Jean  Search this

Bauer, William  Search this

Beek, Allan  Search this

Bernstein, Mort  Search this

Bigelow, Julian  Search this

Coleman  Search this

Cohen, I. Bernhard  Search this

Computer History Forum.  Search this

COT Meeting.  Search this

Coombs, John  Search this

Crawford, Perry O.  Search this

Couret, Lynn  Search this

Campbell, Robert V.  Search this

Campaigne, Howard  Search this

Cannon, Edward  Search this

Canning, R.G.  Search this

Clem, Mary  Search this

Cass, James  Search this

CODASYL Meeting.  Search this

Clippinger, Richard F.  Search this

MIT Club Talks (Brown & Wiener).  Search this

Andrews, Ernest G.  Search this

American Federation of Information Processing Societies  Search this

Alt, Franz  Search this

Alrich, John  Search this

Association for Computing Machinery.  Search this

Association for Computing Machinery.  Search this

Argonne National Laboratories R.  Search this

Allard, Gerry  Search this

Aiken, Howard  Search this

Adams, Charles  Search this

Acton, Forman  Search this

Halstead, Maurice H.  Search this

Harmon, Leon  Search this

Harvey, Samuel  Search this

Hazen, Dean Harold  Search this

Gruenberger, Fred  Search this

Gunning, William  Search this

Hagen, Glenn E.  Search this

Hall, W.  Search this

Greenwald, Irwin  Search this

Greenwarld, Sidney  Search this

Griswold, Ralph E.  Search this

Grosch, Herbert R. J.  Search this

Goheen, Harry E.  Search this

Good, I.J.  Search this

Goteib, C.C.  Search this

Granholm, Jackson  Search this

Israel, David R.  Search this

Huskey, Harry D.  Search this

Kates, Josef  Search this

Juncosa, Mario  Search this

Householder, Alston S.  Search this

Horwitz, Bernhard R.  Search this

Hurd, Cuthbert R.  Search this

Howard, Bernard  Search this

Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992  Search this

Holbrook, Bernard  Search this

Horner, Joseph  Search this

Horn, Robert J.  Search this

Herold, Henry  Search this

Herget, Paul  Search this

Holberton, Betty  Search this

Hertz, Ted  Search this

Elkins, Harold  Search this

Estrin, Gerald  Search this

Edwards, Walt  Search this

Elbourn, Robert  Search this

Eckert, J. Presper (John Presper), 1919-1995  Search this

Eddy, Robert Philip  Search this

Downey, William  Search this

Eckdahl, Donald  Search this

Dodd, Stephen  Search this

Dotts, Richard D.  Search this

Dietzhold, Robert  Search this

Dimsdale, Bernard  Search this

Desch, Joseph  Search this

Dickinson, Arthur H.  Search this

Curtiss, John H.  Search this

Dederick, Louis S.  Search this

Glazer, T.  Search this

Givens, Wallace  Search this

Gill, Stanley  Search this

Geisler, Murray  Search this

Garrison, Ken  Search this

Frankel, Stanley  Search this

Forrester, Jay W.  Search this

Forrest, Cameron B.  Search this

Forbes, George  Search this

Fenaughty, Alfred L.  Search this

Fein, Louis  Search this

Feign, David  Search this

Farrand, William R.  Search this

Fall Joint Computer Conference, 12/6/72.  Search this

Fall Joint Computer Conference, 11/17/71.  Search this

Everett, Robert  Search this

Nelson, Eldred  Search this

Neisius, Vincent  Search this

Northrop, John  Search this

Neovius, G.  Search this

Parker, R.D.  Search this

Palevsky, Max  Search this

Phelps, Byron R.  Search this

Patrick, Robert  Search this

Pickrell, D.  Search this

Phister, Montgomery  Search this

Pollmyer, R.  Search this

Polachek, Harry  Search this

Quady, Emmett  Search this

Postley, John A. R.  Search this

Rajchman, Jan  Search this

Ream, Norman  Search this

Reed, Irving S.  Search this

Rees, Mina  Search this

Rhodes, Ida  Search this

Rice, Rex  Search this

Rochester, Nathaniel  Search this

Rogers, Jim  Search this

Rogers, Stanley  Search this

Rosenberg, Milton  Search this

Rosenthal, Paul R.  Search this

Rubinoff, Morris R.  Search this

Salzer, John M.  Search this

Samuel, Arthur L. R.  Search this

Sarkissian, Harold  Search this

Schuette, Roger  Search this

Serrell, Robert R.  Search this

King, Paul  Search this

Kilpatrick, Lester  Search this

Killian, James  Search this

Kaufold, Leroy R.  Search this

Lanzarotta, Sandy R.  Search this

Kreuder, Norman L.  Search this

Korn, Irving  Search this

Kirsch, Russell  Search this

Lovell, Clarence A.  Search this

Lehmer, Derrick H.  Search this

Legvold, Sam  Search this

Larson, Harry  Search this

Martin, Richard R.  Search this

Marden, Ethel  Search this

Madden, Don R.  Search this

Lowe, John  Search this

McPherson, John C.  Search this

Mendelson, Jerry  Search this

Mason, Daniel R.  Search this

Mauchly, John R.  Search this

Michel, J.G.L. R.  Search this

Miller, Frederick G.  Search this

Menzel, Donald H.  Search this

Metropolis, Nicholas C.  Search this

Mitchell, Joel  Search this

MITRE Meeting.  Search this

Mills, Roger L.  Search this

Morton, Paul  Search this

Mumford, Louis  Search this

Mock, Owen  Search this

Morse, Philip B.  Search this

Wilkinson, James H. R.  Search this

Wilkes, Maurice R.  Search this

Wizenbaum, Joe  Search this

Williams, Charles  Search this

Wieselman, Irving  Search this

Wiener, Robert  Search this

Wild, Arthur  Search this

Wieser, C. Robert  Search this

Wrench, John W. R.  Search this

Woodger, Michael  Search this

Yowell, E.C. R.  Search this

Youtz, Pat  Search this

Woo, Way Dong  Search this

Wolfe, Philip  Search this

Woodbury, William R.  Search this

Wood, Ben D.  Search this

Zemanek, Heinz  Search this

Zuse, Konrad  Search this

Smagorinsky, Joseph  Search this

Slutz, Ralph R.  Search this

Skramstad, Harold R.  Search this

Skillman, Sherwood R.  Search this

SIAM/SIGNUM Meeting.  Search this

SIAM-72.  Search this

SHARE XXXVIII.  Search this

SHARE Meeting for Pioneers.  Search this

Taylor, Norman  Search this

Tanaka, David  Search this

Strong, Jack  Search this

Stibitz, George  Search this

Steele, Floyd G. R.  Search this

Sprague, Richard E.  Search this

Snyder, Samuel  Search this

Smith, Charles V.L.  Search this

TV Program KQED.  Search this

Uncapher, Keith  Search this

Torfeh, Mark  Search this

Travis, Irven  Search this

Todd-Tausskky, Olga  Search this

Tomash, Erwin  Search this

Toben, Gregory  Search this

Todd, John  Search this

Wheeler, R.J.  Search this

Whirlwind Discussion.  Search this

Ware, Willis H.  Search this

Wegstein, Joseph Henry  Search this

Wagner, Frank  Search this

Wang, An R.  Search this

von Hippel, Arthur  Search this

von Neumann, John  Search this

Armer, Paul, 1924- (computer technician)  Search this

Interviewee:

Rabinow, Jacob, 1910-  Search this

Former owner:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Computers, Information and Society  Search this

Extent:

43.5 Cubic feet (158 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Audiotapes

Interviews

Oral history

Sound recordings

Transcripts

Videotapes

Date:

1969-1973, 1977

Summary:

The Computer Oral History Collection (1969-1973, 1977), was a cooperative project of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and the Smithsonian Institution. This project began in 1967 with the main objective to collect, document, house, and make available for research source material surrounding the development of the computer.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of approximately 43.5 cubic feet of material documenting the development of the computer.

ABC -- Atanasoff-Berry Computer

ACE -- Automatic Computing Engine

ACM -- Association for Computing Machinery

ALGOL -- ALGOLrithmic Language

ALWAC -- Axel Wenner-Gren Automatic Computer

ARPA -- Advanced Research Projects Agency

BACAIC -- Boeing Airplane Company Algebraic Interpretative Computing System

BARK -- Binar Automatisk Rela Kalkylator

BINAC -- Binary Automatic Computer

BIZMAC -- Business Machine

BMEW -- Ballistic Missile Early Warning (System)

BUIC -- Back-up Interceptor Control

CADAC -- Cambridge Digital Automatic Computer

CALDIC -- California Digital Computer

CEC -- Consolidated Electrodynamics Corporation

CEIR -- Council for Economic and Industry Research

COBOL -- Common Business-Oriented Language

CODASYL -- Conference on Data Systems Languages

CONAC -- Continental Automatic Command

COMTRAN -- Commercial Translator

CPC -- Card Programmed Calculator

CRC -- Computer Response Corporation

DARPA -- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DINA -- Digital Network Analyzer

DDA -- Digital Differential Analyzer

EDSAC -- Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator

EDVAC -- Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer

EAM -- Electric [or Electronic] Accounting Machines [or Methods]

ENIAC -- Electronic Numerical Integrator and Automatic Computer

ERA -- Engineering Research Associates

ERMA -- Electronic Recording and Machine Accounting

FADAC -- Field Artillery Data Computer

FSQ -- Fixed Special eQuipment

IAS -- Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton University)

ICBM -- Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

ILLIAC -- Illinois Automatic Computer

INTERCOM -- Intercommunication System (Programming Language)

JOHNNIAC -- John [von Neumann's ] Integrator and Automatic Computer

JOSS -- Johnniac [John's Integrator and Automatic Computer] Open Shop System

LARK -- Livermore Atomic Research Computer

LAS -- Laboratories of Applied Science

LGP -- Librascope

MAC -- Magnetic Automatic Calculator/Multiple Access Computer

MADDIDA -- Magnetic Drum Digital Differential Analyzer

MAGIC -- Machine for Automatic Graphics Interface to a Computer

MANIAC -- Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator, and Computer

MIDAC -- Michigan [University of] Digital Automatic Computer

MIDSAC -- Michigan [University of} Digital Special Automatic Computer

MINAC -- Minimal Automatic Computer

MIT -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MITRE -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Establishment

MX -- Missile, Experimental

NATDAN -- North American Digital Anaylzer

NATPAC -- North American Programmed Automatic Computer

NDRC -- National Defense Research Committee [of Office of Scientific Research and Development, World War II]

NELIAC -- Naval Electronics Laboratory International Algebraic Compiler

NORC -- Naval Ordnance Research Calculator [or computer] [Naval Ordnance Proving Ground]

NTDS -- Naval Tactical Data Systems

ONR -- Office of Naval Research

ORACLE -- Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine

ORDVAC -- Ordnance Discrete Variable Automatic Computer [AEC]

OSRD -- Office of Standard Reference Data [National Bureau of Standards]

PACT -- Project for the Advancement of Coding Techniques

QUAC -- Quadratic Arc Computer

RAMAC -- Random Access Memory Accounting Machine

RAYDAC -- Raytheon Digital Automatic Computer

REAC -- Reeves Electronic Analog Computer

RECOMP -- Reliable COMPuter

RESISTOR -- Reusable Surface Insulation Stresses [NASA computer program]

SCERT -- Systems and Computer Evaluation Review Technique

SCM -- Smith Corona Merchant

SEAC -- U.S. Bureau of Standards Eastern Automatic Computer

SHARE -- Society to Help Avoid Redundant Effort

SHOT -- Society for the History of Technology

SIAM -- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

SILLIAC -- Sydney [version of the ] Illiac

SIMSCRIPT -- Simulation Script

SNOBOL -- String-Oriented Symbolic Language

SSEC -- Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator

SUBROC -- Submarine Rocket

SWAC -- U.S. Bureau of Standards Western Automatic Computer

TPM -- Tape Processing Machine

UDEC -- United Digital Electronic Computer

UNIVAC -- Universal Automatic Computer

WEIZAC -- Weizmann Automatic Computer [at Weizmann Institute]

WISC -- Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer

NT=No Transcript

R=Restricted

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into six series.

Series 1: Transcripts, 1967-1973, 1977

Series 2: Supplemental Documentation, 1922-1974

Series 3: Patents, 1940-1973

Series 4: John Vincent Atanasoff's Materials, 1927-1968

Series 5: Audio Tapes, 1967-1974, 1977

Series 6: Video Tapes, 1968-1972

Biographical / Historical:

The Computer Oral History Collection (1969-1973, 1977), was a cooperative project of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and the Smithsonian Institution. This project began in 1967 with the main objective to collect, document, house, and make available for research source material surrounding the development of the computer. The project collected taped oral interviews with individuals who figured prominently in developing or advancing the computer field and supplemental written documentation--working papers, reports, drawings, and photographs. The AFIPS provided the "seed" money to support the project and to aid the Smithsonian with its expenditures. Interviews were conducted by I.B. Cohen, A. Dettinger, Bonnie Kaplan, Elizabeth Luebbert, William Luebbert, Robina Mapstone, Richard Mertz, Uta Merzbach, and Henry Tropp. In some instances, the audio tapes and/or transcripts are not "formal" interviews, but rather moderated panel discussions/meetings, or lectures delivered by interviewees.

Related Materials:

The Archives Center contains several "computer" related collections:

American National Standards Institute, 1969-1979

Association for Computing Machinery Collection, 1958-1978 (Washington, D.C., Chapter)

N.W. Ayer Advertsing Agency Records, 1889-1972

Paul Armer Collection, 1949-1970

Robert G. Chamberlain Numerical Control Collection, 1954-1984

J. Childs Numerical Control Collection, 1952-1970

Computer Standards Collection, 1958-1978

Computer World Smithsonian Awards Collection, 1989-2001

Data Processing Digest Collection, 1955-1974

Max Holland Machine Tool Industry Collection, c. 1941-1990

Grace Murray Hopper Collection, 1944-1965

Information Age Exhibition Records, 1979-1990

Institute for Advanced Study Computer Project Records, 1950-1957

Instrument Society of America Collection, 1911-1969

Odex I Walking Robot Collection, 1973-1986

Jacob Rabinow Papers, 1910-1917; 1947-1990

Terry M. Sachs Collection, 1965-1969

Scientists and Inventors Portrait File, c. 1950-1980

Share Numerical Analysis Project Records, 1964-1970

SHARE Records, c. 1954-1984

Cliff Shaw papers, c. 1954-1985

Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) Records, 1956-1992

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, c. 1754-1965

Whirlwind I Computer Collection, 1945-1959

B.H. Worsley, 1946-1959

Within the National Museum of American History there are other related collections that may be found in the Division of Medicine and Science. These collections contain both artifacts and documents. Artifacts include: digital computing machines, automatic digital computers and electronic calculators, logic devices, card and tape processors, slide rules, integrators and integraphs, harmonic analyzers and synthesizers, differential analyzers, other analog computing devices, space measurement and representation, time measurement, and combination space and time measurement. Documentation includes the Electronic Computers History Collection and the Mathematical Devices History Collection. Photographs and video materials can also be found. The Smithsonian Institution Archives contains administrative documentation regarding the Computer History Project.

Provenance:

The Computer Oral History Collection was a cooperative project of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies (AFIPS) and the Smithsonian Institution. This project began in 1967 and was concluded in 1973. This collection was transferred to the Archives Center in approximately 1986 from the Division of Information, Technology & Society, formerly known as the Division of Electricity.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but original audio tapes and videotapes are stored off-site. Reference copies do not exist for all of the audiovisual materials. 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:

Computers  Search this

Engineers  Search this

Mathematics  Search this

Mathematicians  Search this

Physicists  Search this

Scientists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Audiotapes

Interviews -- 1950-2000

Oral history

Sound recordings -- Compact disks

Transcripts

Videotapes

Citation:

Computer Oral History Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Online transcripts for select oral history interviews were made possible by the Morton I. Bernstein Fund and the Association for Computing Machinery, the Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD), and the Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN).

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0196

See more items in:

Computer Oral History Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8b666ccc2-1644-4513-9a64-89be727d5419

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0196

Collection Collector:

Robinson, Franklin A., Jr., 1959- (actor)  Search this

Container:

Box 3, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1926

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but negatives and audiovisuial materials are stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Some papers of living persons are restricted. Access to restricted portions may be arranged by request to the donor. Gloves required for unprotected photographs. Viewing film portions of the collection and listening to LP recording requires special appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

The Archives Center does not own exclusive rights to these materials. Copyright for all materials is retained by the donor, Franklin A. Robinson, Jr.; permission for commercial use and/or publication may be requested from the donor through the Archives Center. Military Records for Franklin A. Robinson (b. 1932) and correspondence from Richard I. Damalouji (1961-2014) are restricted; written permission is needed to research these files. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

The Robinson and Via Family Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Sponsor:

Preservation of the 8mm films in this collection was made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Film Preservation Fund.

See more items in:

Robinson and Via Family Papers

Robinson and Via Family Papers / Series 2: Robinson Family / 2.3: Robinson, Frank A.

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84cfeef02-beb2-4607-aa01-532ed0d558f2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0475-ref99

Correspondent:

Basto, Arthur  Search this

Bauxar (Finkelstein), J. Joe  Search this

Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King), 1918-1978  Search this

Barnett, Homer Garner, 1908-  Search this

Bartel, Brad  Search this

Bartlett, Katherine  Search this

Bass, George F.  Search this

Collins, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1899-1987  Search this

Chapman, Carl H. (Carl Haley), 1915-1987  Search this

Cheek, Anetta L.  Search this

Clark, M. Margaret  Search this

Clements, Forrest Edward  Search this

Bell, Earl H.  Search this

Bell, Robert E. (Robert Eugene), 1914-2006  Search this

Chambers, Moreau Browne Congleton  Search this

Champe, John L. (John Leland), 1895-  Search this

Antle, H.R.  Search this

Ayres, J.E.  Search this

Anderson, Duane  Search this

Angus, John A.  Search this

Bailey, John H.  Search this

Bennett, John William  Search this

Babcock, Willoughby M.  Search this

Baerreis, David A., 1916-1989  Search this

Fitzhugh, William W., 1943-  Search this

Adams, Richard E.W.  Search this

Barka, Norman F.  Search this

Adovasio, J. M.  Search this

Amsden, Charles  Search this

Deuel, Thorne, 1890-  Search this

Di Peso, Charles Corradino  Search this

DeJarnette, David Lloyd  Search this

Dellinger, Samuel Claudius  Search this

Day, H. Summerfield  Search this

Dean, Jeffrey S.  Search this

Davis, Edward Mott  Search this

Davis, Hester A., 1930-  Search this

Dworsky, Don  Search this

Dyck, Ian  Search this

Downer, Alan  Search this

Dumand, Don E.  Search this

Dixon, Keith A.  Search this

Dorrance, Frances  Search this

Dickson, Don F.  Search this

Dincauze, Dena F.  Search this

Cooper, Paul L. (Paul Lemen), 1909-1961  Search this

Cook, Persifor M.  Search this

Conner, Stuart W.  Search this

Colton, Harold Sellers, 1881-1970  Search this

Collier, Donald, 1911-1995  Search this

Cole, Fay-Cooper  Search this

Coggins, Clemency  Search this

Davidson, D. S.  Search this

Daugherty, Richard D.  Search this

Daniels, Helen Sloan  Search this

Cummings, Calvin R.  Search this

Culbert, T. Patrick  Search this

Cross, Dale R.  Search this

Cordell, Linda S.  Search this

Corbyn, Ronald C.  Search this

Greywacz, Kathryn B.  Search this

Green, Ernestene  Search this

Grayson, Donald K.  Search this

Goodyear, Albert C.  Search this

Goldschmidt, Walter, 1913-2010  Search this

Gladwin, Harold Sterling  Search this

Gladfelter, Bruce G.  Search this

Gilbert, William Harlen, 1904-1988  Search this

Gerald, Rex E.  Search this

Garvey, Robert R.  Search this

Gaines, Sylvia W.  Search this

Beals, Ralph L. (Ralph Leon), 1901-1985  Search this

Frost, Janet A.  Search this

Frost, Everett  Search this

Frison, George C.  Search this

Brew, J. O. (John Otis), 1906-1988  Search this

Breternitz, Donald A.  Search this

Buckner, John L.  Search this

Broadbent, Sylvia M.  Search this

Boudeman, Donald O.  Search this

Blossom, F.H.  Search this

Bray, Warwick  Search this

Brand, Donald Dilworth  Search this

Black, Glenn A. (Glenn Albert), 1900-1964  Search this

Birdsell, Joseph B.  Search this

Blom, Frans  Search this

Bliss, Robert Woods  Search this

Berlin, Heinrich  Search this

Bennett, Wendell Clark, 1905-1953  Search this

Berry, J. Brewton  Search this

Bernal, Ignacio  Search this

Ford, Richard I.  Search this

Fowler, Don D.  Search this

Fox, George R.  Search this

Fisher, Reginald G.  Search this

Fitting, James E.  Search this

Flannery, Kent Vaughn  Search this

Cahill, Edgar D.  Search this

Campbell, Elizabeth W.C.  Search this

Cate, William  Search this

Fewkes, Vladimir Jarolslav  Search this

Buikstra, Jane E.  Search this

Burrill, A.C.  Search this

Butler, Mary  Search this

Byers, Douglas S., 1903-1978  Search this

Farrand, William R.  Search this

Fejos, Paul, 1897-1963  Search this

Dyson, Robert H.  Search this

Edwards, Robert Q.  Search this

Eggan, Fred, 1906-1991  Search this

Ellis, H. Holmes  Search this

Ezell, Paul Howard  Search this

Fagan, Brian M.  Search this

Fairbanks, Charles H. (Charles Herron), 1913-1985  Search this

Ford, James Alfred, 1911-1968  Search this

Creator:

Barnett, Clifford  Search this

Society for American Archaeology  Search this

Eaton, Jack  Search this

Names:

American Antiquity  Search this

Society for American Archaeology  Search this

Extent:

195.75 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1935-2010

Summary:

This collection consists of the records of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) and documents the activities of the officers of SAA and the editors of the journal American Antiquity. Materials include minutes, correspondence, reports, newsletters, financial records, memorandums, contracts and journals.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of the records of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) and documents the activities of the officers of SAA and the editors of the journal American Antiquity. Materials include minutes, correspondence, reports, newsletters, financial records, memorandums, contracts and journals.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Arrangement:

Portions of this collection are unprocessed. Please contact the repository for further information.

Earlier accessions, containing records dating from 1935-1985, have been arranged in the following proposed series: (1) Records of the secretary-treasurer, 1935-1947; (2) treasurer's records, 1935-1950; (3) executive committee meeting minutes, 1961-1978; (4) records concerning annual meetings, 1935-1978; (5) records concerning nominations and elections, 1971-1978; (6) secretary's general correspondence, 1968-1978; (7) secretary's correspondence with SAA presidents, 1970-1978; (8) correspondence with affiliated organizations, 1968-1976; (9) secretary's subject files, undated; (10) records relating to committees, undated; (11) records relating to constitutional revision, undated; (12) copies of legislation; resolutions, undated; (13) antiquities actions, 1970-1976; (14) financial statements and treasurer's correspondence with the secretary, 1968-1977: (15) membership records, 1970-1977; (16) records concerning publications, 1970-1977; (17) field school lists, 1968-1979; (18) indexes and other compilations regarding executive committee and annual meeting actions; (19) executive committee meeting minutes, 1945-1976; (20) records concerning publications, 1970-1977; (21) field school lists, 1968-1979; (22) indexes and other compilations regarding executive committee and annual meeting actions; (23) executive committee meeting minutes, 1945-1978, 1980; (24) material relating to executive committee and annual meetings, including some reports, 1978-1983; (25) secretary's subject file, ca.1967-1983; (26) procedural materials; (27) material relating to proposals from and contract with management firm, 1983; (28) printed and processed material; (29) chairperson's records of the Committee on the Status of Women in Archaeology; (30) Fred Wendorf's files, 1972-1981; (31) records of the Committee on Public Archaeology, 1969-1981; (32) videocasettes and photographs, 1985; (33) editor's files; (34) Don D. Fowlers files; and (35) materials relating to American Antiquity.

Historical note:

The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) is an international organization with over 7,000 members. Founded in 1934, the SAA is "dedicated to the research, interpretation, and protection of the archaeological heritage of the Americas."

Restrictions:

Some material may be restricted. Contact the repository for further information.

Access to the Society for American Archaeology records requires an appointment.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Topic:

Scholarly periodicals  Search this

Professional associations  Search this

Archaeology  Search this

Citation:

Society for American Archaeology records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.1980-55

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ccc0ebcc-5b11-45ba-84c1-b305f9db853d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-1980-55

Creator:

Singer Manufacturing Company  Search this

Singer Company (The), (Fairfield, New Jersey)  Search this

Names:

I.M. Singer & Company (Location of Meeting--New York, New York; )  Search this

Clark, Edward, 1850s-1860s  Search this

Singer, Isaac Merrit, fl. 1850s-1860s  Search this

Extent:

11 Cubic feet (3 oversize folders, 20 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Design drawings

Date:

1927-1983

bulk 1960-1977

Summary:

The bulk of the collection consists of renderings of sewing machines and related products by industrial designers such as Henry Dreyfuss, Robert P. Gersin, Eliot Noyes, and Malcolm S. Park; by designers of Singer's in-house design department; and by consultants to the firm. Materials include decals, photographs, negatives, patents, and renderings and sketches. This collection documents the influence of industrial design on Singer sewing machines as well as other household products such as vacuum cleaners.

Scope and Contents:

The bulk of the collection consists of drawings by industrial designers such as Henry Dreyfuss, Robert P. Gersin, Eliot Noyes, and Malcolm Park; by designers of Singer's in-house design department; and by consultants to the firm. These materials show the influence of industrial design on Singer machines.

Series 1, Photographs, 1927-1979, is divided into three subseries: Subseries 1, Editorial Department, 1927-1979; Subseries 2, Competitors, undated; and Subseries 3, Miscellaneous, 1977 and undated.

Subseries 1, Editorial Department, 1927-1979, consists of camera-ready art presumably for catalogs and advertising created by the editorial department at Singer Manufacturing. The photographs are black-and-white (8" x 10") and depict "cut away" views of the internal workings of Singer sewing machines before the casing was put on the machine. When the machines are not Singer, it is noted. The model number is provided, and the photographs are arranged chronologically.

Subseries 2, Competitors, undated, consists of images depicting mostly competitor sewing machines that are mounted on pages with captions. The images are black-and-white (2" x 2") and include companies such as Adler, Bernina, Elgin, Juki, Meister, Necchi, Sewmaid, Veritas, and Zundapp. The series is arranged alphabetically by manufacturer name.

Subseries 3, Miscellaneous, 1977 and undated, consists of black-and-white and color photographs (8" x 10" or smaller) for the 560 machine and a sewing cabinet.

Series 2, Decalcomania, undated, consists of one album of decal samples and loose decal/transfer cards created for Singer sewing machines and other sewing machine companies. Decalcomania is a decorative technique by which engravings and prints are transferred to other materials, such as the body of a sewing machine. Today, the use of the word "decal" is more widely used.

Some of the decals are on tracing paper, tin, and poster board. Some are in color with floral designs, and the size and style of font vary. Other decals include patent marks, the name "Singer Manufacturing Company," "Singer," oil level, and there are custom decals for specific sewing machine companies such as the Camel Sewing Machine Company, Ltd.

The decals are arranged numerically by transfer numbers, and there are two distinct groups of decal design/transfer cards. One group is numbered 63 to 141 (not inclusive) with the majority of the designs in color; the other set of decal cards is arranged in an unbound portfolio book numbered 1 to 41. Many of the decal/transfer cards have additional information about which machine or class of machines the transfer was designed for. For example, transfer #316 was used for the 99-13 machine. Machine 99-13 is also labeled with a sticker titled "SD-37." Presumably this indicates that the decal was Singer design number 37. If a decal was cancelled this is noted with a date.

Series 3, Industrial Designers' Materials, 1936-1983, consists of industrial designers and is divided into twelve subseries: Subseries 1, Henry Dreyfuss Associates, 1964-1978; Subseries 2, Robert P. Gersin Associates, Inc., 1980-1983; Subseries 3, Industrial Design Group and Industrial Design Laboratory, 1970-1975; Subseries 4, Innovations and Development, Inc., circa 1977-1979; Subseries 5, Leo Jiranek, circa 1960-1964; Subseries 6, Monte L. Levin, 1961-1962; Subseries 7, Mezey Macowski, 1967-1969; Subseries 8, Eliot Noyes, 1969, 1978; Subseries 9, Malcolm S. Park, 1936-1978; Subseries 10, Schmitz, 1973; Subseries 11, Eric Schneider, 1980. The series is arranged alphabetically.

Subseries 1, Henry Dreyfuss Associates, 1964-1978, consists of storyboards and renderings (20" x 25" or smaller) in ink, colored pencils and crayon for sewing machines and sewing machine carrying cases. Many of the renderings are preliminary. The subseries is arranged sequentially by assigned drawings numbers designated "D." Drawing D18 is heavily annotated on the reverse side

Subseries 2, Robert P. Gersin Associates, Inc., 1980-1983, consists of twenty drawings mounted on foam core board for various sewing machine concepts from 1980-1983. Many of the drawings depict side and front elevations. Gersin (1929-1989) was an award-winning industrial designer. He founded Robert P. Gersin Associates, Inc., in 1959 and worked on a wide range of designs, including interiors, products and corporate identity programs. In 1984 the company designed the logotype and corporate identity program for Sears, Roebuck & Company, and in 1988 it designed the interior for Casual Corner stores.

Subseries 3, Industrial Design Group and Industrial Design Laboratory, 1970-1975, consists of renderings ( 20 1/2" x 26") and storyboards (15" x 20") created by the the Singer Technical Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The majority of the work is stamped with "Industrial Design Group" or "Industrial Design Laboratory." The storyboards consist of color photographs mounted to poster board and depict a variety of sewing machines, a hand stitcher, and electric pinking scissors. The majority of renderings are not attributed to a specific designer, but some were drawn by designer W. Current.

Subseries 4, Innovations and Development, Inc., circa 1977-1979, consists of renderings created by consultants to Singer Manufacturing of Fort Lee, New Jersey. The renderings are ink on tracing paper (19" x 24") and they are not numbered or dated.

Subseries 5, Leo Jiranek, circa 1960-1964, consists of three drawings (19 1/2" x 24") for a 1964 World's Fair house and World's Fair chair. Jiranek (1900-1990) was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Princeton University in 1922 and went to work for Turner Construction Company. In 1924 he took over his father's furniture design business. Considered by many to be the "Dean of Furniture Designers," one of the industry's first freelancers, he contributed to more furniture companies than any other designer, including Magnavox, Thomasville, Ethan Allen, Kroehler, Haywood Wakefield, The Lane Co., Bassett, Broyhill and Garrison. In the 1960s, Jiranek founded and was president of the Jiranek School of Furniture Design and Technology in New York City.

Subseries 6, Monte L. Levin, 1961-1962, was an industrial designer who founded Monte Levin Associates in 1945. The renderings (18 1/2" x 22" or smaller) are ink on tracing paper and depict Singer sewing machine cases.

Subseries 7, Mezey Macowski, 1967-1969, consists of seven (14" x 16 1/2") ink- colored drawings depicting a sewing table.

Subseries 8, Eliot Noyes, 1969, 1978, consists of two colored ink on vellum renderings of electric scissors. Noyes (1910-1977) was an American architect and industrial designer who worked on projects for IBM. The renderings for Singer sewing machines (A-E) were done by Gordon Bruce while at Eliot Noyes Industrial Design, Inc.

Subseries 9, Malcolm S. Park, 1936-1978, consists of a 130-page portfolio depicting Park's (1905-1991)work as an industrial designer for Singer Manufacturing Company. The pages are 13" x 16" and materials are mounted on the pages with captions. In some instances, materials have come loose. The types of materials include, patents, patent drawings, ephemera, correspondence, renderings, advertising, photographs for sewing machines, sewing machine cabinets, irons, buttonholers, vacuum cleaners, floor polishers, timers, clocks, and stitching attachments.

Subseries 10, Schmitz, 1973, consists of one drawing (17 1/2" x 21") for a portable sewing machine called the Easy Egg.

Subseries 11, Eric Schneider, 1980, consists of six ink on tracing papers renderings (17" x 23") for sewing machines.

Subseries 12, Unknown Designers, undated, consists of two renderings (18" x 23") for sewing machines with parts labeled in German and renderings (12" x 16") depicting views of sewing systems, household items, and storage systems. Some of the items include sewing machines, vacuums, cash registers, canisters, intercoms, alarms, and fire and smoke detectors.

Series 4, Design Patents, 1936-1980, is divided into four subseries: Subseries 1, United States Design Patents, 1936-1980; and Subseries 2, Foreign Design Patents, 1961-1968. Design patents may be granted to anyone who invents a new, original, and ornamental design for an article of manufacture.

Subseries 1, United States Design Patents, 1936-1980 consists of design patents that were assigned to the Singer Manufacturing Company by the inventors, Adam Baker Barnhart, Herbert S. Barnhart, Henry Dreyfuss, Christian Julian Felix, Russell A. Fritts, Donald M. Genaro, Hans Hacklander, Lloyd G. Kent, Jr., Monte L. Levin, Abbot Lutz, Michael McCann, L.C. Marsac, Charles F. Neagle, Malcolm S. Park, W. J. Peets, Robert E. Redman, Edgar P. Turner, Julian U. Von der Lancken, Tobin Wolf, Thaddeus J. Zylbert.

The majority of the patents are in patent jackets which were maintained by the Singer Manufacturing Company Patent Department. Patent jackets or patent folders are typically pre-printed with standard information such as patent number, actions, references, assignment, application serial number, and fee paid. This permitted easier documentation for the patent department. The jackets contain correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, foreign patent and trademark offices, as well as the inventor/designer, company attorneys and other company officials; drawings; photographs; newspaper clippings, and a sample of embroidery stitching. The three-way folders (10" x 15") are designed to house all of the legal documentation about the patenting process. In some instances, patents were abandoned, and this is noted. Additional file jackets include those for foreign applications and patents corresponding with United States application serial numbers. These pre-printed jackets contain the names of countries (such as Great Britain, Brazil, Italy, Japan and Sweden) where Singer Manufacturing was filing for design protection.

The majority of the design patents are for sewing machines and sewing machine cases, but there are some designs for vacuum cleaners, electric scissors, an embroidery attachment, a floor polishing machine, a display stand for needles, and a statuette. For example, the statuette was used as an award in the Singer World Stylemaker Contest and was intended to represent anyone that a person desires as well as signifying the craft of home sewing with an unrolled bolt of cloth draped around the statuette. The United States Design Patents are arranged numerically by design patent number, and the foreign design patents are arranged alphabetically by country, then numerically by patent number.

Subseries 2, Foreign, 1961-1968, consists of foreign design patents from the Congo, England, France and Italy.

Series 5, Utility Patents for Henry Dreyfuss, 1961-1965, is divided into two subseries, Subseries 1, United States Utility Patents, 1964-1965 and Subseries 2, Foreign Utility Patents, 1961-1964. Utility patents are granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and non-obvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof. The United States and foreign utility patents are issued to industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss.

Series 6, Posters, 1985, consists of two posters from the National Museum of American History's exhibit titled "Industrial Design, An American Case History." The exhibit ran from July 24, 1985 to September 30, 1985.

Series 7, Miscellaneous, 1980, consists of a North Atlantic Consumer Products Group Research and Development Department report about the combination carrying case for 400/500K and 250/362m Series flat bed machines. The report contains project specifications and photographs.

Arrangement:

The collections is divided into seven series.

Series 1, Photographs, 1927-1979

Subseries 1, Editorial Department, 1927-1979

Subseries 2, Competitors, undated

Subseries 3, Miscellaneous, 1977 and undated

Series 2, Decalcomania, undated

Series 3, Industrial Designers' Materials, 1936-1983

Subseries 1, Henry Dreyfuss Associates, 1962-1978

Subseries 2, Robert P. Gersin Associates, Inc., 1980-1983

Subseries 3, Industrial Design Group and Industrial Laboratory, 1970-1975

Subseries 4, Innovations and Development, Inc., circa 1977-1979

Subseries 5, Leo Jiranek, circa 1960-1964

Subseries 6, Monte L. Levin, 1961-1962

Subseries 7, Mezey Macowski, 1967-1969

Subseries 8, Eliot Noyes, 1969, 1978

Subseries 9, Malcom S. Park, 1936-1978

Subseries 10, Schmitz, 1973

Subseries 11, Eric Schneider, 1980

Subseries 12, Unknown designers, undated

Series 4, Design Patents, 1936-1980

Subseries 1, United States Design Patents, 1936-1980

Subseries 2, Foreign Design Patents, 1961-1968

Series 5, Utility Patents for Henry Dreyfuss, 1961-1965

Subseries 1, United States Utility Patents, 1964-1965

Subseries 2, Foreign Utility Patents, 1961-1964

Series 6, Posters, 1985

Series 7, Miscellaneous, 1970

Biographical / Historical:

In 1851, I.M. Singer and Company, with headquarters in New York, was founded by inventor Isaac Merrit Singer and businessman/lawyer Edward Clark. In 1863 the business was incorporated as the Singer Manufacturing Company. After 1867 the company became the dominant firm in the industry despite the fact that it sold more expensive products than any of its competitors. Business expanded in the United States and abroad while designers focused their efforts on making mechanical improvements in the machines in the last half of the nineteenth century. America's industrial design profession emerged during the Great Depression and began to influence the design of the sewing machine. Many compnaies mass-produced technological goods and designers began to play a crucial role in American industry. After the Stock Market crash of 1929 and during the Great Depression, goods were made to look more attractive and increase sales. Many firms, such as Singer Manufacturing Company, employed industrial designers as consultants. Other industrial designers established their own firms and agencies.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Sewing Machines (AC0060)

Landor Design Collection, circa 1930-1994 (AC0500)

Francis M. Mair Papers, circa 1938-1990 (AC0548)

Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984 (AC0616)

Lucian Bernhard Advertising Art Collection, 1920s-2000 (AC1161)

Materials in Other Organizations

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Belle Kogan papers, 1920-1986

Philip McConnell typescripts, [circa 1957]

Arthur J. Pulos papers, 1935-[circa 1980s] (bulk 1947-1960)

Oral history interview with Arthur J. Pulos, 1980 July 31-1982 December 5

Oral history interview with Wendell Castle, 1981 June 3-December 12

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Singer Sewing Machine Advertising Leaflets, Smithsonian and Washington, D.C., Images, undated (SIA Acc. 99-056)

Cooper Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Henry Dreyfuss Collection, 1927-1972

Hagely Museum and Archives

Singer Company Records, 1860-1985

The Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections

Singer Manufacturing Company Records, 1861-1871

Wisconsin Historical Society

Singer Manufacturing Company Records, 1850-circa 1975

Provenance:

The Singer Company of Fairfield, New Jersey donated the collection on July 17, 1985.

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Industrial design -- 1927-1983  Search this

Genre/Form:

Design drawings -- 20th century

Citation:

Singer Industrial Design Collection, 1927-1983, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0169

See more items in:

Singer Industrial Design Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8746852c1-7f0c-477b-beaa-54007e75e98a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0169

Collection Creator:

Junkin, Hattie Meyers, 1896-1985  Search this

Container:

Box 7, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1919

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Collection Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

See more items in:

Hattie Meyers Junkin Papers

Hattie Meyers Junkin Papers / Series 5: George "Buck" Weaver materials

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg293474a28-91ac-42ba-9e3b-2a796e7908f6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-xxxx-0171-ref169

Collection Creator:

Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this

Container:

Box 11, Folder 9

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1935-09 - 1935-12

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

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Collection Citation:

Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref114

Collection Creator:

Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this

Container:

Box 12, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1941

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Collection Citation:

Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref116

Collection Creator:

Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this

Container:

Box 12, Folder 6

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Collection Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Collection Citation:

Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref120

Collection Creator:

Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this

Container:

Box 3, Folder 6

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1939 - 1943

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No restrictions on access.

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Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Collection Citation:

Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref32

Collection Creator:

Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1941 - 1943

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No restrictions on access.

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Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Collection Citation:

Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref38

Collection Creator:

Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1941 - 1945

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No restrictions on access.

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Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Collection Citation:

Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref39

Collection Creator:

Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this

Container:

Box 4, Folder 10

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1938

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Collection Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Collection Citation:

Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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Lee Ya-Ching Papers

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2650f238e-cf95-4b5c-bba8-906622d41852

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref45

Collection Creator:

Ya-Ching, Lee  Search this

Container:

Box 5, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Text

Date:

1943

Collection Restrictions:

No restrictions on access.

Collection Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Collection Citation:

Lee Ya-Ching Papers, NASM.2008.0009, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2baeb5894-518c-4d8d-b95b-7001a1553744

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nasm-2008-0009-ref48

Published by:

MelPat Associates, American, 1965 - 1986  Search this

Created by:

C. Melvin Patrick, American, died 1985  Search this

Subject of:

Crispus Attucks, American, 1723 - 1770  Search this

Sojourner Truth, American, 1797 - 1883  Search this

Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913  Search this

Sarah C. Roberts, American, born 1844  Search this

Susan McKinney Steward, American, 1847 - 1918  Search this

Dred Scott, American, ca 1800 - 1858  Search this

Frederick Douglass, American, 1818 - 1895  Search this

Booker T. Washington, American, 1856 - 1915  Search this

George Washington Carver, American, 1860s - 1943  Search this

W.E.B. Du Bois, American, 1868 - 1963  Search this

Scott Joplin, American, 1867 - 1917  Search this

Marcus Garvey, Jamaican, 1887 - 1940  Search this

James Weldon Johnson, American, 1871 - 1938  Search this

Father Divine, American, ca. 1876 - 1965  Search this

A. Philip Randolph, American, 1889 - 1979  Search this

Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American, 1908 - 1972  Search this

Rosa Parks, American, 1913 - 2005  Search this

Medgar Evers, American, 1925 - 1963  Search this

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968  Search this

President Lyndon Baines Johnson, American, 1908 - 1973  Search this

Mary McLeod Bethune, American, 1875 - 1955  Search this

National Association of Black Social Workers, American, founded 1968  Search this

Congressional Black Caucus, American, founded 1971  Search this

Prince Hall Freemasonry, founded 1784  Search this

National Newspaper Publishers Association, American, founded 1827  Search this

Chi Delta Mu Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1913  Search this

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909  Search this

Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1937  Search this

Shriners International, American, founded 1870  Search this

National Pan-Hellenic Council, American, founded 1930  Search this

National Dental Association, American, founded 1913  Search this

Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898  Search this

Democratic Party, American, founded 1828  Search this

Republican Party, American, founded 1854  Search this

Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1932  Search this

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, American, founded 1920  Search this

National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., American, founded 1935  Search this

National United Church Ushers Association of America, Inc., American, founded 1919  Search this

Eta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., American, founded 1943  Search this

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1906  Search this

National Urban League, American, founded 1910  Search this

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., founded 1922  Search this

National Medical Association, American, founded 1895  Search this

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911  Search this

National Council of Negro Women, founded 1935  Search this

Daughters of Isis, American, founded 1910  Search this

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., American, founded 1911  Search this

369th Veterans Association, American  Search this

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, American, founded 1914  Search this

Langston Hughes, American, 1902 - 1967  Search this

Paul Robeson, American, 1898 - 1976  Search this

Ezzard Mack Charles, American, 1921 - 1975  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 7/16 × 3/8 in. (27.5 × 21.4 × 1 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place made:

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1976

Topic:

African American  Search this

Advertising  Search this

Associations and institutions  Search this

Black Press  Search this

Business  Search this

Communities  Search this

Fraternal organizations  Search this

Fraternities  Search this

Government  Search this

HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)  Search this

Journalism  Search this

Labor  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Men  Search this

Political organizations  Search this

Politics  Search this

Professional organizations  Search this

Religion  Search this

Social life and customs  Search this

Sororities  Search this

U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this

U.S. History, Colonial period, 1600-1775  Search this

United States History  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Women  Search this

Women's organizations  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anne B. Patrick and the family of Hilda E. Stokely

Object number:

2012.167.10

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5e57ffdd9-2ab1-46da-b6e7-10757007351f

EDAN-URL:

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