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Guide to the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Forges

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Forges
Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
1854-1945
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.23 Cubic feet
consisting of .5 box.
Repository:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Forges forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This subject category- Forges contains materials related to the manufacture and sale of forges. With one exception, the materials are from companies that manufactured various forges and other materials as well as agents of those manufacturers. Materials are primarily from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and from companies in the Northeastern United States. Researchers looking for materials on the sale of forges will find this material useful. Of particular interest might be the booklet on the Wyman-Gordon Company from 1945.
Companies include those that manufactured forges or agents representing those manufacturers. Items include business cards, receipts, ad circulars, correspondence, catalogues, price lists, and booklets. Many of the materials are undated. The bulk of those that are dated are from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of the companies are located in the Northeastern U.S. with New York, Boston, and Philadelphia mentioned most often. There are also companies from New Hampshire, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. A small booklet entitled "Quintin Matsys, The Blacksmith of Antwerp" has a written note with the date 1854 on the first page.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Arranged two subseries. Subseries 1 is arranged alphabetically by company. Subseries 2 consists of one item.
  • Subseries 1: Companies, circa 1859-1945
  • Subseries 2: Related Publications, circa 1854

Administration

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

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation note
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Forges, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Conditions Governing Use note
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.

Materials in the Archives Center

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

Forms Part Of


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Ephemera Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Business ephemera Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Forges Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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