Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Material Handling

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Material
Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
circa 1943-1955
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.45 Cubic feet
consisting of 1 box.
Repository:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Material Handling 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 material consists primarily of pamphlets, operating manuals and periodicals from manufacturers of equipment for handling goods from the time of receipt, through production, processing, storage and shipping. Most of the information is directed toward the industry. There is a concern that this literature is of a practical nature stressing modern and efficient methods. The available equipment advertised assures the buyer that handling costs will be reduced without cutting efficiency, safety or comfort to operators. Some of the equipment includes industrial trunks, tractors, portable electric cranes, hoisting mechanisms, tilting mechanisms, lifting and placing flats. The material dates from ca. 1943-1955.

Arrangement

Arrangement
The material is organized by name of company. There are only a few companies represented, however, these companies have a substantial amount of material namely periodicals published by the manufacturer.

Administration

Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Material Handling 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: Material Handling, 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
Business ephemera Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ephemera Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Materials handling Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tractors Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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