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

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Research
Creators:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Dates:
circa 1904-1966
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: Research 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- Research-consists of materials dealing with research and companies involved in research. All of the materials are from the early to mid 20th century. Researchers interested in research companies and projects, particularly those of the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s, will find this information useful.
Companies contains materials from companies involved in research. Materials include a leaflet on the organization and statement of purposes from the American Bureau of Industrial Research, a report from the oral history research office of Columbia University on recent acquisitions, a listing of quotes from clients, a literary datebook indicating the birthdates of authors, a subscription books bulletin, and a reference book catalogue from the Gale Research Company, a publication notice for the book "Poland in the British Parliament 1939-1945" with opinions on earlier volumes from the Jozef Pilsudski Institute, an itinerary and short bio of lecturers for a meeting of the William M. Rice Institute with a formal invitation to the meeting, and a directory of organizations engaged in governmental research from the Governmental Research Association. The companies are based mostly in the northern U.S. states of Wisconsin, New York, Michigan and Chicago with one company in Houston, Texas. The materials are arranged alphabetically by the company.
Publications contains publications dealing with research. Materials include the Works Progress Administration's "Index of Research Projects" volumes I and III. These are summaries of reports on the CWA, ERA, and WPA research projects. Both of these volumes are from the 1930s. There is also a 1966 brochure with statements about research and research management. Materials are arranged alphabetically by title and chronologically.

Administration

Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Research 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

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