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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Gladys Reid Holton Ephemera Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0466
- Creators:
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Holton, Gladys Reid, 1898- (museum curator)Des Grange, Jane
- Dates:
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1800-1978
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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19 Cubic feet50 boxes, 7 map-folders
- Repository:
A wide range of dated ephemeral material collected by Gladys Reid Holton covering the period circa 1800 to circa 1978.
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
The bulk of the collection contains a wide range of ephemera, such as calendars, postcards, advertising cards, magazines, newspapers and fashion plates; also photographs and business and household account books. Also some of Mrs. Holton's personal papers, including correspondence relating to activities with organizations such as the Home Bureaus and War Council, scripts from her radio programs, business cards, and personal licenses. The remainder of the collection is arranged by subjects related to the museum exhibitions Mrs. Holton worked on, including research notes, articles relating to subjects, exhibition layouts, labels, photographs, and posters.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Divided into 2 series: (1) Chronologically organized materials; (2) Fashions and advertising: magazines and catalogs.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Gladys Reid Holton was born June 29, 1898 in Auburn, New York. She began a teaching career in the 1920s. During the 1930s-1940s she was heavily involved in traditional household arts and crafts. Holton was curator of History of the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1950s-1960s. She retired from the Strong Museum in 1976. She amassed this private collection over a period of some 30 years. Her reason for collecting such material was to give added dimension to exhibits of museum objects and to produce creative explanations for exhibits.
Administration
Author
Craig A. Orr
Immediate Source of Acquisiton
Collection donated by Jane Des Grange on October 13, 1992.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Craig Orr, 1992.
Digital Content
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Restrictions on Access
Unrestricted research use on site.,Researchers must handle unprotected photographs with gloves.
Preferred Citation
Gladys Reid Holton Ephemera Collection, 1800-ca. 1978 (Gift of Jane Des Grange), Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Copyright status of material in this collection varies. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Exhibitions | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Fashion | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Calendars | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ephemera | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Periodicals | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Fashion plates | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Newspapers | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs -- Archives Center | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Postcards | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Advertising cards | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| advertising | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Account books | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
P.O. Box 37012
Suite 1100, MRC 601
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
archivescenter@si.edu
