Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Gladys Reid Holton Ephemera Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0466
Creators:
Holton, Gladys Reid, 1898- (museum curator)
Des Grange, Jane
Dates:
1800-1978
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
19 Cubic feet
50 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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Using the Collection

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

Keywords table of terms and types.
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

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