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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Guide to the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Knitting
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Knitting
- Creators:
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Dates:
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1854-1942
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.49 Cubic feetconsisting of 1 box, 2 oversize folders.
- Repository:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Knitting 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 manuals, knitting instructions, bills/receipts, and handbooks from manufacturers and dealers of yarn and knitting machines. Instruction manuals include directions for knitting and crocheting sweaters, hats, slippers, purses, underwear, and afghans. The material dates from 1854-1912 but the bulk is late nineteenth century,
Materials are organized by name of company. There are four folders of material arranged by type: knitting instructions, general images, related articles, and related books.
Administration
Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons
Processing Information
Oversize material is unprocessed.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Knitting 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: Knitting, 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
Forms Part Of
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Business ephemera | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Ephemera | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Knitting | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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