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[Saul E. Zalesch mail-order catalog collection]

Summary

Collection ID:
SIL-RA.XXXX-0015
Creators:
Zalesch, Saul E.
Dates:
[1950-2005, bulk 1980-2004]
Languages:
Multiple languages
.
Physical Description:
75 Linear feet
circa 9,000 items
cm.
Repository:
Collection consists of retail mail order catalogs from numerous commercial organizations, chiefly American but also includes catalogs from European companies. Catalogs cover a wide range of consumer goods, including home furnishings, books, musical instruments, toys, men's and women's apparel, jewelry, A/V materials, firearms, art , hobby crafts and gifts.

Arrangement note

Arrangement note
Items arranged in alphabetical order by company name.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Saul E. Zalesch, an Associate Professor of Art History at Louisiana Tech University, began collecting mail-order catalogs in 1993 while an NEH fellow at the Winterthur Library.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Donated by collector, 2009.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
Non-circulating materials.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Mail order catalogs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Consumer goods -- United States -- Catalogs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Advertising, Direct-mail Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Consumer goods -- Catalogs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mail-order business -- Catalogs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Trade catalogs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Commercial catalogs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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