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National Cotton Council
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circa 1945-1999, undated
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28 Cubic feet (48 boxes)
224 Motion picture films
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1177
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists primaily of photographs and films created by the National Cotton Council of America (NCC) to document cotton production and use and to support the advocacy and educational work of the organization.
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Textiles
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1784-1970
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12.77 Cubic feet (consisting of 26.5 boxes, 1 folder, 7 oversize folders, 2 map case folders, 1 flat box (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Textiles
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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
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Mason, William, (manufacturer), 1808-1883
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1839-1857
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0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0045
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts--engine builder, machinist, and manufacturer of locomotives and cotton machinery. The papers consist of bills, receipts, and correspondence concerning the operation of his household, the construction of his residence, and several incidental papers dealing with his business affairs.
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Cotton Museum (Memphis, Tennessee)
National Cotton Council
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1939-1994, undated
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38 Cubic feet (91 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1176
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Maid of Cotton (MOC) beauty pageant was sponsored by the National Cotton Council, Memphis Cotton Carnival, and the Cotton Exchanges of Memphis, New York, and New Orleans from 1939-1993. The contest was held annually in Memphis, Tennessee until the National Cotton Council and Cotton Council International moved to Dallas, Texas. Beginning with the 1985 pageant (held December 1984) the competition was held in Dallas. The pageant was discontinued in 1993 due to lack of funds, a sponsor, and changes in marketing strategies. The records include files on contestants, photographs, and scrapbooks.
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Boyden, Uriah A. (Uriah Atherton), 1804-1879
Francis, Joseph Sidney
Schultze, Bernhard
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1806-1879
bulk 1830-1879
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21 Cubic feet (20 boxes, 45 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0982
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers of Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879), a Boston civil and mechanical engineer and the inventor of the Boyden turbine. Materials include correspondence, notes, calculations, articles, notebooks, legal documents, financial documents, patents and patent assignments, design drawings, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, business cards, and a print of a daguerreotype.
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Haring Cotton Machine Company.
Haring, Peter Paul, -1935
Haring, Grace
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1895-1977
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1 Cubic foot (4 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1014
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to Haring's development of cotton picking machines, 1894-1930.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1837-1847
undated
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0.74 Cubic feet (consisting of 1.5 boxes, 1 folder, 2 oversize folders.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Cotton
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Cotton 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
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Bascom, William Russell, 1912-1981
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1950-1951
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1 Film reel (11 minutes, color silent; 400 feet)
- Collection ID:
- HSFA.1989.19
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Human Studies Film Archives
Edited film shot in Oyo, Nigeria during field research. This visual record reflects Bascom's approach to the study of African aesthetics, one which integrated an analysis of the social role, status, and function of the artist with his/her individual style, ideas, and technique. Footage records traditional Yoruba craft techniques including pottery m...
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Ames Manufacturing Company. Bronze Foundry
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[ca. 1838-1894]
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0.2 Linear feet ((on partial microfilm reel))
- Collection ID:
- AAA.amesmanu
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
Correspondence, castings record, financial materials, photographs and printed materials relating primarily to the work of the Bronze Division of the Ames Manufacturing Company.
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Custom Auto and Equipment Sales
Parlett, John K., 1937-2005
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1859-2011, undated
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20 Cubic feet (60 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1225
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The John K. Parlett Collection of Agricultural Ephemera, 1859-2011, undated, is a collection of operator's instruction manuals, parts illustrations manuals, dealership materials, farming, farm life, and agriculture-related ephemera. The material is from national companies as well as local manufacturers and businesses.
