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Meggars, Edith R.
Meggars, William F., Dr. (physicist)
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1914-1970.
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8 Cubic feet (11 Boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0061
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Personal papers and advertising paraphernalia, such as matchbooks and pencils, from the Meggars' Collection, which they called "The Museum."
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Elion, Jenni M.
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1930 - 1983
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0578
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Matchbooks advertising stores, banks, restaurants, political candidates, hotels and motels, cigarettes, and many other topics; many novelty items included.
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Eleanor Wolpe Matchbook Collection
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Sanger, Carolyn
Wolpe, Eleanor
Wolpe, Allan
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1950-1990.
- Size:
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7 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0524
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Matchbooks collected with a national focus, from a variety of commercial establishments. Contain verbal and visual advertising.
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Wood, Arthur Bernie, 1921-1986
- Dates:
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1942-2001
bulk 1960-1969
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10 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0962
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A. (Arthur) Bernie Wood (1921-1986) was an advertising designer, consultant, and inventor actively involved in the development of the restaurant franchise industry in America during the 1960s and 1970s. Particularly notable is his work with marketing, promotion, and merchandising for the McDonald's Corporation during its formative years.
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Morrow, Buddy
Mooney, Art
Timbrell, Tiny, 1917-1992
Stacy, Jess, 1904-1995
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1927 - 1966
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1.5 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1388
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of 235 pieces of music ephemera assembled by an anonymous California musicologist over several decades. The contents include such things as concert ticket stubs; show programs; handbills; publicity stills; record store posters; nightclub souvenirs; autographs; contracts, lobby cards; movie stills; postcards; fan and record i...
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Armed Forces History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Rosenau, Fred Simon
- Dates:
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1944-1945
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (3 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0478
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains both the personal papers of Fred Rosenau and examples of air-dropped psychological warfare literature created by the O.W.I. Amongst his personal papers, which constitute the first series, there are information guidebooks and language aids for India and Burma, a large number of Indian newspaper articles, and photographs take...