Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Toys, Models, and Hobbies
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1845-1965
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3.27 Cubic feet (consisting of 7 boxes, 2 folders, 4 oversize folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Toys
- 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: Toys, Models, and Hobbies 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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Stanley-Brown, Joseph, 1858-1941
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November, 1882
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41 pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1141
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Contains descriptions and names in Hopi for types of Hopi pottery and pottery designs. Also included are kachinas, kachina headgear, toys, baskets and ladles.
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Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930
Elliott, Henry Wood, 1846-1930
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18 AUG 1874
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1 Item (leaf , 008 in x 010 in)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS18229
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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Accoutrements, Seattle, Washington
Archie McPhee Co. (Seattle, Washington)
Cultural History, Division of (NMAH, SI).
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1985-2003
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1 Cubic foot
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0837
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
An almost complete set of the Accoutrements and Archie McPhee product catalogs. Calling themselves "Outfitters of Popular Culture", the Accoutrements and McPhee catalogs offer toys, novelties and irreverent gag gifts on such subjects as politics, religion, science and fashion.
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Smithsonian Institution, Assistant Secretary for Public Service
- Dates:
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1965-1969
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1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 06-116
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of records relating to the Intertoys Multiexpo (the first international multiple museum exhibition of toys, play materials, and learning aids) of 1971, compiled by William W. Warner, Assistant Secretary for Public Service. It was a joint venture between the Smithsonian Institution, the Art Gallery of Ontario, UNICEF, ...
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Deloria, Ella Cara
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undated
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1 Page
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4810
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
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Mooney, James, 1861-1921
- Dates:
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undated
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22 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3464
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Not Cherokee. On the following subjects: Moon, Funeral, Gods, Myths, Names, Ghosts and Spirit World, Metamorphoses, Hunting, Dead Names, and Picture, Witchcraft, Games, Journey to Sunrise, Colors, Death, Birds, Baptism, etc. Pleiades, Eclipse, Thunder and lightning, Fire origin, and Meteorology.
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Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
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undated
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6 pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1542
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National Anthropological Archives
Extract from "Ethnographische Parallelen und Vergleiche" by Richard Andree, published Leipzig, 1889, pages 86-106.
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Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929
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undated
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6 pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1593
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Notes on games, etc.
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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
Swanson, Jackie
Swanson, Janese
- Dates:
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1998
- Size:
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1.5 Cubic feet (4 boxes,)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0642
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Janese Swanson developed video game software, a website, and an array of toys and gadgets aimed at making technology more accessible to girls. The collection contains approximately six hours of original and reference video footage of Swanson's Innovative Lives Presentation, in which she discussed her background and demonstrated her inventions with her daughter, Jackie. The material also includes a brief interview.