Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers
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MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-
Pease, L.F.
Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915
Sandford Greeting Card Company
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1831-2004
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8 Cubic Feet (37 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1252
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the business activities of the Sandford Card Company and include the papers of Mary Elizabeth Sandford, founder of the company, and her immediate family.
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Kuenzig Books
Sheldon, Charles Gates, 1899-1960
Breck Company.
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1902-1959
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3.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1423
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the work of Charles G. Sheldon, the illustrator who created beautiful images of women for the "Breck Girls" advertising campaign from 1936-1957. Includes photographs of sitters, Breck advertising materials, Breck Company internal publications and newsletters, magazines with cover illustrations by Sheldon, a high school year...
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Costume, Division of (NMAH, SI).
Shaver, Dorothy, 1893-1959
Shaver, Elsie
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circa 1920-1959; undated
bulk 1945-1959
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14 sound recordings
32 cassette tapes
1 electronic discs (cd)
6 Cubic feet (22 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0631
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Dorothy Shaver, one of the best-known female executives in the 1950s; Shaver became the first female president of Lord & Taylor in 1945.
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Coors Brewing Company
Valdes Zacky, Dolores
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1955 - 1999
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2 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 3 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1394
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the work of Dolores Valdes-Zacky and her advertising firm Valdes-Zacky Associates, who specialize in the Hispanic consumer market.
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Maidenform, Inc.
- Dates:
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1922-1997
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35 Cubic feet (87 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0585
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Patent and trademark documents, advertisements, sales and marketing material, market research, photographs, packaging, company newsletters and magazines, and business records documenting the history of the Maidenform Company from 1922 to1997.
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Jogbra, Inc.
Miller, Hinda
- Dates:
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1977-2008
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16 Cubic feet (30 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1315
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the invention of the Jogbra and includes biographical materials, business records, photographs, promotional, marketing and advertising materials, correspondence and audiovisual materials.
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Warshaw, Isadore, d. 1969
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1787-1964
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1.45 Cubic feet (consisting of 3 boxes, 2 folders, 2 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Women
- 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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Kidder, Priscilla C. (costume designer)
Priscilla of Boston.
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1940-1996
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4 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0557
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection includes letters, sketches, style books, publicity photographs, tearsheets, articles and clippings, scrapbooks, and business documents relating to Priscilla Kidder, the Priscilla of Boston Company, and the American wedding industry. This collection is extraordinarily useful in documenting the development of wedding fashion during the last half of the 20th century. It also illustrates how a small, family-owned, woman-run business grew into a large, nationally known operation.
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Lincoln, Abbey, 1930 -
Adderly, Nat, 1931-
Wilson, Nancy, 1937-
Mbulu, Letta
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1916-2010, undated
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23.6 Cubic feet (96 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1221
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Levy's short career as a musician, his longer career as a manager, and the careers of some of his clients. The client most well represented in the collection is Nancy Wilson, with recordings, photographs, correspondence, financial statements, and contracts included. Papers relating to other clients include business records ...
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Sun, Ming-ju
Sun, Ming-ju
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undated
circa 1972-2002
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2 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0897
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Fashion drawings and the photographic work of Ming-Ju Sun while as an employee of Garfinckel's Department Store and as an independent artist.