Nordic Ware records
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Nordic Ware Division, Northland Aluminum
Dalquist, H. David
Dalquist, Dorothy
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1940-2006
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28 Cubic feet (53 boxes and 25 oversize folders )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0980
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of a family-owned manufacturing firm, best known for kitchenware products including the Bundt Pan and Micro-Go-Round. The collection richly documents the entrepreneurial spirit of the Minnesota firm and its history of product innovation through technical files, marketing materials, and administrative and financial records.
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Northern States Power Company
Hooks, Benjamin, Dr.
Xcel Energy
Reddy Communications, Inc.
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1926-1999
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30 Cubic feet (119 boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0913
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The records document the development and use of Reddy Kilowatt, a cartoon figure trademark created in 1926 by Ashton B. Collins, Sr. More than 150 investor-owned electric utilities in the United States and at least twelve foreign countries licensed the use of the Reddy Kilowatt trademark. The records include a wide range of textual and visual materials and sound and moving image recordings.
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Johnson, Victor S., Sr., 1882-1943
Johnson, Victor, Jr., 1906-
Aladdin Industries, Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).
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1889-2003
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50 Cubic feet (120 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0844
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of approximately 50 cubic feet of material documenting Aladdin Industries Inc., manufacturers of vacuum ware and lunch boxes. The majority of the material dates from 1947 to the 1970s. The strength of the collection is with the lunch box documentation and product development, marketing, and sales records. There is some int...
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Ayer (N W) Incorporated.
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1817-1851
1869-2006
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270 Cubic feet (1169 boxes )
7 Film reels
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0059
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection consists of records documenting one of the oldest advertising agencies created in Philadelphia. The company then moves to New York and expanses to international markets. During its history NW Ayer & Sons acquires a number of other advertising agencies and is eventually purchased. The largest portion of the collection is print advertisements but also includes radio and television. NW Ayer is known for some of the slogans created for major American companies.
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Jones, Caroline Robinson, 1942-2001 (advertising executive)
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1942 - 1996
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15 Sound tape reels
4 motion picture films
54 Cubic feet (127 boxes; one oversize folder)
129 Video recordings
70 cassette tapes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0552
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Caroline R. Jones (1942-2001), an African-American advertising executive, worked for a number of prominent New York ad agencies and and founded her own firm in 1986. She is best known for her work in assisting clients in marketing to minority consumers. The collection includes client files, print advertisements, and radio and television commercials created for a wide range of commercial and public service campaigns.
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Forgie, James
- Dates:
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1890 - 1949
bulk 1900-1935
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38.8 Cubic feet (85 boxes; 33 map-folders; 18 volumes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0986
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The papers contain correspondence, reports, drawings, blueprints, cost estimates, contracts, specifications, regulations, legal documents, photographs, profiles, diagrams, clippings, and publications concerning projects which Forgie worked on, especially the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, the Midtown Hudson Tunnels in New York City. Also included are...
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Grepke, Donald, 1932-
Grepke, Carolyn, 1937-1995
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circa 1880-1998
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70 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0752
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of paper dolls dating from circa 1880 to 1998.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1883-1955
bulk early 20th century
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0.25 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 folder.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Animated
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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: Animated Figures 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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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 25-July 6, 2014
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2014
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.
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Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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June 29-July 10, 2016
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1 Cubic foot (approximate)
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.SFF.2016
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
The Smithsonian Institution Festival of American Folklife, held annually since 1967 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was renamed the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in 1998. The materials collected here document the planning, production, and execution of the annual Festival, produced by the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (1999-present) and its predecessor offices (1967-1999). An overview of the entire Festival records group is available here: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records.