Binney & Smith, Inc. Records
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Binney & Smith, Inc.
- Dates:
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1897-1998
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24 Cubic feet (64 boxes and 1 oversize folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0624
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Binney & Smith, Inc. creators and manufacturers of Crayola crayons. Includes documentation on 20th century advertising, commercial packaging, commercial imagery, and retail merchandising: newsletters, annual reports, research and development records, color charts, advertising materials, and product information, including catalogs and price lists.
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Ellis, Estelle
- Dates:
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1942 - 2004
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29 Cubic feet (42 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0423
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Estelle Ellis is a pioneer in publishing, advertising, and marketing. She was among the first to focus on the American female demographic, especially teens and working-class women. Condé Nast Publications, Incorporated, Carter Hawley Hale-owned department stores, Phillips-Van Heusen, Dow Chemical, and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation were among her clients. The Papers include business correspondence and proposals, marketing materials, advertisements, and oral history interviews with Ellis.
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Simmons Company
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1892-2000
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9 Film reels
88 Cubic feet (172 boxes, 16 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0731
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series 1 includes: news articles about the company and the Simmons family; photographs of the machinery, factories, factory workers, products and showrooms; annual reports; various corporate periodicals; audit reports; patents; and materials relating to sleep research conducted by Simmons. Series 2 includes product catalogues, scrapbooks of adverti...
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Ayer (N W) Incorporated.
Cummings, Barton A., 1914-1994 (advertising executive)
Brower, Charles H.
Bolte, Brown
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1938-1991, undated
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4.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0421
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Barton Arthur Cummings's career as an advertising industry spokesman, particularly in the areas of advertising education, and advertising in the public interest.
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WKAQ (Television station : San Juan, Puerto Rico)
WNJU (Television station : New York, NY)
Telemundo Group, Inc.
Univisión (Television network)
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1940-2017
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3.5 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 8 map-folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1404
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents Spanish language television stations in America, and the Telemundo network.
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Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Archives Center, NMAH, SI.
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1938-1986
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7.7 Cubic feet (32 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0111
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Pepsi Generation Collection is the result of an oral history and documentation project conducted in 1984 and 1985 by the Center for Advertising History and supported in part by a grant from the Pepsi Cola Company.
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Ellsworth, Scott, Dr.
Zinn, Manfredo
Marx, Dick
Nunez, Raul
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1926-1988
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17.4 Cubic feet (86 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0198
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Marlboro Oral History and Documentation Project is the result of a two-year effort supported in part by a gift from Philip Morris, Inc. Sixty oral history interviews and a variety of television commercials, print advertising, promotional materials, packaging, and industry publications were gathered to document Marlboro cigarette advertising. T...
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Culture and the Arts, Division of (NMAH, SI)
- Dates:
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1914-1925
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17 glass slides
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1294
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consists of seventeen glass lantern slides depicting World War I advertising and propaganda images. The images include clothing advertisements, home furnishings, local events, treasury and stamp savings, organizations such as the American Red Cross and Merchant Marines, and tips on rationing.
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Jeffers, Grace
Formica Corporation.
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1913-2003
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18 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 11 oversize folders )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0565
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Grace Jeffers Collection of Formica Materials consists of textual files, photographs, slides, negatives, drawings, blueprints, posters, advertisements, product brochures, newsletters, and informational pamphlets documenting the history of the Formica Corporation and the use of Formica brand plastic laminate.
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Magellan GPS
- Dates:
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1978-2005
bulk 1986-1998
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12 Cubic feet (14 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1214
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The Magellan Systems Corporation Records document various aspects of the development of several different Magellan GPS devices through engineering, research, design, manufacturing, and marketing records. Magellan Systems Corporation introduced the first hand-held differential GPS product and the conpany's focus was on research, product engineering, and design activities for GPS receivers. The collection includes correspondence and internal company reports and memoranda; design drawings; research notes; engineering notebooks, technical notes, schematics; photographs, slides and negatives; video and audiocassettes; advertisements; product literature, magazine articles and newspaper clippings; press releases; and user guides and manuals.