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Sachs, Charlotte Cramer, 1907-2004
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1905-2002
bulk 1940-2002
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4 Cubic feet (13 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0878
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to Charlotte Cramer Sachs's life and career as an inventor mainly of food and household-related products: correspondence, photographs, business papers, awards, patents, printed materials, notes, and miscellany. The collection primarily consists of invention-related marketing materials including invention samples and prototypes, notes, clippings, business correspondence, and customer account records.
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Deskey, Donald, 1894-
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1927-1989
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75 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.1975-11-77
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Smithsonian Libraries
Project files containmagazine and newspaper clippings, reviews, correspondence, renderings, floor plans, perspective drawings, site plans, sketches, preliminary drawings, patents, stationery, labels, and technical reports. There is an extensive collection of photographs and slides of many of Deskey's packaging designs, interiors, furnishings, and exhibition installations. The files of Donald Deskey Associates include organizational charts, client files, proposals, and financial records. Some of Deskey's personal correspondence, speeches, articles, and family photographs are included. Materials cover the period from 1927-1975.
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Horwitt, (George) Nathan, 1889-1990.
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[193-]-[196-]
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4 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.1991-127-1
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Libraries
This collection documents Horwitt's major projects from the 1930s to the 1960s.Project files include drawings, sketches, blueprints, correspondence, patents, legal correspondence, clippings, financial reports, and advertisements for Horwitt's projects. Samples of logos and letterheads he designed are included as well. The most thorough documentation pertains to the Braquette, the Cyclometer, the Museum Watch, and the Beta Chair. Drawings, sketches, blueprints, and plans are boxed separately, mostly flat. Interviews with individuals who worked with and knew Horwitt are on audio cassettes, "Recollections of Nathan Horwitt." Two short videos, "The Legend behind the Museum Watch" and "Movado Worldwide Museum" are stored on 3/4 in. video cassettes.
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Loewy, Raymond, 1893-1986
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[mid-1940s-early 1960s]
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3 Boxes (2 letter sized boxes, 1 legal sized box.)
- Collection ID:
- SIL-CH.XXXX-0001
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Libraries
This collection spans the period from the mid-1940s to the early-1960s and consists ofnewspaper and magazine articles by and about Loewy, including the 1949 TIME magazine on which he appeared on the cover. Extensive clippings exist pertaining to his designs for automobiles. Also includes many articles and speeches written by and about William Snaith, a partner in the firm which was renamed Raymond Loewy/William Snaith, Inc. in 1961. A catalog from the exhibition, "Ten Automobiles," which took place at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1953, is included. Other materials include brochures printed and designed by the firm, press releases, a listing of projects, honors, and membership. Some photographs of Loewy and his design team are included. The collection does not contain any original design materials or project files.
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Myers, Joel Philip, 1934-
Klein, Daniel, 1938-2009
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2007 May 1
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6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (4 hr., 15 min.), digital, wav)
63 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.myers07
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Joel Philip Myers conducted 2007 May 1, by Daniel Klein, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in the artist's home, in Marietta, Pennsylvania.
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Dyott, George Miller
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bulk 1910-1946
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0.96 Cubic Feet ((4 containers))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2016.0019
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection contains approximately 0.96 cubic feet of material pertaining to George Miller Dyott's aviation career including correspondence; photographs; financial records; technical drawings; military records; news clippings; a World War I field diary; calling cards; and an annotated manuscript entitled, "Flying," written by Dyott. Photographi...
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Bally, Boris
Riedel, Mija, 1958-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
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2009 May 26-27
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4 Sound discs (Sound recording (5 hr., 55 min.), digital)
109 Pages (Transcript)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.bally09
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
An interview of Boris Bally conducted 2009 May 26-27, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Bally's home and studio, in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Kron, Joan
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1959-1971
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1.4 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- AAA.kronjoan
- Repository:
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Archives of American Art
The papers of New York City art entrepreneur, curator, and journalist Joan Kron date from 1959 to 1971 and measure 1.4 linear feet. The papers include correspondence, scattered financial records, notes and writings, printed material, photographs, a sound and video recording, and project/exhibition files concerning Kron's involvement in the 1960s with the exhibtions of the Arts Council of the Young Men's/Women's Hebrew Association (YM/WHA)of Philadelphia and her business, the Beautiful Bag and Box Co.
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Medical Sciences, Division of (NMAH, SI)
Jackson, Chevalier, Dr,, 1865-1958 (physician)
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1883-1955
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3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0023
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Chevalier Jackson, a physician and an American pioneer in the field of endoscopy.
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Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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1744-1960
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3.23 Cubic feet (consisting of 5 boxes, 1 folder, 7 oversize folders, 3 map case folders, plus digital images of some collection material.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Beer
- 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: Beer 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