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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Stencils and Rubber Stamps

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Creator:
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969  Search this
Extent:
0.45 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Date:
undated
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Stencils and Rubber Stamps 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
Scope and Contents:
This material consists primarily of scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, trade catalogues, bills/receipts, advertisements, and price lists from manufacturers and distributors of apparatus, supplies and materials for the stenciling and stamping industry. Supplies include stencils for decoration, brass tags for identification, trademarks, badges, licenses, luggage checks, seals and rubber stamps dating from 1858-1928. Materials in folders 1-28 are organized by name of company. Folder 29 contains miscellaneous advertisements, folder 30 has miscellaneous bills, and folder 31 has miscellaneous correspondence including examples of luggage tags and notary seals. Folders 32-36 contain import-export documents.
Materials in the Archives Center:
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of:
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana. Missing Title Series 1: Business Ephemera Series 2: Other Collection Divisions Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Provenance:
Stencils and Rubber Stamps is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form:
Business ephemera
Ephemera
Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Stencils and Rubber Stamps, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Stencils
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Stencils and Rubber Stamps
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80a0ca014-8e34-4c83-a9ba-24c87bc3d68d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0060-s01-01-stencils