United States of America -- South Carolina -- Richland County -- Columbia
Date:
1849
General:
The remnants of a formal garden include two rows of magnolia trees. The garden was centered around a circular plot planted with roses and bordered by boxwood hedges. House was originally on Bluff above Waterlee River. Some of these camellias are still in place.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Sponsor:
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
United States of America -- South Carolina -- Richland County -- Columbia
Date:
1849
General:
The remnants of a formal garden include two rows of magnolia trees. The garden was centered around a circular plot planted with roses and bordered by boxwood hedges. Note change in base of columns, earliest view with no connection between column base.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Sponsor:
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
United States of America -- South Carolina -- Richland County -- Columbia
Date:
1849
General:
The remanants of a formal garden include two rows of magnolia trees. The garden was centered around a circular plot planted with roses and bordered by boxwood hedges. Note change in base of columns, they are now connected.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Sponsor:
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
11.35 Cubic feet (consisting of 20 boxes, 8 folder, 30 oversize folders, 17 map case folders, 3 flat boxes (partial), plus digital images of some collection material.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Ephemera
Business ephemera
Date:
1750-1965
undated
Summary:
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Tobacco Trade and Industry 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 subject category, "Tobacco Trade and Industry," consists of materials related to the tobacco trade and industry. This subject category provides an extensive record of the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century tobacco industry with materials for consumers, traders, and distributors. It forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Collection Division I: Business Ephemera and Division II: Oversize Materials.
Series 1, Tobacco and Tobacco Related Product Ephemera, 1781-1965, undated, is the largest portion of the tobacco related materials. This series is arranged alphabetically by manufacturer and distributor name. The materials consist of advertising cards, scraps, trade catalogs, price lists, pamphlets, labels, correspondence on letterhead stationery, bills, receipts, illustrations from periodicals, printed advertisements, periodicals, newspaper clippings, broadsides, shipping documents, handbills, premiums, promotional items, announcements, and business cards. The majority of materials are from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth- century and were created primarily for consumers, traders and distributors. Most of the materials are from the East Coast and there is a large amount of undated material. Ethnic imagery and images of women and children are prominently featured in this series. The location of the company is given when known.
Series 2, Patents and Trademarks, 1875-1904, is arranged alphabetically by patent and trademark applicants. With illustrations and descriptions, many patent and trademark documents come from East Coast patent offices during the 1870s. While this series is limited in scope, it provides numerous examples of the patenting of tobacco brand names and other related products. Additionally, it contains many images of minorities, women, and a variety of ethnic imagery.
Series 3, Bills of Lading, 1833-1925, is arranged alphabetically by location with foreign locations comprising one folder. The materials date from the late nineteenth century, and the majority is from the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This series not only tells a great deal about shipping and importing, but it also provides detailed information about the parties, countries, and people involved in the process of shipping tobacco around the world. Although the collection is somewhat varied, the majority of the bills of lading have date stamps, detailed port information, and information about the imported tobacco itself. Other locations include Maryland, New York, Cuba, and foreign locales.
Series 4, Lithographs, undated, is a series of labels for packages and products arranged alphabetically. It is a great resource for the study of early American advertising. Although most of the product labels are undated, they are probably of the late nineteenth to early twentieth- century. The majority of companies were based in New York, New York.
Series 5, Ephemera and Photographs, 1750-1957, undated, is arranged and organized by type of material. This series is comprised of general images, cigar store Indian images, auction lists, packing for tobacco products, and advertising cards, and contains a wealth of documentation of the American tobacco market. One of the best resources of this series is its collection of cigar bands. There are two photographs within this series, one depicting the exterior of a tobacco shop and another photograph of ladies working with shade grown tobacco, most likely in Connecticut. This series contains a copy of the Burr McIntosh photograph, "Leaves of Desire".
Series 6, Publications, 1742-1962, undated, consist of articles, books, pamphlets, magazines, and periodicals. One of the most useful portions of this series is the anti-tobacco related publications. The series contains tobacco-related articles. In addition to a few articles about tobacco companies, there are publications that contemplate the issues behind smoking. This series also contains tobacco related clippings from magazines and periodicals. Directories are also included in this series. The sheer variety of the material is vast, including essays from The Farm Quarterly and United States government documents. Tobacco is the only unifying factor. Researchers may be interested in La Santa Yerba, a late nineteenth-century book containing verses and other reflections on the tobacco plant itself.
Brand Name Index:
The following is a list of brand names for various tobacco products and related names that appear on this list is a compilation of those found on materials in the vertical document boxes. It is not a complete list of all the brand names for tobacco. The list is intended to assist researchers locate desired materials when only the brand name is known.
Brand Name -- Manufacturer/Dealer
Adonis -- Waldorf-Astoria Sugar Company
A. Hussey -- Leaf Tobacco Company
All Red Scrap -- Spaulding & Merrick
Alligator -- Pierre Lorillard
Almighty Dollar -- Roig & Langsdorf, LTD.
American Eagle -- Barker, K.C. & Company
Anglo-Egyptian -- Anderson, John & Company
Ante Fine (Cut) -- Pierre Lorillard
Apollo Egyptian -- Crescent Tobacco Company
Ateshian Bagdad -- Ateshian Company
Bagdad -- Pierre Lorillard
Bag Pipe -- Pierre Lorillard
Banner -- Banner Company
Banner -- American Tobacco Company
Bay State -- Brewer, Clarks & Sons
Bee -- Pierre Lorillard
Beech-Nut -- Pierre Lorillard
Belle of Turkey -- Pierre Lorillard
Between the Acts -- Pierre Lorillard
Between the Acts -- Thomas Hall Company
Bibber Cigarettes -- American Tobacco Company
Bijou -- S. Busnitz & Company
Birdseye -- British-American Company
Birdseye -- Akhbar Shah
B & L -- S. Busnitz & Company
Black Bird -- Baumann-Ashley Company
Black Joe Dark Plug -- American Tobacco Company
Black & Tan -- Pierre Lorillard
Black & Tan -- Annen Tobacco Company
Blended Stock -- American Tobacco Company
Blot -- Pierre Lorillard
Blue Peter -- Blue Peter Company
Bock y Ca -- Benson & Hedges
Boot Jack -- John Finzer
Boss Bite -- Pierre Lorillard
Brand M -- S. Monday & Son
Briar -- Spaulding & Merrick
Bright Sweet Emerald -- Pierre Lorillard
Briggs -- Pierre Lorillard
Brotherhood -- Pierre Lorillard
Buffalo Head -- Bland Tobacco Company
Bull Durham -- American Tobacco Company Smoking Tobacco
Bull's Eye -- Pierre Lorillard
Bull's Eye -- Peerless (Kimball)
Buzz Long -- Pierre Lorillard
Cabana -- Brewer, Clark & Sons
Cabanas -- Benson & Hedges
Cabarga -- Brewer, Clark & Sons
Cameo -- W. Duke & Son
Canada -- American Tobacco Company
Canoe -- Spence
Cap Sheaf -- Pierre Lorillard
Capadura -- R.C. Brown & Company
Capadura De La Reina -- R.C. Brown & Company
Capadura Olivette -- R.C. Brown & Company
Capadura Patience -- R.C. Brown & Company
Capital -- G.W. Gail
Captive -- Pierre Lorillard
Catlin's Twin Sisters -- American Tobacco Company
Cavendish -- Pierre Lorillard
Century -- Peter Lorillard
Challenge -- Pierre Lorillard
Chesterfield -- Ligget & Myers
Circassian Girls -- Pierre Lorillard
Clay, Henry -- Benson & Hedges
Climax -- Peter Lorillard
Clipper -- American Tobacco Company
Coca -- Drummond
Comet -- Pierre Lorillard
Common Sense -- American Tobacco Company
Conchas -- Brewer, Clark & Sons
Consols -- Consolidated Co.
Continental Cubes -- Continental Tobacco Company
Cools -- Brown & Williams Company
Cork (Number 1) -- Benson & Hedges
Cork Tip #2 -- Benson & Hedges
Cornucopia -- American Tobacco Company
Corona -- Brewer, Clark & Sons
Crown -- Benson & Hedges
Cute -- Merchants Cigar Factory
Dainties -- Allen & Ginter
Dainties -- American Tobacco Company
Defiance -- D. Hirsch
Derby -- Felener, F.W. Company
Diamond -- Allen & Ellis
Dixie -- Dixie Allen & Ginter
Dogtail -- Peter Lorillard
Drawing Room -- Pierre Lorillard
Dubec -- Allen & Ginter
Dubec -- American Tobacco Company
Duke of Durham -- American Tobacco Company
Duke's Best -- American Tobacco Company
Duke's Cameo -- American Tobacco Company
Duke's Mixture -- American Tobacco Company
Eagle Principe -- Brewer, Clark & Sons
Egyptian -- Pierre Lorillard
Egyptian Deities -- American Tobacco Company
Egyptian Dreams -- Rappaport
Egyptian Luxury -- American Tobacco Company
Egyptian Temple Lorillard, Peter -- Pierre Lorillard
Egyptian Straights -- American Tobacco Company
El Muezzin #1 -- Benson & Hedges
El Muezzin #2 -- Benson & Hedges
Embassy -- Pierre Lorillard
Emerald -- Pierre Lorillard
Etc., Etc. -- Brewer, Clark & Sons
Eureka -- Peter Lorillard
Excelsior -- American Tobacco Company
Extra Eagle -- B. Leidersdorf & Company
Excelsior #1 -- American Tobacco Company
Extra Mild #3 -- Benson & Hedges
Extra Mild Mild #4 -- Benson & Hedges
Fair Play -- American Tobacco Company
Favorite -- Cameron & Cameron
Felgner's Mohawk -- American Tobacco Company
Fine Brother -- Finzer, John
Flagman -- American Tobacco Company
Fontica -- Brewer, Clark & Sons
Forget-Me-Not -- Pierre Lorillard
Fortunato Bianco -- American Tobacco Company
Fragrant Vanity Fair -- American Tobacco Company
Friends -- Pierre Lorillard
Full Dress -- American Tobacco Company
Gaiety -- Bland Tobacco Co.
Gail & Ax's Navy -- American Tobacco Co.
Genuine Durham -- Blackwell, W.T. & Co.
Globe -- McGraw, Walker
Gold Extra Fine #1 -- Benson & Hedges
Gold #2 -- Benson & Hedges
Gold Rope -- Wilson & McNally
Golden Back -- Pioneer Tobacco Co.
Golden Bell -- Pierre Lorillard
Golden Bright -- Pierre Lorillard
Golden Culprit -- Peter Lorillard
Golden Light -- American Tobacco Co.
Golden Light -- Kimball & Co.
[Golden S?] -- [Unknown]
Golden Thread -- American Tobacco Co.
Good Luck -- Cotterill & Fenner Co.
Good Luck -- Drummond
Good Smoke -- Pierre Lorillard
Gondola -- Pierre Lorillard
Greek Slave -- Commonwealth Tobacco Co.
Green Turtle -- Pierre Lorillard
Greenback -- American Tobacco Co.
Greenback -- Marburg Brothers
Grizzly -- Pierre Lorillard
Gypsy Queen -- Goodwin
Happy Thought -- Pierre Lorillard
Happy Thought -- Wilson McNally
Hard A Port -- Thompson & C. Moors
Hard Plan -- H.M. Ferguson
Hard Tack -- American Tobacco Co.
Havana Consul Penete -- Pierre Lorillard
Havana Mixture -- Allen & Ginter
Havana Segar -- Waldorf-Astoria Segar Co.
Havannah -- Amber & Co.
Hazel Nut -- John J. Bagley
Helma -- Pierre Lorillard
Helmar Turkish -- American Tobacco Company
His Majesty's -- Benson & Hedges
Hoffman House Magnum -- Pierre Lorillard
Honest -- American Tobacco Co.
Honey Dew -- John Anderson & Co.
Horse Shoe -- Cotterill & Fenner
Horse Shoe -- Drummond
Hoyt's Medium -- American Tobacco Co
Hunki-Dori -- Chapin Stuart & Co.
Hunter -- H.M. Ferguson
Ideal -- Pierre Lorillard
Imperial Cavendish -- Allen & Ginter
Imperialette -- S. Monday
Imported -- Benson & Hedges
Improved Shorts -- Pierre Lorillard
India House -- Pierre Lorillard
Indian -- Amber & Company
Ivanhoe -- American Tobacco Co.
I. X.L. -- American Tobacco Co.
Jack & Jill -- American Tobacco Co.
Jack Rose -- Pierre Lorillard
John Dew -- Kaufmann, A.G
Jolly Tar -- Continental Tobacco Co.
Just Suits -- Pierre Lorillard
Kaiser (Gold Tip) -- A.B.C. Importation Co.
Karam -- Aslan Brothers
Kensington -- Brucker & Boghein
Kismen -- Strater Brothers
Kool -- Kool Brown & Williamson Co.
La Corona (Plain) -- A.B.C. Importation Co.
La Corona -- Benson & Hedges
La Flor de Cuba -- Benson & Hedges
La Marquise -- American Tobacco Co.
La Rosa -- Clark Brewer & Sons
Latest English -- American Tobacco & Sons
Leather Stocking -- C. Bickel
Level Head -- Pierre Lorillard
Libertad -- Clark Brewer & Sons
Lime Kiln Club -- Bagley & Company
Little Drummer -- Drummond
Little Joker -- American Tobacco Co.
Little Joker -- G.W. Gail
Little Rhody -- Pierre Lorillard
Little Sparks -- F.W. Felener
London Life -- American Tobacco Co.
Londres -- Clark Brewer & Sons
Long Cut -- W. & Son Duke
Lorillard's Stripped -- Pierre Lorillard
Louisiana Perique -- Allen & Ginter
Lucky Strike -- American Tobacco Co.
Lucky Strike -- R.A. Petterson
Luscious Luxury -- Pierre Lorillard
Luxury -- American Tobacco Co.
Lyceum -- Duke & Son
Mail Pouch -- Block Brothers
Manilla -- Amber & Company
Matinee -- Oliver & Robinson
Match -- Bland Tobacco Co.
Mecca -- American Tobacco Co.
Mechanic's Delight -- Pierre Lorillard
Melachrino -- L. Melachrino
Mellowleaf -- Commonwealth Tobacco Co.
Melrose -- British-American Co.
Melrose -- Marburg Brothers
Mercedes (Gold Tip) -- A.B.C. Importation Co.
Mexican -- Amber & Co.
Mild Number 2 -- Pierre Lorillard
Miner's Stript -- Pierre Lorillard
Mogul Egyptian -- American Tobacco Co.
Moon Spot -- Van Slyke & Horton
Mule Ear -- Wellman & Dwire Co.
Murad -- American Tobacco Co.
Myrtle Navy -- American Tobacco Co.
Napoleons -- Allen & Ginter
Navy -- G.W. Gail
Nebo -- Pierre Lorillard
Neptune -- Adams, J.L.
Neptune -- Buchanan & Lyalls
New Cross Bar -- Drummond
Nigger Head -- American Tobacco Co.
Night Watch -- Banner Co.
Night Watch -- American Tobacco Co.
Number 1 -- Benson & Hedges
Number 1 -- Pierre Lorillard
Old Egypt -- Pierre Lorillard
Old English -- American Tobacco Co.
Old Fashion -- American Tobacco Co.
Old Gold -- American Tobacco Co.
Old Gold -- British American Co.
Old Gold -- Kimball & Co.
Old Gold -- Pierre Lorillard
Old Guebeck -- Benson & Hedges
Old Guebeck Gold -- Benson & Hedges
Old Honesty -- American Tobacco Co.
Old Honesty -- John Finzer
Old Judge -- British-American Co.
Old Judge -- Kimball & Co.
Old Judge -- Goodwin Co.
Old Judge -- Allen & Ginter
Old Nut -- Pierre Lorillard
Old Rip -- British-American Co.
Old Rip -- Allen & Ginter
Old Sledge -- Edel
Old Tom -- Pierre Lorillard
Old Virginia Cheroots -- American Tobacco Co.
Old Virginia Cheroots -- Whitlock Co.
Olympia -- Gail, G.W.
Omar Turkish -- American Tobacco Co.
Omega Kentucky -- Pierre Lorillard
Opera -- Kerbs, Werthim & Schiffer
Opera Puff -- Allen & Ginter
Oronoko -- Pierre Lorillard
Our Country's Pride -- Collins Cigar Co.
Our game -- Alex Cameron
Our Little Beauties -- Allen & Ginter
Our Pet Nave -- Goddard Co.
Owl -- Straitron & Storm
Pall Mall -- American Tobacco Co.
Panetelas -- S. Monday & Son
Parliament -- Benson & Hedges
Parole -- Pierre Lorillard
Pastime -- John Finzer Co.
Pearl -- Pierre Lorillard
Peerless -- Kimball & Co.
Pedro -- American Tobacco Co.
Pedro Murias -- Benson & Hedges
Perfection -- Allen & Ginter
Perfection Mixture -- Pierre Lorillard
Perique Mixture -- Allen & Ginter
Pet -- Allen & Ginter
Peter Schuyler -- Van Slyke & Horton
Pink -- Pierre Lorillard
Pioneer Crown -- Allen & Ellis
Piper Heidsieck -- American Tobacco Co.
Pippin -- Banner Company
Pippins -- H. Traisser & Co.
Plain Light -- Pierre Lorillard
Planet -- Buchannan & Lyalls
Polar Bear -- Pierre Lorillard
Preferred Stock -- American Tobacco Co.
Prince Albert -- R.J. Reynolds
Princess Charlotte -- A.B.C. Importation Co.
Pure Virginia -- Pierre Lorillard
Purity -- Cameron & Cameron
Quality Puffs -- S. Monday & Sons
Queen of the Seas -- Alex Cameron & Co.
Raleigh -- Brown & Williamson Co.
Red Cross -- Pierre Lorillard
Regalia -- Clark Brewer & Sons
Richmond Cavendish -- Allen & Ginter
Richmond Gem Mild -- Allen & Ginter
Richmond Gem Mixture -- Allen & Ginter
Richmond Mixture #1 -- Allen & Ginter
Richmond Mixture #2 -- Allen & Ginter
Richmond Straight -- Allen & Ginter
Richmond Straight #1 -- Allen & Ginter
Right Bower -- Allen & Ginter
Ripple Navy -- Pierre Lorillard
Robert Burns -- Straiton & Storm
Rose Leaf -- Pierre Lorillard
Royal Bengals -- Pierre Lorillard
Royal Bengals -- Pierre Lorillard
Russian #1 -- Benson & Hedges
Russian Gold -- Benson & Hedges
Russian Gold #3 -- Benson & Hedges
Russian Mouthpiece #1 -- Benson & Hedges
Russian Mouthpiece #1 -- Benson & Hedges
Russian Mouthpiece #3 -- Benson & Hedges
Rustic -- George Bell
Sailor's Delight -- Pierre Lorillard
Sailor's Pride -- Bland Tobacco Co.
Satins -- American Tobacco Co.
Seal of North Carolina -- American Tobacco Co.
Seal Skin -- Commonwealth Tobacco
Sensation -- Peter Lorillard
Siesta -- Pierre Lorillard
Silk -- Strasser Co.
Si Peu Que Rein -- Benson & Hedges
Snow Flake -- American Tobacco Co.
Solace -- John Anderson & Co.
Something Good -- James Butler Co.
Sovereign -- Butler & Butler
Spanish Puffs -- American Tobacco Co.
Spear Head -- American Tobacco Co.
Special -- American Tobacco Co.
Special Favours -- American Tobacco Co.
Splendid -- Pierre Lorillard
Sport -- H.M. Lockrow
Sporting Extra -- American Tobacco Co.
Spot Cash -- H.P. Brewster
Stag -- Pierre Lorillard
St. Ledger -- Pierre Lorillard
Straw #1 -- Benson & Hedges
Straw Extra Mild #4 -- Benson & Hedges
Straw Tip #2 -- Pierre Lorillard
Stripped -- Pierre Lorillard
Sub-Rosa -- Pierre Lorillard
Sunny South -- Allen & Ginter
Sunnyside -- American Tobacco Co.
Suwanee River -- Van Slyke & Co.
Sweet Banner -- American Tobacco Co.
Sweet Caporal -- American Tobacco Co.
Sweet Caporal -- Kinny Co.
Sweet Conqueror -- Pierre Lorillard
Sweet Golden Seal -- Buchner & Co.
Sweet Lavender -- American Tobacco Co.
Sweet Maple -- Bland Tobacco Co.
Tareyton -- American Tobacco Co.
Ten Minute -- Marburg Brothers
Three Black Cows -- Pierre Lorillard
Three Kings -- William S. Kimball Co.
Tiger -- Pierre Lorillard
Tin Tag -- Pierre Lorillard
Toko -- Bland Tobacco Co.
Tolstoi -- American Tobacco Co.
Troy -- American Tobacco Co.
Tuberose -- Pierre Lorillard
Turkey Red -- Pierre Lorillard
Turkish Cross Cut -- American Tobacco Co.
Turkish Mixture -- Allen & Ginter
Tuxedo -- American Tobacco Co.
Uncle Sam -- Nall & Williams
Union Leader -- Pierre Lorillard
Upper Cut -- L. Miller & Son
Vafiadis -- Ligget & Myers
Van Bibber -- American Tobacco Co.
Vanity Fair -- Kimballs
Velvet -- Ligget & Myers
Venable's Cockade -- S.W. Venable Tobacco Co.
Veteran -- American Tobacco Co.
Victory -- Buchner & Co.
Victory -- American Tobacco Co.
Villar y Villar -- Benson & Hedges
Virginia Brights -- Allen & Ginter
Virginia Brights -- American Tobacco Co.
Virginia Cheroots -- Pierre Lorillard
Virginia's Choice -- [Unknown]
Virginia Leaf -- John Cornish Co.
Wandering Jew -- Clark Brewer & Sons
Welcome -- Goodwin
West Virginia Mail Pouch -- Block Brothers Co.
Wings -- Brown & Williamson Co.
Winner -- H.M. Ferguson
White Puff -- Pierre Lorillard
Wild Rose Chipped -- Pierre Lorillard
XX Navy Clipping -- Pierre Lorillard
Yacht Club -- Pierre Lorillard
Yasoa -- S. Monday & Son
Yellow Jacket -- Pierre Lorillard
Yellow Kid -- National Tobacco Co.
Zira -- Pierre Lorillard
Zoo Zoo -- Wilson & McNally Co.
Zubelda -- Pierre Lorillard
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:
Tobacco Trade and Industry 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:
Ephemera
Business ephemera
Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Tobacco Trade and Industry, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
The papers of painter Andrew Dasburg and his wife and sculptor Grace Mott Johnson date from 1833 to 1980 (bulk 1900 to 1980), and measure 8.8 linear feet. The collection documents each artist's career and personal lives, including their brief marriage and their friendships with many notable artists in the New Mexico and New York art colonies during the early twentieth century. The papers of Dasburg (6 linear feet) and Johnson (2.8 linear feet) include biographical materials; extensive correspondence with family, friends, and fellow artists, such as John F. Carlson, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Marsden Hartley, Henry Lee McFee, and Ward Lockwood; writings by Dasburg, Johnson, and others; scattered legal, financial, and business records; clippings; exhibition materials; numerous photographs of Johnson and Dasburg, friends, family, and artwork; and original artwork, including two sketchbooks by Johnson.
Scope and Content Note:
The papers of painter Andrew Dasburg and sculptor Grace Mott Johnson date from 1833 to 1980, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1900 to 1980, and measure 8.8 linear feet. The collection is divided into the papers of Andrew Dasburg (6 linear feet) and the papers of Grace Mott Johnson (2.8 linear feet), and documents each artist's career and personal lives, including their brief marriage, and friendships with many notable artists in New Mexico and New York art colonies during the early twentieth century. Found are scattered biographical, legal, and financial materials. Extensive correspondence (particularly in Dasburg's papers) is with family, friends, and fellow artists, such as John F. Carlson, Florence Ballin Cramer, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Marsden Hartley, Henry Lee McFee, Vera Spier Kuhn, and Ward Lockwood. Dasburg's papers also include letters to Johnson and his two later wives.
Johnson's correspondence is also with numerous artist friends and others, including John F. and Margaret Carlson, Florence Ballin Cramer, Jo Davidson, Florence Lucius, Walter Frankl, Lila Wheelock Howard, Henry Lee McFee, Mary Riley, Lee Simonson, Lindsey Morris Sterling, Alice Morgan Wright, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Vera Spier Kuhn. Letters to her son Alfred are quite detailed and revealing. Writings are by Dasburg, Johnson, and others. Johnson's writings include a very brief diary and her poetry. Writings by others are about the Taos and New Mexico art communities. Printed materials about both artists include clippings and exhibition catalogs. There are numerous photographs of Dasburg and Johnson, individually and together, and with friends and family. Of note are a group photograph of Birge Harrison's art class in Woodstock, New York, which includes Johnson and Dasburg, and a photograph of Dasburg with friends Konrad Cramer and John Reed. Dasburg's papers also include snapshots of Florence Lucius, Konrad and Florence Ballin Cramer, Frieda and D. H. Lawrence, and Mabel Dodge Luhan. Original artwork by the two artists include two sketchbooks by Johnson and three prints and two drawings by Dasburg.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into 2 series of each artist's papers:
Missing Title
Series 1: Andrew Dasburg Papers, circa 1900-1980 (Box 1-7; 6.0 linear feet)
Series 2: Grace Mott Johnson Papers, 1833-1963 (Box 7-10; 2.8 linear feet)
Biographical Note:
Andrew Michael Dasburg (1887-1979) was born in Paris, France, to German parents. After his father died and when he was five, Dasburg and his mother moved to New York City. In 1902 Dasburg started attending classes at the Art Students' League and studied with Kenyon Cox and Frank Du Mond. He also took night classes with Robert Henri. In 1907 he received a scholarship to the Art Students' League summer school in Woodstock, New York and spent three summers studying there in Birge Harrison's painting class. While in school he became friends with many young artists, including Morgan Russell and his future wife, Grace Mott Johnson.
Grace Mott Johnson (1882-1967) was born in New York City. She began drawing when she was four years old, and when the family moved to a farm in 1900 she enjoyed sketching horses and other farm animals. At the age of 22 she left home to study at the Art Students' League with sculptors Gutzon Borglum and James Earle Fraser, and also attended Birge Harrison's painting class in Woodstock. Throughout her career she would sculpt animals from memory, and would often attend circuses and farms for inspiration.
In 1909 Johnson and Dasburg went to Paris and joined the modernist circle of artists living there, including Morgan Russell, Jo Davidson, and Arthur Lee. During a trip to London that same year they were married. Johnson returned to the United States early the next year, but Dasburg stayed in Paris where he met Henri Matisse, Gertrude and Leo Stein, and became influenced by the paintings of Cezanne and Cubism. He returned to Woodstock, New York in August and he and Johnson became active members of the artist community. In 1911 their son Alfred was born. Both Dasburg and Johnson showed several works at the legendary Armory Show in 1913, and Dasburg also showed at the MacDowell Club in New York City, where he met the journalist and activist John Reed who later introduced him to Mabel Dodge (Luhan), a wealthy art patron and lifelong friend. In 1914 Dasburg met Alfred Stieglitz and became part of his avant-garde circle. Using what he had seen in Paris, Dasburg became one of the earliest American cubist artists, and also experimented with abstraction in his paintings.
Dasburg and Johnson lived apart for most of their marriage. By 1917 they had separated and Dasburg began teaching painting in Woodstock and in New York City. In 1918 he was invited to Taos, New Mexico by Mabel Dodge, and returning in 1919, Johnson joined him there for a period of time. Also in 1919, Dasburg was one of the founding members of the Woodstock Artists Association with John F. Carlson, Frank Swift Chase, Carl Eric Lindin, and Henry Lee McFee. In 1922 Dasburg and Johnson divorced, and also at that time he began living most of the year in Santa Fe with Ida Rauh, spending the rest of the year in Woodstock and New York City. Dasburg became an active member of the Santa Fe and the Taos art colonies, befriending many artists and writers living in these communities, and remaining close friends with Mabel Dodge Luhan. Here he moved away from abstraction, and used the southwestern landscape as the inspiration for his paintings.
In 1928 he married Nancy Lane. When that marriage ended in 1932, he moved permanently to Taos, and with his third wife, Marina Wister, built a home and studio there. Dasburg periodically taught art privately and at the University of New Mexico. In 1937 he was diagnosed with Addison's disease, which left him unable to paint again until 1946. In 1945 he and his wife Marina separated. Dasburg was recognized for his career as an artist in a circulating retrospective organized by the American Federation of Arts in 1959. He also had retrospectives in Taos in 1966 and 1978. His artwork influence several generations of artists, especially in the southwest, and he continued creating art until his death in 1979 at the age of 92.
Grace Mott Johnson lived in the Johnson family home in Yonkers, New York during the 1920s and later moved to Pleasantville, New York. In 1924 she went to Egypt to study ancient Egyptian sculpture. During the 1930s she became a civil rights activist. She produced very little art during the last twenty years of her life.
Related Material:
Also found in the Archives of American Art are two oral history interviews with Andrew Dasburg, July 2, 1964 and March 6, 1974. Additional related collections at other repositories include the Andrew and Marina Wister Dasburg Papers at the New Mexico State Archives, the Andrew Dasburg Papers at Syracuse University Library, and the Grace Mott Johnson Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Separated Material:
The Archives of American Art also holds microfilm of material lent for microfilming. Reel 2803 contains photocopies of ten Morgan Russell letters to Dasburg. Reels 4276-4278 include biographical material, subject files, photographs, correspondence, writings, and exhibition material. The photocopies on reel 2803 were discarded after microfilming, and the items on 4276-4278 were returned to the lender. This material is not described in the collection container inventory.
Provenance:
The Andrew Dasburg and Grace Mott Johnson papers were donated by their son, Alfred Dasburg, in 1980. Syracuse Univresity lent materials for microfilming in 1978 and 1989.
Restrictions:
The collection has been digitized and is available online via AAA's website.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
The Henson Family papers, which date from 1818 to 1943 and measure 0.18 linear feet, document the activities of Tobias Henson and his descendants. The papers are comprised of booklets, correspondence, legal documents, and receipts.
Scope and Contents:
This collection documents the activities of Tobias Henson and his descendants between 1818 and 1943. It contains materials related to the Hensons' financial and legal activities. Included in the collection are booklets, correspondence, deeds and titles, legal documents, and receipts.
Arrangement
The papers are organized into four series. The content of each series is arranged alphabetically. The series are arranged as follows:
Series I: Financial Records
Series II: Legal Records
Series III: Printed Materials
Series IV: Miscellaneous
Arrangement note:
The collection is arranged by series: 1) Financial Records, 2) Legal Records, 3) Printed Materials, 4) Miscellaneous.
Biographical/Historical note:
The history of the Hensons begins with the family's patriarch, Tobias Henson. Mr. Henson was a slave in the Washington, DC area during the 18th and 19th centuries and, given his family's history, it is apparent that he was a man with an ambitious mission: to attain the American dream. He had two tasks to accomplish if he were to see his dream realized. First he had to gain freedom for himself and his family. Second he had to purchase property upon which he could build a home, and from which he could earn a living.
He took the first step in 1813 when he purchased himself from his slave master, thus gaining his freedom. Next he purchased his wife, Elizabeth. In April of 1832 Mr. Henson purchased his daughter Matlinda Smith and her three children. In May of the following year he purchased his second daughter Mary Anderson.
With these purchases, Tobias Henson became a slaveholder, with his wife and children his slaves. Ever resourceful, Mr. Henson used this to his advantage; he rented out his daughters for income and used them as collateral for loans. With the income he generated, he purchased the freedom of his other family members. In fact, he used his daughters, Matlinda and Mary, as collateral for a loan he acquired to purchase Mary's freedom.
In addition to purchasing his freedom in 1813, Tobias Henson entered into an agreement to buy land in the Anacostia section of Washington, DC. The land, named the Ridge, consisted of twenty-four acres located in the Congress Heights section of Anacostia. He made payments on the Ridge until 1826, at which time he made the final payment and became the legal owner. Initially Mr. Henson farmed the land, but as his family grew he subdivided the acreage so that the members of his family could experience their own American dream.
Over the subsequent decades members of the Henson family continued to purchase land in the area surrounding the Ridge; at one point they were one of the largest landowners in the Anacostia section of Washington, DC. The family maintained residence on various parts of the land from the time of its purchase until the middle of the 20th century. Title records filed with the District of Columbia show that, in 1931, the portion of the Ridge that Tobias Henson gave to his grandson, Richard Smith, was still in possession of his descendants. But that was the exception. Most of the Henson family's real estate was either sold or "taken" by the government under the auspices of eminent domain. Just a decade after this title was filed, the federal government made plans to take what remained of the Ridge.
The family did all they could to save the legacy of Tobias Henson. They contacted local and federal government officials in an attempt to stave off what would amount to the destruction of an important piece of black history dating from antebellum Washington, DC. When they had exhausted all of the possibilities, they made a last ditch appeal to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In a 1943 letter they pleaded,
At the present there are some thirteen or fourteen families living on this land, which is still designated as the Ridge, and with only one or two exceptions, these families are the direct descendants of Tobian [sic] Henson…we do not feel that taking our homes will aid in the War Effort or in the Ideals of Democracy.
Unfortunately, their plea went unanswered; the land was taken by the government and the houses thereon where razed.
Related Materials:
Anacostia Historical Society Records.
Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Use of original papers requires and appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Jervis McEntee papers, 1796, 1848-1905. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
John Neagle, ca. 1825-1827, to the theater manager Francis Courtney Wemyss (1797-1859), Philadelphia, regarding Neagle's busy schedule, his portrait in progress of the actor William Macready (PAFA), that years' exhibition at the PAFA, his portrait of the actor Junius Brutus Booth (Museum of the City of New York), and that he cannot undertake Wemyss's portrait anywhere but in his own studio.
John Neagle, 25 September 1826, to the publisher Mathew Carey (1760-1839), Philadelphia, regarding compiling a list of names and addresses which includes the painter Thomas Sully, the engravers Gideon Fairman, Peter Maverick, James B. Longacre, and Hugh Bridport.
John Neagle, 24 January 1827, to the publisher Mathew Carey (1760-1839), Philadelphia, regarding the amicable settlement of a dispute through arbitration, and mentions Joseph Hopkinson (1770-1842), President of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the painter Thomas Sully.
John Neagle, 26 March 1827, to the publisher Mathew Carey (1760-1839), Philadelphia, regarding Neagle requests the prominent publisher, who has made a solicitation to the artist, what the cost of a church pew will be.
John Neagle, 9 June 1830, to the publisher Mathew Carey (1760-1839), Philadelphia, regarding Carey's, a prominent Irish Catholic, "Society for bettering the condition of the Roman Catholics" and Neagle's desire to become a member.
John Neagle, 22 July 1843, to Joseph H. Hedges, Philadelphia, regarding acquiring an autograph of Washington Allston, to which Neagle directs him to either of the painters Thomas Sully or Samuel Finley Breese Morse.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Mary K. McGuigan and John F. McGuigan Jr. artists' letters collection, 1794-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
