Object Details
- Creator
- Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
- Provenance
- Amusements 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.
- Creator
- Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Amusements
- Sponsor
- Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
- Summary
- A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Amusements 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
- Extent
- 0.63 Cubic feet (consisting of 1 box, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, 4 map case folders.)
- Date
- 1851-1920
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Amusements
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Business ephemera
- Ephemera
- Citation
- Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Amusements, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
- Arrangement note
- Materials are organized by name of manufacturing company, dealer or importer. There are also some folders of material arranged by type of entertainment or amusement.
- 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
- Scope and Contents note
- This material consists primarily of printed advertisements, scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery, and receipts from dealers, manufacturers and importers of equipment for various forms of entertainment. There is also information on bookers or agents for performers and stunts. The material dates from 1851 to 1920.
- Restrictions
- Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
- Record ID
- ebl-1562720447431-1562720447436-0
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