The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum's Industrial Design Archive Collection, which is maintained by the Library, includes correspondence, original drawings, blueprints, research materials, and biographical information. Ladislav Sutnar , 1897-1976, graphic designer who created new typography for Sweet's Catalog Service, known as information graphics. Don Wallance , 1909-1990, metalworker and furniture designer, best known for brushed stainless steel cutlery known as Design I . Research And Lending Services Research assistance is provided with an advance appointment, or by phone or mail. Access to library stacks is restricted to staff only.
Books circulate only through the interlibrary loan system.
Photographic copy stand and a photocopy machine These self-service facilities are available at nominal charge. Reference Tools Computer terminals allow researchers to search online for holdings in all Smithsonian Institution Branch Libraries, and in The Archives of American Art. Access and Public Transit Library researchers enter through the staff entrance, on 91st Street, fifty feet to the left of the main entrance, and sign in at the guard's station.