Samuel Yellin Metalworkers records
name: label: Creator
content: Samuel Yellin Metalworkers
label: Names
content: Yellin, Samuel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Metal-workers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Arts and crafts movement
label: Topic
content: Metal-work
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming in 1985 and 1986 by Samuel Yellin Metalworkers through Harvey Z. Yellin, son of Samuel.
creator: label: Creator
content: Samuel Yellin Metalworkers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Linear Feet ((on 12 microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1944
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.samuyell
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 3595-3601 and 3913-3917 available at Archives of American Art offices, through interlibrary loan and at the Free Library of Philadelphia.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Samuel Yellin Metalworkers, Philadelphia, Pa. after microfilming. The collection was later donated to the Architectural Archives at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Alphabetical and location indexes of commissions; photographs of commissions, Samuel Yellin and the shop; correspondence and commendations from architects, 1909-1923; photograph albums; and ca. 4,000 drawings and sketches of designs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reels 3595-3601: indexes of commissions which are filed both alphabetically and by location; photographs of commissions filed alphabetically by subject including gates, grilles, lighting fixtures, and commisisions for banks such as the Central Savings Bank, New York City; photographs of Yellin and the shop; a small amount of correspondence; 9 photograph albums; and writings by and about Yellin.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Reels 3913-3917: 4,121 drawings and sketches of bank screens, fireplace equipment, doors, hinges, light fixtures, railngs, grilles, and presentation boards (oversized drawings were not filmed). Preliminary sketches received an "x" number. When the commission was won, the "x" was crossed out and the drawing was given a "j" (job) number. This number appears in the cros reference index on reels 3595-3601.