Samuel Yellin Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Yellin, Samuel, 1885-1940
label: Author
content: Davis, Myra Tolmach
label: Photographer
content: Hofmeister, Richard
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
label: Names
content: Samuel Yellin Metalworkers
label: Names
content: Ahlborn, Richard E., 1933-2015
label: Names
content: Yellin, Harvey
place: label: Place
content: Pennsylvania
label: Place
content: Singing Tower (Mountain Lake, Fla.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Metal-workers
label: Topic
content: Art metal-work
label: Topic
content: Wrought-iron
label: Topic
content: Metal-work
label: Topic
content: Ironwork
label: Topic
content: Emigration and immigration
label: Topic
content: Artisans
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated Harvey Z. Yellin in  1975.
creator: label: Creator
content: Yellin, Samuel, 1885-1940
label: Author
content: Davis, Myra Tolmach
label: Photographer
content: Hofmeister, Richard
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Community Life
setName: label: See more items in
content: Samuel Yellin Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Samuel Yellin was an American master blacksmith. In 1910, he built the Arch Street Metalworker's studio.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Yellin, born in Poland, began learning ironwork at seven. He migrated to America in 1906 and taught at the Pennsylvania Museum and the school of Industrial Art. In 1910, he built the Arch Street Metalworker's studio, which eventually employed more than 200 craftsmen. Yellin was also an avid collector of fine examples of ironwork.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.33 Cubic feet (1 boxes, 2 films, 2 mp4 files)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1928 -1930
label: Date
content: circa 1971-1975
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was transfered to the Archives Center from the Division of Community Life on March 1, 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0254
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Theses
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographic prints
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection divided into three series.

Series 1: Motion Picture Films, 1928

Series 2: Documents, 1971

Series 3: Photoprints
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Carol Dreyfus and David Haberstich, 2001.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Theses
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Articles -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original 35mm negatives by Richard Hofmeister are in the Office of Imaging, Printing and Photographic Services (OIPP) negative library, nos. 75-4495 to 75-4499.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection is divided into three series: 

Series 1: Motion pictures, 1928, 1930

Series 2: Documents, 1971

Series 3: Photographs, 1975