Elion-Weingarten Matchbook Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Elion, Jenni M.
topic: label: Topic
content: advertising
label: Topic
content: advertising -- Business ephemera
label: Topic
content: advertising -- Banks
label: Topic
content: Ethnic restaurants
label: Topic
content: Hotels
label: Topic
content: advertising -- Department stores
label: Topic
content: Department stores
label: Topic
content: Department stores -- United States
label: Topic
content: advertising -- Cigarettes
label: Topic
content: advertising -- Cigarettes -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Banks and banking
label: Topic
content: Motels
label: Topic
content: Advertising art -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Advertising art -- 1940-1950
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Jenni Marie Elion, March 28, 1997.
creator: label: Collector
content: Elion, Jenni M.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Elion-Weingarten Matchbook Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Materials primarily consist of matchbooks used as a means to advertise and promote department stores, banks, restaurants, political candidates, hotels, and cigarettes, to name a few.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Collector of matchbooks, granddaughter of another matchbook collector.
function: label: Function
content: Restaurants
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1983, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0578
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Matchcovers
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Business ephemera
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Printed ephemera
label: Type
content: Printed materials
label: Type
content: Promotional literature
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into twenty series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Ramona Williamson, volunteer, 1999; supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 1999.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Matchcovers
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Business ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Printed ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Printed materials
label: Genre/Form
content: Printed materials -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Promotional literature
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Matchbooks advertising stores, banks, restaurants, political candidates, hotels and motels, cigarettes, and many other topics; many novelty items included.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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