Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Silver
name: label: Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
label: Names
content: Tiffany and Company
topic: label: Occupation
content: Silversmiths
label: Topic
content: Silver
label: Topic
content: advertising
label: Topic
content: Silverwork
label: Topic
content: Sales promotion
label: Topic
content: Urns
label: Topic
content: Vases
label: Topic
content: Kitchen utensils
label: Topic
content: advertising -- Business ephemera
label: Topic
content: Implements, utensils, etc.
label: Topic
content: Cutlery trade
label: Topic
content: Chandeliers
label: Topic
content: Candles
label: Topic
content: Consumer goods -- Catalogs
label: Topic
content: Tea
label: Topic
content: Plates (Tableware)
label: Topic
content: Gifts -- 1850-1860
label: Topic
content: Art auctions
label: Topic
content: Auctions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Silver 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: label: Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
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content: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Silver
abstract: label: Summary
content: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Accounting and Bookkeeping 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
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.31 Cubic feet (consisting of 4.5 boxes, 1 folder, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder, 1 flat box (partial). )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1823-1947
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Silver
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Mail order catalogs
label: Type
content: Catalogues
label: Type
content: Commercial correspondence
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Trade literature
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Commercial catalogs
label: Type
content: Exhibition catalogs
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Invoices
label: Type
content: Print advertising
label: Type
content: Business cards
label: Type
content: Auction catalogs
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Manuals
label: Type
content: Sales records
label: Type
content: Manufacturers' catalogs
label: Type
content: Sales letters
label: Type
content: Business letters
label: Type
content: Periodicals
label: Type
content: Business ephemera
label: Type
content: Trade cards
label: Type
content: Illustrations
label: Type
content: Sales catalogs
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Receipts
label: Type
content: Catalogs
label: Type
content: Printed ephemera
label: Type
content: Letterheads
label: Type
content: Publications
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Silver is arranged in four subseries.

Business Records and Marketing Material

Genre

Subject
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: In 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund, the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History implemented the use of minimal level processing standards to increase information about and facilitate access to more of our collections.

For this subject, minimal processing included arrangement to the folder level, based on prior processing and preservation action, with retention of the pre-existing arrangement when possible, if applicable. Otherwise, an order was imposed by the Processing Archivist. Some materials were consolidated to eliminate excess bulk but items within folders were not arranged further. The guide may or may not include a more refined list of folder contents. Nonarchival housing was replaced for long-term stability, but staples and other fasteners have not
all been removed.

Minimal level processing and machine-readable finding aid completed by Nicole Blechynden, 2016 November.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Mail order catalogs
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content: Catalogues
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content: Commercial correspondence
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content: Advertisements
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content: Trade literature
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records
label: Genre/Form
content: Commercial catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Exhibition catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Invoices
label: Genre/Form
content: Print advertising
label: Genre/Form
content: Business cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Auction catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuals
label: Genre/Form
content: Sales records
label: Genre/Form
content: Manufacturers' catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Sales letters
label: Genre/Form
content: Business letters
label: Genre/Form
content: Periodicals
label: Genre/Form
content: Business ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Illustrations
label: Genre/Form
content: Sales catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Receipts
label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Printed ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Letterheads
label: Genre/Form
content: Publications -- Business
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Products represented are predominately household, personal item, and religious articles made from silver such as spoons, flatware, wedding silver, bridal sets, cutlery, utensils, drinking mugs, cups, serving ware, vases, center pieces, candle holders and candelabrums, award cups and trophies, coffee and tea sets, jewelry, watches, urns, chandeliers, lamps, other lighting instruments, communion sets, and Ecclesiastical works.

Includes sterling, standard, silver plated, hand wrought silver, silverette, electro plated, with also occasional information pieces on the manufacture, shaping, and care of silver such as melting, spinning, presses and rolls, repoussé work chasing and snarling, and polishing .  

Businesses include general merchants, specialty dealers, auction houses, and silversmiths.

Materials represent a sampling of daily transactions such as receipts and invoices for purchases. No extensive runs or complete records exist for any single company, brand, and no particular depth is present for any singular subtopic though some publications may provide general and historical overviews of a person, company, or facet of industry.
relatedmaterial: label: Forms Part Of
content: Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.

Series 1: Business Ephemera

Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers

Series 4: Photographic Reference Material