Archives Center Business Americana Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
label: Creator
content: Ravnitzky, Michael
place: label: Place
content: Europe
label: Place
content: Puerto Rico
topic: label: Topic
content: Abrasives industry
label: Topic
content: Alternative medicine
label: Topic
content: Aged -- Care
label: Topic
content: Buildings -- Maintenance
label: Topic
content: Children's clothing
label: Topic
content: Computers
label: Topic
content: Credit
label: Topic
content: Disabilities
label: Topic
content: Easter
label: Topic
content: Ecology
label: Topic
content: Franchises (Retail trade)
label: Topic
content: Freight and freightage
label: Topic
content: Halloween
label: Topic
content: Internet
label: Topic
content: Interior decoration
label: Topic
content: Mental health
label: Topic
content: Parades
label: Topic
content: People with disabilities
label: Topic
content: Storage and moving trade
label: Topic
content: Vegetarianism
label: Topic
content: Weight loss
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was compiled by the Archives Center from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.
creator: label: Creator
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
label: Creator
content: Ravnitzky, Michael
setName: label: See more items in
content: Archives Center Business Americana Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection contains a variety of business ephemera similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.  The material in the Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian Institution staff.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: The Archives Center continues to add to this collection.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: This collection contains miscellaneous business ephemera. The material is similar to that found in the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, but no new material is incorporated into the Warshaw Collection. The material in the Archives Center Business Americana Collection is newly acquired ephemera received from many sources, including curatorial units, the public, and Smithsonian staff.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Cubic feet (55 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1900-present
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The Archives Center Music Collection (NMAH.AC.0795) and the Archives Center Sports Memorabilia Collection (NMAH.AC.0796) now form part of this collection.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0404
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Advertising cards
label: Type
content: Business ephemera
label: Type
content: Calendars
label: Type
content: Commercial imagery
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Letterheads
label: Type
content: Maps
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Print advertising
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Subjects

Series 2: Geographical
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Initially processed by Susan Strange, archivist, 2014.  Addenda processed by Jack Barral, Caroline Kleiner, Thalia Chrysanthis, Abigail Phelps, and Erin Wiebe, interns, 2019. 

The Archives Center Music Collection (NMAH.AC.0795) and the Archives Center Sports Memorabilia Collection (NMAH.AC.0796) now form part of this collection.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements
label: Genre/Form
content: Business ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Calendars
label: Genre/Form
content: Commercial imagery
label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Letterheads
label: Genre/Form
content: Maps -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Print advertising
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An artificial collection of material organized with the same subject headings as the Warshaw Collection, i.e., generally by product type. Additional subject headings will be added as needed. New material, much of it from the second half of the twentieth century, is added regularly to this collection. This collection is sometimes informally called "Warshaw Junior" by the staff and researchers.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana (AC0060)

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Collection (AC1146)

Cincinnati Boss Company Records, 1900-1990 (AC0741)