James W. Holmes Karting Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Holmes, James W.
label: Creator
content: Di Nozzi, Robert
topic: label: Topic
content: Go-Karts
label: Topic
content: Karting
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content: Karts (Automobiles)
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content: advertising
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History by Robert DiNozzi, January 16, 2002.  Items donated are from the personal collection of Mr. James Holmes of the James Holmes Advertising Agency
creator: label: Creator
content: Holmes, James W.
label: Creator
content: Di Nozzi, Robert
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content: James W. Holmes Karting Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents James Holmes, an advertising agent who specialized in advertising for the Karting industry. Holmes created magazine advertising, product catalogs and event promotional materials as well as logo and patch designs for manufacturers and karting sport sanctioning organizations.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The first go-kart was built in southern California by Art Ingels in 1957.  Three other individualsBBill Rowles, Duffy Livingstone, and Roy DesbrowBfounded GoKart Manufacturing Company in 1957, and offered the first commercially available kart, the GoKart 400.  James Holmes was a prominent advertising agent involved with the karting industry in the midwest from the 1960s to 1980s.  He created magazine advertising, product catalogs and event promotional materials as well as logo and patch designs for manufacturers and karting sport sanctioning organizations.  Some of Holmes= clients included: G.E.M. Products, Evans Supply Company, Max-Torque, Inc., Rolfe Aircraft Associates, Rupp Mfg., and Simplex Mfg.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cubic feet (7 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0787
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Black-and-white photographic prints
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Design drawings
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Decals
label: Type
content: Microfilms
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content: Programs
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Black-and-white negatives
label: Type
content: Specifications
label: Type
content: Newsletters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is aranged into five series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Alison Oswald, 2002.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographic prints -- Silver gelatin -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 20th century
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content: Design drawings
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content: Correspondence -- 1960-1990
label: Genre/Form
content: Decals
label: Genre/Form
content: Microfilms
label: Genre/Form
content: Programs -- Sports
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white negatives
label: Genre/Form
content: Specifications
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection spans the years 1961-1979, but the majority of the documentation is from the 1960s.  The collection is arranged into seven series.  

Series 1: James W. Holmes Advertising Agency, 1979, consists of invoices from the Holmes Advertising Agency.  

Series 2: Manufacturers, ca. 1960s, is arranged alphabetically by manufacturer name (clients Holmes handled) and consists of negatives and some photographs of parts produced by the manufacturers. The negatives were used to create catalogs for various companies selling go-karts.  

Series 3: Go-Kart Races, 1961-1978, undated, is arranged alphabetically by the race site.  Almost exclusively negatives, there are some photographs and two microfilm reels depicting races throughout the United States.  

eries 4: Go-Kart Associations, 1964-1968, undated, contains documentation on associations, councils and clubs associated with the go-karting industry.  Of interest are seven issues of the Grand Prix Press, a newspaper published by Meadowdale International Raceways, Inc. 

Series 5: Miscellaneous, undated, consists of one folder of material which includes newspaper clippings, business cards, art work, and articles.