Jon and Sylvia Boyd Tupperware Films
name: label: Creator
content: Boyd, Sylvia
label: Creator
content: Boyd, Jon
label: Names
content: Tupperware Home Parties
topic: label: Topic
content: Plastic container industry
label: Topic
content: Marketing
label: Topic
content: Business -- History
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Jon and Sylvia Boyd, 2004.
creator: label: Creator
content: Boyd, Sylvia
label: Creator
content: Boyd, Jon
setName: label: See more items in
content: Jon and Sylvia Boyd Tupperware Films
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Jon Boyd was a fireman, Sylvia Boyd a housewife who became a Tupperware hostess for extra income. They were very successful and became distributors in the 1960s, first in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and then back in the Los Angeles, California, area. Later Sylvia was one of the first women to get a position on staff in Florida.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Film reels
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives. Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage. Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period. Contact the Archives Center at 202-633-3270.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957-1970
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0870
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 1 series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH staff. Pauline Lopez of Lopez Media Clearances LLC provided descriptions for many of the films in this collection.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This collection was digitized in 2023 in collaboration with the Smithsonian Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Films taken of events at five Tupperware Jubilees: 1957, 1960, 1961, 1964, and 1970. The Jubilee was an annual multi-day event where Tupperware sellers and district managers convened to celebrate the year's success, learn new selling strategies, and preview upcoming products. The first Jubilees took place at Tupperware's headquarters in Kissimmee, Florida. As the company expanded, Jubilees were also convened in Logan, Utah, and other locations.