Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Forges
name: label: Creator
content: Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
topic: label: Topic
content: Forges
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Forges 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: Forges
abstract: label: Summary
content: A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Forges 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: 0.23 Cubic feet (consisting of .5 box.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1854-1945
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Forges
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Business ephemera
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged two subseries.  Subseries 1 is arranged alphabetically by company.  Subseries 2 consists of one item.

Subseries 1: Companies, circa 1859-1945

Subseries 2: Related Publications, circa 1854
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Business ephemera
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This subject category- Forges contains materials related to the manufacture and sale of forges. With one exception, the materials are from companies that manufactured various forges and other materials as well as agents of those manufacturers. Materials are primarily from the late 19th and early 20th centuries and from companies in the Northeastern United States. Researchers looking for materials on the sale of forges will find this material useful. Of particular interest might be the booklet on the Wyman-Gordon Company from 1945. 

Companies include those that manufactured forges or agents representing those manufacturers. Items include business cards, receipts, ad circulars, correspondence, catalogues, price lists, and booklets. Many of the materials are undated. The bulk of those that are dated are from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of the companies are located in the Northeastern U.S. with New York, Boston, and Philadelphia mentioned most often. There are also companies from New Hampshire, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. A small booklet entitled "Quintin Matsys, The Blacksmith of Antwerp" has a written note with the date 1854 on the first page.
relatedmaterial: label: Materials in the Archives Center
content: Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
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