Meggars Collection
name: label: Collector
content: Meggars, Edith R.
label: Collotyper
content: Meggars, William F., Dr. (physicist)
topic: label: Topic
content: advertising -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Edith R. Meggars on May 22, 1974.
creator: label: Collector
content: Meggars, Edith R.
label: Collotyper
content: Meggars, William F., Dr. (physicist)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Meggars Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dr. and Mrs. William F. Meggars amassed a collection between 1914 and 1970 of, as Edith's will states, "old typewriters, music boxes, cameras, objects of art and other items of tangible personal property" and called the collection "The Museum." The original collection donated to the NMAH was quite large and varied in materials and since its incorporation into the museum has been split up among appropriate divisions.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Cubic feet (11 Boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1914-1970.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0061
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Matchcovers
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Family papers
label: Type
content: Personal papers
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Matchcovers -- 1910-1980
label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Family papers -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Personal papers -- 20th century
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids
content: Inventory available; contact the Archives Center for more information.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Personal papers and advertising paraphernalia, such as matchbooks and pencils, from the Meggars' Collection, which they called "The Museum."