Sheldon-Claire Company Records
name: label: Donor
content: Shalett, Lew
label: Photographer
content: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
label: Creator
content: Sheldon-Claire Company
topic: label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war
label: Topic
content: Industrial relations
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945 -- Posters -- United States
label: Topic
content: Propaganda
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center by Mrs. Wanda Shalett in December 2001.
creator: label: Donor
content: Shalett, Lew
label: Photographer
content: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986
label: Creator
content: Sheldon-Claire Company
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sheldon-Claire Company Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Employee motivational materials, circa 1926-1968, produced by the Sheldon-Claire Company.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: In 1981, Mr. Lew Shallet sold his employee motivation program to Pratt, Whitney.  However, that firm found that there was no market for it and it was discontinued.  Mr. And Mrs. Lew Shalett moved to Florida in 1981.  Mr. Shalett passed away on January 29, 1994.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Cubic feet (11 boxes, 21 map-folders, 2 films, 1 videocassette)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1926-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0768
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Posters
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collections is arranged into 14 series.

Series 1: Poster Campaigns, 1943-1964

Series 2: Bulletins, 1949-1963

Series 3: Supervisors Manuals, undated

Series 4: Small versions of Posters by Topics, undated

Series 5: Mail-O-Grams, undated

Series 6: Meet Bill Jones Service, 1926-1927

Series 7: Endorsements and Acknowledgments, undated

Series 8: The Greenly Plan, undated

Series 9: Scrapbook, undated

Series 10: Papers on Client Relations

Series 11: Background and Historical Materials, undated

Series 12: Copyright Papers, 1936-1968

Series 13: Posters, 1927-1962

Series 14: Miscellaneous, undated
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Employee motivational materials, circa 1926-1968, produced by the Sheldon-Claire Company. Materials include posters, pamphlets, manuals and other materials, in addition to the papers documenting the development and promotion of these products. Many are reproductions of work by famous photographers, such as Russell Lee. Some reflect World War II themes or constitute wartime propaganda.
relatedmaterial: label: Materials at Other Organizations
content: Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

In 1943, Mr. Shalett donated a set of his "This is America" posters to President Franklin D. Roosevelt; they were placed into the collection at Roosevelt's Hyde Park Library, where they joined previous poster series that Shalett had donated.  In 1980, Mr. Shalett donated to the Chicago Historical Society his "valuable personal and private organized collection of graphic arts and related material consisting of original lithographed posters produced in the 20's [sic], 30's [sic], and during World War II."