Books and Other Media
name: label: Collection Donor
content: Mair, LaVeda
label: Collection Creator
content: Mair, Francis M., 1916-1991 (commercial artist)
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content: Francis M. Mair Papers
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content: Francis M. Mair Papers / Series 6: Personal Artwork and Designs
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944-1994, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0548, Subseries 6.4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contains the artwork for some of the books created by Mair dating from 1979-1994. Titles include Alphabets: Gob of Miscellany (undated), Hernanado (undated), How Old Were You When You Were Born? (1980), The Irresistible Economic Force Meets the Moveable Human Object, (circa 1994), Leave Her to Heaven (1944), Let's Name the Baby (undated), Owlmanac (1984-1986), and Thoughts Visual and Verbal (1989). Other projects using different forms of media consist of a prototype for a toy called Flexigon (Mair attempted to market for mass distribution), and paper cuts. Books are arranged in alphabetical order by title followed by other the art forms.