Norman Squires Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Beveridge, Frank Stanley
label: Creator
content: Encyclopedia Britannica
label: Creator
content: O'Brien, Catherine L.
label: Creator
content: Squires, Norman W.
label: Creator
content: Stanley Home Products
label: Creator
content: Wearever Aluminum
label: Donor
content: Squires, Daniel T.
topic: label: Topic
content: Marketing
label: Topic
content: Sales promotion
label: Topic
content: Product demonstrations
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Daniel T. Squires donated his father's papers in 2006 and requested that the materials be titled the "Norman W. Squires Collection."
creator: label: Creator
content: Beveridge, Frank Stanley
label: Creator
content: Encyclopedia Britannica
label: Creator
content: O'Brien, Catherine L.
label: Creator
content: Squires, Norman W.
label: Creator
content: Stanley Home Products
label: Creator
content: Wearever Aluminum
setName: label: See more items in
content: Norman Squires Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection documents Norman Squires's career as a salesperson for the Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company of America, Stanley Home Products, and Encyclopedia Britannica. Norman Squires conceptualized and implemented the party plan method of direct selling.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-2006.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0927
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Letters (correspondence)
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Catalogs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into five series.

Series 1, Background Materials, circa 1908-2006

Series 2, Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company of America, circa 1934, 1936, undated

Series 3, Stanley Home Products, 1938-1946, undated 

Series 4, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1956-1958   

Series 5, Tupper Corporation, 1950
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Adrienne Cain (intern) and Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2008.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century.
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection documents Squires's professional life as a salesperson with four companies: Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company of America (WearEver Company), Stanley Home Products, Encyclopedia Britannica and Tupper Corporation. Most of the materials relate to the creation of the hostess party plan and his achievements in sales. There is very little information about his personal life other than a few family photographs.  The collection is useful for understanding selling techniques dating from the 1930s through the 1950s.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Materials in the Archives Center

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