GAF Records
name: label: Creator
content: GAF Corporation
label: Names
content: Agfa (Firm)
label: Names
content: Ansco Company
label: Compiler
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
label: Names
content: Anthony, Edward A.
topic: label: Topic
content: Camera industry
label: Topic
content: Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Photographic film industry
label: Topic
content: Scholarly periodicals
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated to the Photographic History Collections of the National Museum of American History, by GAF.
creator: label: Creator
content: GAF Corporation
setName: label: See more items in
content: GAF Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection consists of historical and business records for ANSCO, a company now owned by GAF (General Aniline and Film Corporation).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1939-1963
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Photographic History Collections (now Division of Work and Industry) of the National Museum of American History in 2019.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1476
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Histories
label: Type
content: Legal documents
label: Type
content: Newsletters
label: Type
content: Price lists
label: Type
content: Trade catalogs
label: Type
content: Trade literature
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Black-and-white photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Histories
label: Genre/Form
content: Legal documents -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Price lists
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Trade literature -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Content Description
content: Collection includes business correspondence, some of it regarding a collection of Matthew B. Brady photographs; photographs, mostly of the company's products, biographical information on Edward A. Anthony, who started Anthony & Scovill, which merged with AGFA in 1928; multiple written accounts of the history of the company; trade literature; catalogs; price lists; company newsletters; scholarly journals; legal documents; and clippings.  There is a small number of papers relating to Edward A. Anthony's first company, Anthony and Co., dating back to 1877.