Hallye M. Cornelius and Glendora Horne Collection of Cigarette Packages
name: label: Collector
content: Cornelius, Hallye Mercer
label: Donor
content: Horne, Glendora
topic: label: Topic
content: advertising -- Business ephemera
label: Topic
content: Cigarettes -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Cigarette industry -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Packaging -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Tobacco -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Tobacco -- 1930-1960
label: Topic
content: Smoking
label: Topic
content: Smoking -- 1940-1990
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Glendora Horne on November 7, 2002.
creator: label: Collector
content: Cornelius, Hallye Mercer
label: Donor
content: Horne, Glendora
setName: label: See more items in
content: Hallye M. Cornelius and Glendora Horne Collection of Cigarette Packages
abstract: label: Summary
content: Consists of seventy-three cigarette package labels from American, British, Chinese, and Japanese tobacco manufacturing companies.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Hallye M. Cornelius and Glendora Horne were ephemera collectors.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.12 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: The cigarette packages were originally collected by a United States Navy captain named McCollum, from an officer's club in the Philippines frequented by Japanese soldiers. Captain McCollum's widow sold the collection to Hallye M. Cornelius. Glendora Horne inherited the collection upon the death of Ms. Cornelius.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0826
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Labels
label: Type
content: Packaging
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection arranged in one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2024.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera -- 1940-1950
label: Genre/Form
content: Labels
label: Genre/Form
content: Packaging
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Collection consists of seventy-three cigarette package labels dating from 1945. Manufacturers include America, British, Chinese, and Japanese tobacco companies. Among the materials from American manufacturers are R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and P. Lorillard Tobacco Company. Materials are in excellent condition and are arranged in alphabetical order by name of the brand.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
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