Lucinda Rudell Covered Bridge Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Moyer, Frances
label: Creator
content: Rudell, Lucinda
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Engineering and Industry
topic: label: Topic
content: Covered bridges
label: Topic
content: Greeting cards -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Bridges
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Frances Moyer in 1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Moyer, Frances
label: Creator
content: Rudell, Lucinda
setName: label: See more items in
content: Lucinda Rudell Covered Bridge Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents Mrs. Rudell's research on covered bridges, mostly in the United States, but also including some in Europe and Canada.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Collector of covered bridge materials.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1942-1986
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: The collection was assembled by Mrs. Rudell and donated to the Museum's Division of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (now the Division of Work and Industry) in 1987 by her daughter. The collection was transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1028
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Ephemera
label: Type
content: Newsletters
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Pamphlets
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Placemats
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
label: Type
content: Articles
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Writings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Alison Oswald, archivist, 2018.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Pamphlets
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Placemats
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Articles
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence
label: Genre/Form
content: Writings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection is comprised of Mrs. Rudell's research on covered bridges, mostly in the United States but also including some in Europe and Canada. Included are letters, responses to her inquiries to local groups and governments, pamphlets, travel and tourist information, writings on covered bridges, postcards, clippings, a photograph album of covered bridges, newsletters from the Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, and ephemera such as placemats and greeting cards depicting covered bridges.