Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Bags and Bagging Materials
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Bags
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0.74 Cubic feet
consisting of 1.5 boxes, 2 folders, 1 oversize folder.
1830-1910
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Bags and Bagging Materials forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Bags and Bagging Materials is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Preferred Citation note
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center Subject Categories: Bags and Bagging Materials, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Processing Information
Oversize material is unprocessed.
In 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund, the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History implemented the use of minimal level processing standards to increase information about and facilitate access to more of our collections.
A large portion of stored material from the original acquisition received minimal level processing, which resulted in additions to this Subject category. This effort included basic arrangement and replacement of non-archival housing for long-term stability, but staples and other fasteners have not all been removed. Revisions to the encoded finding aid were made to reflect the added content in context to the previously processed material.
Minimal level processing and enhancement of the machine-readable finding aid completed by Nicole Blechynden, September 2017.
Materials in the Archives Center
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
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Series 1: Business Ephemera
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Series 2: Other Collection Divisions
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Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers
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Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Scope and Contents
This material consists primarily of bills, receipts, invoices, announcements, circulars, notices, correspondence on letterhead stationery, pamphlets, printed advertisements and sample bags from manufacturers, importers and distributors of bags and bagging materials. The bags are made of paper, cotton, burlap, canvas, twine, flax, jute, hemp, etc. Most of the bag manufacturers made bags for millers of flour, buckwheat, salt, horse feed, etc.
The material dates from 1850-1910, but the bulk is late nineteenth century. Materials in the first box are organized by name of company. This box also includes three folders of material grouped by type: import/export documents, pamphlets and miscellaneous items. The second box contains samples of bags.
Conditions Governing Use note
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Ephemera
Business ephemera
Bags
Manufacturers, Distributors and Importers
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Scope and Contents
This material consists primarily of bills, receipts, invoices, announcements, circulars, notices, correspondence on letterhead stationery, pamphlets, and printed advertisements from manufacturers, importers and distributors of bags and bagging materials.
Armstrong, Craig Bag Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ballou, M.E. & Son Bag Manufacturing Company, Beckett, Massachusetts
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1
2
Beach Bag Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut
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1
2
Biedinger & Son Bag Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
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1
2
Bingham, w. A. Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
2
Binney Bag Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
2
Blakeborough, G.A. Bag Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1
2
Brinckerhoff & Turner Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
2
Buffalo Bag Manufacturing Company, Buffalo, New York
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1
2
Bowker, J.H. Bag Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
2
Bradley & Kurtz Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
2
Chase Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
3
Chase & Fay Bag Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
3
Clark, B.E. Bag Manufacturing company, New York, New York
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1
4
Cleveland Bag Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio
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1
4
Collins Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
4
Continental Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
4
Cook Bag Manufacturing Company, Ballston, Spa.
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1
4
Cook, J. w. Bag Manufacturing Company, Portland, Oregon
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1
4
Folsom & Bowker Bag Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
5
Fulton Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
5
Gair, Robert Bag Manufacturing Company, Ballston Spa, New York
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1
6
Halsted, E.S. Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
7
Harrisburg Bag Manufacturing Company, Harrisburg, PA
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1
7
Hollingsworth & Whitney Bag Manufacturing Company, Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York
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2
1
Howlett Bag Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, PA
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1
7
Kansas City Bag Manufacturing Company, Kansas City, Missouri
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1
8
Karlsruher Brothers Bag Manufacturing Company, Brooklyn, New York
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2
2
Kent, Percy Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
8
Klinefelter Brothers Bag Manufacturing Company, Baltimore, Maryland
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1
8
Litchfield, Hanson Bag Retailers, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
9
Lyon, William P. Bag Manufacturer,
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1
9
Manhattan Bag Manufactory, New York
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1
10
Maryland Bag Factory, Baltimore, Maryland
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1
10
Metropolitan Bag Manufactory, New York
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1
10
Millers' Keystone Bag Manufacturing Company, Irwin, Pennsylvania
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1
10
Neall, George commerical Exchange Bag Manufactory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1
11
Nescochague Bag Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1
11
Noon, W. C. Bag Manufacturing Company, Portland Oregon
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1
11
Ohio Bag Manufacturing Company, Middleton, Ohio
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1
12
Osgood, John H.
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1
12
Pierce Bag Manufacturing Company, New York
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1
12
Pippey, B. Y. Bag Retailers, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
12
Queen city Paper Bag & Flour Sack Company, Buffalo, New York
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1
13
Raymond & Snyder Bag Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
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1
14
Raynor, Samuel Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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1
14
Richmond Bag Manufacturing Company, Richmond, Virginia
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1
14
Rogers, Gorham Burlap Bag Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
14
Rogers, Wm. H. H. Bag Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois
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2
3
Rowley Brothers Bag Manufacturing Company, Utica, New York
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1
14
Sanford Bag Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan
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1
15
Sawyer Bag Retailers, Rutland, Vermont
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1
15
Schorsch Paper Bag Manufacturing Company, New York, New York
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2
4
Seffarlen Bag Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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1
15
Union Bag and Paper Company
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1
16
Vanderhoof Bag Manufacturer, New York
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1
17
Whitcomb Bag Manufactory, Detroit, Michigan
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1
18
Whiton Bag Manufacturer, Boston, Massachusetts
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1
18
Import/Export Documents
2
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Import/Export Documents
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1
19
Publications
3
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Related Publications
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1
19
Story of St. Regis Multiwall Paper Bags
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1943
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39
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Miscellaneous
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1
19
Bag Samples
4
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Scope and Contents
This subseries includes samples of bags provided by importers and distributors.
Bag Samples
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2
5-10
Bags and Bagging Materials
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undated
SUPP
4
2
Scope and Contents
Promotional blotter, image.
Bags and Bagging Materials
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