Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Sponges and Chamois Skins
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Sponges
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0.23 Cubic feet
consisting of .5 box.
undated
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Sponges and Chamois Skins 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
Sponges and Chamois Skins 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 Subject Categories: Sponges and Chamois Skins, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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, import/export documents, books, business cards and scattered correspondence on letterhead stationery from importers and distributors of sponges and chamois skins. The material dates from 1834 - 1917 but the bulk is late nineteenth century. Materials are organized by name of company. There are five folders grouped by type: articles, books, and import/export documents
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
Manufacturers and Distributors of Sponges and Chamois Skins
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American Patent Sponge Company, Boston, Massachusetts
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Bloch, Albert & Sons, New York, New York
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Cresswell Brothers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Davis, D. & Sons, New York, New York
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Degan & Fallon, New York, New York
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1
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Ettman, H. L. & Company, St. Louis, Missouri
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Foster, H.B., Concord, New Hampshire
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Hanson, John D., Gloversville, New York
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Isaacs, A & Co., New York, New York
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National Sponge & Chamois Co., New York, New York
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Perlman, S. & Son, New York, New York
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Van Schaack, Peter & Sons, Chicago, Illinois
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Rhodes, James H. & Co., New York, New York
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Vollman Sponge Co., New York, New York
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14
Sponges & Chamois Skins, Import/Export Documents
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Sponges & Chamois Skins: Articles
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Sponges & Chamois Skins: Books
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