Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Geographical Categories: Illinois
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.02.Illinois
Archival Resource Key
1.21 Cubic feet
consisting of 2.5 boxes, 2 folders, 2 oversize folders.
1876-1927
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Illinois forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.2: Geographical Categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
English
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Processing Note
Processed by Teresa M. Mora and Theresa M. Pool, interns, August 22, 1997.
Scope and Content
The Illinois box contains a number of guidebooks, directories, maps, souvenirs and government publications relating to Chicago.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Illinois 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 Geographical Categories: Illinois, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
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.
Materials in the Archives Center
Archives Center Collection of Business Americana (AC0404)
Forms Part Of
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
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
Processing Information
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.
Business ephemera
Ephemera
General Images
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1
1
History
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1
2
Banking
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1
3
Business
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1
4
Business--receipts
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1
5
Correspondence--business
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1
6
Development
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1
7
Directories
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1
8
Directories
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ADD77
G.W. Hawks' Illinois State Gazetteer and Business Directory
Archival Resource Key
1858-1859
Edward's Chicago Directory
Archival Resource Key
1870
Scope and Contents note
Volume 13.
Lakeside Directory of Chicago
Archival Resource Key
1877
Scope and Contents note
Covers and adjacent pages missing, both front and back.
John C. W. Bailey's Illinois State Gazetteer
Archival Resource Key
undated
Scope and Contents note
Excerpt. Disbound pages 256-464, 465-804 only.
Expositions/conventions
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1
9
Government
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1
10-11
Insurance
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1
12
Legal Documents
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1
13
Maps
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1
14
Organizations
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1
15
Periodicals
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1
16
Railroads
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1
17
Stocks And Bonds
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1
18
Souvenirs
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2
1
Tourism
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2
2
Correspondence, Guides, City Promotion
Archival Resource Key
1876-1905
SUPP 37
2
Scope and Contents
Two publications:Merchants and Manufacturers Illustrated Chicago Guide(1880) andGrand Island Lodge Trip(1905). Promotional flier for Carbondale Community Service. Illustration of La Salle City Hall. Correspondence, one printed item in German.
"Historical Chicago: Past, Present, and Future"
Archival Resource Key
1882 December 5
ADD76
16
Scope and Contents note
Address of Emery A. Storrs for the benefit of the Chicago Historical Society.
Views of Chicago
Archival Resource Key
undated
ADD76
16
Scope and Contents note
Miniature booklet with images of Chicago buildings and features.
Illinois [Oversize]
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74
19
Illinois [Oversize]
Archival Resource Key
212
11