Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Geographical Categories: Pennsylvania
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.02.Pennsylvania
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3.37 Cubic feet
consisting of 7 boxes, 6 folder, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder.
circa 1794-1964
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Pennsylvania 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
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Processing Note
Processed by Teresa M. Mora and Theresa M. Pool, interns, August 22, 1997.
Scope and Content
The General series contains a set of correspondence between the headmaster of the Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Andrew Jacobs, a pupil at the Institute, and Jacobss father. The Receipts series consists mainly of 19th century receipts from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, including a number which pertain to the mill and metalwork industries. The last files of the Receipts series contain bound receipts from a variety of businesses.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Pennsylvania 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: Pennsylvania, 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
Business ephemera
Ephemera
General
Suberies 1
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General Images
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1
1
History
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1
2-3
Almanacs
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1
4
Auctions
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1
5
Business
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1
6
Business Records and Images
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1834-1914
SUPP 38
4
Scope and Contents
Contains an assortment of postcards, correspondence, receipts, and an import document. Print illustrations depict landscapes, emblems, World's Columbian Exposition committee portraits, panoramas, and a map of Philadelphia (undated).
Andrew Jacobs
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1
7
Correspondence--pennsylvania Institute For The Deaf And Dumb
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1
8
Correspondence--business
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1
9
Correspondence--legal
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1
10
Correspondence--personal
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1
11
Development
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2
1
Directories
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2
2
Directories and Local History Guides
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circa 1831-1896
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6-7
Scope and Contents note
Covering West Chester, Philadelphia, Chester County, Schuylkill, Lancaster. Four small bound volumes. Three disbound portions of books, one single sheet (on Schuykill). Preservation/condition: fair to good, brittle, dirt and missing/damaged covers.
Directories and Local History Guides
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circa 1831-1896
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1
Education
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2
3
Events/fairs
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2
4
Expositions
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2
5
Government--state
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2
6
Government--city
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2
7
Government--taxes
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2
8
Guidebooks
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2
9
Hotels/restaurants
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3
1
Images
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undated
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2
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One B&W plate with image titled "Head Waters of the Juniata Alleghany Mountains, Pennsylvania".
Imports/ Exports
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3
2
Insurance
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3
3
Legal Documents
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3
4
Maps
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3
5
Museums
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3
6
Organizations
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3
7
Publications
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3
8
Publications
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1883-1928
SUPP 38
5
Publications
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1883
Publications
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1926
Publications
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1928
Publications
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1893
Publications
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1909-1910
Real Estate
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3
9
Religion
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3
10
Souvenirs
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3
11-12
Stocks And Bonds
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4
1
Tourism
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4
2
Utilities
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4
3
Miscellaneous
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4
4
Receipts
2
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Banking
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4
5
Books/stationers
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4
6
Clothing/millenery
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4
7
Contracting
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4
8
Druggists
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4
9
Dry Goods
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4
10
Groceries
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5
1-2
Hardware
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5
3-5
Home Furnishings
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6
1
Horses/horse Supplies
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6
2
Iron/metalworks
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6
3
Lumber And Coal
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6
4
Luxuries
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6
5
Shipping And Freight
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6
6
Services Rendered
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6
7
Telegrams
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6
8
Miscellaneous
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6
9-10
Miscellaneous
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7
1-9
Oversize
3
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Pennsylvania [Oversize]
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76
2-4
Pennsylvania [Oversize]
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213
7
Pennsylvania [Mapcase]
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2
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