Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Brownie Wise Papers
Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie
McCort, James W.
Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991
Wise, Jerome Humphrey "Jerry", 1938-2008
NMAH.AC.0509
Archival Resource Key
15 Cubic feet
42 boxes, 33 sound recordings
circa 1928-1968
The papers consist of business records documenting the history of Tupperware from 1951-1958, during which Brownie Wise served as vice president of the Tupperware Company. Also, personal papers and business records documenting her marketing activities for Stanley Home Products, Vivian Woodard Cosmetics, and others.
English
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Brownie Wise Papers: circa 1938-1968
Biographical Note
Brownie Humphrey was born in Buford, Georgia in 1913, the daughter of Rosabelle Stroud Humphrey and Jerome Humphrey, a plumber. According to longtime friend Kay Robinson, Brownie knew that there were few business opportunities for women in the South, and that "unless she wanted to work in sales, she would have to leave the South." After meeting Robert Wise at the Texas Centennial in 1936, where the couple saw an exhibition highlighting a bright future at Ford Motors, Brownie and Robert married and moved to the Detroit area where he worked as a machinist, later opening a small machine shop. The couple divorced in 1941, about three years after the birth of their only child, Jerry. Brownie Wise never remarried.
During the late 1930s and early 1940s, Brownie contributed to a correspondence column of the
Detroit News under the pen name "Hibiscus." Her columns were largely autobiographical, but used elements of fantasy and romance to address a uniquely female urban community. In Detroit, Wise worked briefly at an ad agency and in a millinery shop. During World War II, Wise got a job as an executive secretary at Bendix. After the war, Brownie and her mother, Rose Stroud Humphrey, began selling Stanley Home Products. When Jerry became ill in 1949, they followed a doctor's advice and moved to Miami where they began a direct selling business they called Patio Parties. Through this business, the mother daughter team distributed Poly-T (Tupperware), Stanley Home Products, West Bend, and other household goods through an innovative home party plan adopted by Brownie.
Thomas Damigella in Massachusetts, and Brownie Wise in South Florida, quickly became among the fastest movers of Tupperware products, attracting the attention of Earl Tupper, who was still searching for a profitable outlet for his plastic containers. Because Americans were still skeptical of plastics and because the Tupper seal required demonstration, early attempts at department store sales had been unsuccessful. Some independent dealers had more success selling through demonstrations at state fairs or door-to-door, but sales and distribution remained low. The experiences of Damigella and Wise convinced Tupper to offer the products on a home party plan. He partnered with Norman Squires, the originator of Hostess Home Parties, to pursue this strategy.
In 1951, Tupper recruited Brownie to develop the Hostess party plan for Tupperware, and named her vice president of the company. She is credited with developing the party plan and sales organization, and with creating the annual Jubilee, a pep-rally and awards ceremony for dealers and distributors; it was her idea to locate company headquarters in Kissimmee, and she oversaw the design and construction of the campus. With the company's meteoric success came national recognition. Her public role was all the greater because Earl Tupper shunned all public exposure; Wise was the public head of the company throughout the 1950s. She was both honored guest and invited speaker at national sales and marketing conferences, where she was often the only woman in attendance. Scores of laudatory articles about her appeared in the sales industry and general business press, and she became the darling of the women's magazines, including features in
McCalls, Charm and Companion.
Tupper and Wise clashed over the management and direction of the business in late 1957 and the board of directors forced her out in January, 1958. She filed a $1,600,000 suit against the company for conspiracy and breach of contract, but settled out of court for a year's salary -- about $30,000. Shortly thereafter, Tupper sold the company to Dart/Rexall and relinquished all involvement with it.
Beginning in 1958 and through the 1960s, Brownie co-founded three direct sales cosmetics companies, Cinderella (1958-59), Carissa (1963) and Sovera/Trivera (1966-69). She also was president of Viviane Woodard Cosmetics (1960-62), and consulted for Artex and others. In addition, she undertook a real estate development venture in Kissimmee with Charles McBurney and George Reynolds (both former Tupperware executives). She seems never to have achieved the same level of success in these later business ventures. Wise continued to live in the Kissimmee area, moving from Waters' Edge, the spectacular 1920s mansion she occupied during the Tupperware years, to a home George Reynolds designed for her in. She was active in her church and as an artist, working in clay and textiles. During the last eight years of her life she was in declining health. She died in December 1992.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into eight series.
Series 1: Personal Papers, circa 1928-1968
Series 2: Stanley Home Products, Patio Parties, circa 1947-1959
Series 3: Tupperware Home Parties, circa 1951-1959
Series 4: Direct Sales consulting, circa 1958-1969
Series 5: Other Direct Sales Consulting, circa 1958-1971
Series 6: Other Business ventures, circa 1958-1967
Series 7: Photographs, 1930-1968
Series 8: Audiovisual Materials, 1953-1957; 1977
Scope and Contents
The Brownie Wise Papers constitute an essential complement to the Earl Tupper Papers, acquired in 1992, and to the museums rich collections of Tupperware products. Together these collections document not only the founding and early business history of Tupperware, but also significant areas of American history in which the museum has a demonstrated interest. The Brownie Wise Papers illuminate aspects of an American consumer culture which achieved its apex in the post-World War II years; in many ways, Tupperware and the Tupperware party reflect the key defining elements of the fifties. Of special significance is the story these papers tell of a successful woman business executive and working mother, in an era whose women have more often been characterized by June Cleaver and Harriet Nelson. The Tupperware story offers rich insights into the society and culture of the era, illuminating issues of gender, consumerism, and technological development.
There are approximately 15 cubic feet of materials, including photographic and audiovisual materials. The collection is organized into eight series.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to the Archives Center, National Museum of American History in March 1994 by Brownie Wise's son, Jerry Wise, of Kissimmee, Florida.
Preferred Citation
Brownie Wise Papers, 1938-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Processing Information
Processed by Mimi Minnick, July 1995.
Series 9: 2021 Addenda was processed by Kamina Gager, intern, 2024; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist.
Accruals
Six (6) phonograph records relating to Brownie Wise were donated by James W. McCort in 2016.
.085 cubic feet of material documenting Brownie Wise and Jerry Wise wewre donated by Laurie Kahn in 2021.
Personal papers -- 20th century
Business records -- 20th century
Speeches
Audiovisual materials
Direct selling
Women in marketing
Sales promotion
Product demonstrations
Plastics
Photographs -- 20th century
Kahn-Leavitt, Laurie
McCort, James W.
Stanley Home Products
Tupperware Home Parties
Wise, Jerome Humphrey "Jerry", 1938-2008
Vivian Woodward Cosmetics
Personal Papers
Series 1
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circa 1928-1968
Scope and Contents
Series 1: Personal Papers, circa 1928-1968. A scrapbook touches on her life as a girl in the 1920s. Souvenir photographs of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exhibition at which she met her future husband, letterhead of his Detroit business, travel postcards, war ration books, income tax returns and a scrapbook chronicling her writings under the penname Hibiscus for the
Detroit News, give a glimpse into her life during the late 1930s and early 1940s. For the 1950s, there are records of taxes and household expenses. The collection also includes some of her 1940s and 1950s dress patterns; as a woman in the public eye, Wise's trim figure and fashionable attire were much discussed.
Robert Wise/Wisco letterhead
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Labor songs
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2
Wartime ration books
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2
Travel postcards
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1
3
Income tax returns, 1943; 1946-1948
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1
4
Withholding statements, 1951-1956
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1
5
Household inventory, 1950
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1
6
Household expenses, 1950-1956
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1
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Water's Edge repairs
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1
13
Myles Tupper/Jerry Wise design patent: The Thing, 1952
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1
14
Rosabella Gardens (Jerry Wise's nursery business)
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1
15
Boat expenses
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1
16
Clothing expenses
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17
Clothing expenses reimbursed by Tupperware Home Parties
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1
Insurance expenses
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1
19
Purchase of Ft. Lauderdale house, 1952
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1
20
Rose Stroud Humphrey purchase of Hollywood house, 1951
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1
21
Death of Rose Stroud Humphrey, 1959
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1
22
Financial documents
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2
1
Legal documents
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2
2
Personal correspondence, 1950-1958
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2
3
European trip postcards, 1954
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2
4
Clippings: lifestyle, personality
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2
5
Clippings: religion
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2
6
Correspondence with Neil Osterweil in re Tupper biography, 1989
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2
7
Correspondence with Vic Sussman; newspaper article, 1988
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2
8
Child support agreement, 1941
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2
9
Round Robin letter, Fort Lauderdale to Detroit, 1950
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2
10
Dress patterns, 1940s-1950s
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3
[High school? Vocational School?] scrapbook, circa 1928
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32
1
Scrapbook: letters to the Detroit Free Press, circa 1939
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32
2
Home Edition, (1 volume), circa 1945
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11
Stanley Home Products, Patio Parties, Poly-T Parties, Hibiscus Sales, Gardenia Sales
Series 2
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circa 1947-1959, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 2: Stanley Home Products, Patio Parties, Poly-T Parties, Hibiscus Sales and Gardenia Sales, circa 1947-1959. This series includes records of Wise's innovative direct sales businesses for the period before she was recruited by Tupperware. Files include order forms, correspondence with sales agents, and instructions on sales methods. There are sales records, invoices, shipping documents, accounting records and sales force newsletters from the Miami Tupperware dealership known as Hibiscus Sales, which Wise opened in 1949 with her mother. Until her death in 1959, Brownie's mother Rose Humphrey, continued to operate the Miami dealership as well as Gardenia Sales, which supplied Tupperware to Puerto Rico. There are accounting records and dealer correspondence documenting this enterprise.
Stanley Home Products, 1947-1948
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Unit managers training notes, 1948 [Stanley Home Products?]
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2
Stanley Home Products catalog, 1958
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4
3
Stanley Home Products catalog, 1958
Patio parties
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4
4-6
Patio parties, field booking
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4
7
Patio parties, Tupperware accounts
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4
8-10
Patio parties, The Go-Getter newsletter
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4
11-12
Patio parties, correspondence, 1950-1951
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4
13
Patio parties, dealer manual
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4
14
Patio parties, accounting ledger, undated
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4
15
Poly-T parties
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4
16-18
Poly-T Parties
Poly-T parties: dealer order forms
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4
19
Hibiscus sales financial statement, 1951
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Hibiscus sales franchise contract, 1953
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2
Hibiscus sales correspondence
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5
3
Puerto Rico franchise: Gardenia Sales
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5
4
Puerto Rico correspondence: Santan Orespo
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5
5
Puerto Rico accounting, 1957
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5
6
Puerto Rico invoices, correspondence
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5
7
Puerto Rico dealer: Carmen Romero
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5
8
Puerto Rico dealer: Margo Maldorado
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5
9
Puerto Rico dealer: Lupita Revera
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5
10
Rose Humphrey business correspondence
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5
Patio Parties, dealer order forms
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2
11
Hibiscus Sales: Puerto Rico
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2
12
Tupperware Home Parties
Series 3
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circa 1951-1959, undated
Scope and Contents
This series includes files of Wise's business correspondence, notes and memoranda, and speeches. There is some business correspondence with Earl Tupper, who remained at the firm's manufacturing plants in the Northeast. Also included are publicity reprints and newsclippings, as well as public relations scrapbooks from 1951 to 1958. There are nearly complete runs of
Tupperware Sparks and the Tupperware Sentinel, company publications prepared for the sales force, as well as catalogs, recruitment publications and other company literature. The series is divided into six subseries as follows:
Subseries 3.1: Business Files and Correspondence, 1951-1959; 1988-1989
Subseries 3.2 Speeches to Tupperware Sales Force, 1951-1957
Subseries 3.3: Speeches to outside groups and Sales Organizations, 1952-1957
Subseries 3.4: Tupperware publications, 1949-1966 (not inclusive)
Subseries 3.5: Brownie Wise "Idea" files, undated
Subseries 3.6: Publicity, 1951-1957
Business Files and Correspondence
3.1
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1951-1958, undated
Distributors agreement: Tupperware Home Parties
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13
Franchise Agreement: Tupperware Home parties
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2
14
Tupperware gross sales (at cost to distributors), 1951-1958
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Tupperware contracts
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1
Personal correspondence re Tupperware
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6
2-5
Cards from staff
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6
6
Business correspondence
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6
7
THP accounting documents
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6
8
THP accounting documents
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6
9
THP accounts receivable, 1957
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6
10
Tupperware inter-office memos, 1951-1958
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6
11
Correspondence with Earl Tupper, 1954
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6
12
Correspondence with Earl Tupper, 1952, 1957
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13
Correspondence with Earl Tupper, 1957
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14
Correspondence with Earl Tupper, 1958
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15
Brownie Wise vs. Tupperware Home Parties contract dispute, 1958
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Legal correspondence in re contract dispute, 1958
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3
Correspondence, Tupperware Home Parties, 1951-1958 (in re contract dispute)
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7
4-12
Correspondence in re:Best Wishes, 1958 (in re contract dispute)
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7
13
Tupperware organizational chart
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8
1
Tupperware headquarters design sketches, 1952
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8
2
Tupperware manufacturing facility in Cuero, Texas, 1951
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8
3
Tupperware Home Parties employee list, undated
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8
4
Tupperware Home Parties business associates list, undated
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8
5
Tupperware slogans
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8
6
Tupperware shield
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8
7
Training seminar diploma
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8
8
Training seminar diploma
The Lantern Club
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8
9
Vanguard units
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8
10
Vanguard promotion
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8
11
Fall promotion
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8
12
Tupperware promotions
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8
13
Bulletin material
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8
14
Preview parties
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8
15
Notes for Tupperware demonstrations
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8
16
Dealer training
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8
17
Recruiting
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8
18
Tupperware conferences
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8
19
Notes for conferences
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8
20
Notes for conferences and seminars
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8
21
Notes/ideas for the Sales Sentinel
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8
22
Sales association memberships
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8
23
Awards
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8
24
Salesmanship publications
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8
25
Community activities
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8
26
Speeches to Tupperware Sales Force
3.2
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1952-1989, undated
Welcome address, Tupperware distributors first conference
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undated
9
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Welcome address, distributors conference, July 1952
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9
2
Welcome address, distributors conference, January 1953
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9
3
Speeches to managers, 1953
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9
4
Welcome address, 1954
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9
5
Welcome address, Jubilee, April 1955
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Welcome address, Jubilee 1956
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7
Welcome address, distributors, Jubilee 1956
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8
Welcome address, Jubilee, 1957
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9
9
Graduation speech, Jubilee 1956
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9
10
correspondence re distributors conference, 1989
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9
11
Welcome address, undated
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9
12
Welcome address, distributors, undated
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9
13
Welcome address, managers, undated
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9
14
Graduation: Ad Astra, Per aspera, undated
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9
15
graduation address, undated
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9
16
seminar graduation, undated
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9
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managers seminar graduation undated
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9
18
Custodian of the Seal, undated
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9
19
If I Were a Tupperware Dealer, undated
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9
20
The Story of Poly, undated
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9
21
The Rose Award, undated
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9
22
Scope and Contents
Includes a lithograph of the Tupperware Rose" by Steve Henry, undated.
Tupperware's 5th Birthday
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9
23
As We Walk, undated
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9
24
Step by Step Training, undated
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9
25
How to Induce Dealers to Work, undated
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9
26
Tupperware is the Way, undated
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27
Speeches to outside groups and Sales Organizations
3.3
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1952-1957, undated
Ad Club, 1952
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10
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The Relationship of Field to Management, National Association of Direct Sales Companies, June 3, 1952
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10
2
Junior Chamber of Commerce, July 28, 1952
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10
3
How Tupperware Uses Incentive, Premium Advertisers Association, September 21, 1954
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10
4
Direct Selling Sales Executives Club, May 14, 1954
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10
5
Write Your Own Ticket, Jackson College for Negro Teachers, February 2, 1955
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10
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Write Your Own Ticket, Central Florida Sales Executives Club, March 16, 1955
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10
7
Boone High School Graduation, 1956
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10
8
Pilot Club, February 28, 1956
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10
9
Boston Sales Executives Club, December 7, 1956
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10
10
YWCA Girls Camp, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 1957
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10
11
Tele-Sell New York, March 1957
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10
12
Heart Fund campaign, 1957
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10
13
Tupperware Art Fund, undated
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10
14
Let's Make Kissimmee Florida's Frontier Town, undated
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10
15
Advertising and Publicity, undated
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10
16
Tupperware publications
3.4
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1949-1966, undated
Tupperware ads
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11
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Tupperware ads
Tupperware publications:Best Wishes promotional
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11
2
Tupperware publications:
Best Wishes promotional
Wish Fairy coloring book. Image 02050922.tif: Wish Fairy PC, back cover of Tip, Top, Tuppy paper dolls
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Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991
1 Item
Ink on cardboard.
English.
Wish Fairy coloring book. Image 02050922.tif: Wish Fairy PC, back cover of Tip, Top, Tuppy paper dolls.
Local Numbers
02050922.tif (AC Scan No.)
General
Box 11, Folder TW Publ.
Family -- 1940-1960
Coloring books
Paper dolls
Bulletins
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3
Bulletins
Business cards, envelopes, letterhead
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11
4
Cards, announcements
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5
Cards, announcements
Catalogs, 1949-1966
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Catalogs, 1949-1966
Children's Parties;Gift Wrapping Can Be Fun
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Children's Parties;Gift Wrapping Can Be Fun
Dealer/manager information
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Hostess information
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Hostess information
Headquarters brochures, postcard
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10
Headquarters brochures, postcard
Jubilee program, 1954
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11
Jubilee program, 1954
Recipe cards
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12
Recipe cards
Lamplighter, 1955-1956
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13
Tupperware Know How
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11
14
Public Relations News, 1954
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15
distributors conference programs, 1952-55
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11
16
Best Wishes (2 copies)
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12
1
Best Wishes correspondence
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12
2
Tupperware Sales Sentinel, 1956-1959
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13
1
Tupperware Sales Sentinel, 1956 - 1959
"Help Yourself to Happiness," Companion
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1954-08
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2
"Mrs. Caramony goes to an All-Girl Convention," McCall's
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1950s
13
2
Tupperware Sparks, 1951-1957
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14
Tupperware Sparks, 1951 -1957
Brownie Wise "Idea" files
3.5
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undated
Appreciation
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15
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Birthdays
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Dating
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15
3
Discontent
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4
Decisions
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5
Easter
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Energy
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Enthusiasm
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15
8
Failure
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15
9
Faith
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15
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Faith-Fear
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12
Fear
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13
Four dreams
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Getting vs. Giving
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Giving
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Golas
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Growth
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Guilt
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Happiness
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A House Without Books
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15
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Imagination
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15
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Independence/Interdependence
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15
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Inferiority
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15
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Keeping it Simple
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15
25
Kindness
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15
26
Leadership
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15
27
Learn Don't Lean
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15
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Pay for Your Room on Earth
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15
29
Poems
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15
30
Public Speaking
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15
31
Quotations
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15
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Quotations from the Bible
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33
Recognition
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15
34
Salesmanship
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16
1
Songs
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16
2
Speeches for Every Occasion
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3
Success
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16
4
Success
Talk Material
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16
5-7
Training
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16
8
Use
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9
Wishing
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16
10
Notes/Ideas
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11
Publicity
3.6
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1951-1957, undated
Public Relations Scrapbook: November 1951-February 1953
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Public Relations Scrapbook: November 1951-February 1953
Public Relations Scrapbook: May-August 1953
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Public Relations Scrapbook: August-December 1953
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Public Relations Scrapbook: January-March 1954
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4
Public Relations Scrapbook: January - March 1954
Public Relations Scrapbook: April - August, 1954
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Public Relations Scrapbook: April - August, 1954
Public Relations Scrapbook: August 1954-January 1955
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Public Relations Scrapbook: August 1954- January 1955
Public Relations Scrapbook: January- April 1955
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Public Relations Scrapbook: January - April 1955
Public Relations Scrapbook: January-May 1954
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Public Relations Scrapbook: January - May 1954
Public Relations Scrapbook: June-July 1954
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Public Relations Scrapbook: August-October 1954
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Public Relations Scrapbook: November-December 1954
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4
Public Relations Scrapbook: January-February 1955
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5
Public Relations Scrapbook: March-November 1955
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6
Public Relations Scrapbook: January-June 1956
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7
Public Relations Scrapbook: January - June 1956
Public Relations Scrapbook: July 1956-January 1957
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8
Public Relations Scrapbook
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8
loose newspaper clippings, 1952-53
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loose newspaper clippings, 1954
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2
loose newspaper clippings, 1955
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19
3-4
loose newspaper clippings, 1955-57
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5
loose newspaper clippings, undated
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19
6
oversized loose newspaper clippings
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publicity reprints, circa 1951-1955
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1
oversized publicity reprints, circa 1951-55
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oversized publicity reprints, circa 1951-55
oversized dealer literature, 1951
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Direct Sales Cosmetics Companies
Series 4
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circa 1958-1969, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 4: Direct Sales Cosmetics Companies, circa 1958-1969. Wise's business activities in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a co-founder and consultant in direct selling cosmetics enterprises also are well documented. Companies include Cinderella (1958-59), and Vivian Woodard (1960-62), Carissa (1963), Aloe Vera (1966-68), Trivera (1967-68), and Sovera (1967-69). Organized files include sales handbooks and dealer/distributor literature written by Wise, correspondence, reports and recommendations for clients, samples of advertising and marketing materials, and sales force newsletters.
Franchise Agreement: Vivianne Woodard
Archival Resource Key
2
15
Franchise Agreement: Blanchette
Archival Resource Key
2
16
Franchise Agreement: Carissa
Archival Resource Key
2
17
Aloe Vera Company distribution program, 1966
Archival Resource Key
23
1
Aloe Vera Company franchise agreement, 1966
Archival Resource Key
23
2
Aloe Vera Company correspondence, 1966-67
Archival Resource Key
23
3
Aloe Vera Company financial analysis
Archival Resource Key
23
4
Aloe Vera Company brochures, 1966-67
Archival Resource Key
23
5
Aloe Vera Company product names and ideas, 1967
Archival Resource Key
23
6
Aloe Vera Company product claims, 1967-68
Archival Resource Key
23
7
Aloe Vera Company history and qualities of aloe, undated
Archival Resource Key
23
8
Trivera distribution agreement, 1967
Archival Resource Key
23
9
Trivera distribution manual - draft, 1967
Archival Resource Key
23
10
Trivera company summary, 1967very
Archival Resource Key
23
11
Trivera correspondence, 1967-1968
Archival Resource Key
23
12
competitors cosmetic ads, undated
Archival Resource Key
23
13-14
"Sovera Story", 1966
Archival Resource Key
24
1
"Sovera Creed", undated
Archival Resource Key
24
2
Sovera distributors information, 1967-69
Archival Resource Key
24
3
Sovera consultants information, 1969
Archival Resource Key
24
4
Sovera dealer interview
Archival Resource Key
24
5
Sovera hostess information, 1969
Archival Resource Key
24
6
Sovera product information, 1967-69
Archival Resource Key
24
7
Sovera Creme Cleanser, 1969
Archival Resource Key
24
8
Sovera Day Moisturizer, 1969
Archival Resource Key
24
9
Sovera Eye Gel, 1967
Archival Resource Key
24
10
Sovera Eyeliner
Archival Resource Key
24
11
Sovera Facial masque, 1967
Archival Resource Key
24
12
Sovera Lipstick
Archival Resource Key
24
13
Sovera Night Treat, 1969
Archival Resource Key
24
14
Sovera Skin Tone
Archival Resource Key
24
15
Sovera Super Gel, 1967
Archival Resource Key
24
16
Sovera Demonstration, 1968-69
Archival Resource Key
24
17
Sovera Price lists, 1968
Archival Resource Key
24
18
Sovera Personnel, 1968
Archival Resource Key
24
19
Sovera correspondence, 1968
Archival Resource Key
24
20
Trevera correspondence, 1966-67
Archival Resource Key
25
1
Trevera correspondence, 1968
Archival Resource Key
25
2
Sovera correspondence, 1967
Archival Resource Key
25
3
Sovera correspondence, 1968 (Jan-June)
Archival Resource Key
25
4
Sovera correspondence, 1968 (July-Dec)
Archival Resource Key
25
5
Sovera correspondence, 1969
Archival Resource Key
25
6
Cosmetics correspondence, 1958-68
Archival Resource Key
25
7
Cinderella correspondence, 1958-59
Archival Resource Key
26
1
Cinderella publicity, 1958
Archival Resource Key
26
2
Cinderella publicity, 1958
Cinderella dealer literature, 1958-59
Archival Resource Key
26
3
Cinderella distributors conference, 1959
Archival Resource Key
26
4
Cinderella dealer manual, undated
Archival Resource Key
26
5
Viviane Woodard consultants kits, 1960
Archival Resource Key
26
6
Viviane Woodard promotional literature, 1961
Archival Resource Key
26
7
Viviane Woodard catalogs, 1962
Archival Resource Key
26
8
Viviane Woodard welcome address, undated
Archival Resource Key
26
9
Carissa sales directors seminar, undated
Archival Resource Key
26
10
Carissa Press releases, 1963
Archival Resource Key
26
11
Carissa "Beauty advisor", 1963
Archival Resource Key
26
12
Carissa "Beauty advisor", 1963
Carissa scripts, undated
Archival Resource Key
26
13
Carissa Sales directors seminar, undated
Archival Resource Key
26
14
Miscellaneous, undated
Archival Resource Key
26
15
Cinderella conference programs
Archival Resource Key
26
15
Vivianne Woodard catalogs
Archival Resource Key
26
15
Vivianne Woodard consultants kit
Archival Resource Key
26
15
Vivianne Woodard welcome address
Archival Resource Key
26
15
Vivianne Woodard publication: Sales Palette, 1960-62
Archival Resource Key
26
15
Coach Line, August 1958-May 1959 [Cinderella sales force newsletter]
Archival Resource Key
31
2
Sales Palette, 1960-1962 [Vivian Woodard sales force newsletter]
Archival Resource Key
31
3
Other Direct Sales Consulting
Series 5
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958-1971, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 5: Other Direct Sales consulting, circa 1958-1971. Handbooks, franchise agreements and correspondence document aspects of her work for ABCWare, Vacronware, Artex and others direct sales companies during the 1960s.
Franchise Agreement: ABCWare
Archival Resource Key
2
18
Franchise Agreement: Vacronware
Archival Resource Key
2
19
Artex catalogs, sales literature, 1969-1971
Archival Resource Key
27
1
Artex correspondence, 1969-1970
Archival Resource Key
27
2
Artex instructor training manual, undated
Archival Resource Key
27
3
Artex lesson plans, undated
Archival Resource Key
27
4
Beeline fashions recording, undated
Archival Resource Key
27
5
Daggett & Ramsdell distributors manual, 1962
Archival Resource Key
27
6
Pathway Products correspondence, manual drafts, circa 1968
Archival Resource Key
27
7
Pathway Products "creative dating", undated
Archival Resource Key
27
8
Vacronware, notes for dealer manual, undated
Archival Resource Key
27
9
Vacronware, draft distributors manual, undated
Archival Resource Key
27
10
notes for distributors manuals, various, undated
Archival Resource Key
27
11
Notes for dealers manuals, various, undated
Archival Resource Key
27
12
Notes for writing catalogs, descriptive literature, undated
Archival Resource Key
27
13
Notes for Crest Club
Archival Resource Key
27
14
Other Business Ventures
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
circa 1947-1967, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 6: Other Business Ventures, circa 1958-1967. Includes files from several of Wise's late 1950s real estate development ventures, and from the Brownie Wise Sales Success course.
Brownie Wise Sales Success Course, 1958
Archival Resource Key
12
2-3
Brownie Wise Developments, 1958
Archival Resource Key
12
4
Brownie Wise and Charles McBurney Associates, 1958
Archival Resource Key
12
5
Florida Real Estate Ventures, 1967
Archival Resource Key
12
6
Let Them Choose Their Own Proizes, The Selective Incentive Plan
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
1
Let Them Choose Their Own Prizes, The Selective Incentive Plan
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
2
Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
1953
35
3
Sparetime Magazine
Archival Resource Key
1958-02
35
4
Correspondence with Norman Squires
Archival Resource Key
undated
35
5
Articles about working women
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
35
6
Triangle Unit (newsletter?)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1947-1948
35
7
Poly-T Parties
Archival Resource Key
circa 1949
35
8
Miami Distributorship
Archival Resource Key
1950-1951
35
9
Patio Parties
Archival Resource Key
1950
35
10
Photographs
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
1930-1968, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 7: Photographs, circa 1930-1968. Includes personal photographs of Brownie Wise at home, travelling, and with her son, but the bulk of the material is comprised of publicity photographs or people and events, primarily for the Tupperware years, but also including some from Sovera and other cosmetics companies for which she consulted.
Brownie Wise, circa 1930-1945
Archival Resource Key
28
1
Brownie Wise, circa 1930-1945
Brownie and Jerry Wise
Archival Resource Key
28
2
Brownie and Jerry Wise
[Brownie Wise with son Jerry Wise in living room, playing phonograph records and radio : photoprint]
Archival Resource Key
McCollum, J.
Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991
Orlando [Fla.] Daily Newspapers
1 Item
8" x 10".
[1950s]
English.
Local Numbers
94-13622 (OPPS Neg.)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Silver gelatin on paper.
General
Prints in Series 3, Box 28, BW & Jerry Wise folder.
General
Three prints of this image, one rubber-stamped with maker's name (print used in exhibition was unmarked); newspaper attribution source unclear.
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with cotton gloves.
Scope and Contents
Interior shows 1950s-style furniture, including lamps, blond wood phonograph, etc. Brownie Wise is holding disc (78 r.p.m. record?).
Conditions Governing Use
OPPS copy Neg. No. 94-13622. Copyright probably held by Orlando Daily Newspapers.
Exhibitions Note
Exhibited: "American Families in Photographs," Taylor Gallery, National Museum of American History, 1997.
Interior decoration -- 1950-1960
Family -- 1940-1960
Sound recordings -- 1950-1960
Phonograph -- 1950-1960
Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991
Wise, Jerry
Waters Edge (BW's Kissimmee mansion), circa 1951-1958
Archival Resource Key
28
3
Waters Edge (BW's Kissimmee mansion), circa 1951-1958
Kissimmee house, circa 1965
Archival Resource Key
28
4
Kissimmee house, circa 1965
Brownie Wise, circa 1967-68
Archival Resource Key
28
5
Brownie Wise/Tupperware, circa 1948-1951
Archival Resource Key
29A
1
Brownie Wise/Tupperware, circa 1948-1951
Farnumsville, Massachusetts manufacturing facility, interior views
Archival Resource Key
29A
2
Farnumsville, Mass. Manufacturing facility -- interior views
Orlando, Florida headquarters
Archival Resource Key
29A
3
Tupperware trips
Archival Resource Key
29A
4
Tupperware Trips
[Brownie Wise demonstrating Tupperware in Hawaii: black-and-white photoprint]
Archival Resource Key
Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991
1 Item
circa 1950-1960
English.
[Brownie Wise demonstrating Tupperware in Hawaii : black-and-white photoprint, ca. 1950-1960.]
Local Numbers
AC0509-0000005.tif (AC Scan)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Silver gelatin on paper, 8" x 10".
General
In Box 29a, Folder 4.
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Scope and Contents
Brownie Wise conducting a Tupperware "home party" on the beach; photographer unidentified.
Beaches
Product demonstrations
Women in marketing
Hawaii -- 1950-1960
Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991
Tupperware Home Parties
Tupperware Rose silver-plate pattern
Archival Resource Key
29A
5
Tupperware Rose silver-plate pattern
Best Wishes/The Wish Fairy
Archival Resource Key
29A
6
Best Wishes/The Wish Fairy
[Wish Fairy laughing, standing in audience with women : black-and-white photoprint]
Archival Resource Key
Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991
1 Item
English.
[Wish Fairy laughing, standing in audience with women : black-and-white photoprint].
Local Numbers
02050903.tif (AC Scan No.)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Silver gelatin on paper.
General
Box 29 folder, Best Wishes.
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Gloves required with unprotected photographs.
Scope and Contents
A woman in the audience is either crying or expressing surprise.
Costume
Fairies
Laughter
Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Tupperware Home Parties
Christmas
Archival Resource Key
29A
7
Consulting ventures, 1960s
Archival Resource Key
29B
8
Consulting ventures, 1960s
Sovera manufacturing, 1960s
Archival Resource Key
29B
9
Consulting ventures, 1960s (snapshots)
Archival Resource Key
29B
10
Consulting ventures, 1960s (snapshots)
Brownie Wise publicity shots
Archival Resource Key
29B
11
Brownie Wise publicity shots
Brownie Wise publicity shots
Archival Resource Key
29B
12
Brownie Wise publicity shots
Snapshots: Earl Tupper and Brownie Wise, undated
Archival Resource Key
30A
1
Snapshots: various, undated
Archival Resource Key
30A
2
Brownie Wise with Tupperware products, undated
Archival Resource Key
30A
3
Brownie Wise/Salesman's Opportunity Magazine award, 1955
Archival Resource Key
30A
4
Brownie Wise/Saleswoman of the Year Award, 1956
Archival Resource Key
30A
5
Brownie Wise/Saleswoman of the Year Award, 1956
Brownie Wise/National Sales Executive's Businesswoman of the Year Award, 1957
Archival Resource Key
30A
6
Brownie Wise/National Sales Executive's Businesswoman of the Year Award, 1957
Brownie Wise with civic leaders, undated
Archival Resource Key
30A
7
THP events: Brownie " various, undated
Archival Resource Key
30A
8
THP events: Brownie " various, undated
THP events: Brownie " various, undated
Archival Resource Key
30A
9
THP events: Brownie " various, undated
[Tupperware party : photoprint]
Archival Resource Key
McCollum, J.
Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991
1 Item
8" x 10".
[1954]
English.
[Tupperware party : photoprint, 1954].
Local Numbers
00050901 (AC Scan No.)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Silver gelatin on paper.
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with cotton gloves.
Scope and Contents
Demonstrating the unbreakable Tupperware seal: Tupperware vice president Brownie Wise explains the benefits of Tupperware to an attentive and appreciative audience at a Tupperware party.
Biographical / Historical
Wise is credited with developing the enormously successful--and widely emulated--home-party plan, in which neighbors and friends gather in a home where Tupperware products are demonstrated and sold.
Exhibitions Note
Included in National Museum of American History virtual exhibit, "History Wired," http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=264.
See more items
Tupper, Earl Silas, 1907- Earl S. Tupper Papers, ca. 1908-1989, 2003. AAK6338AH (GEAC)00111136
Interior decoration -- 1950-1960
Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Wise, Brownie Humphrey, 1913-1991
Tupperware Home Parties
Proofs
Archival Resource Key
30A
10
Negatives
Archival Resource Key
30A
11-12
Tupperware events: award ceremonies, undated
Archival Resource Key
30B
1
Tupperware events: award ceremonies, undated
Tupperware events: Awarding cars, undated
Archival Resource Key
30B
2
Tupperware events: Corporate "birthdays", 1951-1953
Archival Resource Key
30B
3
Tupperware events: Corporate "birthdays", 1951-1953
Tupperware events: fireworks, undated
Archival Resource Key
30B
4
Tupperware events: luncheons, undated
Archival Resource Key
30B
5
Tupperware events: training and motivation, undated
Archival Resource Key
30B
6
Tupperware events: training and motivation, undated
Tupperware events: Miami Dealers Christmas Party, 1953
Archival Resource Key
30B
7
Tupperware events: Big Dig/Rodeo, 1954
Archival Resource Key
30B
8
Tupperware events: Big Dig/Rodeo, 1954
Tupperware Parties Are Fun. Have You Had One? [black-and-white photoprint]
Archival Resource Key
Tupperware Home Parties
1 Item
6.5" x 9.5".
1954
English.
Tupperware Parties Are Fun. Have You Had One? [black-and-white photoprint].
Local Numbers
01050919.tif (AC Scan)
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Silver gelatin on paper.
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted research use on site by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
Scope and Contents
Women attendees at Tupperware's 1954 annual jubilee walking in parking lot, with three automobiles; photographer unidentified.
Tupperware Home Parties -- 1950-1960
Automobiles -- 1950-1960
Photographs -- 1950-1960 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
Tupperware events: Big Dig/Rodeo, 1954 (photographs copyrighted by Life magazine)
Archival Resource Key
30B
9
Tupperware events: Big Dig/Rodeo, 1954 (photographs copyrighted by Life magazine)
Tupperware events: various, undated
Archival Resource Key
30B
10
Tupperware headquarters: sculpture, undated
Archival Resource Key
30B
11
Tupperware products, undated
Archival Resource Key
30B
12
Tupperware event, undated [circa 1952]
Archival Resource Key
30C
1
Tupperware Managers First Seminar at National Headquarters, August 1, September 1-2, 1953
Archival Resource Key
30C
2
Tupperware event, undated
Archival Resource Key
30C
3
Tupperware event, undated
Archival Resource Key
30C
4
Tupperware event, undated
Archival Resource Key
30C
5
Miscellaneous photographs, undated
Archival Resource Key
30C
6
Tupperettes, undated
Archival Resource Key
30C
7
Tupperettes, undated
Tupperware events: Treasure Island, undated
Archival Resource Key
30C
8
Tupperware events: Treasure Island, undated
Oversized photographs
Archival Resource Key
31
4
oversized photographs
Audio Recordings
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
circa 1953-1957; 1977; undated
Scope and Contents
Include open reel audiotapes, audio discs (78s and 33 1/3s) and one audio cassette documenting Tupperware home parties meetings, motivational speeches, and songs.
Half-inch open reel audiotape
8.1
Archival Resource Key
1953, undated
Scope and Contents note
[titles appear as they appear on original labels]
Rose Humphrey, #1, conference
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
1
OT 509.18
Humphrey, 4 Thursday, recruiting and booking
Archival Resource Key
undated
33
2
OT 509.19
Rose Humphrey
Archival Resource Key
33
3
OT 509.20
Humphrey - Gary - Brownie - Fledd
Archival Resource Key
33
4
OT 509.21
#3 Tupperware
Archival Resource Key
33
5
OT 509.22
Humphrey 7-3-1953
Archival Resource Key
33
6
OT 509.23
Brownie - distribution - hostess gift 7-3-1953
Archival Resource Key
33
7
OT 509.24
Humphrey - Sunday
Archival Resource Key
33
8
OT 509.25
Rose and Rosealley
Archival Resource Key
33
9
OT 509.26
Humphrey - Jack Marshall - Brownie Wise
Archival Resource Key
33
10
OT 509.27
Humphrey-Saturday, pm
Archival Resource Key
33
11
OT 509.28
Last Sunday
Archival Resource Key
33
12
OT 509.29
no label
Archival Resource Key
33
13
OT 509.30
no box, no label
Archival Resource Key
33
14
OT 509.31
no label
Archival Resource Key
40
Audio Discs (78 rpm)
8.2
Archival Resource Key
1956-1957, undated
Red Carpet Campaign, number 2
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.1
Red Carpet Campaign, number 3
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.2
Red Carpet Campaign, number 4
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.3
Red Carpet Campaign, number 5
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.4
Red Carpet Campaign, number 6
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.5
Red Carpet Record for Managers and Prospective Managers Only, number 7b
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.6
Hitch Your Wagon to a Star
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
1956
34
OD 509.7
Opp-Hop Message
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
1956
34
OD 509.10
Jubilee Movie Preview Commentary by Brownie Wise
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
1957
34
OD 509.11
Brownie Wise Announces McCall's Magazine Article
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.12
Merry Christmas Brownie, from T.H. Pete, Jack and Helen
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.13
A Personal Message from Brownie to Rose
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.14
Announcing the Lamplighters
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
1956
34
OD 509.8
Season's Greetings from Brownie Wise (side 1); We Three Kings, Christmas Carol, The Epic Choir, Peter Sozio, Conductor (side 2)
Archival Resource Key
2 Sound discs (vinyl)
2 copies
78 RPM
1956
34
OD 509.9
Untitled
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.15
Untitled
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.16
Untitled
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
OD 509.17
Announcing the Lamplighters
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
Duplicate of OD 509.8
78 RPM
1956
34
Season's Greetings, Merry Christmas, from Brownie Wise (side 1); The First Nowell, Christmas Carol, The Lyn Murray Singers, Conducted by Lyn Murray (side 2)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
undated
34
Season's Greetings from the Staff (side 1); Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, The Epic Choir (side 2)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
1959
34
Season's Greetings from the Staff (side 1); Cantique de Noel, The Epic Choir (side 2)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
1958
34
Season's Greetings from Brownie Wise (side 1); Joy to the World (side 2)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
1957
34
Season's Greetings from Brownie Wise (side 1); We Three Kings, Christmas Carol, The Epic Choir, Peter Sozio, Conductor (side 2)
Archival Resource Key
1 Sound discs (vinyl)
78 RPM
1956
34
Audio Discs (33 1/3 rpm)
8.3
Archival Resource Key
undated
Scope and Contents note
[titles appear as they appear on original labels]
A Hunting We Will Go [side A]; Fox Hunt sound effects [side B], undated
Archival Resource Key
34
1
We've Got the Spirit
Archival Resource Key
34
2
Scope and Contents
"Add extra enthusiasm to your fall and winter assemblies with this album of spirited songs, beginning with an all-new version of We've Got the Spirit, three college fight songs, and the theme song for 1977."
The Company of Friends
Archival Resource Key
undated
34
3
Reference Audio Cassettes
8.4
Archival Resource Key
1956-1957, undated
Red Carpet Campaign, numbers 2-6
Archival Resource Key
undated
36
RTC 509.1-6
Hitch Your Wagon to a Star
Archival Resource Key
1957-1957
36
RTC 509.7
Opp-Hop Message
Archival Resource Key
1956-1956
36
RTC 509.7
Jubilee Movie Preview
Archival Resource Key
1957-1957
36
RTC 509.11
Brownie Wise Announces McCall's magazine article
Archival Resource Key
undated
36
RTC 509.12
Merry Christmas Brownie, from THP, Jack and Helen
Archival Resource Key
36
RTC 509.13
A Personal Message from Brownie to Rose
Archival Resource Key
36
RTC 509.14
Announcing the Lamplighters
Archival Resource Key
1956-1956
36
RC 509.8
Seasons Greetings from Brownie Wise
Archival Resource Key
36
RTC 509.9
Unlabelled
Archival Resource Key
36
RTC 509.15-17
Humphrey, 4 Thursday, recruiting and booking
Archival Resource Key
37
RTC 509.19
Rose Humphrey
Archival Resource Key
37
RTC 509.20
Humphrey-Gary-Brownie-Fledd
Archival Resource Key
37
RTC 509.21
#3 Tupperware
Archival Resource Key
37
RTC 509.22
Humphrey 7-3-1953
Archival Resource Key
38
RTC 509.23
Brownie-distribution-hostess gift, 7-3-1953
Archival Resource Key
38
RTC 509.24
Humphrey, Sunday
Archival Resource Key
38
RTC 509.25
Rose and Rosealley
Archival Resource Key
39
RTC 509.26
Humphrey-Jack Marshall-Brownie Wise
Archival Resource Key
39
RTC 509.27
Rose Humphrey, #1, conference
Archival Resource Key
36
RTC 509.18
Last Sunday
Archival Resource Key
39
RTC 509.29
no box, no label
Archival Resource Key
40
RTC 509.31
Humphrey, Saturday pm
Archival Resource Key
39
RTC 509.28
2021 Addenda
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
1927-1960s
Scope and Contents
This addenda contains photos, photograph books, and documents related to the life experiences of Brownie Wise and her family. Image types include photo negatives, photo prints, and portrait photos. Significant topics of these photos are Tupperware Jubilees; Tupperware Home Parties Incorporated meetings; the Tupperware Corporation buildings and landscapes; and the personal life of Brownie Wise, Jerry Wise, and extended family and friends. This addenda also contains 35mm Kodachrome photo slides showing Brownie Wise's Paris-Rome Trip in 1954, a trip to Bermuda in January 1960, and the 1960 and 1961 Tupperware Jubilees.
The documents of this addenda are magazine publications, letters, and papers belonging to Brownie Wise or the Tupperware Corporation. These include Brownie Wise's 1936 ticket to the Texas Centennial Expo Ticket, the
Business Week, April 17, 1954 which features Brownie Wise on its cover, publications of Tupperware Home Parties Incorporated, and working documents and papers used by Brownie Wise, of significance being notes on her thesis about happiness.
Brownie Wise Family and Friends Photographs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
41
1
Tupperware Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
2
Brownie Wise and Tupperware Jubilee Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
3
Brownie and Jerry Wise Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
4
Brownie Wise Portrait Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
5
Brownie Wise Photographs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1927
41
6
Brownie Wise, Portrait
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
7
Home Demo Negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
8
Tupperware Home Party Negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
9
Tupperware Corporation Negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
10
Tupperware Home Parties Meeting Negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
11
Unidentified Building
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
12
Miscellaneous Landscape Negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
13
Brownie Wise Negatives
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
14
Brownie Wise Negatives
Archival Resource Key
1947-01-09
41
15
Jerry Wise Negatives
Archival Resource Key
1939-06-07
41
16
Jerry Wise, Child, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
1942-06-04
41
17
Jerry Wise, Child, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
1942-08-16
41
18
Miscellaneous Color Transparencies
Archival Resource Key
undated
41
19
Brownie Wise Family and Friends, Negatives
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
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20
Brownie Humphrey Texas Centennial Expo Ticket
Archival Resource Key
1936
41
21
Letter to Brownie Wise
Archival Resource Key
1940-10-06
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22
Business Week
Archival Resource Key
1954-04-17
41
23
Tupperware Home Parties Inc., Publicity
Archival Resource Key
circa 1952-1957
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24
Brownie Wise, Stationery and Work
Archival Resource Key
circa 1958
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25
Brownie Wise, "Happiness," and "Happy" file
Archival Resource Key
circa 1950s
41
26
B.W. Esty
Archival Resource Key
1952
42
1
Paris-Rome 1
Archival Resource Key
1954
42
2
Paris-Rome 2
Archival Resource Key
1954
42
3
Paris-Rome 3
Archival Resource Key
1954
42
4
Paris-Rome 4
Archival Resource Key
1954
42
5
Paris-Rome 5
Archival Resource Key
1954
42
6
Bermuda 1
Archival Resource Key
1960-01
42
7
Bermuda 2
Archival Resource Key
1960-01
42
8
Jubilee 1960 (1)
Archival Resource Key
1960
42
9
Jubilee 1960 (2)
Archival Resource Key
1960
42
10
Jubilee 1961 (1)
Archival Resource Key
1961
42
11
Slides, Miscellaneous
Archival Resource Key
undated
42
12
Jerry Wise Family Photograph Album
Archival Resource Key
circa 1930s-1950s
42
13
Jerry Wise, Infant, Portrait
Archival Resource Key
circa 1938
42
14
Brownie and Jerry Wise Small Photo Book
Archival Resource Key
circa 1951
42
15
Jerry Wise and Brownie Wise Photograph Scrapbook
Archival Resource Key
circa 1951
42
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