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Series 2: Marketing and advertising records, circa 1875-1972, inclusive

Scope and Contents

Series 2: Marketing and advertising records, circa 1875-1972, includes product catalogs and brochures, price schedules, advertisements and press clippings, and awards from the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and the New York World's Fair in 1964.

Publications created to demonstrate product uses and heritage, such as a course booklet for teachers titled "Color in Camouflage"; a color poster with "The Pictorial History of Writing"; a portfolio of pencil sketches promoting lead pencils; and a 75th anniversary promotional publication titled "The Story of the Oldest Pencil Factory in America" are also included.

Of note are a sales representative manual and Mongol pencil product display showing the stages of pencil production from wood block to final product from the 1940s-1950s.

Arrangement

This series is arranged chronologically.

["A. W. Faber's Lead Pencils" article], circa 1875, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition report on awards], 1876

Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

["The American Stationer," Eberhard Faber advertisement], 1883

Box: 4, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Pencil schedule], 1907

Box: 4, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Press clippings scrapbook], 1910-1919, inclusive

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

The press clippings in this scrapbook were collected by Burrelle's Press Clipping Bureau, 45 Lafayette Street, New York.

[A. W. Faber's Gold Pens and Pencil Cases advertisement], circa 1908 - 1958, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings, 1920-1976, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

["The Story of the Oldest Pencil Factory in America"], 1924

Box: 4, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

["A Portfolio of Sketches Illustrating the Artistic Possibilities of Black and Colored Lead Pencils Made by Eberhard Faber Pencil Company"], circa 1928, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Emerald pencil erasers product packaging], circa 1930, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Product catalog], circa 1940, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Mongol pencil product display], circa 1940, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Interior shows the process of pencil manufacturing from raw stock to finished product in 11 stages. Cataloged under object identifier: M1988.58.1a-aa.

["Pictorial History of Writing" poster], circa 1940, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Product brochures], circa 1940 - circa 1965, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Catalogs, 1940-1947, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Price lists and schedules], 1942-1943, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Advertisement from The Office Magazine of Office Equipment], 1945

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

["Color in Camouflage: A Basic Reference Course for Teachers"], circa 1950, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sales Manual, circa 1950, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Catalogs], 1951-1957, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[New York World's Fair, Eberhard Faber Day proclamation], 1964

Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Articles by Eberhard Faber, Fortune Magazine], 1971-1972, inclusive

Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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