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Egmont Arens Papers

An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Arens, Egmont, 1889-1966.
Title: Egmont Arens Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1880-1966
Quantity: 45 linear feet
Abstract: Papers of the American industrial designer. Collection includes correspondence, research material, manuscripts, photographs, and sketches, reflecting Arens' career in industrial design. Clients include Columbian Rope Co., the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. (A&P), J.C. Penney, Philip Morris, and Reynolds Metals Co. Materials on the Flying Stag Press include correspondence with Rex Stout (1924-1936) and Rockwell Kent (1924-1933).
Language: English
Repository: Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Egmont Hegel Arens, industrial designer, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 15 December 1889, the son of Franz Xavier and Emma (Huegal?) Arens. He was a leading design pioneer in the fields of packaging and plastics and is credited with introducing "appetite appeal" in packaging design. From 1911 to 1914 he attended the University of New Mexico and in 1915-1916 the University of Chicago. Before beginning his career in design, he was a sports editor for the Albuquerque (N.M.) Tribune-Citizen, a bookseller in his own Washington Square Bookstore in New York's Greenwich Village (1917-1923), a salesman of fine printing produced by his own Flying Stag Press (1918-1927), and editor for the periodicals Vanity Fair (1922-1923) and Creative Arts (1925-1927), and the printer, publisher, and editor (1919-1925) of the artistic and literary periodical Playboy, which published works by D.D. Lawrence and Max Weber, among others.

In 1929 he entered the field of industrial design as the founder and director of the division of industrial styling at Calkins and Holden, and in 1935 he established his own New York design office. As an industrial designer his activities included product design, plastics research, product development, color consultation, office and industrial interior design, store planning, and package and trademark design. He designed business machines, electrical appliances, radios, furniture, toys, and boats for such diverse clients as Reynolds Metals, Philip Morris, A & P, and the Columbian Rope Company.

Egmont Arens was manager (1917-1920) and director (1920) of the Peoples Symphony Concerts in New York, which had been founded by his father. Besides serving as president (1929) of the American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen, he was a member (1946) of the planning committee for the Center for Graphic Industries of New York University, president (1949-1950) of the Society of Industrial Designers, a member (1952) of the advisory committee of Pratt Institute, and a member of the United States delegation to the International Trade Fair, held in Liege, Belgium, in 1955. He was the co-author with Roy Sheldon of the 1935 book Consumer Engineering. From 1962 until his death he held the position of chairman of the board of Egmont Arens - DeRaffel, Inc. in New York. Egmont Arens died in New York City on 2 October 1966.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Egmont Arens Papers contain personal and business correspondence; business records; legal and financial records; organization records; original art, including layouts, plans and sketches; photographs and slides; published material, including books, clippings, labels, periodicals and reprints; and writings. The inclusive dates of these papers are 1883-1966; the bulk dates are 1930-1960.

The material is arranged under six major headings: Personal Correspondence, Industrial Design Records, Miscellany, Organization Records, Publication Records, and Writings. Material within each group is arranged either alphabetically or chronologically, as is material within subdivisions.

Personal Correspondence (1883-1966) contains the incoming and outgoing personal letters of Egmont Arens. There is also personal correspondence of members of Arens' family and his friends, among them Camille Davied Arens, Emma Huegal Arens, Josephine Bell Arens, Mathilde Zwilling Arens, Winifred B. Arens, Patricia Arens Cumming, and Margaret Laubenstein. Correspondence is arranged chronologically to the month. Undated correspondence is arranged alphabetically by the writer's name and is boxed immediately after the dated correspondence. Other correspondence is located elsewhere in these papers, especially in the industrial design section and boxes 29-30.

Industrial Design Records (1929-1966) contain materials relating to Arens' career as an industrial designer. The material is arranged in six subgroups:

The Client and Project File contains material generated by Arens in designing products of packaging on his own or for clients. Types of material include blueprints, clippings, correspondence, holograph notes, labels, layouts, news releases, patent applications and assignments, photographs, reports, and sketches. Of special interest is the folder "Diagram for Tomorrow" under Book Ideas which contains correspondence with Albert Einstein. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the name of the client or project and, within that are further subdivided by subject and type of document.

General Correspondence includes miscellaneous incoming and outgoing business letters which were originally located throughout the various files of the industrial design records. This correspondence is arranged chronologically.

The Office File contains materials relating to the operation of Arens' own design firms. Materials in this small file are arranged alphabetically by type.

Photographs and Slides are divided into three groups: Prints and Negatives, 35mm Slides, Lantern Slides. Prints and negatives are arranged alphabetically by names of client or subjects. Where there is more than one folder of photographs or negatives for a client, these are arranged alphabetically by subject. Thirty-five millimeter slides are divided into two groups according to the manner in which they were received: loose and boxed. Both groups are arranged alphabetically by subject. Because one box may contain slides of more than one subject, box and section numbers are indicated for each subject. The lantern slides, used by Arens to illustrate his lectures, are arranged alphabetically by his own general topic designations.

The Publicity File contains materials relating to the promotion of Arens' services as an industrial designer. This material is arranged alphabetically by type.

Writings contains writings in the field of industrial design, the greater portion by Arens himself. Materials are arranged alphabetically by author's name, then alphabetically by type. Articles, books and book reviews are arranged chronologically. Arens' lecture material is further subdivided by type. The manuscripts and correspondence section is arranged chronologically with undated articles arranged alphabetically at the end of that section. Notes and slide captions and background materials are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Miscellany (1901-1965) includes a melange of materials generated by the following people in addition to Egmont Arens: Camille Davied Arens, Emma Huegal Arens, Franz Xavier Arens, Josephine Bell Arens, Mathilde Zwilling Arens, Ralph Waldo Arens, Ruth Chrisman Arens, Patricia Arens Cumming, and J. Marie Egts.

Material is arranged alphabetically by individuals' last names, thereafter alphabetically by type of material or subject matter. Included are memorabilia, legal and financial records, diaries, photographs and negatives, medical records and a few pieces of correspondence. Titles of photographs and negatives in quotation marks on the shelf list are those given by Arens.

Organization Records (1936-1965) contains materials arising from Arens' membership in various organizations. It includes reports, minutes, membership lists, correspondence, and other similar material.

Publication Records (1918-1960) contains materials generated by Arens during his magazine editorial work and during the operation of his own Flying Stag Press. The material is arranged alphabetically by publishing house. Within the subsections on each publishing house, material is arranged alphabetically by type, and thereafter by author and/or title.

Writing (1915-1927) contains works by Arens and others on subjects other than industrial design. The material is arranged alphabetically by authors' names, thereunder by the type of work, and by the title.

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Arrangement of the Collection

See Scope and Content, above.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

The following items were removed from the collection and transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging:

  • Brodsky, Horace, A Portfolio of Linoleum Cuts, New York, No. 6 of 100, signed by the artist 1920, 1920
  • Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo, Memoirs, 12 volumes, New York: Aventuros 1925
  • Cronyn, George, Sandbar Queen. Flying Stag Plays, No. 1 1918
  • De La Mer, Alice, Paulet Thevanaz, privately printed 1922
  • Dell, Floyd, The Angel Intrudes, Flying Stag Plays, No. 3, New York 1918
  • Playboy Nos. 1-9 1919-1924 and assorted fragments
  • The Quill, Vol. 2, No. 2 1918
  • A Pagan Anthology, New York: Pagan Publishing Company ca. 1918

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Subject Headings

Persons

Arens, Egmont, 1889-1966.
Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971.
Stout, Rex, 1886-1975.

Corporate Bodies

Columbian Rope Company.
Flying Stag Press.
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.
J.C. Penney Co.
Reynolds Metals Company.

Subjects

Art and industry.
Industrial design -- United States.
Industrial designers -- United States.

Genres and Forms

Articles.
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Exhibition catalogs.
Lantern slides.
Lectures.
News releases.
Photographs.
Sketches.
Slides (photographs)

Occupations

Industrial designers.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Egmont Arens Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Egmont Arens.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: AMV
Date: Jul 1971
Revision history: Dec 1978 - revised (-); 8 Apr 2007 - converted to EAD (AMCon); 9 Jan 2012 - box numbers revised (MBD); 19 Dec 2013 - restriction lifted, formatting cleaned up (MRC); 13 Jun 2014 - added Eight O'Clock Coffee, Kitchen Aid items (MRC); 6 May 2019 - added Hugo Gellert Exhibition (KD)

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Inventory

Personal correspondence
Box 1 1883 Nov - 1910 Jun
Box 2 1910 Jul - 1913 Aug
Box 3 1913 Sep - 1914 Dec
Box 4 1915 Jan - 1921 Dec
Box 5 1922 Jan - 1933 Dec
Box 6 1934 Jan - 1940 Dec
Box 7 1941 Jan - 1949 Dec
Box 8 1950 Jan - 1954 Dec
Box 9 1955 Jan - 1966 Feb
undated
Box 10 A-C
Box 10 Arens, Camille Davied (7 folders)
Box 11 Arens, Emma Huegal (3 folders)
Box 11 Arens, Josephine Bell
Box 11 Arens, Ralph Waldo
Box 11 Arens, Winifred B.
Box 11 Baird, Bill
Box 11 Cronyn, George
Box 11 D-G
Box 11 H
Box 12 J-K
Box 12 L-M
Box 12 N-R
Box 12 S-Z
Box 12 Unidentified
Industrial design records
Client and project file
Oversize 1 Aerosleep Bed undated - poster
Box 13 Aerosol Can 1963 - sketches, correspondence
Box 13 American Design Registration Institute 1936 - correspondence
Box 13 American Tobacco Company, Lucky Strike Advertising Ideas undated - p.r. mat., photo., handwritten note
Box 13 Apron Fastener undated - sketch
Box 13 Art Exhibit, "Junk is My Hobby" 1941 - correspondence, handwritten notes p.r. mat.
Box 13 Ashtray 1947 - marketing survey
Box 13 Avery Corporation, Paper Doll Project 1951 - correspondence, handwritten notes, pr. mat.
Box 13 B & K Economy Stores, Ltd. undated - layout
Box 13 Battery Case 1938 - patent application
Box 13 Battleship 1942 - sketches, painting, cartoon, article
Box 13 Better Finishes & Coatings, Inc. undated - photo, pr. mat
Box 13 Billboard Projection 1938 - 1939 - sketches, handwritten notes, pr. mat., correspondence
Box 13 Block & Guggenheimer 1940 - clippings
Book ideas
Box 13 Biography of Frank Harris 1929, 1932 - correspondence, handwritten notes, clippings,
Box 13 "Diagram for Tomorrow" 1938-1939 - clippings, correspondence, (Einstein)
Box 13 "Rackets" 1934-1936 - clippings
Box 13 Miscellaneous 1929-1964, undated - clippings, handwritten notes, correspondence
Box 13 Bottle 1957 - patent specification
Box 13 Bottle Carrier 1939-1940 - photo., correspondence, photostats, patent copies, claim for invention
Box 13 Bowl undated - sketches
Box 13 Box: all black 1947-1949 - sketch, correspondence
Box 13 Briddell, Charles, Inc. undated - clipping
Box 13 Brillo Manufacturing Company 1949, 1950, 1957 - correspondence, notes, clipping
Box 13 Bristol-Myers 1958 - pr. mat.
Box 13 Bristol Laboratories, Inc. 1945 - clipping
Box 13 Cake Container 1941 - claim for invention
Box 13 Caldwell, A. & G.J., Inc. 1934 - pr. mat.
Box 13 Calvert Lithographing Company 1957 - labels, evaluations by E.A., letter
Box 13 Camera 1930 - report
Box 13 Camouflage 1942 - correspondence, handwritten notes, mimeo. mat.
Box 13 Carborundum Company 1946 - photo., pr. mat.
Box 13 Center for Research in Package Marketing 1957 - 1958 - correspondence, report, news release
Box 13 Chair (Beach) 1935 - correspondence, sketch, patent copies
Box 13 Chair (Plywood) 1939-1940 - correspondence, sketches, renderings, handwritten notes, blueprint (2 folders)
Box 14 Chairs undated - sketches
Box 14 Chaplin, Charlie 1931-1938 - animated film idea, correspondence, clippings
Box 14 Chrysler Corporation 1934 - magazine idea, correspondence
Box 14 Cigarette filters, (TNT) 1945-1960 - correspondence, sketches, handwritten notes, photostats, certificate of trademark registration
Box 14 Cigarette Packaging & Method of Making 1931 - patent petition, patent assignment, correspondence
Box 14 Colgate-Palmolive Company, Bottle 1960 - correspondence, patent application
Box 14 Colonial Sugar, Consumer Preference Survey by Container Corporation of America undated - layout
Columbian Rope Company
Aluminum furniture
Box 14 correspondence, handwritten notes 1944-1945
Box 14 Photo undated
Box 14 Photostats, letter 1944
Box 14 handwritten notes, rough sketches 1945, undated
Box 14 Photostats, sketches 1945
Box 14 Photostats 1945
Co-Ro-Lite
Box 14 Artek Pascoe furniture 1944-1946 - correspondence, sketches photostats, notices, photo.
Box 14 Baby carriages 1943-1945 - correspondence, handwritten notes, sketches
Box 14 Barrel 1944-1947 - correspondence, handwritten notes, sketches, photo.
Box 14 Boat 1934 - correspondence, captions
Box 14 Boat hulls - correspondence, handwritten notes, sketches, pr. mat., photostat, blue prints, 1943-1946; photo., photostats, 1944-1945 (2 folders)
Book: Low Pressure Molding
Box 15 handwritten, ts notes 1944-1947
Box 15 correspondence 1944-1947
Box 15 Draft 1945
Box 15 Photo., pr. mat. 1943-1945
Chair
Box 15 correspondence 1949-1950
Box 15 Clippings re: posture studies undated
Box 15 Clippings re: chair 1949
Box 15 Miscellaneous 1948, undated
Box 15 Sketches ca. 1944, undated
Box 15 Sketches re: posture studies undated
Box 15 Photo. undated
Box 15 Competition 1944 - correspondence, clippings
Box 15 Co-Ro-Lite in combination with Jersey Cloth 1943-1945 - correspondence, handwritten notes
Box 15 Debossed rubber molding blanket 1944 - correspondence, handwritten notes
Box 15 Designs for uses, sketches, photostats undated (2 folders)
Box 16 Felt: Stretchable 1944, undated - correspondence, sketches
Box 16 Filaments 1944-1945, 1955 - correspondence, patent application, handwritten notes, pr. mat.
Box 16 Furniture 1943-1946 - correspondence, sketches, pr. mat.
Box 16 John Wesley Hyatt (Award for the Advertising of Plastics) 1945 - correspondence, report, blueprint
Box 16 Industrial Machine Housing undated - sketch
Box 16 Laboratory & Design Project 1943-1945 - correspondence, photo-stats, notes
Box 16 Luggage 1943-1944 - sketches, handwritten notes, correspondence
Box 16 Materials 1943-1944 - correspondence
Box 16 Miscellaneous undated - sketches
Box 16 Patent Material 1943-1945 - correspondence, patent applications, assignment, handwritten notes
Publicity
Box 16 correspondence 1943-1946
Box 16 Copy 1943-1945, undated
Box 16 Pr. mat. 1940-1946
Box 17 Report of Progress 1944-1945 - report, correspondence, notes
Box 17 Copyrights and Design Protection 1935-1960 - correspondence
Box 17 Crystalace undated - letter of agreement
Box 17 Cubicles for Hotels 1949 - correspondence
Box 17 Cups: Molded undated - sketch
Box 17 Derris, Inc. 1933 - clipping
Box 17 Dixon Pencil Company 1941 - sketches
Box 17 Doll, Styrene, Electrostatic 1950 - affidavit
Box 17 Drawer undated - sketch
Box 17 Electric Reel undated - sketch
Box 17 Elon Bede 1945 - trademark registration
Box 17 Exhibit: Dayton, Ohio undated - captions
Fastening & Tight Packaging
Box 17 Means & methods of providing same, patent application 1945-1948 - sketches, photostats, correspondence, legal papers
Box 17 Food Fair Stores, Inc. 1950-1958 - labels and wrappers, handwritten notes
Box 17 Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc. 1949-1952 - correspondence, sketch, handwritten notes
Box 17 Furniture: Unibox 1942 - sketches, correspondence, handwritten notes
Box 17 Gasoline Station 1932 - clipping, photo.
Box 17 Glass Dress 1939 - clippings, photo.
Box 17 Glue 1941 - correspondence, legal papers
Box 17 Gobel, Alfred, Ind. undated - ham package label, sketches
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Box 17 Clippings 1934-1955
Box 17 Bread products report 1935
Box 17 Cereal packages report 1952
Map-Case 131 Eight O'Clock Coffee poster, mounted undated
Box 17 Sample label, sketches 1940-1950, undated
Box 18 Hat Display Stand 1937 - correspondence, photostat
Box 18 Heide, Henry, Inc. 1960, undated - photo., clipping,
Box 18 Heinz, H.J., Inc. 1941 - labels, letter, sketches
Box 18 Helmet 1957-1959 - correspondence, patent application
Box 18 Higgins Ink Company ca. 1938 - clipping, layout, photo.
Hobart Brothers, Inc.
Electric Welder
Box 18 correspondence 1942-1945
Box 18 Photo., photostats 1943, undated
Box 18 Proposal 1943
Box 18 Sketches, handwritten notes 1943?
Kitchen Aid Line
Box 18 Correspondence 1941-1963
Box 18 Office design for E. A. Hobart 1942-1944 - correspondence, handwritten notes
Map-Case 131 Poster, mounted undated
Box 18 Publicity, clippings 1934-1938, undated
Box 18 Sketches, blueprints, handwritten notes, personnel brochure, layout 1959-1963
Hobart Manufacturing Company
Box 18 Food mixing apparatus 1939 - patent oath, petition, assignment (photostats)
Box 18 Model 100 Scale 1941 - correspondence, patent oath, petition, assignment, photostat
Box 18 Holding Frame for Label or Direction for Application to Coffee Mill or the Like 1934 - patent application
Box 18 Hollow-Wall Construction 1935 - sketches, correspondence, pr. mat.
Box 18 Holsum Unified Bakeries undated - label, publicity
Box 18 Hotel of the Future 1936-1940 - correspondence, handwritten notes, proposal
Box 18 Houseboat 1933-1934 - correspondence, handwritten notes
Box 18 Household Tools 1939-1940 - sketches, claims for invention, correspondence
Box 18 House of Sidney Johnson 1948-1949 - correspondence, sketches, pr. mat.
Box 19 Housing: Prefabricated 1932-1935 - sketches, handwritten notes, correspondence, clippings
Box 19 Hydraulic Engine 1941-1942 - correspondence, legal papers, sketches, blueprint, report
Box 19 Ice Cube Ejector 1941-1942 - correspondence, sketch, blueprint, handwritten
Box 19 Ice Cube Freezer 1941 - correspondence, sketches, blueprint
Box 19 Industrial Equipment undated - redesign notes
Box 19 Industrial Tape Corporation 1945-1954 - correspondence, photo., layout, clipping
Box 19 Industries Sales Committee, Home Caravan Project 1934 - correspondence, reports, sketches
Box 19 Interstate Highway System 1930-1937 - correspondence, clippings
Box 19 Jar Ring Device 1935-1936 - correspondence
Box 19 Jigger Tubes 1935 - sketches, blueprint
Box 19 Julian, Bernard, Inc. undated - clipping
Box 19 Labels, correspondence, 1934; correspondence re: legal requirements, 1939, 1955
Box 19 Lampshade 1937-1938 - sketches, blueprint, correspondence
Box 19 Lever Brothers Company, Lux Soap undated - case history
Box 19 Life Boat, Torpedo 1942 - sketch, photostat, letter
Box 19 Life Magazine 1932, 1937 - correspondence, handwritten notes,
Box 19 Sample layout undated
Box 19 Liquid Dispense 1944 - correspondence, sketch, handwritten, notes
Box 19 Lumber System: Self-Membering Agreement 1942 - sketches
Box 19 Magazine (unnamed) 1933 - ideas, correspondence
Manhattan Inner Loop Skyway, (Skyloop)
Box 19 correspondence 1945-1947
Box 20 Clippings, notes 1948-1950, undated
Box 20 Maps, photo. ca. 1946
Manhattan Skyloop Committee
Box 20 Correspondence, notes 1946
Box 20 Legal form ca. 1946
Box 20 Literature ca. 1946
Oversize 1 Rendering ca. 1946
Townway Plan
Box 20 correspondence 1953-1961
Box 20 Miscellaneous 1951-1953
Box 20 Photographs, photostats undated
Box 20 Presentations 1945-1953 (2 folders)
Box 20 Rough drafts ca. 1953
Box 20 Mars, Inc. correspondence 1955
Box 20 Memo valet, correspondence 1937
Box 20 Merkin, M.J. Paint Company, Inc. 1950 - correspondence
Box 20 Motor Boat 1929-1931 - correspondence, handwritten notes, clippings
Box 20 Multiple Projection 1939 - correspondence
Box 20 Mutual Life Insurance Company undated - layout
Box 20 Nashua Corporation 1963 - label dispenser, correspondence, handwritten notes, specifications
Box 20 Nashua Package Sealing Company 1941 - tape dispenser, patent oath, specification, petition, correspondence
Box 20 National Biscuit Company, Packaging program 1947 - report & recommendations
Box 21 National Biscuit Company, Repackaging program 1940 - report & recommendations
Box 21 Nestle Company, Inc. undated
Box 21 Nestle-Lemur Company, Hairdryer 1939 - patent application, (photostat) clippings
Box 21 New York Herald Tribune, Rotogravure layouts 1935 - correspondence, handwritten notes
Box 21 New York Zoological Society, Conservation exhibit 1950 - letter, proposal
Box 21 North Bros. undated - clipping
Box 21 Nowland & Company, Inc. 1960 - correspondence
Box 21 Oil Can Opener 1933 - claim for invention, handwritten notes, correspondence
Box 21 Oleomargarine Color Mixer, correspondence 1945-1946 - handwritten notes
Box 21 Paris & Peart 1938 - consent & release
Box 21 Paper Bag Closure (Seal Tack) 1943 - correspondence, sketch
Box 21 Panel Fastener 1955 - correspondence, patent, photostats
Box 21 Panglo Lamps 1931-1932 - correspondence, sketches, photo., pr. mat.
Box 21 Patent Attorneys 1945 - correspondence, handwritten notes
Box 21 Patents: general information 1937-1939 - correspondence
Penney, J. C., Inc.
Box 21 Monogram, sketches, photostats, paper samples undated
Box 21 Trademark, sketches, photostats, proofs undated
Box 21 Pet Milk Company 1953 - correspondence
Box 21 Pfizer, Charles & Company, Inc. 1951 - correspondence, proposal, report
Philip Morris, Inc.
Advertising ideas
Box 21 Miscellaneous 1947
Box 21 "Gentle Cigarette" 1955 - letter, notes, clippings
Box 21 "Lock Out the Aldehydes" ca. 1953
Box 21 "No Cigarette Hangover" undated - clippings
Box 21 "Smoke Rings" - correspondence, clippings, 1949; photo. ca. 1949
Box 21 Benson & Hedges 1956 - correspondence
Box 21 Contracts 1949-1956 - correspondence
Box 21 correspondence 1947-1960 (2 folders)
Dunhill Cigarettes, no
Box 22 Notes, sample package 1954
Box 22 Report by Color Research Institute of America 1953
Box 22 Grocery store merchandising 1948-1949 - correspondence, handwritten notes
Interior Design
Box 22 Louisville plant
Box 22 Color specifications, reports, correspondence, photo. 1951-1952
Box 22 correspondence 1951
Box 22 Miscellaneous 1952
Box 22 Paint & fabric samples undated
Box 22 Photo., 35mm slides ca. 1952
Box 22 Press releases & publicity 1952
Box 22 Purchase order, correspondence 1951
Box 22 Sketches, blueprints, floor plan 1950-1951
New York offices
Box 22 correspondence 1949-1957
Box 22 Floor plans, sketches, swatches ca. 1950
Box 22 Notes 1950, ca. 1956
Box 22 Publicity, 35 mm slides, photo., pr. mat. 1950
Richmond plant
Box 22 Color specifications 1954
Box 23 correspondence 1950-1956
Box 23 Floor plans, sketches, blueprints, photostats, photo. undated
Box 23 handwritten notes, specifications, pr. mat., sketches undated. 1950-1951
Box 23 Main Street office entrance, correspondence, photo., blueprint, swatches 1953-1956
Box 23 Stockton Street floor plan, sketches, handwritten notes, correspondence, swatches 1953
Box 23 Market Research, correspondence, reports, sketches 1948
Marlboro Cigarettes
Box 23 Advertising proofs 1943
Box 23 Project X
Box 23 correspondence, handwritten notes, sketches 1953-1954
Box 23 Report 1954
Box 23 Report on package & carton design by Color Research Institute of America 1954
Box 23 Mayfield Cigarettes 1959 - correspondence, handwritten notes
Box 23 Package of the Future 1957 - correspondence
Parliament Cigarettes
Box 23 HiFi Filter, correspondence, notes 1957
Box 23 New Package
Box 23 Advertising proofs, photo. 1956
Box 23 correspondence, handwritten notes, pr. mat. 1954-1958
Box 23 Report on box designs by Color Research Institute of America 1954
Box 24 Paul Jones Cigarettes 1954 - correspondence, notes
Phillip Morris Cigarettes
Box 24 Christmas cartons, correspondence 1956
Box 24 New package color, acetate sheets, sample packages, correspondence 1957
Box 24 Project Mayfair
Box 24 Clippings 1955
Box 24 Photo. ca. 1955
Box 24 Photo captions ca. 1955
Box 24 Presentations, paper samples 1954
Box 24 Publicity, correspondence 1955
Box 24 Reports, correspondence, handwritten notes 1954-1956
Box 24 Report by Color Research Institute of America, paper samples 1953-1954 (3 folders)
Box 24 Snap open carton, correspondence, handwritten notes, clippings, sample 1954
Box 24 Vending machine inserts 1957
Box 24 Polyethylene cigarette case 1948 - sketches, handwritten notes
Box 24 Relative Visibility Survey ca. 1955
Box 24 Revelation Pipe Tobacco 1947 - correspondence
Box 24 Sales Meetings 1948 - correspondence, photo., speeches
Box 24 Spud Cigarettes 1947-1948, 1955 - job outlines, correspondence, notes
Box 24 Tobacco & Pipe Box 1948 - sketches
Box 24 Photo-Color ca. 1951 - patent search
Box 24 Photographic Paper 1938 - correspondence
Box 24 Photometric Analysis 1962, undated - letter, description of procedure
Plastic Boats, Inc. (Plastiboat)
Box 25 Blueprints, handwritten notes, sketches 1946
Box 25 Building instructions undated
Box 25 correspondence 1946-1956
Photographs
Box 25 Prints ca. 1946 (3 folders)
Box 25 Negatives ca. 1946
Box 25 35 mm slides ca. 1946
Box 25 Publicity, copy, circulars ca. 1946
Box 25 12' Boat, photo., blueprints, handwritten notes 1946-1948
Box 25 Plastic containers 1943-1945 - correspondence, photostats, sketch
Box 25 Plastic Screen undated - sketch
Plywood Structural Unit (Plyfold)
Box 25 Claim for invention 1942
Box 26 correspondence 1941-1943
Box 26 Sketches 1942
[Alfred] Politz Research, Inc.
Box 26 Chrysler Project 1959-1960 - report, correspondence, handwritten notes
Box 26 Projection: Outdoor undated - sketches, handwritten notes, photo
Box 26 Projector 1934, 1939 - correspondence
Box 26 Radar Corner Reflector 1951 - correspondence, claim for invention
Box 26 Reflecto-Mount 1952, 1961 - correspondence, handwritten notes, sketches, photo-stats, paper samples
Refrigerator
Box 26 correspondence 1943-1949
Box 26 Design patent, patent application, photo., legal correspondence 1943-1944
Box 26 Sketches, photostats, pr. mat. 1943
Reynolds Metals Company
Box 26 Aluminum furniture, correspondence 1961
Box 26 Beer labels, samples undated
Box 26 Campbell Soup Company 1941 - correspondence
Box 26 correspondence 1941-1955 (2 folders)
Box 26 Glenmore Distilleries 1941 - correspondence, sketches
Box 26 Goebel, Alfred, Inc. undated - frankfurter label, sketch
Box 26 Grass, I.J. Noodle Company 1941 - correspondence
Box 26 Lipton Tea 1941 - handwritten notes, sketch
Box 26 Seeman Brothers 1941 - correspondence, sketches, photo., clipping
Box 26 Silver Nip 1941 - sketches, letter
Box 26 Stokely-Van Camp 1941 - correspondence, sketches
Box 26 Swift & Company 1941 - correspondence, samples
Box 26 Tropic Gold undated - sketches, photo.
Box 26 V-8 Juice 1941 - correspondence, sketch
Box 26 Vick Chemical Company 1941 - correspondence
Box 26 Riegel Paper Corporation 1949-1950 - correspondence, pamphlet
Roadway Housing Plan
Box 27 correspondence 1934, 1935, 1944
Box 27 Presentation 1935
Box 27 Sketches, handwritten notes undated
Box 27 Scale, Electric 1943 - sketch
Box 27 Scoville Manufacturing Company, Garden Hose Line 1956 - correspondence, specifications
Scrambled Songs, Ins.
Box 27 correspondence 1951
Box 27 Ideas, handwritten & ts notes 1951
Box 27 Incomplete drafts ca. 1951
Box 27 Original words ca. 1951
Box 27 Rough drafts ca. 1951 (2 folders)
Box 27 Sample galleys ca. 1951
Box 27 Song lists ca. 1951
Box 27 Sebring Pottery Company 1936 - pottery design & marketing report
Box 27 Sign: Illuminated 1946 - correspondence, patent application, photostats, patent copies
Box 27 Slicing Machine 1942-1943 - correspondence, design, patent application, patent assignment, photostat
Box 27 Soap: Protective Coating, Method of application 1941 - claim for invention
Box 27 Society of the Plastics Industry, Badge Design 1961 - correspondence, sketches, blueprints
Box 27 Socony Vacuum Oil Company 1954 - correspondence, sketches
Box 27 Spinning Top 1943-1944 - correspondence,sketch
Box 27 Steam Electric Products, Ltd. Steam Irons 1950 - correspondence, handwritten notes, sketches
Box 27 Streamliner 1946 - correspondence
Box 27 Switch Handle Lock 1954-1955 - correspondence, patent copies
Box 27 Tank 1942 - sketches
Box 27 Tappan Stove Company 1948 - correspondence
Box 27 Tatham-Laird, Inc. 1952, 1954 - correspondence
Box 27 Tennessee Enamel Manufacturing Company, Coca-Cola Signs 1945, undated - sketches, photostats
Box 27 Tie Tree 1937 - correspondence
Box 27 Trains of the Future Oct 1930 - correspondence,notes, clippings, draft article, 36
Box 28 United Business Publishers Group 1933 - report
Box 28 United States Economy Flow Chart 1942 - correspondence, charts, pr. mat.
Box 28 United States Government 1948-1956 - correspondence
Box 28 United States Patent Office 1942-1944 - bills, correspondence
Box 28 United States Plywood undated - report on plastic laminate market
Box 28 Virginia Dare Extracts Company 1940 - clippings
Box 28 Washing machine 1943 - letter, handwritten note
Box 28 Waterman Pen Company undated - sketches
Box 28 Whitehall Pharmacal Company, Pill Dispenser 1953, 1955 - patent application, assignment, correspondence, pr. mat.
Whitewood Products Company
Lilliput Lumber
Box 28 correspondence 1935-1937
Box 28 Presentation undated
Box 28 Sketches, photostats undated
Box 28 Trademark registration 1937
Box 28 Wigwam Mills, Inc. undated - pr. mat.
Box 28 Wilbert Products, Inc. 1939 - clippings
Box 28 Wilson & Company 1954 - correspondence, handwritten notes.
World's Fair
Film: "Three-Thirds of a Nation"
Box 28 correspondence 1938
Box 28 correspondence, handwritten notes 1939
Oversize 1 Magazines 1939 (3 folders)
Box 28 Photo., pr. mat. 1939
Wrigley's Gum
Oversize 1 Posters undated
General correspondence
Box 29 1931-1953 (12 folders)
Box 30 1954-1966, undated (12 folders)
Office files
Box 31 Billing recovery 1958-1963
Christmas cards
Box 31 E.A. Business 1939-1963
Box 31 From staff 1950, 1951, undated
Box 31 Contract forms undated
Box 31 Job descriptions 1945
Box 31 Letterheads undated
Box 31 Lists of staff & business friends 1962, undated
Box 31 Personal drawing account of Egmont Arens 1951-1962
Box 31 Resumes 1941-1963
Photographs and slides
Prints & negatives
Box 32 Advertising arts 1931
Box 32 Advertising ideas, "Smoke Rings" 1931
Box 32 Anheuser-Busch, Inc. undated
Box 32 Arens, Egmont, office of undated
Box 32 B. & K. and Kwick Chek Food Stores undated
Box 32 Boat undated
Box 32 Calking & Holden, Prize-winning Pictures Art Directors' Show 1931
Box 32 Carborundum undated
Box 32 Chase Automobile, interior (negative) undated
Columbian Rope Company
Box 32 Autoclave undated
Box 32 Chair undated
Box 32 Competitive Industrial Styling undated
Box 32 Designs by Egmont Arens undated (3 folders)
Box 33 Designs by Egmont Arens undated (4 folders)
Box 33 Exhibit: Dayton, Ohio undated
Box 33 "Fighting with Color" 1943
Box 33 Furniture designed by Egmont Arens undated
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Box 33 Bread products 1943
Box 33 Coffee packages 1930-1931, undated (2 folders)
Box 33 Displays 1931-1932, undated
Box 33 Gynex undated
Box 34 Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, boat 1945
Box 34 Hobart Brothers, Inc., mixer & slicer 1937-1940, undated
Box 34 Hoffman, bottle 1930
Box 34 Hudnut, Richard, compact, perfume packages 1931
Box 34 "Industrial Design Today" and exhibit undated
Box 34 International Paper Company, packages 1931-1932, undated
Box 34 Krasne Brothers, packages undated
Box 34 Matthew Products, Inc., packages undated
Box 34 Nashua Corporation, tape dispenser undated
Box 34 Negatives: Clients & others 1936-1937, 1946, 1949, 1951, undated (17 rolls)
Box 35 Nestle-Lemur, hairdryer & waver ca. 1939
Box 35 North Brothers undated
Box 35 Office Photographs undated
Box 35 Philip Morris, Inc., convention negatives 1947 (15 rolls)
Box 35 Plastic Boats, Inc. undated
Box 35 Plastic package for fruit undated
Box 35 Savory Toasters undated
Box 35 Seeman Brothers, Inc. undated
Society of Industrial Designers
Box 35 1947 Convention Dinner
Box 35 1949 Convention Dinner
Box 35 Sweden House Bakers undated
Box 35 Toledo Scales undated
Box 36 Van Camp, cans undated
Box 36 Varityper 1931
Box 36 Waterman Pens 1931
Box 36 Wesson Oil & Snowdrift Sales Company, shortening can undated
Box 36 Wilbert Productions, Inc., truck undated
Box 36 World's Fair 1939
Box 36 Unidentified undated
35 mm slides
Loose slides
Box 37 A-Penn undated
Box 37 American Chicle Company, display stand undated
Box 37 Battleship undated
Box 37 Bristol-Myers Company undated
Box 37 Carborundum Company 1948
Box 37 Crookes Laboratories, Inc, Enzo, California undated
Box 37 Designs of Egmont Arens undated
Box 37 Dif Corporation undated
Box 37 Dixon, Joseph Crucible Company, graphites undated
Box 37 "Fighting with Color" 1943
Box 37 Gerber Products Company, cereal baby food undated
Box 37 Glass dress undated
Box 37 Gobelin 1948-1949
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Box 37 Ann Page line 1952
Box 37 Various brands 1940-1948
Box 37 Higgins Ink Company, filigree brand undated
Box 37 Independent Grocer s Alliance, (I.G.A.) coffee & teas undated
Box 37 Italian Cook Salad Oil undated
Jenkins Brothers
Box 37 Gold Seal Friction Tape 1948
Box 37 Jar rings undated
Box 37 Main of Orleans Sherry undated
Box 37 Major Treat Ice Cream undated
Box 37 Mars Candy, display 1944
Box 37 Meador Peanut Brittle 1946
Box 37 Mobile Air-Sea Base 1942
Box 37 Monegal, NASA: Spanish dancer undated
Box 37 North Brothers, ice crusher-chopper undated
Box 37 Northern Electric Company, radios undated
Box 37 Old projects 1948, undated
Box 37 Packages 1949, 1951, undated
Box 37 Red Cross and Seminole Towels undated
Box 37 Q.T. Pie Crust undated
Box 38 Reynolds Metals Company
Box 38 Foil undated
Box 38 Metals & foil undated
Box 38 Rockwood & Company, chocolate products undated
Box 38 Sarong undated
Box 38 Seeman Brothers, Inc., White Rose Foods undated
Box 38 Seven Minute Pie Mix undated
Box 38 Six O'Clock Waffle Mix undated
Box 38 Sklar Manufacturing Company 1945
Box 38 Swan Disposables undated
Box 38 Sweden House undated
Box 38 Thanx undated
Box 38 Virginia Dare Extract Company undated
Box 38 White House Milk undated
Box 38 Whitehall Laboratories undated
Box 38 Wilbert Floor Wax and Shoe Polish 1949
Box 38 World's Fair 1939
Boxed slides
Slide box 1
Box 39 Sections 1-8 Appetite Appeal 1940-1949
Box 39 Sections 9-15 Color Cynamics 1948-1956
Slide box 2
Box 39 Sections 1-11 Color Theory 1947-1948
Box 39 Sections 12-15 Design Influences 1948-1949
Slide box 3
Box 40 Sections 1-15 Package Design, studies 1948-1949
Slide box 4
Box 40 Sections 1-7 Holsum Air Shots and others 1956
Box 40 Sections 8-11 Holsum Bread 1950
Box 40 Sections 12-15 Industrial Design 1949
Slide box 5
Box 41 Sections 1-14 Merchandising undated
Slide box 6
Box 41 Sections 1-15 Miscellaneous undated
Lantern slides
Box 42 Arens Organization undated (3 folders)
Box 42 A.A. Armstrong, embossed linoleum undated
Box 42 Art line undated (2 folders)
Box 42 PO-A. Brodovitch-Athelia undated
Box 42 Packaging undated
Box 43 Packaging 1937, undated (3 folders)
Box 43 Plastic undated (2 folders)
Box 44 Streamlining in Nature undated (2 folders)
Box 44 Typography 1932, undated (3 folders)
Box 45 Typography 1934, undated (4 folders)
Publicity file
Box 46 Clippings about Egmont Arens, with scrapbook 1936 - re: Dayton Lecture
Material prepared by Egmont Arens Organization
Box 46 Client captions 1935-1946, undated
Box 46 handwritten notes, layout undated
Box 46 Pr. mat. 1943, 1950, undated
Box 46 Proqrams 1929-1949, undated
Box 46 News releases 1939-1954
Box 47 Promotional material undated (3 folders)
Box 47 Scrap book undated
Package 2 Scrap books (2) 1920-1936, undated
Box 47 Testimonial letters 1934-1958
Writings
Arens, Egmont
Articles
Box 48 "A & P Coffee" undated
Box 48 "The Advertising Agency Enters Packaging" undated
Box 48 "Automobiles Have It" undated
Box 48 "Challenge" undated
Box 48 "The Cigarette Package of the Future" undated
Box 48 "Color Problems of the Architect" undated
Box 48 "Commission to Design Caldwell Products Bottles & Labels" undated
Box 48 "Cosmetic Displays" undated
Box 48 "Design for Living" undated
Box 48 "Designing the Royal Guest & Sunny Morn Coffee Packages" undated
Box 48 Drafts of articles by Egmont Arens undated
Box 48 Ideas, handwritten notes undated
Box 48 "Egmont Arens Designs New Paraffine Companies Showroom" undated
Box 48 "Engineered Styling New Trend" undated
Box 48 "Five Ways to Lose Money on Your Packages" undated
Box 48 "Follow-Through Wins the Game" undated
Box 48 "Glass Packages: Consumer Engineered" undated
Box 48 "Good or Bad Packages: How to Tell?" undated
Box 48 "Heide Goes to Supermarket" undated
Box 48 "History of the Redesigning of the Higgins Ink, Pastes & Mucilages" undated
Box 48 "How a Fast-Selling Bread Wrapper Was Designed for Holsum Bakers" undated
Box 48 "The How & Why of Creating a New Label for Decaf" undated
Box 48 "How to Find Your Packaging P.Q." undated
Box 48 "How to Relate Package to Advertising in other Media" undated
Box 48 "Imagination for Sale" undated
Box 48 "It's Thrifty to Be Smart" undated
Box 48 "Kent, Rockwell" undated
Box 48 "Kitchen Design that Avoids Monotony" undated
Box 48 "Low Pressure Molding of Carrying Cases" undated
Box 48 "Make It Easy for The Prospect" undated
Box 48 "Making Readers More Responsive to Advertising" undated
Box 48 "Marching Out of Step Pays in Packaging" undated
Box 48 "New Era in Boat Building" undated
Box 48 "One Million Can't Be Wrong" undated
Box 48 "Our Sublimated Fifth Sense" undated
Box 48 "Packaging" undated
Box 48 "Packaging for Mass Consumption" undated
Box 48 "Packaging Standardization" undated
Box 48 "Packaging Up" undated
Box 48 "Photography" undated
Box 48 "A Plea for Imagination" undated
Box 48 "Program for a $2 Billion Market" undated
Box 48 "Streamline as You Rebuild" undated
Box 48 "Ten Outstanding Packages of Today" undated
Box 48 "The Store of the Future" undated
Box 48 "The Train of Tomorrow" undated
Box 48 "We Acquire New Eyes" undated
Box 48 "Package Engineering" 1930
Box 48 "Display Engineering" 1931
Box 48 "Color" 1932
Box 48 "Horton's Ice Cream Package" 1932
Box 48 "Super Suds & Ivory Snow Packages" 1932
Box 48 "Three Packaging Steps Necessary Essentials to Spontaneous Selling" 1932
Box 48 "Designing for the Chain Store" 1933
Box 48 "Package Takes Confusion Out of Product Demonstration" 1933
Box 48 "Second Annual Packaging Roundtable" 1934
Box 48 "Streamline for Recovery" 1934
Box 48 "How to Use Type on Your Packages" 1934
Box 48 "Packaging Marches On" 1935
Box 48 "Protection by Packaging" 1935
Box 48 "The Color Racket" 1935
Box 48 "Consumer Engineering vs. Consumer Research" 1935
Box 48 "Drug & Cosmetic Industry" 1935
Box 48 "Use Black to Sell Color" 1935
Box 48 "What Will They Buy Next Year" 1935
Box 48 "How I Produce a New Pack" 1935
Box 48 "New Packages Aid Sales, Cut Consumer Cost" 1936
Box 48 "Next Year's Cars" 1936
Box 48 "Streamline America" 1936
Box 48 "What Should the Designer Aim at in This Field" 1936
Box 49 "Where is Liquor Packaging Going?" 1936
Box 49 "Women's Hands Determine Sales" 1936
Box 49 "Best Design of the Month" 1937
Box 49 "Decorative Trends for 1937" 1937
Box 49 "Looking Over the Industrial Designer's Shoulder Memo valet" 1937
Box 49 "Packaging Pays" 1937
Box 49 "Photography in Business & Profession" 1937
Box 49 "What Makes Designs that Click" 1938
Box 49 "Packaging" 1938
Box 49 "Atlas Batteries" 1939
Box 49 "Eye Appeal for Transit Vehicles" 1939
Box 49 "How to Make Things Today that Will Sell Tomorrow" 1939
Box 49 "A Selling Tool Untried for Cigarettes" 1940
Box 49 "Good Design has no Recipe" 1940
Box 49 "Whither Styling?" 1940
Box 49 "Egmont Arens & Radio Today" 1940
Box 49 "New Trends in Coffee Today" 1940
Box 49 "Easy to Look at -- Easy to Use" 1940
Box 49 "Color Harmony Manual & Color Harmony Index" 1942
Box 49 "Color in the Factory" 1943
Box 49 "Fighting with Color Clippings" 1943
Box 49 "The Post-War Refrigerator" 1943
Box 49 "The Functions & Responsibilities of an Industrial Designer" 1944
Box 49 "Pretesting the Post-War Package" 1944
Box 49 "Low Pressure Molding for Toys & Sporting Goods" 1944
Box 49 "Air Conditioned Bed & New Bathroom" 1945
Box 49 "Die Casting for the Modern Package Sealer" 1945
Box 49 "How's the Readership of Your Package" ca. 1945
Box 49 "The Industrial Designer Looks At Magazines" 1945
Box 49 "Lighting to Invite More Customers" ca. 1945
Box 49 "Design for Maintenance" 1946
Box 49 "Manhattan Inner Loop Skyway" 1946
Box 49 "Plastic Film: Syntilie" 1946
Box 49 "Ten Outstanding Packages of Today" 1946
Box 49 "Package Redesign Pays" 1947
Box 50 "Six Basic Elements of Package Redesign" 1947
Box 50 "Dynamic Design Aids Merchandising" 1947
Box 50 "Wanted: Fine Color Reproduction on Folding Boxes" 1947
Box 50 "Cover Package" 1948
Box 50 "Do You Need a Package Design Counselor?" 1948
Box 50 "Restaurant Traffic Control Helps to Speed Up Service" 1948
Box 50 "Make Modern Packages Fast Reading" 1949
Box 50 "Color Values in Television" 1949
Box 50 "How To Cash in On Packaging Trends" 1949
Box 50 "So You Want To Sell Color" 1949
Box 50 "Type Types Your Package" 1949
Box 50 "What Plastic Packages Can Do to Freshen Buyer Interest" 1949
Box 50 "Reinforced Plastics for Furniture" 1949
Box 50 "Techniques in Fabricating Furniture with Reinforced Plastics" 1949
Box 50 "White Rose Packages" 1950
Box 50 "Using Illustration Effectively" 1950
Box 50 "Prepackaging Fresh Produce Revolutionizes an Industry" 1950
Box 50 "Drugstore Packaging Goes Super" 1950
Box 50 "Package Design for Increased Sales" 1950
Box 50 "Irene Taylor Story" 1950
Box 50 "New Importance of Good Labels in Modern Merchandising" 1950
Box 50 "Period Pieces" 1950
Box 50 "Introduction to Packaging" 1950
Box 50 "Designer's Outlook" 1950
Box 50 "How Do You Make Packages Attractive to Children?" 1951
Box 50 "How a Designer's Name May Be Used as a Guarantee of Quality" 1952
Box 50 "The Magical Rain Cape" 1952
Box 50 "Twenty-Five Years of Package Design" 1952
Box 50 "The Shape of Things" 1952
Box 50 "Cure for Lazy Trademarks" 1953
Box 50 "A Designer Looks at the Packaging Show in Chicago for Industry Packaging Trends" 1953
Box 50 "What's Ahead in Self-Service?" 1953
Box 50 "A Sale I Will Never Forget..." 1954
Box 50 "Packaging for Color Television" 1954
Box 50 "Today's Three A's for Packaging" 1955
Box 50 "Appraisal of Packaging & Color T.V." 1955
Box 50 "Packaging Top Issue in Food Marketing" 1956
Box 50 "Spotlight on Packaging" 1956
Box 50 "Yessir, You Can Afford 20,000,000 Salesmen!" 1956
Box 50 "The Principle Point of Sale Persuader" 1957
Box 50 "Women's Appetites Dey Modern Packages" 1957
Box 50 "Package Design for Self-Service Toiletries Market" 1961
Box 50 "Ideal Bread Package" 1962
Books
Box 51 Consumer Engineering 1931-1933
Box 51 Modern Food Marketing, "Stop Traffic With Your Package" 1949
Box 51 On Industrial Design, background mat. 1958 (2 folders)
Book reviews
Box 51 Birren, Faber, Creative Color 1961
Lectures
Manuscripts & correspondence
Box 51 On Brand Names undated
Box 51 On Premiums undated
Box 51 On Packaging 1932
Box 51 "Style in Copywriting" 1932
Box 51 Remarks at Chicago World's Fair, re: Century of Progress Exhibition 1933
Box 51 The Creative Evolution of the Printed Word 1933
Box 51 Visual Aspects of Selling 1934
Box 51 "See America Streamlined" 1935
Box 51 On Streamlining 1935
Box 51 Roundtable on Industrial Design 1936
Box 51 Packages in Uniform 1936
Box 51 The Merchandising Hazards of Some Current Packaging Ideas 1937
Box 51 Visual Aspects of Streamlining 1937
Box 51 Package Engineering 1937
Box 51 On Packaging 1938
New York University Lectures
Box 52 Anatomy of Eye Appeal undated
Box 52 Correspondence 1946-1947, undated (2 folders)
Box 53 The Sales Value of Attractive Boxing & Packaging 1938
Box 53 Tea Packaging 1938
Box 53 Fighting With Color 1939-1944, undated (2 folders)
Box 53 The Experts Tackle Packaging 1940
Box 53 The Functions & Responsibilities of an Industrial Designer 1944
Box 53 Designs for Tomorrow 1944
Box 53 On A & P Packages 1945
Box 53 Low Pressure Molding Comes of Age 1945
Box 53 Lecture Trends in the Low Pressure Field 1946
Box 53 On Packaging in Terms of Readership 1948
Box 53 Finishing & Packaging your Product 1948
Box 53 The Psychology of Impulse Buying 1948
Box 53 The Redline: A Store Modernization Plan Designed to Stimulate Store Traffic 1948
Box 53 How Packaging Can Increase Ice Cream Sales 1949
Box 53 Plastics & Premiums--A New Dimension 1949
Box 53 Product Merchandising Through Vending Machines 1949
Box 53 The Hidden Assets in Your Package 1949
Box 53 Package & Label Design 1949
Box 53 On Design & Designers 1950
Box 53 Canada's Stake in Design 1950
Box 53 Package & Product Design 1950
Box 54 The Dynamic Use of Color 1950
Box 54 Industrial Design & Mass Production 1950
Box 54 Package Design 1950
Box 54 Wanted: Fine Color Reproduction on Folding Boxes 1950
Box 54 The Practice of Industrial Design 1950
Box 54 Recent Trends in Label Design 1950
Box 54 Use of Color in Product Design 1950
Box 54 The Future of Industrial Design 1950
Box 55 Packaging for the Mass Market 1952
Box 55 Lazy Packages 1953
Box 55 Plastics Going High Style 1953
Box 55 The Dynamics of Art 1954
Box 55 On Produce Packaging 1954
Box 55 7th National Plastics Exposition Remarks 1956
Box 55 Significant Trends & Future Developments in Package Design 1958
Box 55 Role of Packaging in American Marketing 1959
Notes and slide captions
Box 56 Art, advertising undated
Art, applied undated
Box 56 Child undated
Box 56 Humorous undated
Box 56 Line undated
Box 56 Painting undated
Box 56 Primitive undated
Box 56 Fashion & costume undated
Box 56 Household design undated
Housing
Box 56 Architecture undated
Box 56 Interiors undated
Box 56 Mobile undated
Industrial design undated
Box 56 Liege Fair 1955
Box 56 Merchandising undated
Box 56 Packages undated (2 folders)
Box 56 Photo line undated
Box 56 Posters undated
Box 57 Sense of Touch undated
Box 57 Streamlining in nature undated
Transportation
Box 57 Air undated
Box 57 Auto undated
Box 57 Early undated
Box 57 Marine undated
Box 57 Railroad undated
Box 57 Typography undated
Box 57 Vision undated
Background material
Advertising 1955-1958
Box 58 Creative 1960-
Box 58 Art Education 1929-1937
Color 1931-1951
Box 58 Fighting with Color 1943
Box 58 Consumer engineering 1934-1935
Box 58 House, movable undated
Box 58 Industrial design 1947-1950
Box 58 Language, speed in 1934-1950
Box 58 Mechanizations, Early 1951
Box 58 Miscellaneous undated
Box 58 Packaging 1952-1961, undated (3 folders)
Box 58 Photography 1931-1935
Box 59 Quotations 1947-1960 (2 folders)
Box 59 Sense of smell 1935-1950
Streamlining 1933-1936, 1946
Box 59 Airplanes 1932-1935, undated
Box 59 Automobiles 1931-1939
Box 59 Boats 1934-1935
Box 59 Misuse 1936
Box 60 Trains 1933-1934
Box 60 Type styles undated
Box 60 Programs 1947-1958, undated (2 folders)
B.B.B.
Box 61 Speech, "Remarks at Exhibition of Modern American Glass" undated
Brinkema
Box 61 Article, "The Story of Low Pressure Molding" undated
Calkins, E.E.
Box 61 Article, "What Consumption Engineering Really Is" undated
Chapman, Dave
Box 61 Doodles undated
Clark, Rene
Box 61 Speech, "On Layout" undated
Composing Room, Inc.
Box 61 Article, "About U.S." 1961
Fitzpatrick, Paul
Box 61 Article, "Why Business Buys Design" 1950
Frank, Betty
Box 61 Article, "Egmont Arens" 1943
Hoffman, Paul
Box 61 Speeches, "On Industrial Design 1947
Nichols, Dale
Box 61 Article, "Hold that Streamline" undated
Shaw, Robert
Box 61 Report, "On Studies of Exhibitions in Europe" undated
Sheldon, Roy
Articles
Box 61 The Artist Contributes a Merchandising Idea 1931
Box 61 Beautiful Bottles 1931
Box 61 On Cooperative Merchandising 1931
Box 61 Dealing in Futures 1931
Box 61 Opportunities Wrapped Up in Combination Packages 1931
Box 61 Packages That Make Life Easier for the Consumer 1931
Box 61 A Plea for More Convenient Packages 1931
Box 61 Psychologically the Depression is Over 1931
Box 61 Reputations Lying Idle 1931
Box 61 There Ain't No Santa Claus 1931
Box 61 On the Wheat Surplus 1931
Book reviews
Box 61 Tolmer, Mise En Page 1931
Sims
Box 61 Article, "Ann Page: 4th Generation" undated
Smedley, Doree
Box 61 Article, "Fun Ahead" undated
Swan, Carroll
Box 61 Article, "How To Tell If Your Package Will Sell" 1948
Wright, Hal
Box 61 Article, "On Holsum Bread" undated
Miscellany
Arens, Camille Davied
American Girl file
Box 62 Corres 1926-1929
Box 62 Financial records 1929-1929
Box 62 Reports 1927-1928
McCall's file
Box 62 correspondence, reports, copy 1943-1948
Vogue file
Box 62 Statistics 1928-1929
Arens, Egmont
Address books
Box 62 Bound volume undated (2 folders)
Box 62 Unbound 1952
Biographical
Box 62 Clippings 1936-1955
Box 62 Introduction & sketches 1936-1962, undated (3 folders)
Box 62 University of New Mexico 1910-1964
Diaries
Box 62 Bound 1901-1914, undated (5 folders)
Box 63 Unbound notes 1922-1923
Ephemera
Box 63 Cartoons, sketches undated
Christmas cards 1939-1963
Box 63 Of others undated
Box 63 Clippings 1921-1939
Box 63 Hobbies 1941-1943, undated (2 folders)
Box 63 Post cards undated (3 folders)
Box 63 Wedding announcements 1914
Financial records
Box 63 Bills & receipts 1951-1956, 1916 (2 folders)
Box 64 Credit cards 1961
Box 64 Safe deposit box 1952
Tax records
New York State 1929-1952
Box 64 New York State Adjustments 1939-1954
Box 64 United States 1929-1952
Box 64 Kent, Rockwell 1932-1937, undated - photo., handwritten notes, clippings
Box 64 Landscape layout, Huntington, L.I. 1953
Legal records
Box 64 Agreements 1956-1957
Box 64 Bill of Sale 1923
Box 64 Divorce 1923, 1952
Box 64 I.D. cards & passports 1949-1961
Box 64 Lawsuit 1926
Box 64 Partnership 1905
Box 64 Security clearance 1950-1951
Box 64 Will 1947
Medical records
Box 65 Miscellaneous 1933-1960
Box 65 Electrocardiograms & X-rays 1946-1962
Photographs & negatives
Box 65 Arens, Egmont undated (3 folders)
Box 65 Book label undated
Box 65 Camping trips 1904, undated
Box 65 Chest of drawers undated
Box 65 Chickens undated
Box 66 Desk & chair undated
Box 66 "Ellenwood" undated
Box 66 Europe undated
Box 66 Gorodnitzky, Beatrice undated
Box 66 Greenwich Village Friends 1952-1954, 1920 (1 folder)
Box 66 House, Southport, Connecticut ca. 1940
Box 67 "Lake Nebo: 1901-1902
Box 67 Landscape, New Mexico undated
Box 67 "Loomis San" undated
Box 67 Oregon undated
Personal
Box 66 RESTRICTED undated (1 folder)
Box 66 Slides, (box 1) 1943-1950
Box 67 Slides, (box 2) 1952-1954
Box 68 "Pirates" undated
Box 68 "Portraits of the Past from Greenwich Village" undated
Box 68 Rex Stout undated
Box 68 Stacking Hay undated
Box 68 Statues undated
Box 68 University of New Mexico undated
Box 68 Wagon & Team undated
Box 68 World's Fair 1939
Box 68 Unidentified undated (2 folders)
Sketches
Box 68 Flo Walderman undated
Sports
Boating
Box 68 Miscellaneous 1956
Box 68 correspondence 1951-1953
Box 69 correspondence 1954-1965 (2 folders)
Box 69 Travel 1949
Arens, Emma Huegal
Box 69 Estate 1936
Box 69 Photographs & negatives undated
Arens, Franz Xavier
Box 69 Miscellaneous undated
Box 70 Scrapbook: "The Hermit's Letters" 1878
Arens, Josephine Bell
Box 69 Legal records, will 1923
Box 69 Photographs & negatives undated
Arens, Mathilde Zwilling
Box 69 Miscellaneous 1951
Box 69 Paul Sayres Company, Inc. File 1949-1951 (2 folders)
Box 69 Public Relations File 1949-1952 (2 folders)
Arens, Patricia
Ephemera
Box 71 Miscellany undated
Box 71 Clippings undated
Box 71 Photographs & negatives 1945, undated
Arens, Ralph Waldo
Financial records
Box 71 Sale of apples 1941-1942
Arens Ruth Chrisman?
Box 71 Photographs & negatives undated
Arens Family
Box 71 Genealogical material 1939-1963
Egts, J. Marie
Box 71 Miscellany 1956
Box 71 Financial records 1956-1957
Box 71 Legal records 1928-1957
Organization records
Box 72 American Institute of Graphic Art 1955-1956 - correspondence, notes
Box 72 Gaslight Club 1958-1961 - correspondence, notes
Inter-Society Color Council
Box 72 By-laws 1944-1954
Box 72 correspondence 1948-1963 (3 folders)
Box 72 Election ballot 1952-1962
Box 72 Membership lists 1952-1963
Box 72 Report undated
Box 73 Minutes 1948-1957
Box 73 News letters 1954-1963 (3 folders)
Box 73 Programs 1952-1962
Box 73 Publicity material 1958, undated
Box 74 Report 1949-1960, 1957 (2 folders)
Box 74 Labor Manufacturers' National Association 1950-1951 - correspondence, pr. mat.
Box 74 Lithographers' National Association, Inc. 1956 - correspondence, pr. mat.
National American Wholesale Grocers Association Inc.
Box 74 correspondence 1952
Box 74 Management forum 1952
Box 74 National Automatic Merchandising Association 1949, 1955
Package Designers' Council
Box 74 Awards & special exhibits 1962
Box 74 By-laws 1958
Box 74 Certificate of Membership 1961
Box 74 Conference on Packaging 1957
Box 75 Correspondence 1957-1963
Box 75 Minutes 1958-1963
Box 75 Programs 1957
Box 75 Publicity material 1953-1955
Box 75 Report 1956
Box 75 Package Research Conference, proceedings 1957
Packaging Institute, Inc.
Box 75 Addresses 1955
Box 75 Correspondence 1948-1950
Peoples Symphony Concert
Box 75 Bank account 1943-1944
Box 75 By-laws 1951
Box 75 Correspondence 1931-1961 (2 folders)
Box 75 Minutes 1936-1964
Box 75 Programs 1906-1957
Box 75 Publicity material 1900-1965
Box 75 Report 1932-1951
Box 76 Treasurer's reports 1952-1961 (9 folders)
Box 76 Pratt Institute 1953 - correspondence, brochure
Box 76 Produce Packaging Association 1954 - misc, conf. mat.
Box 76 The Sales Executive Club of New York 1960-1952
Society of Industrial Designers
Box 76 Addresses 1959-1962
Box 76 Book: Industrial Design in America 1946
Box 76 By-laws 1957-1961
Box 76 Code of Practice undated
Box 77 Correspondence 1946-1963 (4 folders)
Box 77 List of members 1952-1963
Box 77 Minutes of early organization meetings 1944-1946
Box 78 Miscellaneous undated
Box 78 Newsletters 1954-1964 (2 folders)
Box 78 Photographs 1949
Box 78 Programs undated
Box 78 Publicity material undated
Box 78 Report 1962, undated
Box 78 Standards, services listings undated
Society of Industrial Engineers
Box 79 Agenda, first meeting 1945
Box 79 By-laws 1939
Box 79 Correspondence 1944
Box 79 Directory 1948
Box 79 Statement 1945
Box 79 Society of Plastics Engineers 1955 - correspondence, notes
Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc.
Box 79 Correspondence 1949-1956
Box 79 Informative labeling committee 1950-1952
Box 79 Photographs undated
Box 79 Publicity material 1949-1956
Publication records
Conde Nast Publications
Promotional materials
Box 80 Miscellaneous 1921-1922
Box 80 Designed by Egmont Arens 1921
Box 80 Vanity Fair 1929, 1934, undated - correspondence, handwritten notes
Flying Stag Press
Box 80 Miscellaneous undated
Books
Brodsky, Horace, A Portfolio of Linoleum Cuts, New York, No. 6 of 100, signed by the artist 1920, 1920
Transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging; please refer to Libraries Search
Casanova, Giovanni Jacopo, Memoirs . 12 volumes, New York: Aventuros 1925
Miscellaneous
Box 80 Art work for bindings 1925
Box 80 Illustrations by Rockwell Kent 1925
Box 80 Legal papers and cost report 1925
Box 80 Photographs 1925
Box 80 Promotional material 1925
Box 80 Draft, Introduction by Arthur Symons ts. rev. 1925
Page proofs, rev. 1925
Box 80 Volume 1
Box 81 Volumes 2-5
Box 82 Volumes 6-9
Box 83 Volumes 10-12
Published materials, Volumes 1-12
Transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging; please refer to Libraries Search
Cronyn, George, Sandbar Queen. Flying Stag Plays, No. 1 1918
Transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging; please refer to Libraries Search
De La Mer, Alice, Paulet Thevanaz, privately printed 1922
Transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging; please refer to Libraries Search
Dell, Floyd, The Angel Intrudes, Flying Stag Plays, No. 3, New York 1918
Transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging; please refer to Libraries Search
Box 84 Catalogs of Art Exhibits 1919-1922
Box 84 Correspondence 1920-1960, undated (17 folders)
Periodicals
Playboy
Nos. 1-9 1919-1924
Transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging; please refer to Libraries Search
Fragments undated
Transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging; please refer to Libraries Search
Box 85 Subscription list undated
Box 85 Posters undated
Box 85 Samples of Work 1920-1925, undated
Liberty Magazine
Box 85 Correspondence 1935, undated
Box 85 Cover blueprints 1935
Box 85 Cover ideas 1935
Box 85 Page layout 1935, undated (2 folders)
Writings
Arens, Egmont H.
Articles
Box 85 "British Labor Walks Out," New Masses, Vol. 1, No. 2 1926
Box 85 Hugo Gellert exhibition catalog 1923
Box 85 "John Carroll: Passionate Young Modern," Creative Art, Vol. 1, No. 2 1927
Poems
Box 85 "Blind," Pagan, Vol. 2, Nos. 3&4 1917
Box 85 "The Cool of the Night," Collier's, Vol. 5, No. 99 1915
Box 85 "Fear and Love," Pagan, Vol 2, No. 2 1917
Box 85 "Great and Moving Days,", The Conservator, Vol. 29, No. 3 1918
Box 85 "Love and Revolution," The Conservator, Vol. 28, No. 1 1917
"Our Walnut Tree," and "Gay Moon," The Quill, Vol. 2, No. 2 1918
Transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging; please refer to Libraries Search
Box 86 "Remembrance," Pagan, Vol. 3, No. 9 1918
"Twenty Blocks" and other poems, A Pagan Anthology, New York: Pagan Publishing Company ca. 1918
Transferred to Rare Books for separate cataloging; please refer to Libraries Search
Box 86 Fragments and unbound poems and notes undated
Cumming, Edward
Box 86 Short Stories, "That Spring Miss Lou and I" undated
Doro, Edward
Box 86 Short Stories, "Parisian Interlude" undated

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