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Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Records

An inventory of its records at Syracuse University

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Industrial Designers Society of America.
Title: Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Records
Inclusive Dates: 1944-1977
Quantity: 125.0 linear ft.
Abstract: Administrative papers from several earlier organizations, including the American Society of Industrial Designers and the Industrial Designers' Institute, which merged into the Industrial Designers Society of America in 1965; bound material including minutes and scrapbook; audio-visual material including slides, films, and tapes; printed material; and memorabilia.
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

The term "industrial designer" originated in the U.S. Patent Office in 1913 as a synonym for the then-current term "art in industry." In 1927 Macy's department store in New York City held a well-attended Exposition of Art in Trade, which featured "modern products," many of them from the 1925 International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. Public and manufacturer demand for these new "Art Deco" styles immedately surged, and a number of design professionals (including architects, package designers and stage designers) began for the first time to focus their creative efforts on mass-produced products. These professionals adopted the title of "industrial designer."

In the ensuing decades numerous organizations of industrial designers were formed, including the American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen (AUDAC, ca. 1928), the National Furniture Designers' Council (NFDC, 1933), the American Designers Institute (ADI, ca. 1937), the Society of Industrial Designers (SID, 1944), the Industrial Designers Institute (IDI, 1951), and the Industrial Design Education Association (IDEA, 1957).

In 1955, SID changed its name to the American Society of Industrial Design (ASID). In 1965, after over ten years of careful negotiations, ASID merged with IDI and IDEA to form the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), thus becoming "the single voice of industrial design in the US."

In 1965 IDSA had approximately 600 members in 10 chapters across the country. Its first Chairman of the Board was John Vassos (1898-1985), the founder of ADI, and its first President was Henry Dreyfuss (1904-1972). By 2000, the organization boasted over 3,300 members and 28 chapters.

IDSA's purpose is to "advances the positive impact of design on business and society while directly benefiting members by evolving into the world's most effective design organization." It strives to improve both the field of industrial design (quality, originality, innovation) and the education and careers of its members. IDSA recognizes excellence in the field via its Catalyst Awards and IDEA (International Design Excellence Awards).

[Portions of this summary adapted from IDSA's website, http://www.idsa.org/

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Records covers more than thirty years and comprises five series.

General files contains office files from predecessor industrial design organizations (ASID, IDI) as well as files from IDSA itself; topics include among other things advertising, annual meetings, awards, clients and products, committee activities, designs, engineering, international activities, marketing, piracy and patents, public relations, and symposiums. Also here will be found material from related organizations (for example, the American Society of Civil Engineers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Council of Industrial Design, Eastern Arts Association, Folding Paper Box Association, National Society of Interior Designers, Society of Plastics Industry).

Bound materials contains books of meeting minutes, a guest book, scrapbook, and hotel register.

Printed matter consists of brochures, pamphlets, and periodicals of commercial origin and also periodicals and leaflets published by IDSA.

Audio-visual material includes slides, films and tapes relating to industrial design.

In the Memorabilia series will be found logos, membership pins, award certificates, photographs and various pieces of artwork.

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Arrangement of the Collection

General files and Bound materials are arranged alphabetically by title/topic. Printed material is subdivided alphabetically by type and then by title. Audiovisual material and Memorabilia are arranged alphabetically by type..

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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

Special Collections Research Center has numerous collections relating to industrial design. For a complete list, please refer to the SCRC Subject Index .

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Subject Headings

Corporate Bodies

American Society of Industrial Designers.
Industrial Designers Society of America.
Industrial Designers' Institute.

Subjects

Industrial design -- United States.
Industrial designers -- United States.

Genres and Forms

35mm (photographic film size)
Applications.
Audiocassettes.
Audiorecordings.
Biographies.
Brochures.
Budgets.
Correspondence.
Minutes (administrative records)
Pamphlets.
Periodicals.
Photographs.
Scrapbooks.
Slides (photographs)
Sound recordings,

Occupations

Industrial designers.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Records,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Finding Aid Information

Created by: CAK
Date: 3 Sep 1979
Revision history: 7 Jan 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC); 27 Jan 2021 - Box 113 rehoused, some items moved to new Oversize 8 (MRC)

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Inventory

General files
Box 1 Admissions 1965, 1968 (2 folders)
Box 1 Advertising 1971
Box 1 Advisory council 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, undated (7 folders)
Box 1 American Arbitration Association
Box 1 American Ceramic Society
Box 1 American Council of Education
Box 1 American Council of Industrial Arts Teacher Education
Box 1 American Craftsman Council
Box 1 American Federation of Arts
Box 1 American Institute of Approval
Box 1 American Institute of Architects (2 folders)
Box 1 American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Box 1 American Institute of Decorators (2 folders)
Box 1 American Institute of Die Casting
Box 1 American Institute of Graphic Arts
Box 1 American Institute of Industrial Engineers
Box 1 American Institute of Management
Box 1 American Management Association 1957, 1958, undated (5 folders)
Box 1 American Management Association - Questionnaire 1947
Box 1 American Marketing Association
Box 1 American Personnel and Guidance Association
Box 1 American Public Relations Association
Box 1 American Society of Association Executives (2 folders)
Box 1 American Society of Civil Engineers
Box 1 American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioner Engineers (3 folders)
Box 1 American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Box 2 American Standards Association
Box 2 American Trade Associarion Executives
Box 2 Annual meeting 1945-1955 (38 folders)
Box 3 Annual meeting 1955-1959 (41 folders)
Box 4 Annual meeting 1959-1961 (47 folders)
Box 5 Annual meeting 1961-1963 (29 folders)
Box 6 Annual meeting 1963-1965 (28 folders)
Box 7 Annual meeting 1965-1969 (24 folders)
Box 8 Annual meeting 1969-1971 (21 folders)
Box 9 Applications - forms and information (2 folders)
Box 9 Arbitration
Box 9 Architecture
Box 9 Archives 1965
Box 9 Art Directors Club
Box 9 Articles of general interest
Box 9 Arts Council of America 1965
Box 9 Associate category (2 folders)
Box 9 Association Executives
Associations
Box 9 General 1967-1971 (7 folders)
Box 9 Consulting Management Engineers (2 folders)
Box 9 Atomic Energy Commission
Box 9 Automation (2 folders)
Awards
Box 9 General 1952-1965 (13 folders)
Box 9 Competitions 1959-1960
Box 10 Competitions 1961-1970 (14 folders)
Box 10 Design 1951-1953 (13 folders)
Box 11 Design 1953-1961 (29 folders)
Box 12 Design 1962-1965 (12 folders)
Box 12 Entries
Box 13 Fashion Academy (2 folders)
Box 13 Former programs
Box 13 Industry 1959-1965 (3 folders)
Box 13 Junior Achievement
Box 13 Kaufman International (2 folders)
Box 13 Koppers Competition (2 folders)
Box 13 Madawick 1965
Box 13 Merit 1969
Box 13 Modern plastics
Box 13 Packaging Council
Box 13 Photos 1960-1964 (7 folders)
Box 13 Pins and medals
Box 13 Scholarships
Box 13 Special 1965
Box 13 Steel program 1963
Box 13 Student administration (2 folders)
Box 13 Student competition 1956-1958 (4 folders)
Box 14 Student competition 1959-1960 (2 folders)
Box 14 Walter Dorwin Teague
Box 14 Young Artist Project
Box 14 Ballots 1953-1965 (7 folders)
Box 14 Barrier Free Design 1971
Box 14 Beautificat
Box 14 Bibliographical
Box 14 Bibliography 1964-1971 (12 folders)
Board of Directors
Box 14 1945-1953 (9 folders)
Box 15 1953-1965 (45 folders)
Box 16 1966-1975 (16 folders)
Board of Trustees
Box 16 1946-1957 (21 folders)
Box 17 1958-1964 (23 folders)
Box 18 Body politic 1968
Box 18 Bookkeeping
Box 18 Book orders
Box 18 Books (reviews)
Box 18 Brochures - other organizations
Box 18 Business 1953-1954
Box 18 Business ad course 1952
Box 18 Business and Professional Woman's Club
Box 18 Business methods and promotions 1955
Box 18 Business outlook
Box 18 Business practice
Box 18 Business promotion questionnaire 1952
Box 18 Bylaws 1945-1965 (21 folders)
Box 19 Calendar of events 1960-1971 (5 folders)
Box 19 Case histories
Box 19 Certificates, Engrossing
Box 19 Census 1971
Box 19 Chamber of Commerce of the U. S.
Chapters
Box 19 General 1955-1970 (21 folders)
Box 19 Allegheny 1947-1965 (13 folders)
Box 19 Atlanta 1968-1970 (3 folders)
Box 19 Boston 1965-1970
Box 19 Central New York 1965-1970 (7 folders)
Box 20 Chicago (3 folders)
Box 20 Detroit 1952-1970 (11 folders)
Box 20 Florida
Box 20 Los Angeles 1965-1971 (8 folders)
Box 20 Mexico City
Box 20 Miami 1967 (3 folders)
Box 20 Mid-East Region 1967 (3 folders)
Box 20 Mid-West Region 1947-1970 (20 folders)
Box 20 Minnesota
Box 20 New England
New York
Box 20 1952-1957 (5 folders)
Box 21 1957-1970 (22 folders)
Box 21 North-East Region 1967-1970 (3 folders)
Box 21 Ohio Valley 1967-1970 (9 folders)
Pacific Coast
Box 21 1952-1962 (8 folders)
Box 22 1962-1965 (4 folders)
Box 22 Philadelphia (2 folders)
Box 22 San Francisco 1967-1971 (9 folders)
Box 22 Southern New England 1960-1971 (11 folders)
Box 22 Southern Region 1967-1968 (2 folders)
Student
Box 22 1967-1971 (22 folders)
Box 23 undated (12 folders)
Box 23 Christmas gifts 1970
Clients and products
Box 23 Accordian
Box 23 Aerosol containers
Box 23 Air conditioners
Box 23 Automobile Manufacturers' Association (2 folders)
Box 23 Automotive Engineers (3 folders)
Box 23 Automotive industry
Box 23 Autos
Box 23 Aviation
Box 23 Bathroom equipment (2 folders)
Box 23 Baths
Box 23 Batteries
Box 24 Bell Telephone Labs
Box 24 Bowlene
Box 24 Bundy Tubing Co.
Box 24 Carpet sweeper
Box 24 Cash register
Box 24 Century 21
Box 24 Coffee maker
Box 24 Companies - miscellaneous
Box 24 Computers
Box 24 Construction
Box 24 Control instruments
Box 24 Cooking pots
Box 24 Copying machine
Box 24 Corn popper
Box 24 Corning Glass Works
Box 24 Dictaphone
Box 24 Dictating equipment
Box 24 Disposal
Box 24 Dishwasher
Box 24 Domes
Box 24 Electric blanket controls
Box 24 Electronics
Box 24 Farm machinery
Box 24 Fans (2 folders)
Box 24 Flashlight and hand lamps
Box 24 Floor machines
Box 24 Food
Box 24 Freezers
Box 24 Furniture
Box 24 Garage
Box 24 General Motors
Box 24 Hearing aids
Box 24 Home fashions
Box 24 Honeywell
Box 24 Industrial lighting
Box 24 Interiors
Box 24 International Harvester Company
Box 24 Irons
Box 24 Jaybern Press
Box 24 Juicers
Box 24 Kitchen appliances
Box 24 Kodak
Box 24 Lawn mower
Box 24 Lighting
Box 24 Locks
Box 24 Machine design (2 folders)
Box 24 Marking devices
Box 24 Massage, scalp
Box 24 Medical design
Box 24 Metropolitan (rapid) transit
Box 24 Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.
Box 24 Military and government
Box 24 Mixers
Box 24 Mobile homes
Box 24 Motors and engines
Box 24 Mousetrap
Box 24 Multiprint, Inc.
Box 24 Northwestern National Life Insurance Co.
Box 24 Oil rigs and oil drilling
Box 24 Oneida Ltd.
Box 24 Paint sprayer
Box 24 Pens and pencils
Box 24 Photographic equipment
Box 24 Piano
Box 24 Picture frames
Box 24 Plastics Institute
Box 24 Plumbing
Box 24 Porcelain enamel (2 folders)
Box 24 Printing
Prospective clients
Box 24 1957-1962 (5 folders)
Box 25 1962-1971 (13 folders)
Box 25 Radio
Box 25 Ranges
Box 25 Recording equipment
Box 25 Refrigeration
Box 25 Reynolds Aluminum Co.
Box 25 Satellites
Box 25 Saws and cutting devices
Box 25 Scales
Box 25 Sewing machines
Box 25 Sharpeners
Box 25 Shavers
Box 25 Slicing machine
Box 25 Solar energy
Box 25 Sprinklers
Box 25 Steel industries
Box 25 Sun lamp
Box 25 Super sonic transport
Box 25 Telephones (2 folders)
Box 25 Televisions
Box 25 Theatre design
Box 25 Toaster and waffle iron
Box 25 Tools
Box 25 Towers
Box 25 Trains
Box 25 Transportation
Box 25 Triennale 1954-1964 (8 folders)
Box 25 Typewriters
Box 25 Upholstery Leather Group, Inc.
Box 25 Urban renewal
Box 25 Vacuum cleaners
Box 25 Varizoom cameras
Box 25 Washers and dryers
Box 25 Wheelchair
Box 25 Wood Office Furniture Institute
Box 25 Wood and wood products
Box 26 World's Fair 1964-1965 (2 folders)
Box 26 Cocktail parties
Box 26 Color Research Institute of America
Box 26 Comet Ray Letter Service (2 folders)
Box 26 Commerce, Chamber of
Committees
Box 26 General 1955-1969 (10 folders)
Box 26 Activity 1957-1962 (6 folders)
Box 26 Appointments 1949-1964 (14 folders)
Box 26 Lists
Box 26 Reports 1950-1963 (11 folders)
Specific committee proceedings
Box 26 Admissions 1961-1963 (2 folders)
Box 26 Adult education 1960-1962 (3 folders)
Box 26 Annual meeting 1953-1954
Box 26 Biographies
Box 26 Book (3 folders)
Box 27 Business methods and promotion 1952-1957 (12 folders)
Box 27 Bylaws 1953-1958 (5 folders)
Box 27 Code of practice 1952-1953
Box 27 Combined information and sample reference system 1962-1963 (3 folders)
Box 27 Competitions 1965
Box 27 Contracts 1952-1953 (2 folders)
Box 27 Corporation activities 1953-1954
Box 27 Credentials 1958-1959 (2 folders)
Box 27 Cultural activities
Box 27 Design protection
Box 27 Development and planning
Box 27 Directory
Education
Box 27 1949-1968 (19 folders)
Box 28 1968-1971 (15 folders)
Box 28 Election 1942
Box 28 Executive 1959-1971 (15 folders)
Box 28 Exhibit 1953-1956 (8 folders)
Box 28 External affairs 1952-1956 (3 folders)
Box 28 Fellows 1955-1964 (7 folders)
Fellowship
Box 28 1954-1963 (9 folders)
Box 29 1964-1965 (5 folders)
Box 29 Film 1952-1960 (5 folders)
Box 29 Finance 1952-1969 (11 folders)
Box 29 Foreign affairs 1956-1965 (8 folders)
Box 29 Government relations 1958-1962 (6 folders)
Box 29 Graphics 1960 (3 folders)
Box 29 Grievance 1957-1959 (2 folders)
Box 29 Gripe 1952-1953
Box 29 Handicapped, employment of 1952-1959 (4 folders)
Box 29 Headquarters 1953-1956 (2 folders)
Box 29 High school orientation study 1964-1965
Box 29 Homestyle Center Foundation 1956
Box 29 Human resources
Box 29 Industrial and institutional relations
Box 29 Industry liaison 1958-1965 (10 folders)
Box 29 Inter-society affairs
Box 29 Internal activities 1958-1963 (4 folders)
Box 30 Internal professional services 1965-1967 (6 folders)
Box 30 Licensing 1950-1951 (3 folders)
Box 30 Membership 1949-1971 (29 folders)
Box 30 Membership promotion 1952-1954 (4 folders)
Box 31 Museum 1952-1955 (3 folders)
Box 31 National admissions (2 folders)
Box 31 National meeting 1960-1961
Box 31 New business
Box 31 New chapter
Box 31 Nominating 1955-1970 (17 folders)
Box 31 Patents 1954-1963 (8 folders)
Box 31 Pensions and insurance 1952-1964 (12 folders)
Box 31 Philosophy of industrial design (2 folders)
Box 31 Placement
Policy-making
Box 31 1955
Box 32 1956-1965
Box 32 Public affairs 1952 (2 folders)
Box 32 Public relations 1953-1960 (8 folders)
Box 32 Public service 1969-1971 (3 folders)
Box 32 Publications 1953-1971 (8 folders)
Box 32 Professional evaluation 1963 (5 folders)
Box 32 Program 1944-1953 (3 folders)
Box 32 Research and statistics 1953-1955 (5 folders)
Box 33 Scholarship
Box 33 School approval 1961
Box 33 Slide show 1954-1959 (11 folders)
Box 33 Speakers service
Box 33 Standards of professional training 1953 (3 folders)
Box 33 Steering
Box 33 Student activities 1954-1955
Box 33 Student membership 1952-1960 (2 folders)
Box 33 Study 1958-1959
Box 33 Communications 1970
Box 33 Compensation report
Box 33 Consolidation program
Box 33 Consultant designers' register
Box 33 Consumer Affairs 1969-1971 (3 folders)
Box 33 Contemporary Architecture 1947
Box 33 Contract forms 1960-1961 (2 folders)
Box 33 Control Engineering Corporation
Box 33 Corporation business 1954
Box 33 Corporation papers
Correspondence
Box 33 General 1945-1949 (6 folders)
Box 34 General 1949-1956 (21 folders)
Box 35 General 1956-1961 (20 folders)
Box 36 General 1961-1963 (16 folders)
Box 37 General 1963-1971 (39 folders)
Box 38 General undated (40 folders)
Box 39 General undated (25 folders)
Box 40 General undated (24 folders)
Box 40 Council of Industrial Design
Box 40 Creativity
Box 40 Current ASID
Box 40 Data sheets (2 folders)
Design
Box 40 As communication
Box 40 Centers 1967-1968 (2 folders)
Box 40 Contracts
Box 41 Council 1964-1965 (2 folders)
Box 41 Definitions
Box 41 Directory
Box 41 Experimental
Box 41 For industry
Box 41 Futurism
Box 41 In corporations
Box 41 Integrity 1955
Box 41 News of interest
Box 41 Notes 1965 (2 folders)
Box 41 Patent litigation
Box 41 Protection 1957-1968 (12 folders)
Box 41 Sources of inspiration
Box 41 Term paper
Designers
Box 41 General (2 folders)
Box 41 Appel/Graser -- Cushing and Neville (36 folders)
Box 42 Dailey, Don -- Kraus, Walter (92 folders)
Box 43 Labalme Associates, Inc. -- Myers, Stowe (58 folders)
Box 44 Neafie, Harry -- Stephenson, Charles F. (83 folders)
Box 45 Stephenson, Charles F. -- Yang/Gardner (59 folders)
Box 46 Yang/Gardner (16 folders)
Box 47 Young, Raymond C. -- Non ASID (6 folders)
Designs rejected
Box 47 General -- Commercial exteriors (22 folders)
Box 48 Communications -- Windows (37 folders)
Box 49 Dues structure and reviews 1963-1965 (2 folders)
Box 49 Eastern Arts Association
Box 49 Economics
Education
Box 49 General, 1952 -- Association (28 folders)
Box 50 Association -- Business school indoctrination, 1967 (25 folders)
Box 51 Career briefs, 1968 -- Nominations (38 folders)
Box 52 Occupational briefs, 1968 -- Schools and universities (26 folders)
Box 52 General -- Auburn University (9 folders)
Box 53 Bridgeport -- Western Reserve (59 folders)
Box 54 Wisconsin -- Yale (2 folders)
Box 54 Statistical survey -- Working file (15 folders)
Box 54 Elections 1948-1965 (13 folders)
Box 54 Electronics
Box 54 Employee rating survey
Box 54 Employee's agreement
Box 54 Engineering (3 folders)
Box 54 Engineering, human and value (2 folders)
Box 54 Engineers' Joint Council
Box 54 Executive secretary salary guide
Box 54 Executives
Exhibits
Box 54 General, 1947-1958 (12 folders)
Box 55 General, 1957-1971 -- "Design in America" (33 folders)
Box 56 "Design in America" -- Museums (23 folders)
Box 56 General 1970-1971 (6 folders)
Box 57 A-Z (Albright Art Gallery to West Coast Museums) (38 folders)
Box 57 Fact sheet 1965 (2 folders)
Box 57 Federal Advisory Commission on the Arts
Box 57 Final reservations 1951-1952
Financial
Box 58 Accountant, 1960 -- Bills, 1961 (24 folders)
Box 59 Bills, 1961 -- Budgets, 1965 (16 folders)
Box 60 Budgets -- Statements, 1957 (58 folders)
Box 61 Statements, 1958 - Treasurer, 1965 (25 folders)
Box 62 Treasurer, 1970 (3 folders)
Box 62 First National City Bank of New York
Box 62 Ford Foundation
Box 62 Foundation 1971
Box 62 Folding Paper Box Association (2 folders)
Box 62 Free design service (4 folders)
Box 62 Government (11 folders)
Box 62 Graphics 1966-1971
Box 62 Group insurance
Box 62 Guidance program, Teague
Box 62 HUD study 1970
Handbook material
Box 62 Chapter manual -- Ethics, industry, 1969 (32 folders)
Box 63 Ethics, Industry, 1970 -- Student chapter manual (29 folders)
Box 63 Handicapped, employment and criteria (3 folders)
History
Box 63 General 1969-1970 (8 folders)
Box 64 General -- Organization (18 folders)
Box 64 House of Representatives Standing Committee
Box 64 How to Use an Industrial Designer
Box 64 Human engineering
Box 64 Human Factors Society 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Box 64 Incorporation vs. partnership of industrial design practice 1955
Box 64 Industrial Designers Guild
Box 65 Industrial Design Institute (4 folders)
Box 65 Industrial Design Students' Association
Box 65 Industrial marketing
Box 65 Industry 1964-1965 (5 folders)
Box 65 Industry liaison 1967-1971 (6 folders)
Box 65 Infringements or piracy
Box 65 Insurance 1952-1970 (13 folders)
Inter-society
Box 65 General -- Affairs (6 folders)
Box 66 Affairs -- Structure and procedures (42 folders)
Box 66 Interim report 1969-1971 (3 folders)
Box 66 Internal activities 1965-1969 (2 folders)
International
Box 66 General 1965-1969 (4 folders)
Box 67 General, 1970 -- Council of Societies (23 folders)
Box 68 Council of Societies (2 folders)
Countries
Box 68 Africa -- France, 1958 (26 folders)
Box 69 France, 1963 -- Great Britain, 1965 (29 folders)
Box 70 Great Britain, 1965 -- Italy, 1964 (34 folders)
Box 71 Italy, 1961 -- Philippines, 1965 (39 folders)
Box 72 Poland -- Yugoslavia (13 folders)
Box 72 Foreign design groups -- trade fairs (19 folders)
Box 72 Intra-professional 1967-1970 (4 folders)
Box 72 Job resumes 1957-1958 (2 folders)
Box 72 Job seekers, inquiries, and placement (4 folders)
Box 73 Joint Action 1959-1960
Box 73 Labor, U.S. Department of
Box 73 "Lahti" studies
Box 73 Leases, offices (3 folders)
Box 73 Legal 1968-1971 (6 folders)
Box 73 Liaison 1963-1964 (3 folders)
Box 73 Library 1953-1970 (3 folders)
Box 73 Licensing 1969 (2 folders)
Box 73 Logo
Box 73 Long Island Railroad
Box 73 Long range policy
Box 73 Mailing lists 1971 (3 folders)
Box 73 Machine design
Box 73 Management
Box 73 Management aids
Box 73 Marketing
Box 73 Material on loan 1958-1962 (2 folders)
Box 73 Materials
Box 73 Materials suppliers
Membership
Box 73 General -- Applications, general (14 folders)
Box 74 Applications, general (14 folders)
Applications
Box 75 General -- Dike, Roy Wesley (49 folders)
Box 76 Deskey, Donald -- Gunther, Harst (35 folders)
Box 77 Gustafson, F. Malcolm -- Lynxwiler, Thomas L. D. (40 folders)
Box 78 L--U, V, W (50 folders)
Box 79 Rejected
Box 79 Biographies, 1952 -- Expansion, 1971 (41 folders)
Box 80 Information -- Lists (40 folders)
Box 81 Lists -- Student (26 folders)
Box 81 Merchandise mart
Box 81 Merchandising
Box 81 Merger 1965 (7 folders)
Box 81 Metropolitan survey
Box 82 Model makers
Box 82 Motivation research
Box 82 Name for a new society
Box 82 National Alliance of Art and Industry, Inc.
Box 82 National Committee for Effective Design Legislation
Box 82 National Council on the Arts 1967-1970 (7 folders)
Box 82 National defense
Box 82 Narional Design Center
Box 82 National Institute for Commercial and Trade Organization Executives
Box 82 National Industrial Conference Board
National Office
Box 82 General, 1956 -- President's Annual Report, 1964 (37 folders)
Box 83 President's Annual Report, 1965 - Vice President's Report, 1960 (32 folders)
Box 83 National reports
Box 83 National Safety Council
Box 83 National Society for Decorative Design
Box 83 National Society for Study of Communication
Box 83 National Society of Interior Designers
Box 83 New York State Council on the Arts
Box 83 New York State Personnel Management Association
Box 83 New York State Society of Professional Engineers
Box 84 News/press clippings 1957-1971 (21 folders)
Newsletter
Box 84 Newsletter 1951-1954 (28 folders)
Box 85 Newsletter 1955-1958 (39 folders)
Box 86 Newsletter 1958-1961 (32 folders)
Box 87 Newsletter 1961-1964 (43 folders)
Box 88 Newsletter 1964-?? - typescripts (17 folders)
Box 88 Nominations and elections 1968-1971 (5 folders)
Box 88 Non profit organizations
Box 88 Obsolescence 1956 (2 folders)
Box 88 Office routine (2 folders)
Box 89 Office supplies (2 folders)
Box 89 Organizational charts
Box 89 Organizations, miscellaneous 1970-1971 (4 folders)
Box 89 P.E.P. 1970
Box 89 Package Designers Council 1969-1971 (4 folders)
Box 89 Package research conference
Box 89 Packaging (2 folders)
Box 89 Packaging Institute
Box 89 Patents (3 folders)
Box 89 Pending
Periodicals
Box 89 General 1955-1971 (21 folders)
Box 90 American Artist -- Journal (35 folders)
Box 91 Journal -- U.S. Industrial Designer (41 folders)
Box 92 U.S. Industrial Designer -- Wall Street Journal (16 folders)
Box 92 Personnel
Box 92 Personnel classification
Box 92 Photographic Society of America
Box 92 Piracy and patents
Box 92 Pitney Bowes postage machine
Box 92 Placement (3 folders)
Box 92 Plastics
Box 92 Point of Purchase Advertising Institute
Box 92 Postal license
Presentations
Box 92 Films, 1967; slides, 1971 (22 folders)
Speeches
Box 93 General -- Cambridge Lectures 1949 (24 folders)
Box 94 Contini, Renato -- Whidden, R.H. (31 folders)
Box 94 Printing
Box 94 Product engineering 1957 (2 folders)
Box 94 Product identification
Box 94 Product innovation
Box 94 Product planning (2 folders)
Box 94 Professionalism 1958-1970 (6 folders)
Box 94 Program ideas 1962-1963 (2 folders)
Box 94 Programs and samples (3 folders)
Box 94 Progress reports 1954-1960 (6 folders)
Box 95 Progress reports 1960-1964 (9 folders)
Box 95 Project "Earning Power"
Box 95 Proposal for modification of executive structure
Box 95 Proposals re: alternate year design conference
Box 95 Psychological Service Center
Public relations
Box 95 General -- Counsel (22 folders)
Box 96 Council on Student Competition -- Publicity (29 folders)
Box 96 Questionnaires and results
Box 96 Reference file (2 folders)
Box 96 Replies to questionnaires
Box 96 Report on applications
Box 96 Requests for Industrial Design Report
Box 96 Research and development
Box 96 Research and statistics 1956-1960 (4 folders)
Box 97 Research and statistics 1960-1971 (14 folders)
Box 97 Research contracts
Box 97 Research Institute of American
Box 97 Research organizations
Box 97 Researchers
Box 97 Resumes
Box 97 Review of SID activity
Box 97 Roadside protection 1969-1971 (3 folders)
Box 97 Safety 1967-1971 (7 folders)
Box 97 Safety through design 1966
Box 97 Sales management
Box 97 Science Research Associates
Box 97 Scientific Apparatus Makers Association
Box 97 Secretarial service
Box 97 Small Business Administration
Box 97 Society of Business Advisory Professionals
Box 97 Society of Industrial Artists 1970
Box 97 Society of Plastics Engineers (2 folders)
Box 97 Society of Plastics Industry
Box 97 Society of Typographic Arts
Box 97 Sources 1955-1958 (3 folders)
Box 98 Sources 1959-1969 (9 folders)
Box 98 Speakers 1963-1971 (3 folders)
Box 98 Speakers' Bureau questionnaire 1963
Box 98 Special Study Group 1969-1970 (2 folders)
Box 98 Speculative Design
Box 98 Standard employment agreement
Box 98 Statistics 1968-1969 (10 folders)
Box 98 Suggestions
Box 98 Survey information (5 folders)
Box 99 Symposiums 1955-1963 (30 folders)
Box 100 Symposiums 1964-1970 (8 folders)
Box 100 Table of organization 1969-1971 (3 folders)
Box 100 Tape of library 1969
Box 100 Technical Information System 1970-1971 (2 folders)
Box 100 Trade and industry
Box 100 Trade mark
Box 100 Trade Mark Association
Box 100 UNESCO
Box 100 Umbrella Society 1968
Box 100 United States Information Agency
Box 100 United States Department of State
Box 100 Veterans programs
Box 100 Women in Design 1970
Box 100 World Trade Center 1970
Box 100 Year-end report 1965-1971 (3 folders)
Box 100 Yearbook
Miscellaneous
Box 100 General (9 folders)
Box 101 Account book pages (2 folders)
Box 101 Artwork and layouts (3 folders)
Box 101 Certificate samples
Box 101 Citations to industry
Box 101 Design awards
Box 101 Education Association studies reports
Box 101 Journal proofs (2 folders)
Box 102 Photographs (38 folders)
Box 103 Photographs (13 folders)
Box 104 Photographs (22 folders)
Box 105 Photographs (8 folders)
Box 106 Photographs (3 folders)
Box 106 Promotional posters
Box 106 Public relations packet (2 folders)
Box 106 Report on member societies
Box 106 Trademark samples
Bound materials
Box 106 Guest book 1950
Box 106 Hotel register
Box 106 Minutes books (3 volumes)
Box 107 Minutes books (3 volumes)
Box 107 Scrapbook
Printed matter
Books
Box 107 Design in America: Professional Practice for Designers (5 volumes)
Periodicals
Box 107 American Designer -- Asia Notebook
Box 108 Auburn University Bulletin -- Dateline
Box 109 Dateline -- ICSID Report
Box 110 ISCC Newsletter -- Mexico, 1968 Olympics
Box 111 Mexico, 1968 Olympics
Box 112 Mayen's Audio Visuals - pamphlets and bulletins
Audio-visual material
Box 113 Films - includes some documentation (2 folders)
Box 113 Slides - includes some documentation; many appear to be examples of student work (3 folders, 7 small boxe)
Oversize 8 Slides - numerous small boxes inside larger plastic container; some are identified ("Annual meeting", "Sears Roebuck") but many are not; no documentation
Box 114 Tapes (52 cassettes)
Box 115 Tapes (40 reels)
Box 116 Tapes (39 reels)
Box 117 Tapes (37 reels)
Box 117 Television tape
Memorabilia
Box 118 Addressograph plates
Box 118 Logo
Box 118 Membership pins
Oversize 1 Art work and layouts
Oversize 2 Art work and layouts
Oversize 3 Layouts and logos
Oversize 4 Scrapbooks
Oversize 5 Certificate and award samples
Oversize 5 Journal proofs
Oversize 5 Office forms
Oversize 5 Miscellaneous drawings
Oversize 6 Record album
Oversize 6 Photographs
Oversize 7 Photographs

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