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Erwin Family Christmas Card Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: FA-15-EFCC
Content Description

This collection contains Christmas cards for the years of 1925 through 1952 of the Erwin family at Arbremont contained in an album bearing gilded text "Henry Parsons Erwin II." 7 cards were added to the collection in 2018. While these cards are duplicative of cards already in the collection, they contain notes from the Parsons family.

Dates: 1925 - 1952

Horticulture Department Records

 Record Group
Identifier: FA-33-HORT
Content Description

The Horticulture Department Records consist of extensive images of the Japanese Garden restoration as well as materials related to the French Garden construction, Friendship Walk, and orchids.

Dates: 1983 - 2001

Marjorie Merriweather Post Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FA-6-MMP
Scope and Contents The Marjorie Merriweather Post collection consists of materials created by Marjorie Post or those created as a result of activities during her lifetime. Materials were added to the collection on a regular basis as they arrived at Hillwood via gift or donation. Formats include textual documents, photographs and photograph albums, publications, 16mm films, architectural drawings and blueprints, object catalogues, awards and certificates, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, cards,...
Dates: 1887-1973

Gus Modig Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FA-4-GM
Content Description

This collection contains assorted photographs, postcards, photograph albums, notebooks, invitations, and pages from photograph albums compiled by Gus Modig.

Dates: circa 1940-1993

Office of Executive Director Records

 Collection
Identifier: FA-54-ED

Oral History Program Records

 Record Group
Identifier: FA-1-OHP
Scope and Contents The Oral History Program Collection contains recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted from 1994 to the present. Some interviews provide information about the operations of Marjorie Merriweather Post’s residences and the heiress as a businesswoman, hostess, and socialite. Other interviews provide information about the operations of Hillwood as a museum over the years.Kathi Ann Brown of Milestones Historical Consultants was contacted to develop an overall...
Dates: 1994 - present

Photographic Slides and Negatives Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FA-66-PSN
Scope and Contents The Photographic Slides and Negatives collection is an amalgamation of transparency formats from the archives at Hillwood. Some items were found in the collection with a difficult-to-trace provenance, while others were not easily discoverable in their previous arrangement. This collection was created to increase discoverability and access to the images. Transparency formats include a variety of color slides, black and white negatives in several sizes, and a few color negatives....
Dates: Existence: January 17, 2025

Postum and General Foods Corporation Ads Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FA-14-ADS
Scope and Contents

An assortment of ads associated with Postum Company and General Foods Company products such as Grape Nuts, Jello, Swan's Down Cake Flour, Minute Tapioca, Baker's Chocolate, Baker and Co. Coconut Products, La France Laundry Products, Maxwell House Coffee, Sanka, Calumet Baking Powder, Certo Pectin, Hellman's Mayonaise, Post Toasties, and Bird's Eye Frozen Foods.

Dates: 1895-1955

Russian History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: FA-63-RHC
Scope and Contents

The Russian History Collection was created from a variety of materials pertaining to the history of imperial Russia, particularly individuals and families that were part of the royal class. The collection has been arranged into multiple series depending on the volume of material about a particular topic.

Dates: Unknown

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