Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions

In 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF), the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History implemented the use of minimal level processing standards to increase information about and facilitate access to more of our collections. The CCPF Collaborative Project resulted in approximately one-third of the collection receiving minimal processing which included arrangement to the folder level, based on prior processing and preservation action, with retention of the pre-existing arrangement when possible, if applicable. Otherwise, an order was imposed by the Processing Archivist. Some materials were consolidated to eliminate excess bulk but items within folders were not arranged further. The guides may or may not include a more refined list of folder contents. Nonarchival housing was replaced for long-term stability, but staples and other fasteners were not removed. The Business Records were reappraised during this effort and integrated with the most appropriate Subject Categories material. A few items were added to the Photographs subseries. All other portions of Series 2 were not impacted by the CCPF Collaborative Project. Minimal level processing and machine-readable finding aids were completed by Nicole Blechynden from July 2016 thru September 2017, and Max Howell from November 2016 thru May 2017. Series 2.1: Stereographs, digitized by Noah Stewart, digital imaging technician, 2022.