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BINNEY & SMITH INC. RECORDS, 1897-1998
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| Box | Folder | |
| SERIES 1: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, 1956-1994 | ||
| Subseries 1: Corporate History, 1956-1990s | ||
| 1 | 1 | The Story of the Rainbow, 1956 |
| 2 | Mission Statement/Corporate values | |
| 3 | Corporate Identity Manual | |
| 4 | How is a Crayon Made? 1988 | |
| 5 | Where does this come from? 1988 | |
| 2 | 14 | Awards, 1985-1991 |
| 1 | 6-8 | Articles, 1948-1990 |
| Subseries 2: Hallmark Cards, Inc. | ||
| 9 | Articles, 1989-1994 | |
| 10 | Catalogs, 1992-1993 | |
| SERIES 2: EXECUTIVE RECORDS, 1897-1995 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Subseries 1: By-Laws, May 23, 1969 |
| 2 | Subseries 2: Minutes of first staff organization meeting, 1913 | |
| Subseries 3: Correspondence, 1897-1995 | ||
| 3 | General, 1897-1970;1995 | |
| 4-5 | Cosmic Crayon Company (subsidiary), 1933-1934 | |
| 6 | Trademark, 1986-1987 | |
| 7 | Business Cards, n.d. | |
| Subseries 4: Reports, 1963-1991 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Annual 1963-1969 |
| 2 | Annual 1970-1975 | |
| 3 | Annual 1976-1979 | |
| 4 | Annual 1980-1983 | |
| 5 | Corporate 1988;1991 | |
| 6 | Corporate values inventory, 1988 | |
| Subseries 5: Stockholder materials, 1961-1981 | ||
| 2 | 8 | Meeting notices, 1970;1973 |
| 9 | Dividend records, 1961-1978 | |
| 10-11 | Report to stockholders, 1970-1981 | |
| 12 | Report to Security and Exchange Commission, 1978-1979 | |
| 13 | Miscellaneous, 1961-1981 | |
| 3 | 7 | Subseries 6: Chesebrough-Ponds, Inc. Merger (attempted),
1971-1972 |
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Subseries 7: Kellogg Merger (attempted), 1979-1980 |
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| 8 | Correspondence, 1979-1980 | |
| 9 | Kellogg Annual Reports, 1978-1979 | |
| 10 | Newspaper Clippings, 1979-1980 | |
| SERIES 3: FINANCIAL, SALES & MARKETING RECORDS, 1902-1990 | ||
| Subseries 1: Financial records, 1902; 1953 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Assets and liabilities, September-October 1902 |
| 2 | Capital expenditures, 1953 | |
| Subseries 2: Sales records, 1905-1988 | ||
| 3 | Correspondence, 1913-1931 | |
| 4 | Product price notebook, c.1910-1915 | |
| 5-8 | Salesmen data, 1919-1932 | |
| 9 | Sales and shipment reports, 1920-1927 | |
| 10 | Crayon department sales, 1905; 1933-1936 | |
| 11 | Comparative sales reports, 1927-1939 | |
| 12 | Comparative expense reports, 1937-1940 | |
| 13 | Crayon department sales (Easton, PA & California Pacific), 1938-1940 | |
| 14 | Crayon sales (total sales), 1910-1956 | |
| 15-16 | Crayon sales (by state), 1936-1944 | |
| 17 | Comparative net sales, 1942-1949 | |
| 18 | Orders received, 1958-1972 | |
| 19 | Art Stationery sales comparisons, 1983 | |
| 20 | Permanent pigments sales, 1958-1972 | |
| 21 | Permanent pigments and Binney & Smith combined sales, 1964-1971 | |
| 22 | Craft and hobby annual sales, 1971-1977 | |
| 23 | Creative activities, 1974-1977 | |
| 24 | Edu cards total gross sales, 1971-1980 | |
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45 |
1 | Yearly cost comparisons, 1954-1965
Yearly cost comparisons, 1954-1965 |
| 5 | 2 | Commercial sales information (salesmen), 1959-1965 |
| 3 | Sales bulletin, 1957 | |
| 46 | Crayola Fun Center profits and sales statistics, [1979?] | |
| 5 | 4 | Sales Control Plan, 1933 |
| 5 | Sales Correspondence Manual, Spring 1960 | |
| 6 | Sales directories, 1969;1970;1990 | |
| 6 | Sales meeting, April 1953 | |
| 5 | 8 | Market Sales & Profits Report, 1979-1988 |
| 9 | Miscellaneous sales information, n.d. | |
| 10 | Subseries 3: Marketing materials, 1933; 1970; 1984 | |
| SERIES 4: EMPLOYEE/PERSONNEL RECORDS, 1917-1993 | ||
| 7 | 1-3 | Subseries 1: Employee Payroll Rate Books, 1917-1929 |
| 4 | Subseries 2: Employee Report, 1989;1993 | |
| 5 | Subseries 3: Miscellaneous, 1953-1954;1972 | |
| SERIES 5: NEWSLETTERS & PUBLICATIONS, 1948-1995 | ||
| Subseries 1: Art Educationist, 1949-1955 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 1949-1950 |
| 2 | 1951-1952 | |
| 3 | 1953-1954 | |
| 4 | 1955 | |
| 5 | Subseries 2: Crayola Crayon Corner, 1950s | |
| Subseries 3: Crayola Crayon News, 1963-1979 | ||
| 6 | 1963-1965 | |
| 7 | 1966-1967 | |
| 8 | 1968-1969 | |
| 9 | 1970 | |
| 10 | 1971-1972 | |
| 11 | 1973-1974 | |
| 12 | 1975-1976 | |
| Subseries 4: Drawing Teacher, 1926-1949 | ||
| 43 | 13 | A Book of Projects, 1928 |
| 8 | 13 | 1926 |
| 14 | 1927 | |
| 15 | 1928 | |
| 16 | 1929 | |
| 17 | 1930 | |
| 18 | 1931 | |
| 19 | 1932 | |
| 9 | 1 | 1933 |
| 2 | 1934 | |
| 3 | 1935 | |
| 4 | 1936 | |
| 5 | 1937 | |
| 6 | 1938 | |
| 7 | 1939 | |
| 8 | 1940 | |
| 9 | 1941 | |
| 10 | 1942 | |
| 11 | 1943 | |
| 12 | 1944 | |
| 13 | 1945 | |
| 14 | 1946 | |
| 15 | 1947 | |
| 16 | 1948 | |
| 17 | 1949 | |
| 18 | Subseries 5: Lesson Plans, 1934; 1938; 1940 | |
| Subseries 6: Rainbow Insider, 1984-1993; 1997-1998 | ||
| 10 | 1 | 1984 |
| 2 | 1985 | |
| 3 | 1986 | |
| 4 | 1987 | |
| 5 | 1988 | |
| 6 | 1989 | |
| 7 | 1990 | |
| 8 | 1991 | |
| 9 | 1992 | |
| 10 | 1993 | |
| 11 | 1997 | |
| 12 | 1998 | |
| 11 | 1 | Subseries 7: Rainbow Report, 1982-1983 |
| Subseries 8: Rainbow Reporter, 1948-1996 | ||
| 2 | News information sheets, 1982-1983 | |
| 3 | 1948 | |
| 4 | 1951-1952 | |
| 5 | 1953 | |
| 6 | 1954 | |
| 7 | 1955-1956 | |
| 8 | 1957-1958 | |
| 9 | 1959-1960 | |
| 10 | 1961-1962 | |
| 11 | 1963-1964 | |
| 12 | 1965-1966 | |
| 13 | 1967-1969 | |
| 14 | 1970-1971 | |
| 15 | 1972-1974 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1975-1976 |
| 2 | 1977-1978 | |
| 3 | 1979 | |
| 4 | Summer 1980-Winter 1982 | |
| 5 | Spring 1982-Fall 1982 | |
| 6 | Winter 1982-Fall 1983 | |
| 7 | 1984 | |
| 8 | 1985 | |
| 9 | 1986 | |
| 10 | 1987 | |
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13 |
1 | 1988 |
| 2 | 1989 | |
| 3 | 1990 | |
| 4 | Spring 1991 | |
| 5 | 1992 | |
| 6 | 1993 | |
| 7 | 1994 | |
| 8 | 1995 | |
| 9 | 1998 | |
| SERIES 6: RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT RECORDS, 1905-1987 | ||
| 14 | 1 | Subseries 1: Research & Development Program, 1954; 1964 |
| 43 | 1 | Subseries 2: Engineering Department Drawings, 1968 |
| 14 | 2 | Subseries 3: Art Seminar, 1982 (products and techniques) |
| Subseries 4: Color Systems & Color Charts | ||
| 3 | Modular | |
| 4 | Munsell | |
| 5 | Manufacturing color charts | |
| Subseries 5: Formulas, 1905-1949 | ||
| 6 | General, 1905-1906 | |
| 7 | Fabric crayon, n.d. | |
| 8 | Fluorescent, 1975 | |
| 9-10 | Molding wax, 1975-1976 | |
| 11 | Molded chalk, 1979 | |
| 12 | Staonal (#1, #2, #5, # 9), 1958 | |
| 13 | Notebooks, c.1913-1950s | |
| 15-20 | Index cards, 1926-1949 | |
| Subseries 6: Notebooks, 1954-1981 | ||
| 21 | 1-2 | Testing, 1971-1975 |
| 3-4 | Kenneth L. Williams, 1954;1981 | |
| Subseries 7: Standards/Tests, 1964-1987 | ||
| 5 | Color tests (general) | |
| 6 | Color Wheel-64 color assortment | |
| 7 | Crayon sizes & assortments book, n.d. | |
| 8 | Crayon raw material test | |
| 9 | Crayon flaking test., 1976 | |
| 10 | Crayon strength test, 1975 | |
| 11 | C.T.M. test | |
| 43 | 2 | Raw material and packing code, 1973 |
| 21 | 12 | Selection, testing, and specification guide, 1987 |
| 22 | 1 | Spinning and finishing tests, n.d. |
| 2 | Quality control for permanent pigments, 1964 | |
| 3 | Unidentified test, n.d. | |
| Subseries 8: Product Data & Performance Standards, 1916-1963 | ||
| 4 | Product inventory data, 1916-1925 | |
| 5-10 | Performance Standards, 1956-1963 | |
| SERIES 7: ADVERTISING & PROMOTIONAL RECORDS, 1918-1998 | ||
| Subseries 1: Advertising materials | ||
| 23 | Accounts, 1918-1933 | |
| 22 | 11 | Schedule, 1928 |
| 12 | Co-op Advertising Planning Books | |
| 13 | Consumer advertising report, 1956-1979 (review) | |
| 14 | Expenditures, 1956-1981 | |
43 47 56 |
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Advertisements-Print ads, c. 1940s-1990s
Advertisements-Oversized, 1954-1984 Advertisements-Oversized Advertisements-Oversized |
| 43 | 4 | Construction paper story boards, n.d. |
| Subseries 2: Labels & Packaging | ||
| 22 | 17 | Packaging records, 1975-1986 |
| 43 | 5 | Standard crayon labels |
| 6 | Mexico (in Spanish) | |
| 7 | Color Mix Up labels | |
| 8 | Color n' Smell labels | |
| 9 | Glitter labels | |
| 10 | Pearl Brite labels | |
| 11 | Packaging containers | |
| Subseries 3: Promotional Materials, 1982-1998 | ||
| 22 | 18 | Licensing Programs, n.d. |
| 23 | 1-3 | Press Kits, 1991-1998 |
| 4-6 | Promotional Literature (brochures, pamphlets), c.1920s-1998 | |
| 7-9 | Promotional Plans, 1982-1984 | |
| 24 | 1-2 | Promotional Plans, 1985-1986 |
| 3 | Postal Stamp, 1998 | |
| 43 | 12 | Tie sketches, c.1981 |
| 44 | Subseries 4: Binney & Smith, Inc. Binders | |
| SERIES 8: CATALOGS, 1916-1995 | ||
| 25 | 1 | Activity Products, 1980-1981 |
| 2-6 | Art Sign, 1960-1978 | |
| 7 | Art & Stationery, 1982-1987 | |
| 26 | 1-3 | Binney & Smith, Inc., 1953-1976 |
| 4-5 | Canada Crayon Company, 1960-1970 | |
| 6 | Commercial Products, n.d. | |
| 7 | Consumer, 1992-1995 | |
| 8 | Creative Activities, 1978-1979 | |
| 9 | Creative Development Products, 1987 | |
| 27 | 1-6 | Delta Brush |
| 7-12 | Edu Cards, 1948-1984 | |
| 28 | 1-2 | Educational Products |
| 29 | 1 | Finart |
| 2-6 | Gold Medal, 1916-1956 | |
| 7-8 | Liquitex, 1964-1989 | |
| 9 | Office Products, 1992-1994 | |
| Permanent Pigments, 1964-1980 | ||
| 10 | 1964-1965 | |
| 30 | 1-6 | 1966-1980 |
| 7 | Foreign (subsidiaries), n.d. | |
| SERIES 9: PRICE LISTS, 1916-1995 | ||
| 31 | 1 | Art Sign, 1978-1979 |
| 2-12 | Binney & Smith Inc., 1957-1995 | |
| 13 | Cosmic Crayon Company Ltd., 1922; 1972-1975 | |
| 14 | Delta, 1967-1982 | |
| 15-18 | Edu-Cards, 1954-1985 | |
| 19 | Educational Products, 1984; 1991 | |
| Gold Medal, 1916-1963 | ||
| 32 | 1-3 | 1916-1948 |
| 4-7 | 1949-1963 | |
| 8 | Liquitex, 1991-1992 | |
| 9 | Permanent Pigments, 1958-1975 | |
| SERIES 10: PRODUCT INFORMATION, 1918-1995 | ||
| 33 | Product inventories (index cards), 1918-1933 | |
| 34 | 1 | Brushes (Delta, Liquitex), 1958; 1988-1989 |
| 2 | Chalk; 1962;1995 | |
| 3 | Clayola, 1956 | |
| 4 | Crayolet, n.d. | |
| 37 | Creative Program Kit, 1987 | |
| 34 | 5 | Dream Makers, 1984 |
| Edu-Cards | ||
| 6 | Background information, 1962-1987 | |
| 7 | All products, n.d. | |
| 8 | Crafts, n.d. | |
| 9 | Displays | |
| 10 | Ed-u-kits | |
| 11 | Flashcards | |
| 12 | Games | |
| 13 | Puzzles | |
| 14 | Television characters | |
| 15 | Toy house | |
| 16 | Educational Materials, n.d. | |
| 17 | Erasers, n.d. | |
| 18 | Fabric Crayons, n.d. | |
| 19 | Fluorescent, n.d. | |
| 20 | Glue, n.d. | |
| 21 | Industrial Crayons, n.d. | |
| 22 | Ink, 1935;1947;1949 | |
| 23 | Liquitex, 1965-1987 | |
| 24 | Markers, 1983 | |
| 25 | Model Magic, 1993 | |
| Paint | ||
| 34 | 26 | AmazArt, 1949 |
| 27 | Artista, 1948-1982 | |
| 28 | Crayola finger-paint, 1981 | |
| 29 | Genie hanipaint, n.d. | |
| 30 | Liquitex, 1982-1989 | |
| 31 | Peacock/Playtime, n.d. | |
| 35 | 1-3 | Permanent Pigments, 1940-1960s |
| 4 | Poster, n.d. | |
| 5 | Shaw finger-paint, 1937-1951 | |
| 6 | Papier Mache | |
| 7 | Pastels | |
| Silly Putty, 1961-1992 | ||
| 37 | 1 | Silly Putty Laboratory Notebook, 1965-1968 |
| 36 | 1 | Historical background, 1961-1986 |
| 2 | Correspondence, 1977-1983;1992 | |
| 3 | Financial materials, 1975-1977 | |
| 4 | Manufacturing, 1981 | |
| 5 | Packaging, 1978 | |
| 6 | Marketing materials, 1977-1983 | |
| 7 | Promotional materials, 1976-1978 | |
| 8 | Advertising-trade ads, 1981-1983 | |
| 9 | Advertising information about television and magazine ads, 1976-1982 | |
| 10 | Price lists, 1981 | |
| 11 | Photographs | |
| 12 | Comics | |
| 13 | Silly Putty Man Coder | |
| 14 | Samples | |
| SERIES 11: COMPETITORS, 1918-1992 | ||
| 38 | 1 | ABC School Supply, 1995 |
| Abbott Educational Company, 1924 | ||
| ADI, n.d. | ||
| 2 | American Art Clay, 1973 | |
| American Crayon Company, 1918-1976; 1987 | ||
| 3 | Correspondence, 1924-1987 | |
| 43 | 14 | Advertisements, 1918-1927 |
| 38 | 4 | Catalogs, 1918-1976 |
| 5-6 | Publications, 1925-1926 | |
| 2 | American Lead Pencil Company, n.d. | |
| Art Craft, 1992 | ||
| 7 | Botts Manufacturing Company, n.d. | |
| Columbian Carbon Company, 1966 | ||
| Daniel Smith Inc., 1986-1987 | ||
| Dick Blick, 1984 | ||
| D.M. Steward Manufacturing Company, 1921 | ||
| 8 | Eagle Pencil Company, 1923 | |
| 9 | Eakins Colors | |
| 8 | Eberhard Faber, 1923 | |
| Eclipse Crayons, n.d. | ||
| Ertl Company, n.d. | ||
| Flexible Flyer, n.d. | ||
| Grumbacher, 1982 | ||
| 10 | Herculite, n.d. | |
| Lowell Crayon Company, n.d. | ||
| Milton Bradley, 1976 | ||
| National Crayon Company, 1922 | ||
| Play Ed Games, 1986-1987 | ||
| Price Inc., 1986-1987 | ||
| 39 | 1 | Sargent Academie, 1976 |
| 2 | Schwarm & Jacobus Co., n.d. | |
| 1 | Slumber Shop, n.d. | |
| Standard Crayon Co., 1912-1944 | ||
| 3 | Talens School Products, 1921-1939 | |
| 4 | Warren Co., Inc., 1987 | |
| Weber Costello, 1973 | ||
| Western Publishing Company, 1987 | ||
| 5 | Miscellaneous, 1958-1988 | |
| 48 | Advertising, 1922-1927 | |
| SERIES 12 PHOTOGRAPHS & SCRAPBOOKS, c.1900s-1997 | ||
| Subseries 1: Photographs - Buildings & Office Spaces | ||
| 40 | 1 | California, n.d. |
| 2 | Canada, n.d. | |
| 3 | England, c. 1960s | |
| 4 | Georgia, [1960?] | |
| 5 | Kansas, 1952- | |
| 6 | [Massachusetts, 1957?] | |
| 7-8 | Pennsylvania (headquarters), 1916-1970s | |
| 9 | Unidentified, 1962 | |
| 10-12 | Subseries 2: Photographs - Construction, Winfield, Kansas, 1951 | |
| 13 | Subseries 3: Photographs - Displays, 1950s | |
| Subseries 4: Photographs - Employees, c. 1950s-1997 | ||
| 14 | Group shots, 1952-1985 | |
| 15 | With machinery, c. 1950s-1997 | |
| 16 | Miscellaneous, n.d. | |
| 41 | 1 | Subseries 5: Photographs - Flood-Easton, Pennsylvania [c. 1960s?] |
| 2-3 | Subseries 7: Photographs - Machinery, 1979-1982 | |
| 4-6 | Subseries 6: Photographs - Products, n.d. | |
| 7 | Subseries 7: Photographs - Miscellaneous, n.d. | |
| Subseries 8: Photo Albums, 1949-1976 | ||
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Binney & Smith, Inc. Company albums, 1949-1976 Binney & Smith, Inc. Company albums, 1949-1976 Binney & Smith, Inc. Company albums, 1949-1976 Binney & Smith, Inc. Company albums, 1949-1976 |
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| 51 | Exhibit album, 1956-1965 | |
| Exhibit album, n.d. | ||
| Middletown Township workshop album, 1952 | ||
| California Pacific Crayon Company factory fire, 1959 | ||
| Winfield, Kansas Factory album, April 1960 | ||
| 52 | Winfield, Kansas factory building, May 1960 | |
| 53 | Cosmic Crayon Company, 1963 | |
| 52 | Corporate Office Building, Forks Twp., Easton, PA, 1975 | |
| Winfield, KS Plant Expansion, 1975-1976 | ||
| 53 | Binney & Smith, Inc. Europe, 1975-1976 | |
| 54 | Corporate office construction, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1970s | |
| Art demonstrations, n.d. | ||
| Subseries 9: Oversized | ||
| 55 | 1 | Buildings-Pennsylvania and California |
| 2-3 | Employees-group shots, 1922-1975 | |
| 4 | Employees with machinery | |
| 5 | Portraits | |
| 6 | Products | |
| 7 | Negatives | |
| 56 | Subseries 10: Scrapbooks, 1962-1973 | |
| SERIES 13: AUDIO VISUAL, c. 1980-1998 | ||
| 42 | RV 624.1 | Crayola 64 Box 40th Anniversary B-Roll, 1998 |
| RV 624.2 | Silly Putty, [c. 1980s?] |
by Alison L. Oswald 5/28/98, revised 5/11/00
| E-mail: archivescenter@si.edu Revised: January 12, 2001 |