Papers, 1921-1974.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers, 1921-1974.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36890029

The Papers include biographical information, photographs, correspondence, publicity, radio scripts, clippings, programs, and scrapbooks. They illustrate the world of fashion in 1930s-50s New York City and give a window into the celebrity and consumer culture of this time. Photographs make up a large portion, mainly of Bemis' fashion shows, special events, celebrities, and models with whom Bemis worked. Correspondents include dollmaker Madame Alexander, Svetlana Allilueva (daughter of Josef Stalin), and many writers, artists, and radio and television personalities with whom Bemis worked. Writings include her unpublished memoir, Barnum in Merchandising, and notes recording her thoughts on the cultural changes of the 1960s and her private life. Scrapbooks of clippings detail Bemis's newspaper work in the 1920s and public relations work for the city of St. Augustine in the 1950s.

7 linear ft. (14 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7388740

Smith College, Neilson Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Huxtable, Ada Louise, 1921-2013

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t8d99 (person)

Ada Louise Huxtable (née Landman; March 14, 1921 – January 7, 2013) was an architecture critic and writer on architecture. Huxtable established architecture and urban design journalism in North America and raised the public’s awareness of the urban environment. In 1970 she was awarded the first ever Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Architecture critic Paul Goldberger, also a Pulitzer Prize-winner (1984) for architectural criticism, said in 1996: "Before Ada Louise Huxtable, architecture was not a p...

Alexander, Madame.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m41nbh (person)

McBride, Mary Margaret, 1899-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c252gx (person)

Radio commentator and author. From the description of Mary Margaret McBride papers, 1926-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982067 Mary Margaret McBride (1899-1976) was a journalist and the host of an immensely popular daily radio program from the mid 1930s into the 1950s. From the description of Photographs from the Mary Margaret McBride collection, 1934-1968, and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 488719037 Biograp...

Bemis, Frances, d. 1974

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d59czs (person)

Born in Georgia, 1898; attended Ogelthorpe U. and U. of California; wrote columns for Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Journal, circa 1920s, and did publicity for Women's Club of Atlanta. Moved New York City late 1920s and became director of public relations, fashion promoter, and publicity director at Hearn's department store, Brooklyn, 1932-38. Did free-lance public relations work with Claire Wolff Agency, 1938-1943; created Fashion of the Times Show for New York Times, 1942-45; enlisted in Wo...