Esprit, The Comprehensive Design Principle by Doug Tompkins, 1989 - 1989
Scope and Contents
The Estelle Ellis Rubenstein papers consists of samples of advertising and promotion design that Ellis has collected over the years. She saw a quality in each piece that portrayed some aspect of good marketing. Ellis has included two categories of items that she has titled herself. The rest of the items in her collection have been organized alphabetically by client. The two categories she has specified are in Box 3, Folder 4: Design Innovative Retail Store Publications and Box 3, Folder 5: Media Promotion Brochures.
The posters consist of foil printing ads for Anaconda Aluminum Co. and ads for British Airways and John Wanamaker department stores.
Series I. Personal Ephemera contains papers belonging to Estelle Ellis, including personal designs and newspaper clippings. Series II. Conservation contains correspondence and work relating to Ellis' conservation efforts related to the Getty Conservation Institute. Series III. Cipe Pineles contains correspondence and materials pertaining to the relationship between Ellis and her longtime colleague, Cipe Pineles. This series contains interviews, materials from an RIT symposium, and materials for the Cipe Pineles chapbook published by the RIT Press.
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The complete Estelle Ellis archive is located at the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. (http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives/d7423.htm)
Dates
- Creation: 1989 - 1989
Creator
- From the Collection: Ellis, Estelle (Person)
- From the Collection: Remington, R. Roger (Person)
- From the Collection: Scotford, Martha (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Extent
From the Collection: 14 Linear Feet (19 boxes, one of which oversized. 1 map-case in the Cary reading room)
Language
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection Repository
