Duke University has a major advertising archive, they may be interested or know of someone that is. The N.W. Ayer archive is at the Smithsonian and I know that they are (or were) actively collecting advertising memorabilia On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Kenneth MacLennan <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Dear fellow MUSEUM-L members, > > Is anyone out there familiar with an institution that might be interested > in a large (upper 5 figures) collection of advertising pencils? The owner's > nephew has asked me to help find a possible home that wouldn't break up the > collection. I am familiar with the pencil museum in Kiswick, UK, but we're > hoping to locate a domestic institution. > > The pencils come from all over the US, advertising all sorts of businesses, > and date from as far back as the early 20th century. > > Any ideas? > > > Kenneth A MacLennan > Curator, Museum on Main > Pleasanton, CA > > "Feelings are indispensable to man, but they become terrible the moment > they see themselves as values, as criteria of truth, as justifications for > behavior." > --Milan Kundera, Jacques and His Master (1981), Introduction (tr. Simon > Callow, 1985) > > > > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message > to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > -- Jeffrey R. Ray Senior Curator Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent 15 South 7th Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-2313 215.843.1713 voice 215.685.4837 fax Please note my new e-mail address: [log in to unmask] Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent: discover the city’s foundations while we renovate ours, www.philadelphiahistory.org. Reopening 2011. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).