Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding aid for Oscar Klausner papers, 1906-1969
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Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Title
- Oscar Klausner papers
- ID
- 01447
- Date [inclusive]
- 1906-1969
- Extent
- 2.0 Linear feet (3 boxes, 1 volume, 1 large manuscript)
- Language
- German
- Language of Materials
- In German and English.
Biographical/Historical note
Oscar Klausner was born in Vienna, Austria and came to the U.S. in 1910, arriving in Detroit one year later. He worked as a window decorator for the Newcomb-Endicott Company store in Detroit. He is credited with devising the automobile industry's first slogan, used by General Motors: "Even a woman can drive it". Klausner was the designer of the principal float in Detroit's 1918 Memorial Dray Parade and owned his own interior decorating studio in Detroit. A lifelong figure skater, Klausner founded the Detroit Skating Club in 1920 and skated in every Detroit Times Skates Derby from its inception in 1922. He skated up to the age of 86. Klausner died at age 90, in September 1969.
Scope and Contents note
Papers of this interior decorator, writer, artist and ice skater.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection. Dec. 9, 2009
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
01447
Oscar Klausner papers, 1879-1969 (OCLC record)
[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/477218674]Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Photographs
- Sketches
- Works of art
Personal Name(s)
- Klausner, Oscar, 1879-1969 -- Form subdivision--Archives;
Subject(s)
- Interior decorators--Michigan--Detroit
General Note
See finding aid for complete listing.
Collection Inventory
BOX 1 |
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1:1 Artwork |
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1:2 -- Christmas Cards |
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1:3 -- Interior Decoration |
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1:4 -- "Rubiyot" by Omar Khayham |
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1:5 -- Self-Portraits |
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1:6 Correspondence, 1906-1969 |
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1:7 Ice Skating & Detroit Skating Club, 1928-1958 |
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1:8 -- Newspaper Clippings |
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1:9 Miscellaneous Items: William Carl Chapman/Jo Labadie |
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1:10 Personal Personal, 1907-1968 |
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1:11 Photographs, n.d. - 1969 |
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BOX 2 |
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2:1 Photographs--Artwork |
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2:2 -- Interiors & Exteriors, Commercial |
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2:3 -- Residential |
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2:4 -- with Model, 1938 |
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2:5 -- Portraits, Oscar Klausner |
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2:6 -- World War I Exhibits & Floats |
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2:7 Photographs & Displays--Newcomb-Endicott Co. |
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BOX 3 |
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3:1 Photographs & Displays--Window Displays |
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3:2 Printed Material--in German |
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3:3 -- Newsletters, 1914-1915 |
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3:4 -- Newspaper Clippings, 1911-1925 |
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3:5 -- 1942-1968 |
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3:6 Scrapbook Material |
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3:7 -- 1906-1924 |
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3:8 Writings |
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3:9 -- "The Echos [sic] of Mayerling" |
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3:10 -- Notes & Draft Copies |
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3:11 -- Translations |
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3:12 -- Michael Monahan's "Dry America" |
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3:13 -- Rudyard Kipling |
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Scrapbook, 1908-1911 |
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LMS |
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Photographs, Displays, 1912 |
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