Haviland Collectors Internationale Foundation Papers

Collection

Identifier: MsC0299

Staff Only
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Scope and Contents

The organization deposited its records with the University of Iowa Libraries beginning in 1996, with the assistance of Professor Wallace J. Tomasini. The records contain information concerning the manufacture, the marketing, the function and use, and the collecting of porcelaine and ceramic ware produced by Haviland & Co., Théodore Haviland, and Charles Field Haviland. Also included is supplementary material concerning companies which copied and marketed Haviland Blanks and Designs.

Dates

Creation: 1891 -

Creator

Haviland Collectors Internationale Foundation (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

While this collection is open for research, many materials are recently published or otherwise protected by copyright. Note also that while the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department is the repository for the records of the Haviland Collectors Internationale Foundation, and for much information about Haviland products which the Foundation and its members have collected, the Libraries itself has neither staff time nor expertise to answer questions about Haviland patterns or the market value of Haviland pieces. Please direct these queries to the Foundation web site http//www.havilandcollectors.com. The web site, www.havilandonline.com, also has links to a large number of patterns and to other resources for identifying and valuing pieces.Readers are welcome to visit the Special Collections Department, and people unable to come to come to Iowa may want to consider hiring student research assistants. For further information, see our "faq" page.

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

71.50 Linear Feet (Photographs, Ephemera, Film/Video, Audio and electronic material throughout the collection.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A non-profit organization whose purpose is to study and promote the products manufactured by the Haviland China Companies in France and America. The records contain materials relating to the manufacture, marketing, function and use, and the collection of porcelain and ceramic ware produced by Haviland & Company. There are articles, catalogs, pattern books, advertising, etc., all concerning Haviland products.

Method of Acquisition

The Haviland Collectors Internationale Foundation placed their records at Univeristy of Iowa Libraries in 1996. Various persons and groups have made contributions over the years.