Carson, Gerald. <br/><br/>
Gerald Carson papers, 1854-1989  (bulk 1944-1985). 

 - 950  items. 6  containers. 3  linear feet. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, lectures and speeches, writings, research materials, and scrapbooks, pertaining to Carson's career as an advertising executive and to his research and publications in American social history.  Includes a printed letter (1866) by the daredevil performer Jean François Gravelet Blondin. 
<br/><br/><br/>Advertising industry executive, social historian, and author.  Full name: Gerald Hewes Carson.  Born 1899; died 1989. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007052 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 82015255  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Blondin, 1824-1897. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Advertising.<br/>Social history.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Advertising executives.<br/>Authors.<br/>Historians.