Collection Summary (Jacobson Gift)
Title: George Mann Niedecken Interior Design Collection, ca. 1900 – ca. 1945
Creator: George Mann Niedecken (1878-1945)
Extent:
ca. 3,500 drawings, ca. 250 photographs
ca. 150 documents, 4 ledger books
ca. 45 pieces of personal artwork
ca. 20 furniture catalogs
Repository:
Cudahy Archives, Milwaukee Art Museum,
700 N Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Acquisition Information:
The bulk of the collection was a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Jacobson, ca. 1978. About 25 items were added to the collection in 2006 and 2007. These items were gifts from John Eastberg and from Barbara and Henry Fuldner. A gift of three drawings was included in this collection, given by the Prairie Archives Fund, Decorative Arts Fund, and gifts from Frederick Schweitzer and Dorothy Schweitzer in memory of their parents.
Summary Description of the Collection:
This collection consists primarily of design drawings for interior furnishings by G. M. Niedecken executed between 1903 and 1940, and includes vintage photographs of home and business interiors. Some of the earliest items in the collection are photographs of art and architecture in Europe and Asia collected by Niedecken, as well as photographs of Niedecken family members. The collection also contains business records of the Niedecken-Walbridge Company, furniture catalogs, and miscellaneous office items.
Organization:
These items are organized into the following series and subseries:
- Series I Student and Personal Artwork
- Series II Photographs of Art and Architecture in Europe and Asia
- Series III Family Photographs, Travel Photographs
- Series IV Business Records
- Series V Commission Design Drawings and Related Material
- Subseries:
- Abbott, Harriet G.
- Adams, Edward T.
- Aiken (Akin), William
- Allen, Gov. Henry J.
- Allis Chalmers Club
- Amberg, David
- Ambrosia House
- Anderson, Oliver
- Arnold, A. W.
- Atlas Flour Mills
- Babson Bros. Edison Shop, Chicago
- Babson Bros. Edison Shop, Detroit
- Babson Bros. Edison Shop, Milwaukee
- Babson Bros. Edison Shop, New York
- Babson, Fred K.
- Babson, Gustavus
- Babson, Henry B.
- Bach, James A.
- Barrows, Harry E.
- Batavia National Bank, La Crosse
- Beebe, Claude S.
- Benjamin Adelman and Son Laundry Project
- Berger, William N.
- Biersach
- Bluemound Country Club
- Boesel, Frank T.
- Bogk, Frederick C.
- Boston Store
- Bott-Jones Jewelry Shop
- Bradley, Edward
- Bradley, Lynde (Allen-Bradley Co.)
- Brannum, J. H.
- Brennan
- Bresler Art Gallery
- Bresler, Frank
- Brinsmaid, Sedgwick
- Brodesser, R.
- Brookfield Kindergarten
- Brower, Stephen J.
- Brown, Victor L.
- Brumder, William
- Carnegie Library
- Carpenter, G. R.
- Cincinnati Shoe Exhibit
- Clarenbach, Ernst
- Coerper, Roland F.
- Cohen, L.
- Cohen, Sidney M.
- Colnik Manufacturing Co.
- Coonley, Avery
- Crane, G. S.
- Crosby
- Curtis Leger Fixture Co.
- Dahl, Mrs. Gerhard M.
- Davidson, Charles J. Jr.
- Davidson, Walter
- De Long, J. E.
- Decatur Club
- DeHughes
- Demmer, Emma
- Denkman-Hauberg, Susanne
- Dorman, A. D.
- Downers Grove Kindergarten (Avery Coonley School)
- Dumphy, Mrs. J.
- Durant, Paul
- Earling, George P.
- Adelman, Albert
- Eldred, Jr., John E.
- Emma Lange Women’s Shop
- Ettenheim, Philip
- Farley, Dean
- Hixon’s
- First Wisconsin National Bank
- sFitch, Joe
- Fitzgibbon, J. E.
- Frame, Mrs. H. J.
- Frank, Julius
- Friedlander, Mrs. Theodore
- Friedmann, Albert T.
- Friend, J.
- Friend, Robert E.
- Genovy, A.
- Geselschap, F. W.
- Gibbs, George
- Givan, George
- Goldman, I.
- Goldman, L. C.
- Goodrich, O.
- Gray, D.
- Greenblatt
- Gross, Arthur
- Gutenkunst, Hugo
- Gutsch, Adolph
- Hannan, Jim
- Harnischfeger, Henry
- Hatch
- Hayes, Melvin
- Hayssen, R. G.
- Heinemann
- Heiniman, Miss A. R.
- Henes, Edwin Jr.
- Henrichs, W. M.
- Hodgson, Mrs. A. J.
- Hoffman, Edward H.
- Hokanson, Rudolf (Nash Motors)
- Holstein, Walter C.
- Hormuth
- Hosch, John J.
- Hotel Martin
- Houghton, Richard
- Hughes, Edgar J.
- Inbusch, Edward
- Irving, Edward P.
- American Institute of Decorators
- Jansen, Jacob S.
- John C. Becker Co.
- Johnson, C. A.
- Johnson, Mrs.
- Jorgensen, C. J.
- Juergens, Oswald
- Kalo Shop, Chicago
- Kasten, Walter
- Kern, John F.
- Kickpush, R.
- Kieckhefer, Ferdinand A. W.
- Kohler, Carl
- Kootz, Arthur
- Ladwig, Fred
- Lamp, Walter A.
- Lappin, D. C.
- Lewis, G. B.
- Lewis, W.T.
- Lindemann, A. J.
- Louis Esser Co.
- Maischoss, R.
- Majestic Hotel
- Manierre, George
- Mariner, J. W.
- May and Sons Clothing Store
- May, Meyer
- Mayer, Adam
- Mayhew
- McCanna, C. R.
- Meckelburg
- Medford Hotel
- Merwin, L. B.
- Meyer, H. W. J.
- Millard, F. C.
- Miller, C. A.
- Miller, Mrs. G. P.
- Milwaukee Athletic Club
- Milwaukee Automobile Show
- Milwaukee Downer College
- Milwaukee Gas Light Co. Bldg.
- Milwaukee Public Library
- Mirrobar (Mirror Bar)
- Molitor, Mary
- Moore, Mrs. Edward S.
- Mueller, Adolf
- Mueller, Robert
- Murphy, Albert (?)
- Nickell, Arthur C. Jr.
- Norris, Charles
- Norris, Nick
- Nuebling
- Nunnemacher, Henry J.
- Olwell, Esq., Lawrence
- Pabst, Hilda
- Pabst, Frederick Jr.
- Parker, Russell
- Pestalozzi-Froebel Kindergarten Training School
- Petersen, Peter
- Philadelphia Shoe Co. Exhibit
- Post, LeRoy
- Priester, William
- Pritzloff, John
- Quarles, H. C.
- Razall, H. G.
- Red Star Yeast and Products Co.
- Reeke, Alfred
- Richards W. J.
- Reimers, J. J.
- Riess, Mrs. Peter
- Ripley, Mrs. F. E.
- Riverby Farm
- Riverside High School
- Robert A. Johnston Co.
- Robertson, Orin W.
- Robie, Frederick C.
- Robinson, Harry F.
- Rogers, Dr. A.
- Rosenheimer, A. L.
- Ross, John F.
- Rubin, W. B.
- Salzer, Henry A.
- Schaaf, Frank
- Schlesinger, Armin
- Schley, Perce
- Schuster, Mrs. Charles
- Scott
- Sensenbrenner, Esq., John S.
- Shandein, Mrs. E.
- Sherman, Lewis
- Slocum
- Smith, Thomasv
- Southwell
- Spoehr’s Store
- St. Louis Shoe Manufacturers’ Exhibit
- State Normal School
- Sterling Wheelbarrow
- Stern, Walter
- Sterns, Esq., Ashby
- Stewart, Hugh
- Strothman, L. E.
- Taylor, Louis
- Techan, W.
- Tomek, F. F.
- Trinity Lutheran Church
- Tripoli Land Co.
- Trostel, Mrs.
- Uihlein, Herbert E.
- Underwood, Mrs. F. G.
- Unity Suit and Skirt Co.
- University Club, Madison
- Victrola
- Vojes
- Walk Over Boot Shop
- Walrus Manufacturing Co.
- Warren
- Watts, G.
- Wegner, C. H.
- Werner, Richard
- Wertheimer, M. A.
- Weyenberg, F. L.
- White House Theatre
- Wilcox
- Willard, N. W.
- Wisconsin Building—Panama Pacific Expo
- Wisconsin Club
- Wisconsin School for the Deaf
- Wisconsin Shoe Exhibit
- Wisconsin Telephone Co.
- Wurster, E. G.
- Zinn, Albert
- Zinn, Walter
- Zundel, Eugene A.
- Commission Unknown
- Kronshage, Theodore
- Series VI Furniture Catalogs
- Series VII Miscellaneous Office Items and Drawing Supplies
