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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Arkansas Centennial Commemorative Paperweight
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Arkansas Centennial Commemorative Paperweight

Object numberMO 1991.2.41
Name Paperweight
Maker (American, founded 1891)
Date1936
Mediumpaperweight: ceramic
envelope: paper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 4 1/4 in x W 4 1/2 in x D 5/8 in (10.8 cm x 11.4 cm x 1.6 cm )
Descriptiona) A paperweight commemorating the 1936 Arkansas Centennial. Designed in the shape of the state of Arkansas, the paperweight is made from a piece of buff colored firebrick with glazed edges. Inscribed on the surface of the paperweight is text that reads: ACME BRICK CO / LITTLE ROCK–FT SMITH / ARKANSAS / CENTENNIAL / 1936.

b) The paperweight comes the original envelope in which it was sent in. The tan envelope is an official U.S. House of Representatives envelope from the office of John J. McClellan of Arkansas. The envelope is hand addressed in ink to: Fragile / Hon. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. / Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. / Personal.
Label TextThis Arkansas Centennial paperweight was sent to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. in 1936 by Congressman John McClellan of Arkansas.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Henry Morgenthau III, Robert Morgenthau, and Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn in 1986.
Credit LineGift of Henry Morgenthau III, Robert Morgenthau, and Joan Morgenthau Hirschhorn
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGift Items and Commemorative Artifacts (National Archives Identifier 782690)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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