The Archive Collection – Franciscan Ceramics Archive

This is a catalog of the materials in the Franciscan Ceramics Archive collections. The Archives are not accessible to the public. For information regarding the collection, see The Archive.

1000 – Gladding, McBean, Interpace and Wedgwood Franciscan Ceramics Company Files

1000-001 Franciscan Shop
1000-010 Historical Essays
1000-011 Historical Documents
1000-012 Corona Plant
1000-020 History Brochures
1000-021 Postcards
1000-030 Plant Closing Notices and Clippings
1000-035 Pacific Coast Building Products, GMcB
1000-031 Mitigation Report
1000-040 Employee Lists and Documents
1000-050 Gladding, McBean Memos and Correspondence
1000-055 Interpace Memos and Correspondence
1000-060 Gladding, McBean Annual Reports
1000-070 Interpace Annual Reports
1000-080 News Clippings
1000-100 Interpace Newsletters
1000-200 Technical
1000-250 Reports – British Potteries
1050-001 Tile
1050-050 Earthenware
1050-100 Fine China
1050-200 Family China
1050-300 Ceramic Veneer
1050-400 Brick
1050-500 Glazed Blocks
1050-600 Quarry Tile
1050-700 Refractories
1080-001 Labor Agreements

1100 – Franciscan Ceramics & Gladding, McBean Designers, Employees, and Executives

1100-001 Bacerra, Ralph – consultant, contract designer
1100-005 Blair, Mary – artist for commissioned works
1100-010 Blumer, Fridolin – contract designer
1100-015 Bothwell, Dorr – contract designer
1100-020 Brown, Mary C. – contract designer
1100-025 Bruton Sisters – employees
1100-030 Chun, Francis – designer
1100-035 Compton, Max – glaze & body engineer
1100-040 De Larios, Dora – tile designer & contract tile designer
1100-045 Deese, Rupert – designer
1100-050 Downing Jones, Mildred – designer
1100-055 Employees, designers, managers & executives
1100-060 Gladding Family – executives
1100-065 Glover, Robert – contract designer
1100-070 Grant, Frederick & Mary – (Frederick) executive & manager (Mary) designer
1100-075 Hardy, Merlin – contract designer
1100-080 House, Elliot – manager
1100-085 James, Esta – contract designer
1100-090 James, George T. – designer
1100-095 Lawyer, Jean – contract designer
1100-100 Lund, Otto – designer
1100-105 Lunning, Frederik – contracted GMcB to produce ware for his company
1100-110 Makranczsy, Mary – hand-decorator/painter
1100-115 McBean Family – executives
1100-120 McIntosh, Harrison – tile designer
1100-125 Mizuno, Mineo – designer
1100-130 Petterson, Richard – consultant
1100-135 Price, Kenneth – – contract designer for technical ceramics
1100-140 Rady, Elsa – designer
1100-145 Rothman, Jerry – designer
1100-150 Saxe, Adrian – intern
1100-155 Schnier, Jacques – – contract designer
1100-160 Sheets, Millard – executive & consultant
1100-165 Shire, Peter – intern
1100-170 Stanton, Sheridan – executive, manager
1100-175 Takemoto, Henry – designer and glaze engineer
1100-185 Tousley, Jeff and Donna– contract designer
1100-190 Underwood, Martha – employee
1100-195 Watson, Helen – designer
1100-200 Winans, Mary Jane – designer & design department manager

2000 – Franciscan Ceramics Brochures, Price Lists, and Catalogs – Miscellaneous

2000-010 Marks
- Compiled by Otto Lund in 1962
2000-020 Catalina Art Pottery
- Original catalog of art ware 1942
2000-050 Franciscan Story Brochure
2000-060 Complete Guide to Buying and Using Dinnerware Brochure

2050 – Franciscan Ceramics Price Lists by Line

2050-001 Price Lists – Franciscan Pottery – 1934-1939
2050-002 Price Lists – Franciscan Pottery – 1940-1943
2050-003 Price Lists – Franciscan Pottery – 1944-1952
2050-004 Price Lists – Franciscan Pottery – 1953-1970
2050-015 Price Lists – Franciscan China – 1942-1951
2050-016 Price Lists – Franciscan China – 1952-1971
2050-020 Price Lists – Cosmopolitan
2050-021 Price Lists – Family China
2050-022 Price Lists – Whitestone
2050-023 Price Lists – Discovery
2050-024 Price Lists – Porcelain
2050-030 Price Lists – Franciscan Tabletop 1970-1974
2050-031 Price Lists – Franciscan Tabletop 1975-1984
2050-032 Price Lists – Franciscan – Made in England 1985 to
2050-040 Price Lists – Tiffin Glass

2100 – Franciscan Ceramics Brochures by Line

2100-001 Masterpiece China
2100-002 Earthenware
2100-003 Embossed Hand painted
2100-004 Family China
2100-005 Porcelain
2100-006 Cosmopolitan
2100-007 Whitestone
2100-008 Discovery
2100-009 Independence Ironstone
2100-010 Independence Porcelain
2100-011 Contours
2100-012 Tiffin Glass
2100-013 English Ironstone & English Franciscan
2100-014 Brentwood, designed by Franciscan
2100-015 Collectors Plates – Vanishing Barns
2100-016 Franciscan Homeware (1976)
2100-017 Tea Kettles
2100-018 Stainless Steel
2100-100 Specials, Earthenware
2100-101 Specials, Franklin Mint
2100-102 Specials, Fine China
2100-103 Specials, Lunning
2100-104 Specials, Premium wares: Toastmaster,
2150-001 Go along – Ricore Tidbits

2200 – Franciscan Ceramics Brochures by Date

2200-001 Brochures to 1939
2200-002 Franciscan Ware catalog 1953
2200-003 Franciscan Fine China catalog 1953
2200-004 Franciscan Dinnerware catalog 1964-1968
2200-005 Brochures 1967-69
2200-006 Brochures 1970-71
2200-007 Brochures 1972
2200-008 Brochures 1973
2200-009 Brochures 1974
2200-010 Brochures 1975
2200-011 Brochures 1976-78
2200-012 Brochures 1979-84
2200-013 Brochures – Made in England -1985-2000

2250 – From Tropico to Interpace, a Review of Products

2250-001 From Tropico to Interpace, A Review of Products
- Compiled by Otto Lund in 1962, documents earthenware and fine china products
2250-002 Additions to From Tropico to Interpace
- From Delleen Enge’s personal copy, Tropico to Interpace, A Review of Products
  additional information not included in original 1962 copy

2300 – Gladding, McBean Terra Cotta

2300-001 Gladding McBean Terra Cotta Brochures

2400 – Gladding, McBean, Interpace, Hermosa & Interpace Tile

2400-001 Tile Brochures
2400-002 Tile Catalogs
2400-020 Matawan Tile
2400-040 Murals
2400-050 Tile Advertisements

2500 – Gladding, McBean and Interpace Franciscan Ceramics Marketing

2500-001 Marketing Plans and Proposals
2500-020 Marketing Memos
2500-030 Sales Aids
2500-040 Advertisements
2500-041 Promotion Leaflets
2500-050 Brochure, Franciscan Family Photos 1969
2500-060 Promotions
2500-070 Posters
2500-080 Cards

2600 – Articles on GMcB & Franciscan, research contacts & Delleen Enge’s files

2600-001 Articles Published On Gladding, McBean & Franciscan Ware
2601-001 Gladding, McBean & Franciscan Ware Research Contacts
2602-001 Delleen Enge’s Working Files

2700 – Museums – Exhibits, shows, and collections of Gladding, McBean & Franciscan Ware

2701-001 Wedgwood Museum
2702-001 Santa Monica Museum, GMcB Every Color, Every Day Exhibit
2703-001 AMOCA, GMcB Color Counts Exhibit
2704-001 AMOCA, Pacific Standard Time, Common Ground Exhibit

2800 –Books & Projects Files from James Elliot-Bishop

2801-001 Millard Sheets Claremont Documentary
2802-001 JEB El Patio Book
2803-001 JEB Pacific Standard Time, Common Ground
2804-001 JEB, Book 1 & Book 2 on GMcB & Franciscan
2805-001 Franciscan Newsletter

2900 – Research White Notebooks

2900-001 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 11 – Journal Articles
2900-002 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 12 – Journal Articles
2900-003 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 13 – Journal Articles & Copies of Advertisements
2900-004 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 14 – Journal Articles & Copies of Advertisements
2900-005 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 15 – GMcB Pacific Northwest Research
2900-006 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 17 – Incorporation Papers – copy
2900-007 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 19 – Journal Articles
2900-008 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 20 – Research from the California State library
2900-009 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 26 – Research notes – James Elliot-Bishop
2900-010 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 30 – Copy of “From Tropico to Interpace” factory notebook, compiled by Otto Lund, 1962
2900-011 Notebook: Franciscan Files Vol. 30a – Copy of pages created after 1962 for “From Tropico to Interpace” from the Delleen Enge papers

2920 – Gladding, McBean 2000 Garden Pottery

2920-012 Gladding, McBean & Co – Pacific Coast Building Products division – 1990s product notebook for terra cotta garden ware

2950 – Photographs, Slides, and CDs

2950-001 Slides, photographs & negatives from Franciscan, Catalina, and other Gladding, McBean Wares by James Elliot-Bishop
2950-002 Slides photographs & negatives from Franciscan Hand Decorated Embossed Dinnerware by James Elliot-Bishop
2950-003 Slides, photographs & negatives not used in Book I or Book II by JEB
2950-005 CD’s from Pacific Standard Time (PST) American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
2950-006 CD’s PST AMOCA project – James Elliot-Bishop’s (JEB) files and documents

3000 – Books by Gladding, McBean

3000-001 Gladding, McBean – bound book for showroom with images of the Glendale dinnerware plant, made by Gladding, McBean
3000-002 Latin Tiles – published by Gladding, McBean

3001 – Advertisements

3001-001 Homeware dinnerware advertisement
3001-002 Homeware dinnerware brochure
3001-003 Strawberry Fair promotional sheet
3001-004 Modern Bride magazine advertisement – Hand-painted dinnerware patterns
3001-005 House Beautiful magazine 1936 – Advertisement for GMcB Russel Wright casserole
3001-006 Libby Glass Catalog – Cover with the pattern Autumn

3002 – Marketing

3002-001 Folder – Something Exciting is Happening at Franciscan
3002-002 Folder – The California Craftsman 1875 Franciscan
3002-003 Folders – Introducing the Fabulous Month of Franciscan
3010-001 Franciscan Quarterly – Tabletop Fashions – Atlantic 1971
3010-002 Franciscan Quarterly – Tabletop Fashions – Spring 1971
3010-003 Franciscan Quarterly – Tabletop Fashions – No. 2
3010-004 Franciscan Quarterly – Tabletop Fashions – 1970
3020-001 Beautiful Best – Booklet
3020-002 Franciscan Fine China Advertising Aids – Booklet
3020-003 Franciscan Fall Promotion 1974 – Envelope with images
3030-001 Franciscan Earthenware & Independence – laminated brochure pages 1974

3100 – Documents, Magazines & Miscellaneous – Oversize

3100-001 Sand Jar Re-do folder 12/63 – Athens terra cotta sand jar
3100-002 Rupert Deese – Six Decades of Stoneware – Compact Gallery 2011
3100-003 Tom Marmont – Dinnerware foreman 1936-? –
3100-100 Ceramic News – June 1954 – Article by George T. James
3100-101 Ceramic Age – October 1958 – Gladding McBean Story
3100-201 GMcB Catalina Pottery order form – blank
3100-300 Rupert Deese line drawings – Baking Dish 1980 – Coffee Pot 1983 – Shell
3100-301 Rupert Deese line drawing – Prototype glassware 1976
3100-400 Sketch painting on board – possible Millard Sheets – Doves, Cats
3100-500 Copy of Home Magazine – LA Times – A Spurt of Creative Action in the Art of Ceramics – Millard Sheets, Dora De Larios

3150- Photographs – Oversize

3150-001 Educational Display – LA Glendale Plant – c. late 1950s – Units 1,2,4,5,6,7,8 & 9 – Unit #3 is missing
3150-002 Group panoramic photograph – Aug 1949 – Glendale Tile Department
3150-003 Group panoramic photograph – Oct 1947 – Refractories, Pittsburg Plant
3150-004 Group panoramic photograph – Apr 1949 – Renton Plant
3150-005 Group panoramic photograph – Aug 1949 – Sewer Pipe Department, Glendale Plant
3150-006 Group panoramic photograph – Aug 1955 – Pittsburg Plant
3150-007 Group panoramic photograph – Jul 1949 – Mica Plant, Mica, Washington
3150-008 Do Not Remove From File photograph – Mary Jane Winans #1
3150-009 Do Not Remove From File photograph – Desert Rose coffee pot & mold – Mary Jane Winans, Elliot House & unknown
3150-010 Do Not Remove From File photograph – George T. James, Mary C. Brown, Otto Lund
3150-011 Do Not Remove From File photograph – Contours Tile 3/63
3150-012 Do Not Remove From File photograph – #28 Removing from casting molds
3150-013 Do Not Remove From File photograph – Blunging tanks – mixers
3150-014 Do Not Remove From File photograph –King & Queen of Denmark Presentation plate & Otto Lund
3150-015 Jerry Rothman
3150-016 Dora De Larios
3150-017 Harrison McIntosh
3150-018 Helen Watson
3150-019 Dinnerware Shipping Department – LA Glendale Plant c. 1970s
3150-020 Franciscan Showroom Display – 1982-83
3150-021 Ariel view of LA Glendale plant – rolled image

3200 – Shapes of Clay

3200-001 Shapes of Clay Notebook
- Vol. 1, Number 2 – Shapes of Clay Jun 1925
- Vol. 1, Number 3 – Shapes of Clay Aug 1925
- Vol. 1, Number 4 – Shapes of Clay Oct 1925
- Vol. 1, Number 5 – Shapes of Clay Nov 1925
- Vol. II, Number 2 – Shapes of Clay Feb 1926
- Vol. II, Number 5 – Shapes of Clay Jun 1926
- Vol. III, Number 1 – Shapes of Clay Jan 1927
- Vol. III, Number 4 – Shapes of Clay Apr 1927
- Vol. III, Number 8 – Shapes of Clay Sep 1927
- Vol. III, Number 11 – Shapes of Clay Dec 1927
- Vol. IV, Number 1 – Shapes of Clay Jan 1928
- Vol. V, Number 1 – Shapes of Clay Aug 1928
- Vol. V, Number 2 – Shapes of Clay Nov 1928
- Vol. V, Number 3 – Shapes of Clay Feb 1929
- Vol. V, Number 4 – Shapes of Clay May 1929
- Vol. V, Number 4 – Shapes of Clay May 1929
- Vol. V, Number 5 – Shapes of Clay Aug 1929
- Vol. V, Number 6 – Shapes of Clay Nov 1929
- Vol. VI, Number 1 – Shapes of Clay Mar 1930
- Vol. VI, Number 2 – Shapes of Clay Jun 1930
- Vol. VI, Number 3 – Shapes of Clay Sept 1930
- Shapes of Clay, 1875 GMcB Oct 1937

3300 – Original and Copy Photographs, Transparencies & Slides

3300-001 Franciscan Terra Floor Manufacture – original brochure with photographs
3300-100 GMcB & Interpace Transparencies
3300-200 GMcB & Interpace Slides
3300-300 GMcB Original Photographs – interior/exterior projects
3300-400 GMcB & Interpace Photographs
3300-500 Delleen Enge Slides
3300-600 GMcB & Interpace Dinnerware Photographs
3300-700 GMcB & Interpace Promotional & Brochure Photographs
3300-800 Western Art Tile (Tropico) prior to Glendale Plant – c. 1910-1920s
- Glendale Plant – Dinnerware Production – Educational Photos – Copy
- Unknown Plant Construction Photographs
3300-900 GMcB & Interpace Original & Copy Images
3000-950 Miscellaneous Images
- Gladding, McBean Lincoln, California plant – c. 1940s
- Gladding, McBean – Lincoln, California – c. 1992
- 2901 Los Feliz – Los Angeles – Former site of the Franciscan Ceramics plant
- George T. James
- Kilns at the former LA Glendale plant – 2901 Los Feliz
- Lincoln California Gladding, McBean plant – c. mid 1990s
- San Francisco Office of Gladding, McBean & Co.
- Pacific Standard Time – American Museum of Ceramic Art – Common Ground Exhibit
- Images from collectors of Franciscan Ware
- Designers of Franciscan Ware – Dora De Larios, Francis Chun, Henry & Kathy Takemoto
- Winters, California, Franciscan Florals & Dinnerware, Paul & Sandy Mattson

3400 – Company Factory Notebooks

3400-001 Copy of GMcB’s Franciscan by the Numbers – the location or existence of the original document is unknown.
3400-002 Patterns Through 1970 – original factory notebook
3400-003 Gladding, McBean Architectural Ceramics – original factory notebook
3400-004 Franciscan Hermosa Tile Palette – original factory notebook
3400-005 Franciscan dinnerware catalog and stock record cover – incomplete
3400-006 Pottery Production Processes – book from Franciscan ceramics library
3400-007 Franciscan Marketing Notebook 1957– original factory notebook
3400-008 Record of Patterns and Pieces by Line – original factory notebook
3400-009 Franciscan Products –original factory notebook “Tropico to Interpace by Otto Lund, 1962

3500 – Films

3500-001 Your Choice in China – GMcB Company film, c. 1950s – 16mm, DVD, & VHS
3500-002 Tabletop Fashions 1970 – Company film – 16mm, DVD, & VHS
3500-003 Coalport China (England) – 16mm, DVD, & VHS

3600 – DVDs

3600-001 Delleen Enge Franciscan Dinnerware Lecture

3700 – CDs

3700-001 CDs – Backup of James Elliot-Bishop’s digital Franciscan & GMcB research files