Scope and Contents Pickering originally titled the notebook "Resources." It contains contact information for people and organizations, such as artists, consultants, clients, and woodworkers, among others. The information is filed alphabetically by topical headings assigned by Pickering, rather than by last name or first letter of the company name that would be the case in a typical address book. For example, W.L. Stensgaard & Associates, Inc. is filed under the letter "D" for "display fixtures," indicating...

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Contains a biographical sketch of Pickering provided by the donor, a photograph of Pickering, his Amos Parrish & Co. business card, and his registration card for the Allied Board of Trade.

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The Donnelly Garment Company (renamed Nelly Don in 1956) was a clothing manufacturer and distributor in Kansas City, Missouri. The folder has photographs of Pickering's illustrations that appeared in window displays at Donnelly.

Scope and Contents In April 1934, Pickering traveled to Dessau, Germany, with his friends John Barney Rodgers and Ruth Easton. The photographs, taken by Rodgers, feature Bauhaus structures and other buildings, as well as street life in Dessau. The donor supplied a typed excerpt about the trip transcribed from Pickering's diary (the diary, itself, is not included in the collection and is presumably in the donor's possession). In the excerpt, Pickering writes that the main Bauhaus building, designed from plans...