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These are just a few of the queries members might direct our way here at the Art Directors Guild Research Library and Archives. The ADG's library and archives were formally established in 2012, but the Guild's unique collections date back much further than that. For many years, Guild members have been donating materials to the local union that might help their colleagues in their work or preserve the history of Production Design. As a result, the Guild ended up with a large collection of books, magazines, illustrations, set design drawings and photographs, but without a library to store them in. Along the way, the Guild also acquired important collections from other sources, most notably the CBS Research Library, and also began internally pulling together files and publications that documented the history of the union and its members. After years of effort on the part of former Guild president Tom Walsh and other dedicated members, it all came together in 2012 when the Guild hired archivist Rosemarie Knopka to bring organization, clarity and oversight to the What do you have on bungalow courts in Los Angeles? What about small towns in Upstate New York? Anything on kitchen design in the 1940s and 1950s? How about fallout shelters? Nuns? Lighthouses? Grocery stores? Newspaper offices? Do you have any Sears catalogs? Vintage graphic design handbooks? Wallpaper sample books? Photos of Las Vegas neon signs in the 1970s? Old theater programs? Postcards of European capitals in the 1930s? Promotional material from the Chicago World's Fair? Vintage maps of Manhattan? What about images of the early days of the space program? Any plans showing studio backlots in the 1940s? How about set designs for early television? B. CATALOG FOR BUDGER "EXPANDO HOMES," CIRCA 1960. C. 1946 STYLE BOOK FOR SLIP COVERS AND DRAPERIES. D. SOUVENIR GAMING GUIDE FOR HAROLDS CLUB IN RENO, NEVADA, 1955. E. THE FLEA CIRCUS ON LONG BEACH PIER IN 1956. F. CHINATOWN SKETCH BY HUB BRADEN. G. 1958 MERCURY BROCHURE. C E F D B G