Abstract

The Garth Parker premium toy design papers are a compilation of product sketches, designs, portfolios, presentations, product notebooks, and reference materials. Products shown in these materials were designed for fast-food restaurants, cereal brands, cake decorations, and more. The bulk of the materials are from 1995 through 2012.

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds spiral- or comb-bound portfolio books, to which Parker referred as “leave-behind books” or “product portfolios.” Volumes may depict one specific licensed character/property for a company or several product lines within the same book. Where multiple designs appear in one portfolio, the folder listing line indicates “combined” and shows the slash symbol to separate sections of the bound volume. The materials in this series have been arranged according to the original order in...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds spiral- or comb-bound portfolio books, to which Parker referred as “leave-behind books” or “product portfolios.” Volumes may depict one specific licensed character/property for a company or several product lines within the same book. Where multiple designs appear in one portfolio, the folder listing line indicates “combined” and shows the slash symbol to separate sections of the bound volume. The materials in this series have been arranged according to the original order in...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds spiral- or comb-bound portfolio books, to which Parker referred as “leave-behind books” or “product portfolios.” Volumes may depict one specific licensed character/property for a company or several product lines within the same book. Where multiple designs appear in one portfolio, the folder listing line indicates “combined” and shows the slash symbol to separate sections of the bound volume. The materials in this series have been arranged according to the original order in...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds spiral- or comb-bound portfolio books, to which Parker referred as “leave-behind books” or “product portfolios.” Volumes may depict one specific licensed character/property for a company or several product lines within the same book. Where multiple designs appear in one portfolio, the folder listing line indicates “combined” and shows the slash symbol to separate sections of the bound volume. The materials in this series have been arranged according to the original order in...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains loose pages which were previously housed in three-ring binders from Garth Parker. The pages were removed and rehoused in archival folders for preservation. While Parker did not label every binder, The Strong assigned each binder a number in order to better organize the papers. As a result, each folder contains an indicator such as “B001,” denoting which folders originated from the same binder. The binders, and their contents, have been arranged according to the...

Scope and Content Note From the Sub-Series: This subseries contains loose pages which were previously housed in three-ring binders from Garth Parker. The pages were removed and rehoused in archival folders for preservation. While Parker did not label every binder, The Strong assigned each binder a number in order to better organize the papers. As a result, each folder contains an indicator such as “B001,” denoting which folders originated from the same binder. The binders, and their contents, have been arranged according to the...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds spiral- or comb-bound portfolio books, to which Parker referred as “leave-behind books” or “product portfolios.” Volumes may depict one specific licensed character/property for a company or several product lines within the same book. Where multiple designs appear in one portfolio, the folder listing line indicates “combined” and shows the slash symbol to separate sections of the bound volume. The materials in this series have been arranged according to the original order in...