Inventory of the J. Walter Thompson Company. Corporate Documentation, 1896-1988
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
J. Walter Thompson
Company.
Title
J. Walter Thompson Company.
Corporate Documentation,
1896-1988
Language of Material
Material
in English
Extent
55 Linear Feet
40000 Items
Abstract
40000 Items
The J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT), founded in 1864, is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States.
Corporate Documentation primarily consists of minute books to the regular meetings of JWT's stockholders and Directors; administrative and finance records; and reports from JWT's subsidiaries, committees and other institutional bodies. Topics covered include annual assessments of agency performance; planning; by-laws; stock incentive plans and retirement plans; and efforts to standardize operational practices across the many offices of JWT. The collection also includes background information relative to annual meetings, and the anniversaries of various offices. The collection derives from the RG1 Record Group,
"Corporate Documentation and General Reference,"
created by the JWT Archives prior to the transfer of the archives to Duke University.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is open to research.
However, access to some records is limited to photocopies of the original
documents.
In addition, patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal
Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in
Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour
delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the Rare
Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library to use this collection.
Copyright Notice
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred
to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the
Regulations and Procedures of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special
Collections Library.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], J. Walter Thompson Company. Corporate
Documentation, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library,
Duke University.
Provenance
The J. Walter Thompson Company. Corporate Documentation collection was received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a transfer in 1987 with additions in subsequent years.
Processing Information
Processed by Richard Collier, September 2007
Encoded by Richard Collier, September 2007
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been
ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory:
DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our
local
Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Collection Overview
Corporate Documentation primarily consists of minute books to the regular meetings of JWT's stockholders and Directors; administrative and finance records; and reports from JWT's subsidiaries, committees and other institutional bodies. Topics covered include annual assessments of agency performance; planning; by-laws; stock incentive plans and retirement plans; and efforts to standardize operational practices across the many offices of JWT. The collection also includes background information relative to annual meetings, and the anniversaries of various offices.
The collection derives from the RG1 record group,
"Corporate Documentation and General Reference,"
created by the JWT Archives prior to the transfer of the archives to Duke University.
Records have been arranged into five topical series: General Administration; Committees; JWT Group; International Offices; and Subsidiaries.
The General Administration Series consists of records relating to the Board of Directors, corporate by-laws, office anniversaries, and several types of financial records, including those pertaining to stock issue, the Profit-Sharing Trust, and employees' retirement trust accounts. The Committees Series includes background materials and minutes to the regular meetings of corporate committees. The JWT Group Series contains records generated during the period, beginning around 1980, when JWT reorganized its assets into a holding company, the JWT Group. The International Offices Series primarily consists of minutes to annual meetings held by JWT offices outside the United States. The Subsidiaries Series primarily consists of minutes to annual meetings, along with some incorporation documentation, of wholly or partially owned JWT subsidiary companies.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- J. Walter Thompson Company.
- J. Walter Thompson Company--Management.
- Advertising agencies--History.
- Advertising agencies--Management.
- Advertising agencies--United States--History.
- Advertising agencies--United States--Management.
- By-laws--United States.
- Corporations--United States--Accounting.
- Corporations--United States--Finance.
- Corporations--United States--History.
- Corporations--United States--Management.
- Employee stock options--United States.
- Management committees.
- Organizational effectiveness.
- Pensions--United States.
- Retirement--united States--Planning.
- Business records.
- Corporation records.
- Minute books.
- Minutes.
- John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
 | List of Series in Collection | |||||||
 |  | General Administration, 1896-1988 | ||||||
| | Committees, 1919, 1946-1985 | ||||||
| | JWT Group, 1980-1984 | ||||||
| | International Offices, 1929-1974 | ||||||
 | | Subsidiaries, 1930-1983 | ||||||
Detailed Description of Collection
General Administration, 1896-1988
Board of Directors
Background
Box GEN-BD1
1953-1957
Box GEN-BD2
1958-1959
Box GEN-BD3
1960-1962
Box GEN-BD4
1963-1965
May
Box GEN-BD5
1965
June-Dec.
Box GEN-BD6
1966-1968
June
Box GEN-BD7
1968
Sept.-1970
Box GEN-BD8
1971-1972
Box GEN-BD9
1973-1974
Nov.
Box GEN-BD10
1974
Dec.-1975
Box GEN-BD11
1976
Box GEN-BD12
1977-1978
Box GEN-BD13
1979-1980
Apr.
Box GEN-BD14
1980 June-1981
May
Box GEN-BD15
1981 July-1982
Aug.
Box GEN-BD16
1982 Aug.-1983
Aug.
Box GEN-BD17
Research reports,
1981
By-Laws
Binder,
1923-1972
Financial Records
$5mm Note Due,
1977
Price Waterhouse files
Box GEN-FN2
1974
Box GEN-FN3
1975
Box GEN-FN4
Public stock offering, 1969
Index Card Files
Charitable contributions, 1971-1977
Box GEN-IX2
Index to Board Minutes, 1907-1939
Box GEN-IX3
Indices to Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and Legal Department Annual Reports, 1938-1968
Office Anniversaries
125th and 130th aniversaries of JWT,
1989, 1994
Box GEN-OA2
Argentina/Belgium/India/Venezuela,
1977-1984
Box GEN-OA3
Italy/Japan/Philippines,
1981-1986
Box GEN-OA4
Mexico,
1978, 1983
Profit-Sharing Trust
Meetings
Box GEN-PS1
1942-1947,
1942-1964
Includes correspondence 1942-1964
Box GEN-PS2
1947 July-1959
Feb.
Box GEN-PS3
1959 Mar.-1966
Feb.
Box GEN-PS4
1966 Mar.-1969
May
Box GEN-PS5
1969
June-Dec.
Box GEN-PS6
1970
Jan.-July
Box GEN-PS7
1970 Sept.-1971
Feb.
Box GEN-PS8
1971
Apr.-Dec.
Box GEN-PS9
1972
Jan.-July
Box GEN-PS10
1972 Aug.-1973
Jan.
Box GEN-PS11
1973
Feb.-Aug.
Box GEN-PS12
1973 Sept.-1974
Apr.
Box GEN-PS13
1974 Apr.-1975
July
Regional Directors Meetings
Minutes,
1980-1982
Stock Holder and Directors Meetings
Background
Box GEN-SD1
1917-1938
Box GEN-SD2
1939-1953
Box GEN-SD3
1954-1965
Box GEN-SD4
1966-1974
Minutes
Box GEN-SD5
1896-1907
Box GEN-SD6
1896-1950
[Unbound materials including: Thompson Briggs Company, 1911; J. Walter Thompson Advertising Company, 1931-1936; New Jersey and New York incorporations]
Box GEN-SD7
1917-1923
Box GEN-SD8
1924-1925
Box GEN-SD9
1925-1929
Box GEN-SD10
1930-1933
Box GEN-SD11
1934-1938
Box GEN-SD12
1939-1942
Box GEN-SD13
1943-1946
Box GEN-SD14
1946-1951
Box GEN-SD15
1952-1955
Box GEN-SD16
1956-1960
Box GEN-SD17
1961-1963
Box GEN-SD18
1964-1965
Box GEN-SD19
1965-1966
Box GEN-SD20
1966-1967
Box GEN-SD21
1968-1969
Jan.
Box GEN-SD22
1969 Apr.
Box GEN-SD23
1969 Apr.
(2)
Box GEN-SD24
1969 June
Box GEN-SD25
1969-1970
Box GEN-SD26
1970-1971
Box GEN-SD27
1971-1972
Box GEN-SD28
1972-1973
Box GEN-SD29
1973
Box GEN-SD30
1974
Box GEN-SD31
1975 July
Box GEN-SD32
1976 Jan.
Box GEN-SD33
1976 Apr.
Box GEN-SD34
1977 Jan.
Box GEN-SD35
1977 June
Box GEN-SD36
1978 May
Box GEN-SD37
1978 Sept.
Box GEN-SD38-SD41
Nancy Fitzpatrick Files (Unprocessed),
1978-1985
[Nancy Fitzpatrick was Vice President and Assistant Secretary of JWT]
Stock Incentive Plan
Minutes
Box GEN-SI1
1969-1976
Box GEN-SI2
1973-1980
Box GEN-SI3
1977-1980
U.S. Employee Retirement Trust
Background
Box GEN-UR1
1976 May, 1977 Jan.-1987
Dec.
Box GEN-UR2
1979 Jan.-1980
Oct.
Box GEN-UR3
1980 Oct.-1982
Apr.
Box GEN-UR4
1982 Jan.-1983
june
Box GEN-UR5
1983
July-Oct.
Minutes
Box GEN-UR6
1975 Aug.-1976
Sept.
Box GEN-UR7
1976 Oct.-1977
Sept.
Box GEN-UR8
1977 Oct.-1978
Sept.
Box GEN-UR9
1978 Oct.-1979
Oct.
Box GEN-UR10
1980-1981
Jan.
Box GEN-UR11
1981
Mar.-Oct.
Box GEN-UR12
1982
Jan.-June
Box GEN-UR13
1982
July-Oct.
Box GEN-UR14
1983
Jan.-June
Box GEN-UR15
1983 July-1984
Oct.
Committees, 1919, 1946-1985
Audit Committee
Meetings,
1975-1980
Compensation Committee
1974-1983
Corporate Committee
Minutes, 1982-1983
Executive Committee
Background
Box COM-EX1
1964-1965
Box COM-EX2
1965-1966
Box COM-EX3
1967
Box COM-EX4
1968-1969
Box COM-EX5
1970-1971
Minutes
Box COM-EX6
1973 June-1975
July
Box COM-EX7
1975 Sept.-1979
Oct.
Box COM-EX8
1979 Sept.-1980
June
Finance Committee
L.O. Lemon Files,
1946-1957
[Luther Orange Lemon (1900-1957) was Treasurer and Director of
JWT]
Minutes
Box COM-FI2
1946-1948
Box COM-FI3
1949-1950
Box COM-FI4
1951-1952
Box COM-FI5
1953-1956
Box COM-FI6
1957-1959
Loan Committee
Minutes,
1980-1983
Operations Committee
Jack Cronin presentation, 1985 Sept.
[John J. Cronin was President of the Toronto Office of JWT]
Meetings
Box COM-OP2
1980 Aug.-1982
July
Box COM-OP3
1982 Sept.-1983
Apr.
Box COM-OP4
1983 June-1984
Jan.
Box COM-OP5
1984 Jan.-1985
Mar.
Box COM-OP6
1985
Mar.-Dec.
Troutbeck Inn meetings
Box COM-OP7
1983
Aug.-Sept.
Box COM-OP8
1984 Sept.
Committee on Standardization
[Primary task of the Committee on Standardization was to establish uniform practices across all JWT offices and operations]
Box COM-ST1
Minutes (Originals: RESTRICTED--See Use Copies in Box COM-ST2), 1919
Box COM-ST2
Minutes (Use copies),
1919
JWT Group, 1980-1984
Audit Committee
Meetings,
1980-1983
Board of Directors
Background, 1980 June-1981 Dec.
Meetings
Box GRP-BD2
1982
Feb.-Mar.
Box GRP-BD3
1982 Apr.-1983
Mar.
Box GRP-BD4
1983
Apr.-Dec.
Box GRP-BD5
1984
Jan.-Aug.
Box GRP-BD6
1984
Sept.-Dec.
Compensation Committee
Meetings, 1980-1983
Executive Committee
Background
Box GRP-EX1
1984
Jan.-Aug.
Box GRP-EX2
1984
Sept.-Dec.
Minutes
Box GRP-EX3
1980 Aug.-1981
Dec.
Box GRP-EX4
1982
Feb.-May
Box GRP-EX5
1982 May-1983
Feb.
Box GRP-EX6
1983
Apr.-Dec.
Stock Incentive Plan
Meetings, 1981-1983
International Offices, 1929-1974
J. Walter Thompson de Mexico, S.A.
Minutes
Box INT-MX1
1944-1961
Box INT-MX2
1960-1967
Box INT-MX3
1967-1973
J. Walter Thompson do Brasil
Minutes
Box INT-BR1
1929-1936
Box INT-BR2
1937-1950
Box INT-BR3
1951-1962
Box INT-BR4
1962-1964
J. Walter Thompson Ltd. (Canada)
Minutes
Box INT-CA1
1930-1937
Box INT-CA2
1938-1946
Box INT-CA3
1947-1953
Box INT-CA4
1954-1958
Box INT-CA5
1959-1963
Box INT-CA6
1964-1966
Box INT-CA7
1967-1970
Box INT-CA8
1971-1974
JWT Australia/Belgium/England
Minutes,
1956-1969
JWT France/Italy/India
Minutes,
1957-1972
Subsidiaries, 1930-1983
Ctizens Education Aid Foundation
Minutes,
1956-1957,
1965
Electronics and Alloys, Inc. (formerly JWTS Company)
Minutes
Box SUB-EL1
1961-1968
Box SUB-EL2
1967-1968
Box SUB-EL3
1968-1976
Interlease Corporation
Minutes,
1965-1979
J. Walter Thompson Advertising Corporation
Incorporation documents,
1931-1941
J. Walter Thompson Insurance, Ltd.
Review Committee,
1983
Jan.-Oct.
J. Walter Thompson International Corporation
Incorporation documents,
1930, 1940
Norby Productions, Inc.
Minutes,
1954-1971
Northeast Indiana Motors, Inc.
Minutes,
1968-1979
Puerto Rican-American Insurance Corporation
Minutes,
1970-1974
Includes minutes and annual reports
Various Other Subsidiaries
Minutes,
1957-1979
Includes Agency Art Associates; Channel 3 Workshop; Diogenes
Marketing Research; Ficho & Corley, Inc.
