Preliminary Inventory of the J. Walter Thompson Company. Roy Glah Papers, 1976-2002 and undated
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Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University
Creator
J. Walter Thompson Company.
Title
J. Walter Thompson Company. Roy Glah Papers, 1976-2002 and undated
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
10 Linear Feet
6000 Items
Abstract
6000 Items
Founded in 1864 the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the largest and oldest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. Roy Glah was an executive with JWT beginning in 1957, holding positions of Vice President and Director of Finance and Administration.
Includes presentations, memos, development materials and reports related to advertising and the strategic planning for J. Walter Thompson, WPP, and various departments within JWT. Collection largely documents the latter part of Glah's career with JWT, as an executive in the New York Office. Also includes photographs, slides, audiocassettes, and videocassettes. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsCollection is restricted.
Materials are closed to non-JWT researchers for 15 years from date of creation.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], J. Walter Thompson Company. Roy Glah Papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Roy Glah Papers were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as gifts in 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2005.
Processing Information
Partially processed by Christian Ferney, 2005
Encoded by Jessica Wood, March 2009
Accessions 99-057, 99-141, 99-360, 00-117, 04-049, and 05-076 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
Biographical Chronology| 1935 Dec. | Born, Philadelphia, Penn. |
| 1957 |
BFA, Cornell University
Began work with JWT New York Office, Creative Department
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| Circa 1958-1960 | Military service |
| 1960 | Media Department, JWT New York |
| 1963 | Account Representative, JWT New York |
| 1964 | JWT Amsterdam |
| Circa 1967 | General Manager, JWT Amsterdam |
| 1968 | Account Supervisor, JWT New York |
| 1972 | Senior Vice President and Deputy Manager, JWT Tokyo |
| 1974 | Manager, JWT San Francisco |
| 1977 | Assistant to the Chairman, JWT New York |
| 1982 | Senior Vice President, Operations, JWT New York |
| 1984 | Deputy General Manager, JWT New York |
| 1987 | Elected Director, JWT |
| 1988 |
Elected Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration, JWT/USA
elected to U.S. Board of Directors
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| 1990 | Management Director, JWT |
Collection Overview
Includes presentations, memos, development materials and reports related to advertising and the strategic planning for J. Walter Thompson, WPP, and various departments within JWT. Collection largely documents the latter part of Glah's career with JWT, as an executive in the New York Office. Also includes photographs, slides, audiocassettes, and videocassettes.
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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.
- Glah, Roy, 1935-
- Manning, Burt, 1931-
- J. Walter Thompson Company.
- J. Walter Thompson Company. Amsterdam Office.
- J. Walter Thompson Company. New York Office.
- J. Walter Thompson Company. San Francisco Office.
- J. Walter Thompson Company. Tokyo Office.
- Advertising agencies.
- Advertising agencies--Management.
- Advertising agencies--United States.
- Advertising executives.
- Advertising executives--United States.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
- Presentations, Sales.
- Videocassettes.
- Slides.
- Audiocassettes.
- John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Related Material
Related materials may be found in the following Hartman Center collections of the J. Walter Thompson Company Archives:
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Detailed Description of Collection
Accession 99-057, 1991-1998
7 boxes
Accession (16,435 items, dated 1991-1998) features primarily administrative files for the World Wide Executive Group, a division of J. Walter Thompson responsible for executive training. The accession also includes orientation and motivational slide and video presentations, meeting minutes, as well as financial records and copies of speeches made by Burt Manning in 1992.
Accession 99-141: Speeches and Presentations, 1992-1996 and undated
6 boxes
Series contains scripts of speeches and presentations given at meetings and special events, by Roy Glah, Burt Manning, Peter Schweitzer, Craig Davis and Adam Owett, among others. Also includes memos and other files related to JWT strategic plans. Original order of items was maintained.
Box 1
AAAA acceptance speech, 1995 Apr.
American Business Press, electronic media speech, 1995 May
Strategic plan materials
Includes presentations, memos, development materials and reports related to strategic planning for J. Walter Thompson, WPP, and various departments within JWT.
WPP, 3 year plan, 1993
JWT, 3 year plan, 1994-1996
JWT, 3 year plan, 1993-1995
Box 2
Strategic plan summary, undated
WWEG strategic plan, 1996
JWT strategic plan, 1995-1996
(2 folders)
JWT strategic plan, staff memos, undated
Long range plan, 1991-1996
Long range planning strategy, 1991
Box 3
Speeches and presentations
Board of Directors meeting, 1992 Nov.
Mid-summer speech, 1995 Aug. (Davis)
"Ascent of Woman,"
1994
JWT kids presentation, 1994 (Goltz)
"Beyond Trend, Search for the New,"
1994 (Owett)
"Big Idea,"
BOD, 1994
"It's A Small World,"
1993 (Schweitzer)
"Electronic Superhighway,"
1993
Human Resources, 1993 (Burns)
"Globe,"
BOD/WWOG, 1993
Benefits program, 1993
Nestle, 1993 (Manning)
Asia Pacific managers speech, 1993
European general managers speech, 1993 (Manning)
HR conference, 1993 (Glah)
Asia Pacific general managers speech, 1993 (Manning)
Asia Pacific trip, 1993 (Schweitzer)
London Office, management and staff,
"Banner Year,"
1993
Miscellaneous speech material on
"Change,"
undated
"Abruption,"
1995
"Abruption in Coffee Advertising,"
1995 (Manning)
Box 4
"Abruption: Quality and Cost in Advertising,"
1995 (Manning)
(Includes presentation slides, development materials, videocassettes of Burt Manning speech
"Abruption,"
in Cebu, Philippines, 1995 Nov., and in Madrid, Spain, 1994 Oct.)
Box 5
Board of Directors meeting, closing remarks, 1996 (Manning)
"Abruption,"
address to UNIACC University, 1996 (Manning)
Abruption, Address to Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce, 1996 (Manning)
"You Are Part of the Plan,"
1996 (Manning)
Keynote Address, Club Circulo Creativo, Mexico City, 1996 (Manning)
"Clean Slate: Lesson About Brand Building from the World's Newest Markets,"
1996 (Berndt)
WPP, Board of Directors meeting, presentation materials, 1996, July 13
"Good, the Bad, and the World Wide Web,"
1996 (Manning)
Box 6
All staff presentations to Asia Pacific, 1996 (Manning)
"You Are Part of the Plan"
"Good, the Bad, and the World Wide Web"
Duffs & Phelps presentation, 1996 (Manning)
AAF's silver medal, 1996 June (Manning)
WPP annual general meeting, 1996 June (Manning)
AAAA annual meeting, 1996 (Manning)
"Branding of an Emotion: Kodak,"
1996 (Manning)
AAAA annual meeting, chairman's address, 1996 (Manning)
San Miguel, Hong Kong Speech, 1995 (Manning)
"Advertising in the Electronic Age,"
Oppenheimer Group, 1995
"Creating Max Bandwidth,"
European tour version, 1996 (Manning)
Accession 99-360: Meetings, 1987-1999
10 boxes
Series contains reports, memos and other files related to JWT management and financial meetings.
Box 1
JWT management memos, 1988-1996
Box 2
JWT management projects, 1994-1997
JWT management meetings, undated
Box 3
1997 (1995-1998)
Box 4
1996-1997
Box 5
1998
Box 6
WPP annual reports and data, 1987-1999, JWT Rolex International advertising books, 1995-1997
Box 7
JWT financial analyst presentation at WPP meetings, 1992-1994
Box 8
JWT financial analyst presentation at WPP meetings, 1994-1996
Box 9
JWT WWEG meeting issues human resources, 1994-1995
Box 10
JWT miscellaneous company documents, JWT public relations-Frohlinger's report, 1991-1997
Accession 00-117, 1994-1998
1 box
Accession contains action summaries for 1994-1998 (.4 lin. ft.) of J. Walter Thompson Management Meetings covering Corporate and North America.
Accession 2004-0049, 1976-2002, bulk [1990s]
14 boxes
This accession contains 5250 items (8.4 lin. ft.) and includes primarily documents relating to the worldwide agency's meetings, including the OCE (Office of the Chief Executive), WEG (Worldwide Executive Group), and the Creative Council. Also contains files of speeches by JWT executives, presentations, credentials, videotapes, and materials relating to company CEO Burt Manning's projects.
Box 1
Paper files
Box 2
Paper files
Box 3
Slides
Box 4
VHS
Box 5
Slides
Box 6
Paper files
Box 7
Slides, Umatic tape
Box 8
Paper files
Box 9
Slides, Umatic tapes
Box 10
Umatic tapes
Box 11
Audio cassette, VHS, Umatic tapes
Box 12
Slides
Box 13
Umatic tapes
Box 14
Umatic tapes
Accession 05-076, 1994-2002
15 boxes
Accession includes 3377 Items (9.9 lin. ft.) and comprises primarily speeches given by JWT CEOs Burt Manning and Chris Jones. Accession also contains presentations, slides, videos, and other files Roy Glah kept as part of his role in supporting JWT CEOs.
Box 1
British-American Chamber of Commerce; Kodak, Shell, Global Marketplace speeches
Box 2
JWT Strategic Plan 1999, Cuernavaca; WPP 3 YR Plan
Box 3
General Reports, WPP Group Hopkins-WACL files
Box 4
Miscellaneous files; Speeches; Audiotapes, video, book, floppy disc
Box 5
Video tapes (2 formats)
Box 6
Videotapes (2 formats)
Box 7
Person files; Comparative Advertising
Box 8
Person files; Speeches
Box 10
Bound files; loose papers
Box 11
Abruption; Speeches; Loose files
Box 12
Videotapes; Slide reel; Books; Magazines
Box 13
Video tapes
Box 14
Video tapes
Box 15
Video tapes
