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        <titleproper>Guide to the Bill Communications Harvard Business School file, <date normal="1959/1978" type="inclusive">1959-1978</date></titleproper>
        <author>Processed by: Alice Poffinberger; machine-readable finding aid created by: Noah Huffman</author>
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        <publisher><lb/>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library <lb/> Duke University <lb/> Durham, N.C., USA</publisher>
        <p><date normal="2010" encodinganalog="date">Copyright 2010</date> Duke University. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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        <note><p>Aleph Number: <num type="aleph">004326005</num></p></note></notestmt>
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      <creation>Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record via DukeMARC2EAD.xsl<lb/><date>Date of source: July 2010</date><lb/>Processed by Alice Poffinberger, July 2010; Finding Aid encoded by Noah Huffman, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Duke University, <date>July 2010</date></creation>
      <langusage>Description is in <language langcode="eng">English</language></langusage>
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      <titleproper>Guide to the Bill Communications Harvard Business School file, <date normal="1959/1978" type="inclusive">1959-1978</date></titleproper>
      <publisher>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library

          <lb/>Duke University

          <lb/>Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

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      <p><date normal="2010">Copyright 2010</date> Duke University. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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      <head>Descriptive Summary</head>
      <repository label="Repository">
        <corpname>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Duke University</corpname>
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      <origination label="Creator">
        <corpname encodinganalog="110">Bill Communications, Inc.</corpname>
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      <unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245">Bill Communications Harvard Business School file, <unitdate normal="1959/1978" type="inclusive">1959-1978.</unitdate></unittitle>
      <langmaterial label="Language of Materials" encodinganalog="546">Materials in <language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial>
      <physdesc label="Extent">
        <extent encodinganalog="300">9 items (.1 lin. ft.)</extent>
      </physdesc>
      <physloc label="Location">For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.</physloc>
      <abstract label="Abstract" encodinganalog="545">Publishing, marketing research, business services, and seminar management company; name adopted in 1968. Founded originally as a publishing company in 1879; changed name to Bill Brothers Publications, Inc., in 1957.</abstract>
      <abstract encodinganalog="520">Collection comprises a file compiled by company president John W. Hartman, mainly regarding Harvard Business School's 10-year case study (1970s) of the company's development. In addition, there is an additional Harvard business case study, on Blackwood Press; as well as two copies of the Bill Communications newsletter TRADEWINDS (1959); and a reprinted article on marketing from the Harvard Business Review (1960). </abstract>
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      <head>Administrative Information</head>
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        <head>Access Restrictions</head>
        <p>Collection is open for research.</p>
        <p>Collection may contain materials to which the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibilities and Privacy Rights form applies. Patrons must sign this form before using this collection.</p>
        <p>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.</p>
        <p>Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library to use this collection.</p>
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        <head>Copyright Notice</head>
        <p>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 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library.</p>
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        <head>Preferred Citation</head>
        <p>[Identification of item], in the Bill Communications Harvard Business School file, 1959-1978, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Duke University.</p>
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        <head>Provenance</head>
        <p>Gift, 2007</p>
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        <head>Processing Information</head>
        <p>Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, July 2010</p>
        <p>Encoded by: Noah Huffman, July 2010</p>
        <p>Accession(s) described in this finding aid: <num type="accession">2010-0120</num></p>
        <p>Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: <title render="italic">DACS,</title> EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local <title render="italic">Style Guide.</title></p>
        <p>This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.</p>
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      <head>Historical Note</head>
      <p>Bill Communications, Inc. was a publishing, marketing research, business services, and seminar management company; name adopted in 1968. The company was founded originally as a publishing company in 1879, but changed its name to Bill Brothers Publications, Inc., in 1957.</p>
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      <head>Collection Overview</head>
      <p>Collection comprises a file compiled by company president John W. Hartman, mainly regarding Harvard Business School's 10-year case study (1970s) of the company's development. In addition, there is an additional Harvard business case study, on Blackwood Press; as well as two copies of the Bill Communications newsletter TRADEWINDS (1959); and a reprinted article on marketing from the Harvard Business Review (1960).</p>
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      <p>Arranged chronologically.</p>
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      <head>Subject Headings</head>
      <p>These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.</p>
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        <item>
          <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Business schools--United States--Case studies.</subject>
        </item>
        <item>
          <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Marketing.</subject>
        </item>
        <item>
          <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Marketing--United States.</subject>
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          <persname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="700">Hartman, John W.</persname>
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          <corpname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="610">Bill Communications, Inc.</corpname>
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        <item>
          <corpname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="610">Bill Communications, Inc.--History.</corpname>
        </item>
        <item>
          <corpname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="610">Blackwood Press.</corpname>
        </item>
        <item>
          <corpname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="610">Harvard Business School.</corpname>
        </item>
        <item>
          <corpname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="710">John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising &amp; Marketing History. </corpname>
        </item>
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