Preliminary Inventory of the Brouillard Communications, Inc., Vertical Files, circa 1973-2000

Collection Overview

Collection consists primarily of corporate image advertisements clipped from magazines and newspapers, including trade journals and business newspapers. Organized into two series of alphabetical files: by industry and by company name. Major industry categories represented include computers, fashion accessories, liquor, insurance, mutual funds, and telecommunications. Major companies include AT&T, Du Pont, General Electric, IBM, Kodak, RJR Nabisco, and Xerox; most companies represented were clients or prospective clients. Also includes advertising tearsheets; articles; and unpublished reports about major corporations or industries. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising and Marketing History.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Brouillard Communications, Inc. Vertical Files, circa 1973-2000
Creator: Brouillard Communications, Inc.
Extent: 45.1 Linear Feet, 29650 Items
Repository: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language: English.

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Accession 2003-0047

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Contents of the Collection

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Accession 2003-0047

Industries

Major industry categories include computers, fashion accessories, liquor, insurance, mutual funds, and telecommunications.

Contents of Box 1:

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Accounting Firms to Aerospace

Box 1

Contents of Box 2:

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Aerospace (cont.) to Airlines

Box 2

Contents of Box 3:

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Banks (cont.) to Beverages

Box 3

Contents of Box 4:

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Biotechnology to Computers

Box 4

Contents of Box 5:

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Computers (cont.) to Electronic Mail

Box 5

Contents of Box 6:

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Energy to Fashion Accessories

Box 6

Contents of Box 7:

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Fashion Accessories (cont.) to Forest Products

Box 7

Contents of Box 8:

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Health Maintenance Organizations

Box 8

Contents of Box 9:

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Home Furnishings to Insurance

Box 9

Contents of Box 10:

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Insurance (cont.)

Box 10

Contents of Box 11:

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Insurance (cont.)

Box 11

Contents of Box 12:

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Insurance (cont.)

Box 12

Contents of Box 13:

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Insurance (cont.) to Iron and Steel

Box 13

Contents of Box 14:

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Japan to Liquor

Box 14

Contents of Box 15:

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Liquor (cont.)

Box 15

Contents of Box 16:

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Local Phone Companies to Mutual Funds

Box 16

Contents of Box 17:

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Mutual Funds (cont.)

Box 17

Contents of Box 18:

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Mutual Funds (cont.) to Office Equipment

Box 18

Contents of Box 19:

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Oil Companies to Pharmaceutical

Box 19

Contents of Box 20:

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Pharmaceutical (cont.) to Retail Clothiers

Box 20

Contents of Box 21:

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School Advertisements to Stock Exchanges

Box 21

Contents of Box 22:

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Telecommunications

Includes 2 VHS tapes entitled Telecom Interviews, Dec. 10, 1997

Box 22

Contents of Box 23:

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Toiletries to Travel

Box 23

Contents of Box 24:

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Travel (cont.) to Utilities

Box 24

Companies

Major companies include AT&T, DuPont, General Electric, IBM, Kodak, RJR Nabisco, and Xerox.

Files for the 3M company can be found both at the beginning of the alphabetical list and under 'T.'

Contents of Box 25:

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3M to Agency Advertising

Box 25

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AHA to Alcan

Box 26

Contents of Box 27:

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Alcatel to Allied Signal

Box 27

Contents of Box 28:

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Allied Signal (cont.) to American Can

Box 28

Contents of Box 29:

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American Council of Life Insurance to American Express

Box 29

Contents of Box 30:

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American Forest Council to Ameritech

Box 30

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American Machine and Foundry to Arthur Anderson

Box 31

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Arthur D. Little to AT&T

Box 32

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AT&T (cont.) to BASF

Box 33

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BAT Industries to Bayerische Landesbank

Box 34

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Bean, L.L. to Bell Atlantic

Box 35

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Bell Helicopter to Bethlehem Steel

Box 36

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Bethlehem Steel (cont.) to Boise Cascade

Box 37

Contents of Box 38:

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Bombardier to Businessweek

Box 38

Contents of Box 39:

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Cable & Wireless to Champion

Box 39

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Chase to Cigna

Box 40

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CIT Group to Colt Industries

Box 41

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Combustion Engineering to Continental Group

Box 42

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Continental Insurance to Cullinet

Box 43

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Daewoo to Diebold

Box 44

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Digital to Dun & Bradstreet

Box 45

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DuPont to Eastern

Box 46

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Economist to Esmark

Box 47

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Ethyl to Figgie International

Box 48

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Financial Corp. of America to Ford

Box 49

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Fortune Brands to General Electric

Box 50

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General Electric (cont.) to Georgia Pacific

Box 51

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Gerber to Grace

Box 52

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Grace (cont.) to GTE

Box 53

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GTE (cont.) to Hewlett Packard

Box 54

Contents of Box 355

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[Attention: Contains pictorial material].

Hewlett-Packard (cont.) to Hoffman Laroche

Box 55

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Hoffman Laroche (cont.) to Hughes

Box 56

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Hoover to IBM

Box 57

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IBM (cont.) to Intel

Box 58

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Integrated Resources to ITT

Box 59

Contents of Box 60:

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ITT (cont.) to Knight Ridder

Box 60

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Kodak to Leica

Box 61

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LG Electronics to LTV

Box 62

Contents of Box 63:

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Macy's to McDonnel-Douglas

Box 63

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McDonnel-Douglas (cont.) to Mitel

Box 64

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MNC Financial to Monsanto

Box 65

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Monsanto (cont.) to Motorola

Box 66

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Motorola (cont.) to Panhandle Eastern Corp.

Box 67

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Parke Davis to Pennwalt

Box 68

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Pennzoil to Phillip Morris

Box 69

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[Attention: Contains pictorial materials.]

Phillips to Polar USA

Box 70

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Potlatch to Quantum

Box 71

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Questar to Reuter Corp. 2000

Box 72

Contents of Box 73:

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Reynolds Aluminum to Rockwell International

Box 73

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Rockwell International (cont.) to Schlumberger

Box 73

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Rockwell International (cont.) to Schlumberger

Box 74

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Schott to Shell

Box 75

Contents of Box 76:

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Shell (cont.) to Singer

Box 76

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Singer (cont.) to Smithsonian

Box 77

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Smithsonian (cont.) to Southeastern Bell

Box 78

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Sperry to Telephone Misc.

Box 79

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Temple Island to 3M

Box 80

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3M (cont.) to Travelers Group

Box 81

Contents of Box 82:

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Tribune Co. to TRW

Box 82

Contents of Box 83:

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Turner Construction to United Steelworkers of America

Includes VHS tape entitled TV Answer - Opportunities for Advertisers and Programmers

Box 83

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Walt Disney Co.

Box 84

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Wang to Western Union

Box 85

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Westin to Xerox

Box 86

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Xerox (cont.) to Zurich Insurance Group

Box 87

Oversize materials

Contents of Oversize Box 88:

Industries Series

Insurance materials removed from Box 10

Box 87

Restaurants materials removed from Box 20

Box 87

Encoded by Elizabeth Arnold

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

This collection is unprocessed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.