Chicago Sun-Times,

jwtadvertisingcolumnists Preliminary Inventory of the J. Walter Thompson Company. Advertising Columnists Articles, 1985-1999 Processed by: Kristen Kramer; machine-readable finding aid created by: Kristen Kramer and Ruth E. Bryan

Aleph Number: 003010597

Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: July 7, 2001 Processed by Kristen Kramer July 7, 2001; Finding Aid encoded by Kristen Kramer and Ruth E. Bryan, , David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, August 2, 2001 Description is in English. 06-27-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::J. Walter Thompson Company. Advertising Columnists Articles)//EN" "advertisingcolumnists.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for Series and were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan. The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. Preliminary Inventory of the J. Walter Thompson Company. Advertising Columnists Articles, 1985-1999 The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing HistoryDavid M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryDuke UniversityDurham, North Carolina 27708-0185

Descriptive Summary J. Walter Thompson Company. Advertising Columnists Articles, 1985-1999 J. Walter Thompson Company. 6 Linear Feet 3600 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], J. Walter Thompson Company. Advertising Columnists Articles, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Advertising Columnists Articles were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library from the Information Center of J. Walter Thompson Company, Chicago Office as a gift in 2000.

Processing Information

Processed by Kristen Kramer

Completed July 7, 2001

Encoded by Kristen Kramer and Ruth E. Bryan

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

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

Biographical Note

Advertising columnists wrote daily newspaper columns on advertising and closely related subjects.

Collection Overview

Collection of photocopies of thousands of daily columns on advertising and closely related subjects appearing in major newspapers, primarily the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Times. The most frequently represented authors are: George Lazarus ( Tribune, 1985-1999), Nancy Millman ( Sun-Times, until 1992), and Philip H. Dougherty ( NYT, died 1988 September), as well as Randall Rothenberg, Kim Foltz, and Stuart Elliott, who succeeded Dougherty at the Times. Various guest columnists also wrote occasionally for the NYT. For the time period covered, the files appear to contain most or all of the columns that were published in the three papers. The collection also includes several folders of articles and columns from the Wall Street Journal and other business publications, especially concerning management turmoil and succession at J. Walter Thompson Company in 1987. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History.

Subject Headings

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Lazarus, George. Millman, Nancy. Rothenberg, Randall. Elliott, Stuart. J. Walter Thompson Company. Advertising agencies. Advertising. Journalism. John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History Contents of Collection Accession 2001-0123 Chicago Sun-Times 1 Nancy Millman, 1985 January-1985 August, 1986 January-1992 May Chicago Tribune 1-2 George Lazarus, 1985 January-1999 August New York Times 2-3 Philip H. Dougherty, 1986 May-1988 September 3 Randall Rothenberg, 1988 October-1990 September 3 Kim Foltz, 1990 October-1991 May 3-4 Stuart Elliott, 1991 June-1999 August Wall Street Journal 4 A variety of columnists including Joann Lipman, 1987 January-December 1987

Includes a range of articles addressing upheaval at the J. Walter Thompson Company.

Misc. Columns 4 A variety of columnists, 1987 May-1987 June

Includes various articles addressing the WPP takeover of the J. Walter Thompson Company.