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jwtfrankfurtbrungs Inventory of the J. Walter Thompson Company. Frankfurt Office. Herbert Brungs Papers, 1969-1988Processed by: Norbert Schürer; machine-readable finding aid created by: Jessica Wood The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing HistoryDavid M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: July 2009Processed by Norbert Schürer, 2000; finding aid encoded by Jessica Wood, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, July 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Inventory of the J. Walter Thompson Company. Frankfurt Office. Herbert Brungs Papers, 1969-1988 The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing HistoryDavid M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript LibraryDuke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University J. Walter Thompson Company. Frankfurt Office. J. Walter Thompson Company. Frankfurt Office. Herbert Brungs Papers, 1969-1988 Material in English and German 6 Linear Feet 5000 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT), founded in 1864, is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. Herbert Brungs was the former chairman OMG (chief operating officer) and managing director (Geschäftsführer) at JWT Frankfurt, Germany, office. The papers of Herbert Brungs span the years 1969 to 1988 and document Brungs' activities as representative to the German trade organization GWA and the as the executive in charge of employee education. The collection contains general files, client files, organizations files, and writings and speeches files. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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[Identification of item], J. Walter Thompson Company. Frankfurt Office. Herbert Brungs Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The Herbert Brungs Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a transfer in 1995.

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Processed by Norbert Schürer, 2000

Encoded by Jessica Wood, July 2009

Accession 1996-009 is described in this finding aid.

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Biographical Note Chronology List 1927Born 1948Graduated from high school with Abitur 1949Graduated from Agricultural College, with Wine growing specialty 1949-1951Attended University Bonn as a student in Economics and Chemistry 1956-1958Employed as Assistant Manager in Advertising Department at Ford Motor Company 1957-1959Attended advertising school 1958-1959Served as Vice President for merchandising at Display International 1959-1961Served as representative at the Heumann advertising agency 1961Joined JWT 1961-1963Served as account representative for Lux liquid, Suwa detergent, Maggi soups, Findus deep frozen food 1964-1965Served as senior representative for Kraft cheese products 1966-1967Served as account supervisor for all Kraft products 1966-1967Served as head of sales promotion group 1967-1968Served as acount representative for Kraft trade, Kraft coordinator for Central America and Oscar Mayer canned food at JWT-Chicago 1969-1970Served as account supervisor and associate director for all Kraft products 1970-1986Served as account supervisor and associate director for the German Wine council 1970-1977Served as account supervisor and associate director for Birkel noodles 1973-1979Served as management supervisor and director for Pepsi 1973-1979Served as management supervisor for the German Fish council 1976-1977Served as unit manager and director for all Kraft products, the German Wine council, the German Fish council, Pepsi and Birkel noodles 1976-1979Served as unit manager and director for the Butter council 1977-1979Served as unit manager and Geschäftsführer (executive director) all Kraft products, the German Wine council, the German Fish council, the Butter council, Pepsi, Warner Lambert, PanAm, and Südmilch 1980-1986Served as chief executive officer in charge of Bacardi, German wine, and the German Sugar council 1986Served as chairman OMG (chief operating officer) and Geschäftsführer (executive director) in charge of the German Sugar council, German wine, Computerland, Burger King, and Deutsche Bank Collection Overview

The Herbert Brungs Papers span the years 1969 to 1988, with the bulk from the 1980s. The papers document Brungs' activities as the representative to the German trade organization GWA and as the executive in charge of further education of employees and managers through seminars and classes. Specific topics documented the opening of the JWT office in Düsseldorf; the introduction of computers systems at JWT-Frankfurt; correspondence with academics interested in the advertising industry; relations with a few big clients such as CMA (agricultural industry) and Deutscher Wein (trade organization for German wine); communication with the GWA concerning the relationship between the industry and politicians; industry excellence awards; and internal and external seminars and their evaluations. The collection consists of typed and handwritten correspondence; external and internal memoranda; articles and presentations (typed or offprints) accompanied by charts and graphs; and some other printed material. Approximately 70 percent of the collection is in German. Only correspondence with foreign offices and clients as well as some of the subject material is in English.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is arranged into five series: General Files, Client Files, Events, Organizations, and Writings and Speeches.

The General Files series documents the day-to-day activities and proceedings in the JWT Frankfurt Office during Brungs' tenure: domestic and foreign correspondence; memoranda; information on JWT-Frankfurt's workers' council; and background information. Topics include the opening of the JWT office in Düsseldorf; the introduction and development of computer systems at JWT-Frankfurt; special events organized for individual clients; correspondence with academics investigating the advertising industry; personnel and financial management; JWT-Frankfurt's internal managers' organizational committee; and internal information flow through house memoranda.

The Client Files series collects Brungs' papers concerning the accounts under his direction. Since Brungs was managing director rather than account supervisor at the time of these documents, they reflect management-level discussions and decisions rather than day-to-day planning of the accounts. The series documents on-going advertising campaigns--through correspondence; presentations; research; and briefings--as well as general and economic relations between JWT-Frankfurt and its clients. The major accounts in this series are Bacardi (alcoholic beverages); Burger King; CMA (agricultural industry); DBV (insurance); Deutsche Bank; Deutscher Wein (the trade organization for German wine); Eckes (non-alcoholic beverages); Flachglas; Ford; German Fish Council; Kraft (foods); Pepsi; and Platin.

The Events series collects documents pertaining to seminars, conferences, classes, and visits organized or attended by the JWT-Frankfurt office. These seminars were organized either for the benefit of particular clients on anniversaries or when new accounts were being discussed and similar occasions, or for members of JWT. They were usually not open to all office members, but were attended by selected individuals (some of whose biographies are included in the material) from different levels of the company. Internal seminars were not all organized by the Frankfurt office, but by JWT offices around the world, especially in the United States. Some seminars were given personal names due to their sponsor or inspirer--such as the Sam Meek Seminar; the James Webb Young Seminar; and the Stanley Resnor Seminar--and were held regularly, others are one-time events. External seminars were organized by outside organizations such as Deutsche Unilever and Bernd Rohrbach Unternehmensberatung (consulting firm). Most seminars, external or internal, were accompanied by detailed evaluations, which in most cases were kept with the information on the seminars. Apart from these evaluations, there is fairly little information on the content of the seminars and more on their organization and financing.

The Organizations series collects Brungs' papers pertaining to GWA (Gesellschaft Werbeagenturen, later Gesamtverband Werbeagenturen), the German advertising industry's trade organization. JWT Frankfurt was a prominent member of the trade organization and and a number of JWT staff served as executive officers. Communication took place on two levels: Rundbriefe, circulars addressed to the representative of the companies to GWA (for most of this series, they are kept in the correspondence folders); and Chefbriefe, intended for the executive managers of the companies and are occasionally marked confidential. The series also documents annual comparisons of different companies in the industry (Betriebsvergleich); the annual award for exceptional advertisements (the Effie); meetings of the industry leaders; communications between the industry and politicians and with European and American trade organizations; attempts to standardize the industry; and the reorganization of the not-for-profit GWA (Gesellschaft Werbeagenturen) into the profit center GWA (Gesamtverband Werbeagenturen) in 1985-1986.

The Writings and Speeches series collects speeches and presentations by members of JWT as well as outsiders. The topics of the writings range from reflections on multi-national advertising; how to get more out of an advertising agency; trends in the advertising of alcoholic beverages; and JWT company presentations. About three quarters of the articles are in English, the rest in German.

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. Frankfurt Office. Kraft Foods Company. PepsiCo, Inc. De Beers Consolidated Mines. Advertising--Germany. Advertising agencies--Europe. Advertising agencies--Management. Corporations--Public relations--Germany. Memoranda (AAT) Speeches (AAT) Clippings. John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. Related Material

For related materials, see other collections in the J. Walter Thompson Company Archives, especially the papers of other Frankfurt office executives in the JWT Frankfurt Office Records, including:

Paul-G. Siebel Papers

Hans Ihlefeld Papers

Harry Clark Papers

Peter Gilow Papers

Denis Lanigan Papers

Additional information may be found in the

Thomas Sutton Papers and the

Don Johnston Papers

Contents of Collection General Files, 1980-1987 (2 boxes)

Contains Brungs' domestic and foreign correspondence, mostly with private individuals seeking information on JWT, clients, and other offices. Other items include internal memoranda and reports, background information on the advertising industry or specific campaigns, files on subsidiary offices (Düsseldorf) and organizations (Deltakos), personnel files, records relating to advertising competitions, and some presentation scripts. The series contains typed and hand-written letters in originals and photocopies, memoranda, reports, minutes, printed material, notes, telexes, charts and graphs, questionnaires, contracts, and other documents concerning JWT-Frankfurt. Arranged alphabetically by type of record, thereunder chronologically.

1Background, 1980-1987(5 folders) Beverages, 1982-1987(2 folders) Business Managers, 1982-1983 Cars, 1987 Computer Systems, 1984-1987(3 folders) Correspondence General, 1980-1981(2 folders) Foreign, 1983-1987 German, 1983-1987(7 folders) Deltakos, 1983-1986(2 folders) Düsseldorf Correspondence, 1987 Direct Marketing, 1987 Finance, 1987 Lease, 1987 Memoranda/Hausmitteilungen, 1987 New Business, 1987 2Events General, 1982-1987(4 folders) Internal, 1981-1986 Finances, 1985-1987(3 folders) Hill & Knowlton, 1987 Memoranda/Hausmitteilungen, 1980-1987(7 folders) Organizational Committee(4 folders) Reports, 1986 Personnel, 1983-1987(3 folders) Policies, 1986 Proservice, 1986 Telexes, 1980-1981 Workers' Council, 1980-1987(4 folders) Client Files, 1969-1987, bulk 1981-1987 (2 boxes)

Consists of typed and handwritten domestic and foreign correspondence, telexes, notes, ad copy, contracts, memoranda (Haus-Mitteilungen), presentations and briefings, reports (Kontaktberichte), and research concerning the accounts with which Brungs was involved. Clients represented include Bacardi, Kraft, Deutscher Wein (German Wine), De Beers and Eckes. Organized alphabetically by client for the major accounts, followed by a brief series of various clients. Within some of the larger accounts, the files are divided by topic (thereunder chronologically).

3Client Lists, 1982-1988 Bacardi Hosie, 1982-1984 Market Planning, 1981-1982 Miscellaneous, 1981-1982 Regent, 1982-1984 Reports, 1981-1982 Research, 1984 CMA, 1980-1987(4 folders) DBV Briefing, 1986 Presentation, 1986 Research, 1986 Deutscher Wein General, 1981-1985(2 folders) Presentations, 1969-1987(5 folders) Studies General, 1970-1986(10 folders) Basisresearch, 1976-1977(2 folders) 4Eckes Ad Copy, 1986 Contract, 1981-1984 Correspondence, 1983-1986(2 folders) Memoranda/Hausmitteilungen, 1983-1986 Presentations, 1985 Reports, 1986 Kraft, 1981-1982 Platin, 1986 Various Clients Client Lists, 1981-1987(4 folders) Events, 1974-1988 (2 boxes)

Consists of typed and handwritten correspondence and telexes, booklets and pamphlets, orders and receipts, presentations and speeches, memos, and clippings from newspapers and journals. Also includes festival programs and numerous files related to marketing seminars. Divided into two main sections: internal seminars organized by JWT and attended by office members or outsiders; external seminars organized by outsiders and attended by members of JWT-Frankfurt. Thereunder organized by main topic of the seminar.

Classes General, 1984, 1986(2 folders) English Language, 1982-1986 Personnel, 1984 Seminars Evaluations, 1984 External Communication, 1983 Dialectics, 1983-1985 Employment Agency, 1987 Executive Secretaries, 1983-1985 New Business, 1986 Organization, 1976-1979(2 folders) 6Organization, 1980-1988(4 folders) Internal Account Planning, 1985-1987(2 folders) Advertising Workshop, 1978-1979 Background, 1976-1988 Creative Advertising, 1983-1986 Follow-Up Briefings, 1987 Correspondence, 1987 Papers, 1987 Management, 1987 Management Development, 1985-1986 Market Research, 1982-1984 Marketing, 1978 Media Workshop, 1987 Professional Development, 1986 Rhetoric, 1983-1987(2 folders) Senior Management, 1978-1986(2 folders) Synectics, 1985-1986 T-Plan, 1984-1986 Toolkit, 1986-1988 Young Professionals, 1977-1987(3 folders) Occasions, 1974-1982 Organizations, 1981-1987 (2 boxes)

Consists of letters (Rundbriefe and Chefbriefe), photocopies, telexes, reports, papers, charts concerning JWT-Frankfurt's participation in GWA (Gesellschaft Werbeagenturen, later Gesamtverband Werbeagenturen), the German advertising industry's trade organization. Also includes general salary information and reports of JWT expenses. Arranged according to the categories established in Brungs' original material.

Listing Submissions, 1983-1987 GWA Annual Meetings, 1982 Audits, 1982 Betriebsvergleich, 1981-1987(4 folders) Chefbriefe, 1981-1987(5 folders) Correspondence, 1981-1987(4 folders) 5Correspondence, 1981-1987(8 folders) Effie, 1985-1986 International, 1982, 1985(2 folders) Media, 1985 Meetings, 1985-1986 Minutes, 1984-1986 Miscellaneous, 1985-1987 Notes, 1986 Rundbriefe, 1987 Writings and Speeches, 1982-1987(1 box)

Consists of type-written and photocopied articles, talks, and presentations on marketing topics, occasionally annotated by the author or reader. Also includes some offprints of articles. Organized by language, thereunder chronologically.

English, 1982-1986 German, 1984