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jwtpreschel Inventory of the J. Walter Thompson Company. W. Lee Preschel Papers, 1964-2001 and undated Processed by: Angela McClendon; machine-readable finding aid created by: Angela McClendon 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: May 2007Processed by Angela McClendon, Rita Johnston, December 2007; Finding Aid encoded by Angela McClendon and Rita Johnston, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, December 2007 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and our local Style Guide Inventory of the J. Walter Thompson Company. W. Lee Preschel Papers, 1964-2001 and undated The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing HistoryDavid M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University J. Walter Thompson Company. J. Walter Thompson Company. W. Lee Preschel Papers, 1964-2001 and undated Material is in English and Spanish 6.6 Linear Feet About 4950 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 largest and oldest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. W. Lee Preschel founded JWT Venezuela in 1964 and served as President of JWT Latin America from 1980-1987. Preschel also acted as Interim Director-Manager of JWT Italy in 1968, served on the JWT Board of Directors beginning in 1980, and became the chairman of the Latin America-Asia Pacific region in 1987. He was named Advertising Personality of the Year in 1987 by the Venezuelan Federation of Advertising Agencies. The W. Lee Preschel Papers span the years 1964-2001 and document Preschel's career as president of the J. Walter Thompson Company's Latin American operations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, speeches, presentations, reports, newsletters, clippings, photographs, conference programs and agendas, awards, publications, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and audiovisual materials. Major correspondents include Denis Lanigan and Don Johnston, among others within the company. Clients mentioned include Ford, Kellogg's, Kodak, Draft, Lever, Pond's, Warner-Lambert, R.J. Reynolds/Nabisco, Burger King, and Banco Mercantil y Corpoven. The collection contains materials in English and Spanish, with the majority of the materials in Spanish. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], J. Walter Thompson Company. W. Lee Preschel Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

The J. Walter Thompson Company. W. Lee Preschel Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1993.

Processing Information

Processed by Angela McClendon, Rita Johnston, January 2008

Encoded by Angela McClendon, Rita Johnston

Completed January 2008

Accession 1993-0006 is described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

Biographical Note 1933 Oct. 7 Born Wolf Lee Preschel, Kovno, Lithuania 1956 Received Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, Cornell University 1957 June Joined J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) 1964 Founded JWT Venezuela 1968 Interim Director-Manager, JWT Italy 1969 Vice President, JWT International 1977 Nationalized as Venezuelan citizen 1980 Executive Vice President, JWT Latin America; member, JWT Board of Directors 1980-1987 President, JWT Latin America 1986 President, JWT Central Pacific 1987 Named Advertising Personality of the Year by Venezuelan Federation of Advertising Agencies (FEVAP) 1987 May Dismissed from JWT 1987 Returned to JWT as chairman of Latin America-Asia Pacific region 1990 Oct. Retired from JWT 2003 Jan. Published Rebel with a Cause: The Successful Management of Global Advertising Agencies Collection Overview

The W. Lee Preschel Papers span the years 1964-2001 and document Preschel's career as president of the J. Walter Thompson Company's Latin American operations. The collection includes correspondence, memoranda, speeches, presentations, reports, clippings, photographs, conference programs and agendas, awards, publications, scrapbooks, memorabilia, and audiovisual materials. Major correspondents include Denis Lanigan and Don Johnston, among others within the company. Clients mentioned include Ford, Kellogg's, Kodak, Draft, Lever, Pond's, Warner-Lambert, R.J. Reynolds/ Nabisco, Burger King, and Banco Mercantil y Corpoven. The collection contains materials in English and Spanish, with the majority of the materials in Spanish.

The collection is organized into three series: Personal Files, Administrative Files, and Audiovisual Materials. The Personal Files Series documents the personal and professional achievements of Preschel, and provide secondary biographical information through a number of industry publications. The series also includes two scrapbooks, compiled by Preschel, documenting his dismissal from and subsequent return to JWT in 1987. The Administrative Files Series documents various aspects of Preschel's career with JWT and includes correspondence, memoranda, speeches, presentations, reports, clippings, photographs, conference programs and agendas, company newsletters and other publications, and memorabilia. The Audiovisual Materials Series includes audiocassettes and VHS videocassettes. Audiocassettes contain recordings of presentations at two conferences attended by Preschel. Large-format materials have been removed from their original series locations and relocated to Oversize Materials. Relocated items have been replaced in the Detailed Description of the Collection by dummy folders enclosed in brackets.

Subject Headings

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Preschel, Lee. Johnston, Don, 1927- Lanigan, Denis, 1926- J. Walter Thompson Company. J. Walter Thompson Company. Caracas Office. Burger King Corporation. Chesebrough-Pond's. Eastman Kodak Company. Ford Motor Company. Kellogg Company. Lever Brothers and Unilever, ltd. R.J. Reynolds Industries. Warner-Lambert Company. Advertising--Awards. Advertising--History--20th century. Advertising--Venezuela. Advertising agencies. Advertising agencies--Latin America. Advertising agencies--Management. Advertising agencies--Venezuela. Advertising executives. Advertising executives--History--20th century. Audiocassettes. Clippings. Memorabilia. Memoranda. Newsletters. Photographs. Scrapbooks. Speeches. Videocassettes. John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History. Related Material

Materials related to this collection may be found in other Hartman Center collections that comprise the J. Walter Thompson Company Archives, including the Newsletter Collection, the Account Files Collection, the Review Board Records, the Shirley Woodell Papers , the Harry Clark Papers, the Don Johnston Papers, the Denis Lanigan Papers, and the Thomas Sutton Papers.

Contents of Collection Personal Files Series, 1968-2001 and undated 3 Boxes

Materials document the personal and professional achievements of Preschel, and provide secondary biographical information through a number of industry publications. The series also includes two scrapbooks, compiled by Preschel, documenting his dismissal from and subsequent return to JWT in 1987.

Arranged into three subseries: General Files, Publications, and Scrapbooks.

General Files Subseries, 1968-1991 and undated

Contains various biographical information about Preschel, focusing predominantly on his achievements. Achievements include Preschel's condecoración (decoration) by Venezuelan president Carlos Andreas Perez in 1977, as well as advertising industry awards. Arranged alphabetically.

1 Awards and honors, 1968-1991 and undated

[Contains photographs of awards and award ceremonies.]

Biographical data, 1980-1991 and undated Clippings, 1982-1990 JWT Group stock certificates, 1980-1983 Publications Subseries, 1982-2001 and undated

Includes publications, chiefly Spanish-language industry magazines, that contain articles about Lee Preschel. Arranged chronologically.

2 1982 Sept.-1984 Mar.

[Contents: 1982 Sept. 11 Pandora: Revista de El Nacional, Un Buho Dorado de la Bienvenida en una Publicidad: Las oficinas de Walter Thompson; 1983 Aug. Producto, No hipoteca el futuro (column by Lee Preschel); 1983 Sept. P&M: Publicidad y Mercadeo, Drawing of Lee Preschel on cover, with caption Lee Preschel en nuestra portada simboliza la seriedad y la profundidad del Congreso XXV Aniversario FEVAP; 1984 Mar. 20 Numero: Revista de Economia y Negocias, Comó obtener lo peor de una agencia.]

1985 Jan.-1987

[Contents: 1985 Jan. P&M: Publicidad y Mercadeo, El Hombre JWT (interview); 1985 Mar. 18 Bohemia, Lee Preschel: Productividad es Clave para la Recuperación de la Economía (interview); 1985 June 2 Numero: Revista de Economia y Negocias, Lee Preschel: cómo anunciar en la crisis (cover story); 1986 Aug. P&M: Publicidad y Mercadeo, Cabeza, Corazón, y Coraje (interview); 1987 IAA (International Advertising Association, Capitulo de Venezuela) El hombre universo (interview): includes congratulatory notices from Quaker, Ford, Nabisco, Oscar Mayer to Lee Preschel on being named Hombre del Año de la Publicidad 1987.]

1987 May-June

[Contents: 1987 May Publicidad y Mercadeo Especial, Preschel: dinamismo professional and se van los grandes. Special cover story and articles bound around regular issue; 1987 June Producto: Publicidad/Mercadeo/Comunicacion, El despido de Lee Preschel (interview); 1987? June Data Advertising: Revista Especializada en Publicidad y Mercadeo, Lee Preschel: I Will Come Back (interview); 1987 June 15 Bohemia, El Lee Iacocca Venezolano (interview accompanied by draft version of interview).]

1987 Aug.-Nov.

[Contents: 1987 Aug. P&M: Publicidad y Mercadeo, El retorno de Preschel; 1987 Aug. 15 Autentico, Lee Preschel retorna a su imperio; 1987 Nov. Hombre de Mundo, W. Lee Preschel; 1987 Nov. 10 Elite, La Publicidad es una Necesidad.]

1987 Dec.-1989 Feb.

[Contents: 1987 Dec. 6 Numero: Revista de Economia y Negocias, El Hombre de la Publicidad: Por Primera vez a una misma persona de es otorgado este titulo por la FEVAP y la IAA durante el mismo año (interview); 1988 Mar. Gerente, ¿Que Pasa en la casa de Thompson? (interview); 1988 Jan. Data Advertising: Revista Especializada en Publicidad y Mercadeo, Los Agencias de Publicidad...Mirando Hacia el futuro; 1989 Revista de Publicidad, Lee Preschel, Gerente Regional J. W. Thompson: Regreso con Gloria (interview, clipping only); 1989 Feb. 6 Adweek, JWT's Lee Preschel Walks Tall as Reanointed 'Señor Advertising' (one full copy, one clipping).]

1990 Oct.

[Contents: 1990 Oct. 22 Adweek, JWT's Lee Preschel: Severing Ties to Advertising's Illustrious Past.]

1990 Nov.-1991 Aug.

[Contents: 1990 Nov. Producto, Lee hace mutis; 1991 Aug. Producto (Edición Octavo Aniversario), Mr. Walter Thompson.]

1992 Oct.-1996 June

[Contents: 1992 Oct. Producto, Buena gente (interview); 1992 Oct. Producto Light, 1995 Analisis F&E, Es major encender las velas que maldecir la obscuridad (feature article); 1995 Aug., miscellaneous newspaper articles; 1996 June 10, Tribuna de actualidad hispano-americana, W. Lee Preschel: los secretos del <emph render="singlequote">Sr. Publicidad</emph> (interview).]

1997 Apr.-1998 Jan.

[Contents: 1997 Apr. Producto, El arte de retirarse; 1997 Apr. 1 P&M: Publicidad y Mercadeo, Conversación con Lee Preschel: 'No hay ideas poderosas en la publicidad venezolana'; 1998 Jan. 19 Bohemia, Lee Preschel: Mister Publicidad.]

3 2001 October

[Contents: 2001 Oct. P&M: Publicidad y Mercadeo, several articles.]

Undated

[Contents: Etiqueta, Emotivo cocktail de despedida en honor a Lee Preschel (pictures and captions).]

Scrapbooks Subseries, 1987

Scrapbooks compiled by Preschel document his 1987 dismissal from J. Walter Thompson and his subsequent return to the company in the same year. Items, chiefly photocopies, include correspondence between Preschel and supervisor Don Johnston; newspaper clippings about the dismissal and other JWT actions; letters of support from colleagues and clients; and photographs.

1(continued) La Botadera (The Firing), 1987 El Regreso (The Return to JWT), 1987 (2 folders) Administrative Files Series, 1964-1995 and undated 5 Boxes

Documents various aspects of Preschel's career with JWT and includes correspondence, memoranda, speeches, presentations, reports, clippings, photographs, conference programs and agendas, company newsletters and other publications, and memorabilia. Arranged into six subseries: Conference Files, Correspondence, Photographs, Publications, Writings and Speeches, and Other Materials.

Conference Files Subseries, 1967-1991

Materials document Preschel's involvement in various JWT conferences, seminars, and workshops and chiefly include conference programs and agendas. Several photographs of events are available in the Photographs Subseries. Arranged alphabetically by conference title.

4 James Webb Young Seminar, 1981-1990 Latin American Managers Meeting, 1967-1989 (3 folders)

[An audio recording from the 1982 meeting is available in the Audiovisual Materials Series (OR1).]

Nestlé conferences, 1990-1991 1er (Primer) Workshop Latinoamericano de Medios, 1985 (1 item removed to Oversize Materials, box 11) Sam Meek Seminar, 1985 [South and East Asia Managers Conference, 1989, removed to Oversize Materials, box 11]

[Includes a board game entitled Swamps and Alligators: The Big Game Hunt for Ad Agency Managers of All Ages.]

Unilever Supervisors' Conference, 1984 Correspondence Subseries, 1977-1991

Correspondence with Denis Lanigan, Don Johnston, and others. One folder of memoranda pertains to the establishment of two JWT awards: the J. Walter Thompson Company Achivement Awards Program (TAAP) and the Premio Rodolfo Otero. Arranged alphabetically by category and chronologically therein.

General correspondence, 1977-1991 Memoranda relating to JWT awards, 1983 Memoranda to Latin American managers from Preschel, 1983-1990 Photographs Subseries, 1966-1989 and undated

Includes several dry-mounted photograph portraits of various advertising executives, including JWT employees. Other photographs document various conferences attended by Preschel, as well as other aspects of JWT. Further documentation of the conferences is available in the Conference Files Subseries.

Arranged alphabetically.

Employee Portraits, undated

[Includes dry-mounted photograph portraits of Grace Atkinson, Mario Azócar, Patricio Bonta, Hiran Castello Branco, J. J. Calero, Roberto Ceruzzi, Edwin Chan, Juan Chocano, Lilamani Dias, Alan Fairnington, John Florida, Marcos Golfari, Tim Hamilton-Russell, John Holmes, Ricardo Inzunza, Mike Khanna, Roberto Leal, Norm MacMaster, Enrique Marti, Rodolfo Martin, Rafael Miolan, Fernando Otero, Greg Reilly, Michael C. Sampietro, Miguel Garcia Taboada, and Charuvarn Vanasin. Arranged alphabetically by surname.]

[A set of labels accompanies the photographs, but were not matched to individual portraits. Three employees were unidentified directly, but may be Hai-Hyung Cho, Rene De la Cruz, and Walter Guelfi.]

Atkinson-Chan (3 folders) 5 Chocano-Vanasin and unidentified (8 folders) 6 Employee portrait labels (2 folders) JWT Asia Pacific Managers Meeting, 1989 JWT James Webb Young Seminar, 1983-1988 JWT Latin American Managers Meeting, 1966-1989 (5 folders)

[Photographs are available for 1966-1967, 1973, 1980-1982, and 1989.]

[JWT Thailand offices, 1989 and undated, removed to Oversize Materials, box 11] (2 folders) Miscellaneous photographs, 1974-1986 and undated (Items removed to Oversize Materials, box 11)

[Includes candid as well as formal photographs, chiefly depicting various colleagues.]

Publications Subseries, 1964-1992 and undated

Includes newsletters, both JWT-wide and for various JWT subdivisions in Latin America and Asia, as well as a variety of other publications by JWT and other organizations and people. Arranged alphabetically.

JWT newsletters, 1964-1991

[Includes company-wide JWT newsletters as well as newsletters of various JWT subdivisions, including Latin America, Brazil, Chile, Hindustan, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. Generally includes between one and three issues of each title.]

J. Walter Thompson Company News, 1964 J. Walter Thompson News, 1983 and 1986 JWT America Latina-JWT Venezuela, 1970-1984 (2 folders)

[Titles include: Qué Pasa en JWT América Latina (1982), Tudo Bem na JWT Brasil (1982 and 1984), Jotadoblevete (Chile; 1990), HTA Today (Hindustan; 1991), Temas Thompson (Mexico; 1982), Qué Hay de Nuevo en JWT México (1983 and 1985), Qué Pasa en JWT Perú (1983-1984), Que Pasa en JWT Venezuela (1983), and Entre nosotros: bolétin informativo interno (internal bulletin, JWT Venezuela, 1970).]

JWT News, 1975-1979 Non-JWT publications 1971-1992 John Monsarrat (retired JWT executive), The Case for the Full Service Agency, 1971; and Ogilvy & Mather advertising recruitment materials, 1972 and undated. [Antonio Olivieri, Apuntes para la historia de la publicidad en Venezuela. Caracas: Ediciones Fundación Neumann, 1992, removed to Oversize Materials, box 11] 7 Other JWT publications, 1981-1991 (2 folders)

[Includes The Many Worlds of Sam Meek: A Legacy of Leadership (1981); It Was a Very Good Year (1982); Una técnica para producir ideas (booklet by James Webb Young, originally published in 1940; Edición Especial 1983 for the 40th anniversary of JWT Mexico); J. Walter Thompson Company (promotional material about JWT Worldwide, 1984); Nuestros Comienzos (JWT Venezuela office brochure, including clients, founder, and symbol, circa 1984); JWT Venezuela 25 (25th anniversary publication, 1989); J. Walter Thompson Kellogg Company Worldwide Creative Planning Guidelines and related memo, 1989; Januarius (informal newsletter with article A Look at Lee, 1991); and J. Walter Thompson: 45 Años in Chile (1989).]

Writings and Speeches Subseries, 1969-1995

Includes reports, presentations, and speeches.

Arranged chronologically into two categories: work by Preschel, and work by others.

Writings and speeches by Lee Preschel, 1964-1995 1969, Report on JWT Italy and Some Suggested Courses of Action 1981 January-1983 July, Ten Tried-and-Trusted Methods of Getting the Least from Your Advertising Agency 1983 September, La Publicidad Miranda Hacia el Futuro 1983 September-1984 June, Las Agencias de Publicidad...Mirando Hacia el Futuro 1986, La Revolución Visual 1991 April, America Latina Unida como la Soño Bolivar: Marchando Unidos Hacia una Vida Mejor 1995 August, FEVAP seminar, Publicidad en Tiempos de Crisis Economica and Publicidad Gráfica Impresa 'El Estilo Gráfico Brasileño' Writings and speeches by others, circa 1980-1991

[Except where noted, these documents contain no author information.]

circa 1980, JWT-Future, by Burkhard Schwarz 1981, Agency Acquisition Plan: JWT America Latina 1981-1983 1981, JWT Meeting with Mr. Robert Graham on Bonifications and Letter of Terms circa 1982, Report on JWT Worldwide 1990, Worldwide Operations Group 1991, JWT Group annual report Other Materials Subseries, 1978-1988 and undated

Other materials that chiefly document Preschel's professional life. Includes ephemera, pamphlets, t-shirts, puzzles, and clippings. Arranged into two categories: miscellaneous papers and memorabilia, and chronologically therein.

[Calendar, J. Walter Thompson Venezuela, Imágenes de Venezuela: Venezolanos que habitan la Selva, 1985, removed to Oversize Materials, box 11] Miscellaneous papers, 1980-1988 and undated 8 Memorabilia, undated

[Contains t-shirt from Latin American Creative Forum (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1982) and a matchbook inscribed Lee Preschel. (1 item, a jigsaw puzzle from JWT Spain, 1978, removed to Oversize Materials, box 11.)]

Audiovisual Materials Series, 1986-1992 and undated 2 Boxes

Audiocassettes and VHS videocassettes, featuring or collected by Preschel. Audiocassettes contain recordings of presentations at two conferences attended by Preschel; other documentation of these conferences is located in the Conference Files Subseries and Photographs Subseries of the Administrative Files Series.

Restrictions on access: Original videocassettes are closed to researchers. Use copies are available in the collection.

Original Recordings (CLOSED) 9 Audiocassettes OR1. Latin American Managers Meeting, Santiago, Chile, 1982 November. OR2. Recuerdo Cena Clausura Unilever - Conference - Chile 1986. Videocassettes OR3. Mundo Economico: Lee Preschel. Venezolana de Television, 1992 September 23. Format: VHS. OR4. Sr. Lee Preschel - Hombre del Año, 1987. Format: VHS. Production Masters (Not for Reference Use) 10 Videocassettes PM1-PM2: Masters for OR3-OR4; created 2007. Format: Betacam SP. Use Copies 7 (continued) UC1-UC2: Use copies for OR1-OR2; created 2008. Format: Audiocassette. UC3-UC4: Use copies for OR3-OR4; created 2007. Format: DVD. Oversize Materials 1 Box Administrative Files Series, 1964-1995 and undated Conference Files Subseries, 1967-1991 11 1er (Primer) Workshop Latinoamericano de Medias Buenos Aires: empty portfolio, 1985. South and East Asia Managers Conference: board game, Swamps and Alligators: The Big Game Hunt for Ad Agency Managers of All Ages, 1989. Photographs Subseries, 1966-1989 and undated JWT Thailand offices, 1989 and undated Publications Subseries, 1964-1992 and undated Publications by Others Antonio Olivieri, Apuntes para la historia de la publicidad en Venezuela. Caracas: Ediciones Fundación Neumann, 1992. Other Materials Subseries, 1979-1988 and undated Puzzle, New Year 1979. From JWT Spain, 1978.