John Caples Papers
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Caples, John, 1900-1990 (advertising executive)
Caples, Dorothy
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circa 1900-1987
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24 Cubic feet (64 boxes
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- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0393
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Series Three, Speeches and Lectures, contains Caples' speeches to advertising industry associations and other business organizations, as well as a series of lectures prepared for a college course on advertising techniques that Caples taught at Columbia University Graduate School of Business during the 1953-54 academic year.. Series Four, Client Fi...
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Soul Train Holdings, LLC
- Dates:
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1987 - 2004
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1223
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection consists of printed materials, including programs, press kits, prints, slides and posters from various award presentations given by the syndicated television program Soul Train from 1987 to 2004. These include the Soul Train Music Awards, Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards, Soul Train Comedy Awards, and Soul Train Divas and Kings.
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Ayer (N W) Incorporated.
Cummings, Barton A., 1914-1994 (advertising executive)
Brower, Charles H.
Bolte, Brown
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1938-1991, undated
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4.5 Cubic feet (11 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0421
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents Barton Arthur Cummings's career as an advertising industry spokesman, particularly in the areas of advertising education, and advertising in the public interest.
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Jackler, Robert K.
- Dates:
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circa 1898-2017
undated
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20 Cubic feet (40 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1224
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection documents the history of tobacco advertising in America through print advertisements (magazine and newspaper), emphasizing the deceptive advertising practices employed by the tobacco industry to lure and keep smokers. Many of the advertisements contain images of celebrities, athletes, and other notable persons who endorsed tobacco products as well as ethinic imagery.
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Wood, Arthur Bernie, 1921-1986
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1942-2001
bulk 1960-1969
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10 Cubic feet (27 boxes, 2 oversize folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0962
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
A. (Arthur) Bernie Wood (1921-1986) was an advertising designer, consultant, and inventor actively involved in the development of the restaurant franchise industry in America during the 1960s and 1970s. Particularly notable is his work with marketing, promotion, and merchandising for the McDonald's Corporation during its formative years.
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Austin, Terry
Siegel, Jerry (cartoonist)
Shuster, Joseph (cartoonist)
Salkind, Alexander
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ca. 1930s-1985.
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0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0274
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
The collection includes numerous newspaper clippings of the Superman comic strip, 1940-1950, promotional material using the Superman character, Superman comic books, 1944-1978 and illustrations of Superman drawn by Terry Austin in 1984. Dramatic scripts for TV and movie portrayals of Superman in 1977 and 1982 as well as a novel by George Lowther ab...
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Orange Bowl Committee
- Dates:
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1933-2000
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29 Cubic feet (67 boxes, 124 map folders)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1191
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection consusts of . This collection arranged into six series. Series 1, Historical Background Material, Series 2, Seiler, Ernest E., 1951-1977, undated Series 3, Orange Bowl Parade Subseries 3.1, Office Files Subseries 3.2, Float renderings and Drawings Subseries 3.3, Costume Subseries 3.4, Parade Scripts Subseries 3.5, Ephemera ...
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Shimono, Sab
- Dates:
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1948-2013
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15 Cubic feet (19 boxes, 1 map-folder)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1379
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection documents the career of Saburo "Sab" Shimono, an American actor of Japanese descent.
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Nordic Ware Division, Northland Aluminum
Dalquist, H. David
Dalquist, Dorothy
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1940-2006
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28 Cubic feet (53 boxes and 25 oversize folders )
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0980
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Records of a family-owned manufacturing firm, best known for kitchenware products including the Bundt Pan and Micro-Go-Round. The collection richly documents the entrepreneurial spirit of the Minnesota firm and its history of product innovation through technical files, marketing materials, and administrative and financial records.
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Dodd, Sharon Donovan
Donovan, Christine
Donovan, James F. Jr., Dr.
Donovan, Marion (Marion O'Brien), 1917-1998 (inventor)
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1949-1999
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7 Cubic feet (17 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0721
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Correspondence, patents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and subject files about various inventors and ideas. Collection documents women inventors, American culture, 1950s-1970s, and products designed for women and the home. Donovan's papers offer a near complete invention record, including both successes and failures, as well as patent and trademark correspondence.