Agnes Cohen Bogart papers, 1936-2012

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Summary

Creator:
Bogart, Agnes
Abstract:
Agnes Cohen Bogart (1917-2013) was a labor activist, editor and public relations specialist based in New York. Collection includes articles, clippings, correspondence, memos, newsletters, and other printed material that document Bogart's career as a journal editor and public relations executive as well as her personal relationship with sociologist and spouse Leo Bogart. Institutions represented include American Management Association; Equitable Life; Industrial Relations Counselors; Labor's Non-Partisan League; National Foremen's Institute; Organization Resources Counselors; and the Textile Workers Union of America. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
1.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.12010

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes articles, clippings, correspondence, memos, newsletters, and other printed material that document Bogart's career as a journal editor and public relations executive. Institutions represented include American Management Association; Equitable Life; Industrial Relations Counselors; Labor's Non-Partisan League; National Foremen's Institute; Organization Resources Counselors; and the Textile Workers Union of America.

Biographical / historical:

Agnes Cohen Bogart was a labor activist, editor and public relations specialist based in New York.

Agnes Bogart was born Agnes Cohen in New York in 1917. She graduated from the University of Chicago (BA in Economics, 1936) and worked as an editor and public relations consultant for a number of firms and labor unions: 1937-1938 David A. Smart Publisher (1937-1938); Esquire-Coronet (1937-1939); Vocational Trends Magazine (1939-1941); Amalgamated Clothing Workers (1941-1944); Textile Workers Union of America (1944-1951); American Management Association (1952-1954, 1969-1970); National Foremen's Institute (1954-1965); Industrial Relations Counselors/Organization Resources Counselors (1965-1971). Bogart served as Director of Publications and Public Relations for The Equitable Life Assurance Society from 1972-1989. Agnes married sociologist Leo Bogart in 1948. She died in New York in 2013.

Acquisition information:
The Agnes Cohen Bogart papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2014.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, May 2022;

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2014-0023.

Arrangement:

Organized into two series: Personal and Professional Files; Writings.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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