C&U Poster Advertising Company Records, 1896-2004 and undated, 1896-2004 and undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- C&U Poster Advertising Company.
- Abstract:
- Outdoor advertising company founded in 1912 in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois environs.
- Extent:
- 72.0 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11125
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection spans 1896-2004 and includes photographs, slides, correspondence, ledgers and minute books, administrative and financial records, research reports and other printed materials. Legal materials include court proceedings, depositions, as well as published collections of local, state and federal legislation, zoning ordinances and court rulings. Organizations represented include the Hoopeston Advertising Company, Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Outdoor Advertising Association of Illinois. Included are the papers of Kip Pope, owner and manager of the company 1984-2001. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
- Biographical / historical:
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Founded 1912 as the A.E. Price Company, but changed name to Champaign-Urbana Poster Co. Frederick H. Gillingham and Charles Loeb acquired the company in the 1920s, and Gillingham became sole owner around 1945. Company transfered to Gillingham's daughter Barbara, whose husband Bob Pope ran the company until 1980. In 1984 Bob and Barbara's son Kip Pope acquired majority ownership and ran the company until 2001, when it was acquired by Adams Outdoor.
- Acquisition information:
- The C Poster Advertising Company Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as gift in 2004 and 2009.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Richard Collier, Dec. 2015
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2004-0137, 2009-0108
- Arrangement:
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Arranged into 12 series: General Files; Kip Pope Papers; Legal Files; Meetings; Organizations; Press and Publicity; Printed Material; Slides and Photographic Materials; Ledgers and Minute Books; Oversize Materials; Audiovisual Materials; Digital Materials. Where possible original folder titles have been retained.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], C&U Poster Advertising Company Records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.