Correspondence, 1909-1967 and undated

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Contains correspondence between the Charles W. Hoyt Company and its business associates or clients. The majority of the correspondence with the Company is letters of congratulations or condolence, except for the letters between William Benton and Winthrop Hoyt.

Includes letters pertaining to Charles W. Hoyt's resignation from Armour and Company and his founding of the Charles W. Hoyt Company in 1909; others are between Winthrop Hoyt and William Benton, one of the founders of the Benton and Bowles advertising agency. Their correspondence discusses the founding of Benton and Bowles and Winthrop Hoyt's proposal to Benton that he work for the Hoyt Company to assist in its reorganization. (See also the D'Arcy Masius Benton and Bowles Archives in the Hartman Center.)

Correspondence relating to client accounts exists only for Merck and Co. (manufacturing chemists). Correspondence with the Charles B. Knox Co. predates Hoyt's acquisition of the account. Arranged chronologically.

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