Jim Ellis papers, 1933-1972

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Summary

Creator:
Ellis, Jim, 1893- and John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Abstract:
James H.S. "Jim" Ellis was an advertising executive who served as President of the Chicago-based Kudner Agency 1944-1958. Collection includes manuscript typescripts; presentations; reports; research materials; audiovisual materials (16mm films, phonograph discs) and other materials that document Ellis's career in advertising, including Buick's transition to peacetime production after World War II. Companies and individuals represented in the collection include Buick, Curtis Publishing, General Motors, and Ivan Wiles. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
2.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.13066

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes manuscript typescripts; presentations; reports; research materials; audiovisual materials (16mm films, phonograph discs) and other materials that document Ellis's career in advertising, including Buick's transition to peacetime production after World War II. Companies and individuals represented in the collection include Buick, Curtis Publishing, General Motors, and Ivan Wiles.

Biographical / historical:

James H.S. "Jim" Ellis was an advertising executive who served as President of the Chicago-based Kudner Agency 1944-1958.

James Hervey Stewart Ellis, Jr. was born in 1893 in Rensselaer, Indiana. He worked at his father's businesses, including Ellis Poster Advertising Company (1915-1917) while attending college, graduating 1917 from the University of Chicago. In 1919 he joined the Rankin agency and worked there until moving to Erwin Wasey in 1928. In 1935 Ellis left Erwin Wasey along with Arthur Kudner to form the Kudner Agency, where Ellis worked until retiring in 1958. He died in 1978.

Acquisition information:
The Jim Ellis papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from Joanie Morgan in 2024.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, March 2024;

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2024-0008.

Arrangement:

Organized into the following series: General and Personal Files; Erwin Wasey; Kudner Agency.

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