Amil Gargano papers, 1960-2011 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Gargano, Amil, 1932- and John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Abstract:
Advertising executive with several prominent agencies including Carl Ally, Inc. and Ally & Gargano, in both Detroit and New York. Includes correspondence, corporate reports and policy manuals, pamphlets and other printed material, proofs and tearsheet print advertisements, storyboards and sketches, videocassettes, 16mm and 35mm film reels, optical media (CDs and DVDs), memorabilia and other materials that document Gargano's career in advertising, film direction, education and consulting. Companies represented include Ally & Gargano, Carl Ally, Amil Gargano & Partners, Alabama Power, Audiovox, Burger King, Calvin Klein, Dunkin' Donuts, Federal Express, Fiat, Hertz, Horn & Hardart, IBM, Pentax, Piper Aircraft, Saab, SAS, Shearson Lehman, Sight Savers, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, Syracuse University and Volvo. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
49.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11364

Background

Scope and content:

Includes correspondence, corporate reports and policy manuals, pamphlets and other printed material, proofs and tearsheet print advertisements, storyboards and sketches, videocassettes, 16mm and 35mm film reels, optical media (CDs and DVDs), memorabilia and other materials that document Gargano's career in advertising, film direction, education and consulting. Companies represented include Ally & Gargano, Carl Ally, Amil Gargano & Partners, Alabama Power, Audiovox, Burger King, Calvin Klein, Dunkin' Donuts, Federal Express, Fiat, Hertz, Horn & Hardart, IBM, Pentax, Piper Aircraft, Saab, SAS, Shearson Lehman, Sight Savers, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History, Syracuse University and Volvo. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Biographical / historical:

Born, Detroit, 1932; Military 1952-1954; Cranbrook Academy of Art 1954; Campbell-Ewald Detroit 1955 (Group Art Director 1957); Campbell-Ewald New York 1959; Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, Carl Ally, Inc. 1962 (Change to Ally & Gargano 1977); Visiting Professor, Syracuse University, 1973-1998; CEO, Ally & Gargano 1978 (Chairman 1983); Art Directors Hall of Fame 1982; One Club Creative Hall of Fame 1984; Board, Smithsonian Institution Center for Advertising History, 1988; film documentary for SightSavers 1990; Board, Helen Keller International 1990; founder, Amil Gargano & Partners 1992 (agency closed 2001); published book on Ally & Gargano 2010.

Acquisition information:
The Amil Gargano papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2016.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, March 2017

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2016-0221

Arrangement:

Organized into seven series: General and Personal Files; Ally & Gargano; Amil Gargano & Partners; Carly Ally, Inc.; Slides; Print Advertisements; and Audiovisual Materials.

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