J. Walter Thompson Company. 16mm microfilm Accounting Department records, 1942-1954

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Summary

Creator:
J. Walter Thompson Company
Abstract:
Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. It is headquartered in New York. Collection includes lists of cancelled checks, petty cash vouchers and invoices, summaries of advertising production expenses and labor costs and other financial data. Main JWT offices represented include New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
3.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11717

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes lists of cancelled checks, petty cash vouchers and invoices, summaries of advertising production expenses and labor costs and other financial data. Main JWT offices represented include New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Biographical / historical:

Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the oldest and largest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. It is headquartered in New York.

Beginning in the 1930s, documents from several JWT departments and functions were microfilmed, including Legal Department, Treasurer's Office, As Broadcast Scripts and Commercials for Radio and Television, Investigations, Publicity Department, Artwork, Consumer Panel, and Radio/Television Department. Documents were microfilmed in no order, and typed and hand-written indices were produced for the microfilms. It is believed that once microfilmed, most of the original documents were destroyed.

Acquisition information:
The J. Walter Thompson Company. 16mm microfilm Accounting Department records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1987.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, Mar. 2019

Arrangement:

Organized into the following series: Checks Cancelled; Petty Cash; Production Billing

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Advertising
Advertising agencies
Advertising -- United States -- Costs
Advertising agencies -- United States -- History
Names:
J. Walter Thompson Company -- History
J. Walter Thompson Company -- Management

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[Identification of item], J. Walter Thompson Company. 16mm microfilm Accounting Department records, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.