J. Walter Thompson Company. Hugh P. Connell papers, 1926-1986 and undated, bulk 1966-1986

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Summary

Creator:
J. Walter Thompson Company
Abstract:
Founded in 1864, the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) is one of the largest and oldest enduring advertising agencies in the United States. Hugh P. Connell was an executive with JWT during a twenty year career in which he held positions of General Counsel, Vice President and Director of JWT, and Executive Vice President and Director of JWT's parent company, the JWT Group Inc. The Hugh P. Connell Papers cover the years 1926-1986, with the bulk of materials dating from 1966-1986, roughly the period during which Connell served in an executive capacity for the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT) and the JWT Group Inc. The collection primarily consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial reports, organization charts, marketing plans, meeting agendas and presentations. Many of the materials pertain to the investments of the company, as well as employee stock ownership programs. Also includes correspondence and reports pertaining to JWT subsidiary companies, including Deltakos; Doremus & Co.; Euro Advertising; Hill & Knowlton Inc.; Lord, Geller, Federico & Einstein (LGFE); and Simmons Market Research Bureau (SMRB). Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
9.75 Linear Feet
7300 Items
Language:
Material in English, Spanish
Collection ID:
RL.00677

Background

Scope and content:

The Hugh P. Connell Papers cover the years 1926-1986, with the bulk of materials dating from 1966-1986, roughly the period during which Connell served in an executive capacity for the JWT Company and the JWT Group. The collection primarily consists of correspondence, memoranda, financial reports, organization charts, marketing plans, meeting agendas and presentations. Many of the materials pertain to the investments of the company, as well as employee stock ownership programs. Also includes significant amount of correspondence and reports pertaining to JWT subsidiary companies, including Deltakos; Doremus & Co.; Euro Advertising; Hill & Knowlton; Lord, Geller, Federico & Einstein (LGFE); and Simmons Market Research Bureau (SMRB); and Survival Anglia. the bulk of materials is in English; some correspondence and memoranda are in Spanish.

Biographical / historical:
Chronology List
Date Event
1931
Born Hugh P. Connell, Bethlehem, Penn.
1953
A.B., Moravian College, Bethlehem, Penn.
1956
J.D., University of Pennsylvania
1956
Received Bar Certification in Pennsylvania
1959
Student, Academy of International Law, the Hague, Netherlands
1956-1958
Intelligence Analyst, Army Counter Intelligence Corps, Berlin
1960
LL.M., University of London
1960-1962
Lecturer in International Law, University of London
1962-1965
Legal practice, Coudert Brothers firm, New York, N.Y.
1966
General Counsel, JWT, New York, N.Y.
1967
Vice President, JWT
1972
Secretary, JWT
1973
Senior Vice President, JWT
1974
Executive Vice President and Director, JWT
1980-1986
Executive Vice President and Director, JWT Group Inc.
1980-1991
Founder and owner of Crosswoods Vineyards Inc., Stonington, Conn.
1991-2001
President, CEO and Trustee, Sea Research Foundation, Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, Conn.
2008 Mar. 16
Died, Mystic, Conn.

In addition to his work for JWT, Connell served as a Trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, and as Trustee of Moravian College, the Rippowam-Cisqua School of Bedford, New York and of the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. He belonged to the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, the American Bar Association, the American Society of International Law, the Pilgrims of the United States, New York City's Union Club, and Stonington, Connecticut's Wadawanuck Club. He was also active as an airplane pilot, squash player, and watercolor painter, and raised Old English game birds.

Acquisition information:
The J. Walter Thompson Company. Hugh P. Connell Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1987.
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Wood, April 2010

Encoded by Jessica Wood, April 2010

Accessions 810630B, 810701, 810708A, 820712, 850313, 860207, 860214 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into five series: General Office Files; Meetings; Subsidiaries; Restricted Materials; and Oversize Materials. General Office Files include correspondence related to financial, organizational and planning aspects of JWT, with a significant portion of the files pertain to company and employee stock investment programs. Meetings contain correspondence, memoranda, agendas, minutes, reports, presentation scripts, and other documents relating to meetings of JWT committees, groups, managers and staff. Also includes files related to celebratory dinners. Subsidiaries contain contracts, monthly statements, correspondence notes, charts, minutes, and other documents pertaining to JWT's domestic and European subsidiaries. Restricted Materials includes materials containing sensitive information pertaining to individuals' employment. Oversize Materials contain large-format materials, primarily charts, removed from previous series.

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Collection is restricted.

Materials pertaining to individuals' employment are closed to non-JWT researchers for 40 years from the date of termination of the employee, or for 25 years from the date of the death of the employee, if termination date cannot be determined.

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Restrictions on Access: Materials pertaining to individuals' employment are closed to non-JWT researchers for 40 years from the date of termination of the employee, or for 25 years from the date of the death of the employee, if termination date cannot be determined.

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