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.
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.
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.
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.
