Offices Subseries, 1962-1974 and undated

Scope and content:

Comprises correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, reports, charts, architectural drawings, and notes relating to the operations of JWT offices, primarily in Canada, Chicago, and Hollywood. There is a significant amount of correspondence, memoranda, and reports focusing on the Montreal office and the difficulty of establishing and sustaining profitable accounts in Canada. In addition, minority relations, especially the employment and retention of minority employees in JWT offices, are documented in the Detroit and Hollywood Offices Files, particularly statistics recording JWT's efforts to comply with corporate and governmental regulation of minority employment and retention. Additional materials involving minority relations, both in employment of minorities by advertising agencies and participation of minorities in television programs and commercials, may be found in the Office Files Subseries of the Corporate Administration Series.

Processing information:

Arranged alphabetically by location, then chronologically by year therein, then alphabetically. Devine's original file structure was retained to the extent possible and a chronological file may include materials from more than one year. The researcher should review all years to ascertain the existence of all materials in the subseries. Some materials moved to Oversize Materials.

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