Lane Pryce letter to Joan Harris, 2010

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Summary

Creator:
Pryce, Lane (Fictitious character), Mad men (Television program), and John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Abstract:
Joan Harris and Lane Pryce are fictitious characters in the television drama Mad Men (2007-2015), set in a New York advertising agency during the 1960s. Consists of a letter from Pryce to Harris, dated October 7, 1965, promoting Harris to the position of Director of Agency Operations. The letter was a prop used in Season 4, Episode 13, "Tomorrowland" that originally aired on 2010 October 17. Included are an envelope bearing the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce logo and an certificate of authenticity. Acquired as part the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
3 items
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11316

Background

Scope and content:

Consists of a letter from Pryce to Harris, dated October 7, 1965, promoting Harris to the position of Director of Agency Operations. The letter was a prop used in Season 4, Episode 13, "Tomorrowland" that originally aired on 2010 October 17. Included are an envelope bearing the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce logo and an certificate of authenticity. Acquired as part the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Biographical / historical:

The drama Mad Men ran on the AMC network 2007-2015.

Acquisition information:
The Lane Pryce letter to Joan Harris was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2016.
Processing information:

Processed by /Richard Collier, October 2016

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2016-0216

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Subjects:
Advertising executives
Women in the advertising industry
Advertising agencies
Names:
Mad men (Television program)
John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Harris, Joan, 1931- (Fictitious character)

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Lane Pryce letter to Joan Harris, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.