National Press Company Advertising and Promotional Materials collection, 1949-1955 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
National Press Company
Abstract:
The National Press Company was a Chicago-based printing and advertising company active in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The company specialized in promotional materials and printed novelties (such as matchbook covers, calendars and postcards) produced for political figures and small businesses. The National Press Company Advertising and Promotional Materials Collection includes promotional pamphlets; brochures of available product lines; order forms; and a handbook for salesmen associated with the National Press Company. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
0.21 Linear Feet
50 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00931

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes promotional pamphlets; brochures of available product lines; order form; and a handbook for salesmen associated with the National Press, Inc. company of Chicago, Illinois, and Consolidated-Modern Press, Inc.

Acquisition information:
The National Press Company Advertising and Promotional Materials Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2010.
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Wood, April 2010

Encoded by Jessica Wood, April 2010

Accessions 2010-0070 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Arrangement:

With the exception of the National Salesman's Handbook, items arrived unfoldered, and were grouped and foldered by type and arranged alphabetically.

Physical location:
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Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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[Identification of item], National Press Company Advertising and Promotional Materials Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.