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; a brochure for matchbooks featuring Black models; 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
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00931

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes promotional pamphlets; brochures of available product lines; order form; a brochure for matchbooks featuring Black models; 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; addition processed by Richard Collier, May 2025;

Accessions 2010-0070, 2024-0039 were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Collection is open for research.

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

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