Richard Pollay. Tobacco industry promotion (TIPS) collection, 1885-2014

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Summary

Creator:
Pollay, Richard W. and John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Abstract:
Richard W. Pollay was Professor and Curator of the History of Advertising Archives at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Collection includes audiovisual materials in multiple formats (audio and video cassettes, optical discs), clippings of articles and advertisements, pamphlets and other printed material, artifacts and ephemera (including apparel, cups, luggage, playing cards, promotional gifts and samples of tobacco packaging and candy cigarettes), photographs and slides, research reports, corporate documents, depositions and transcripts of court case testimony and other litigation-related materials. Topics include tobacco advertising and deceptive advertising practices; package labeling and health claims; cigarette marketing; manipulation of tar and nicotine levels; "light" and menthol cigarettes; lung cancer and other smoking-related health issues; smoking cessation and anti-smoking initiatives in the United States, Canada and internationally; tobacco industry manufacturing and marketing practices; smoking initiation and teenage and young adult smoking; and marketing of tobacco products to women and minorities. Companies represented include American Tobacco, British American Tobacco, Brown & Williamson, Imperial Tobacco, Liggett & Myers, Lorillard, Philip Morris (later Altria), R.J. Reynolds/RJR Nabisco and the Tobacco Institute. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
227.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Icelandic
Collection ID:
RL.11612

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes audiovisual materials in multiple formats (audio and video cassettes, optical discs), clippings of articles and advertisements, pamphlets and other printed material, artifacts and ephemera (including apparel, cups, luggage, playing cards, promotional gifts and samples of tobacco packaging and candy cigarettes), photographs and slides, research reports, corporate documents, depositions and transcripts of court case testimony and other litigation-related materials. Topics include tobacco advertising and deceptive advertising practices; package labeling and health claims; cigarette marketing; manipulation of tar and nicotine levels; "light" and menthol cigarettes; lung cancer and other smoking-related health issues; smoking cessation and anti-smoking initiatives in the United States, Canada and internationally; tobacco industry manufacturing and marketing practices; smoking initiation and teenage and young adult smoking; and marketing of tobacco products to women and minorities. Companies represented include American Tobacco, British American Tobacco, Brown & Williamson, Imperial Tobacco, Liggett & Myers, Lorillard, Philip Morris (later Altria), R.J. Reynolds/RJR Nabisco and the Tobacco Institute. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Biographical / historical:

Richard W. Pollay was Professor and Curator of the History of Advertising Archives at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Born 1940, Connecticut; BA 1962 Rensselar Polytechnic; MA 1963, PhD 1970 University of Chicago. Assistant Professor, University of Kansas 1966-1970; Associate Professor 1970, Professor 1986, University of British Columbia.

Acquisition information:
The Richard Pollay. Tobacco industry promotion (TIPS) collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2008 and 2013.
Processing information:

Processed by Richard Collier, April 2018

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2008-0102, 2013-0061, 2020-0061.

Arrangement:

Organized into the following series: 800 Audiovisual Materials; 900 Slides; 950 Print Advertising; 1000 Advertising and Marketing; 2000 Pollay Publications and History of Advertising Archives Working Papers; 3000 Notes and Sources for Tobacco Research; 4000 U.S. Government Reports; 5000 Tobacco Control; 6000 Public Relations, Advocacy, Health Promotion; 7000 Corporate Documents; 8000 Litigation and Court Records; 9000 Special Topics; Ephemera (Tobacciana); and 2013 Addition. The numbers in the series titles refer to record group numbers assigned by Pollay in the History of Advertising Archives.

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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