Lois Stifel collection of tobacco ephemera, 1880-2019 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Stifel, Lois and John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History
Abstract:
Collection includes print advertisements, accessories and merchandise catalogs, collector newsletters, direct mailings, cigarette and tobacco labels and packaging, point of sale displays, sheet music, memorabilia and collectibles, tobacco tins, smoking and smoking cessation paraphernalia, juvenile and adult literature, research reports and articles on smoking and health and other printed materials, along with audio and video cassettes and optical discs. Materials primarily relate to smoking, tobacco use and prevention in the United States but some international examples are also present. Materials also relate to the tobacco industry in North Carolina. Companies represented include Alfred Dunhill, American Cancer Society, American Legacy Foundation, American Lung Association, American Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson, Liggett & Myers, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Tobacco Institute, U.S. Surgeon General and Zippo. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
Extent:
12.0 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.11677

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes print advertisements, accessories and merchandise catalogs, collector newsletters, direct mailings, cigarette and tobacco labels and packaging, point of sale displays, sheet music, memorabilia and collectibles, tobacco tins, smoking and smoking cessation paraphernalia, juvenile and adult literature, research reports and articles on smoking and health and other printed materials, along with audio and video cassettes and optical discs. Materials primarily relate to smoking, tobacco use and prevention in the United States but some international examples are also present. Materials also relate to the tobacco industry in North Carolina. Companies represented include Alfred Dunhill, American Cancer Society, American Legacy Foundation, American Lung Association, American Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson, Liggett & Myers, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Tobacco Institute, U.S. Surgeon General and Zippo. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.

Acquisition information:
The Lois Stifel collection of tobacco ephemera was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2017-2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Walker Comer and Richard Collier, Dec. 2018

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2017-0086

Arrangement:

Organized into the following series: Advertising; Artifacts and Memorabilia; Cigarette and Tobacco Packaging; Printed Materials; Audiovisual Materials.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Contents

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Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

However, original audiovisual materials are closed until use copies can be produced.

A selection of published print materials has been removed from the collection and cataloged separately. Consult the Duke University Libraries catalog for these titles.

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[Identification of item], Lois Stifel collection of tobacco ephemera, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.