Public relations miscellany, 1980-2000.

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Public relations miscellany, 1980-2000.

A public relations file consisting mostly of clippings and tear sheets, generally notices of the company in local papers and the trade press. Most deal with company performance, organizational culture and personnel changes, with particular notices of Stanley C. Gault, CEO from 1980 to 1991. There are also press releases, organizational charts, brochures (including a short company history), an advertising calendar and other color advertising of company products, and a memo critical of a proposal from trend guru Faith Popcorn.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6693088

Hagley Museum & Library

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Gault, Stanley C. 1926- .

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Popcorn, Faith

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Rubbermaid Incorporated

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Rubbermaid Incorporated was incorporated in Ohio as the Wooster Rubber Company on May 19, 1920. Originally a manufacturer of toy balloons, it suffered a severe loss of business in the early Depression. In 1934, James R. Caldwell joined the company as president and brought with him a line of colored rubber dustpans and drainboards that he had developed and marketed in New England under the brand name "Rubbermaid". The company greatly expanded its line of colored rubber housewares, adding vinyl co...