Agency history record.

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Agency history record.

Records of the Du Pont Company's Advertising Dept. were transferred to the Hagley Museum and Library in over a dozen lots between 1954 and 1982. Records received prior to 1975 were consolidated and arranged as part of Series II, Part 2. Records received subsequently have been consolidated as Accession 1803.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6705613

Hagley Museum & Library

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Advertising Dept.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company's Advertising Dept. was formed in September 1921, when the company was reorganized with a decentralized structure. Prior to that time, advertising had been a division of the Sales Dept., but when the sales function was decentralized, a central Advertising Dept. became necessary to coordinate advertising activities across product lines. The Advertising Dept. was renamed the Marketing Communications Dept. on January 1, 1980. Du Pont's ...

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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