Papers, 1931-1977.

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Papers, 1931-1977.

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Papers, mainly 1947-1964, of a founder and chairman of the board of Hill & Knowlton, a large public relations firm of international repute that specialized in representing industrial corporations and trade associations. Included are Hill's business and personal correspondence as well as copies of company correspondence and memoranda routed to him; speeches and writings on public relations; and additional correspondence, press releases, and printed material relating to public relations programs prepared for clients such as the American Iron and Steel Institute, the American Butter Institute, Aircraft Industries Association, AVCO Manufacturing Corp., Licensed Beverage Industries, Manufacturing Chemists Association, National Gas and Oil Resource Committee, National Retail Dry Goods Association, and the Tobacco Industry Research Committee. Among the correspondents are Hill's partner Donald Knowlton and other public relations men employed by H&K such as Bert C. Goss, Merrick Jackson, and Kerryn King; industrial consultant George E. Allen; and business executives Victor Emanuel, Benjamin Fairless, Benjamin H. Namm, Edward L. Ryerson, Walter S. Tower, and Albert C. Wedemeyer. Other correspondence relates to Hill's involvement in the presidential campaigns of Robert A. Taft, the school of public relations and communication at Boston University, and the Public Relations Society of America. Hill's writings include drafts and research material for three books: "Corporate Public Relations" (1958), "The Making of a Public Relations Man" (1963), and an unpublished history of Hill & Knowlton; and miscellaneous company publications. The processed portion is summarized above and is described in the register. Additional photographic accessions are described below.

44.8 c.f. (112 archives boxes); plusadditions of 38 photographs.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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