Letter, 1948 August 27, Chicago, to Charles E. Widmayer, Hanover, N.H.

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Letter, 1948 August 27, Chicago, to Charles E. Widmayer, Hanover, N.H.

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Letter detailing Rudolph products for Christmas 1948 and 1949. Describes the popularity of past Rudolph products. Anticipates the technicolor movie.

[3] p. ; 28 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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Widmayer, Charles E.

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May, Robert Lewis, 1905-

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Robert Lewis May (1905-1976). Dartmouth College Class of 1926. In 1939, May, an advertising editor for Montgomery Ward department stores, authored the popular children's Christmas story Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer for his employer. The story was a popular success and in 1947 Montgomery Ward relinquished copyright of Rudolph to May. In 1951 May became president of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Enterprises in order to manage Rudolph's marketing. In 1958 May returned to Montgomery Ward as a edi...