William B. Clift papers, 1935-1977 (bulk 1950-1977)

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William B. Clift papers, 1935-1977 (bulk 1950-1977)

Collection contains 19 audio tapes of television and radio commercials directed and directed and produced by William B. Clift, including those for Delta Air Lines and Smokey Bear. Collection also holds two 16 mm films of "Growing TV", which Clift produced for National Business Group Incorporated. Collection also contains miscellaneous materials concerning Clift's life and his career in the television, radio, and movie industries, including correspondence, publicity photographs, commercial scripts, a small scrapbook, scrapbook pages, clippings, resumes, periodicals, and printed materials.

1.0 cubic ft. (1 box)

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Clift, William, 1817-

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William M. Clift, a clergyman, was born in Stonington, New London, Connecticut in 1817. From the description of William M. Clift correspondence and notes regarding the Denison family, 1852-1901 (bulk 1874-1878). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 423076151 William B. Clift was a television and radio director and producer, advertising executive, and movie actor during the second half of the twentieth century. Clift worked as an advertising executive for Batten, Ba...

National Business Group, Inc.

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Delta Air Lines

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Delta Airlines began in Macon, Georgia in 1924 as a crop dusting company called Huff Daland Dusters. The company moved to Monroe, Louisiana in 1925 and soon had the largest privately owned aircraft fleet in the world. In 1928 the company was renamed Delta Air Service. Passenger operations began in 1929, and in 1934, the company secured a contract to deliver mail on a southern route that stretched from Texas to South Carolina. In 1941, the company established its corporate headquarters in Atlanta...

Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc.

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