Edward G. Wilson papers, 1906-1991 bulk 1946-1971.

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Edward G. Wilson papers, 1906-1991 bulk 1946-1971.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76819056

The collection highlight's Wilson's 40-year career (1930-1971) as an executive with the J. Walter Thompson Company (JWT). The bulk of materials cover Wilson's return to JWT from military service in World War II until his retirement, and includes Wilson's writings and speeches, clippings, correspondence and memoranda. As General Counsel and head of JWT's legal department, Wilson oversaw contractual relations pertaining primarily to the sponsorship of radio and television programs for a number of clients--including DeBeers Consolidated Mines, Ltd., the Eastman Kodak Company, the Ford Motor Company, the Scott Paper Company and Unilever. The collection reveals JWT's relationships with radio and television personalities--such as Fred Allen and Edgar Bergen--and professional organizations like the Radio Writers Guild and the Television Writers of America. In addition, materials in the collection touch on the anti-communist movement and blacklisting within the U.S. entertainment industry of the 1950s--involving personalities such as Jean Muir and John Henry Faulk, among others. The collection also includes records from a number of JWT international offices, with heavier representation from offices in London; Bombay (Mumbai), India; and Johannesburg, South Africa, along with records kept by some of Wilson's predecessors, such as Donald Foote and Sam Meek, and the South African advertising executive and politician James Hamilton Russell.

30,500 items 43 lin. ft.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8177454

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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