S. Watson Dunn Advertising Ephemera Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Dunn, S. Watson (Samuel Watson), -1997 (Professor)
topic: label: Topic
content: advertising
label: Topic
content: College teachers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center by S. Watson Dunn, December 1989.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dunn, S. Watson (Samuel Watson), -1997 (Professor)
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content: S. Watson Dunn Advertising Ephemera Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection primarily consists of advertisements, ephemera, and promotional materials collected by S. Watson Dunn. In addition, there is literature relating to advertising history, correspondence, phonograph records, and unpublished papers.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Samuel Watson Dunn was a professor, consultant, and author. He was born on August 24, 1918 in Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania.  He held many faculty positions teaching advertising and marketing and served as an industry consultant for major companies including Pacific Telephone & Telegraph, Southwestern Bell, Leo Burnett Company, and Young & Rubicam. He was published widely in scholarly and trade journals and wrote or edited several books. In 1988, among his many awards he was named Distinguished Advertising Educator by the American Advertising Federation. Dunn died on November 24, 1997 at the age of seventy-nine.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1840-1986, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0366
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Catalogs
label: Type
content: Brochures
label: Type
content: Advertising cards
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Fans (costume accessories)
label: Type
content: Ephemera
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is organized in four series:


Series 1, Advertising Materials and Literature, 1840-1984, undated


Series 2, Advertising History File, 1859-1986, undated


Series 3, Correspondence, 1961-1970

Series 4, Unpublished Papers, 1976, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 1990.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Catalogs
label: Genre/Form
content: Brochures
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertising cards
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Fans (costume accessories)
label: Genre/Form
content: Ephemera
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection primarily consists of advertisements, ephemera, and promotional materials collected by S. Watson Dunn. In addition, there is literature relating to advertising history, correspondence, phonograph records, and unpublished papers. This collection represents a small amount of material relating to Dunn's work as a professor and author.  The University of Illinois holds the bulk of his papers.  The collection is arranged into four series: Series 1, Advertising Materials and Literature, 1840-1986, undated; Series Series 2, Advertising History File, 1859-1986, undated; Series 3, Correspondence, 1961-1970; and Series 4, Unpublished Papers, 1976.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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