Mortimer Spiller Company Records
name: label: Creator
content: Spiller, Mortimer
label: Donor
content: Spiller, Harley
label: Creator
content: Mortimer Spiller Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Marketing -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: advertising -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: Advertising history -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: Advertising agencies -- 1950-2000
label: Topic
content: Toys
label: Topic
content: Novelties
label: Topic
content: Popular culture
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the Archives Center in 2016 by Harley J. Spiller.
creator: label: Creator
content: Spiller, Mortimer
label: Donor
content: Spiller, Harley
label: Creator
content: Mortimer Spiller Company
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Advertising company, Batavia, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.25 Cubic feet (4 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1954 - 1989
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1387
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Newsletters
label: Type
content: Business records
label: Type
content: Design drawings
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Print advertising
label: Type
content: Point-of-purchase displays
label: Type
content: Clippings
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Price lists
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is unarranged.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Newsletters -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Design drawings -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Print advertising -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Point-of-purchase displays -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Price lists -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection documents the Spiller Company's work in developing print advertising and advertising novelties such as advertisements placed on balloons, blotters, clipboards, calendars, hats, etc. Many of the products they developed advertisements for were toys and novelties. The collection includes design drawings, a notebook, business records, correspondence, photographs, trade literature, point of purchase displays, and newsletters.