Details

Subject(s)

• Advertising—United States—20th century [Browse]
• Anthracite coal industry—Public relations [Browse]
• Fathers and sons—20th century—Correspondence [Browse]
• Industrial publicity [Browse]
• Public relations—United States—Banks and banking—20th century [Browse]
• Public relations—United States—Industry—20th century [Browse]
• Public relations—United States—Petroleum industry—20th century [Browse]
• Public relations—United States—Railroads—20th century [Browse]
• Public relations—United States—20th century [Browse]
• Public relations and politics—United States—20th century [Browse]
• Public relations consultants—United States—20th century—Records and correspondence [Browse]
• Railroads—United States—Management—20th century [Browse]
• New York (N.Y.)—Politics and government—1898-1951 [Browse]
• Chrysler corporation [Browse]
• Columbia Broadcasting System, inc [Browse]
• Cotton-Textile Institute [Browse]
• Bankers Trust Company (New York, N.Y.). [Browse]
• Bethlehem Steel Corporation [Browse]
• Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics [Browse]
• Allied Liquor Industries [Browse]
• American Red Cross [Browse]
• American Tobacco Company [Browse]
• Western Union Telegraph Company [Browse]
• Socony Mobil oil company [Browse]
• Standard Oil Company [Browse]
• National Board of Fire Underwriters [Browse]
• Pennsylvania railroad [Browse]
• Princeton University [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Correspondence [Browse]
• Files [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1881-2003 1915-1946

Restrictions note

Collection is open for research use.

Summary note

• The Ivy L. Lee Papers consist of personal papers and material from the public relations firm of Ivy Lee and Associates, documenting Ivy Lee's public relations theories and practice. Included are correspondence, diaries, articles, writings, public relations material, newsreels, and photographs reflecting Lee's interest in public relations, transportation (especially railroads), financial markets, and foreign relations, among others. Digital images of the Interborough Rapid Transit posters in Series 9 are available at Digital PUL .
• This collection consists of assorted material by and about Lee and his involvement in the history, development and practice of public relations work in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. The material includes correspondence, writings, and personal material on both Ivy Lee and his immediate family. In addition, the corporate records of the public relations firm Ivy Lee & Associates are also included in the papers. The records cover the period 1916 through 1946. These records consist of materials used in various public relations campaigns. Some of the larger clients represented are John D. Rockefeller Sr. and Jr., the Pennsylvania Railroad, Armour Inc., Bethlehem Steel and Chrysler Corporation.

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