GIFTS TO HAT ARCHIVE January-July 2015

HAT Archive regularly benefits from the amazing and generous gifts of advertising material it regularly receives for the permanent archive and library collections. We would like to thank recent donors for the following:

Campaign Photographic Archive
1960s-2000s
Donated by Graham Naughton (Group Brand Manager), Haymarket Media Group
Published weekly since 1968, Campaign is Britain’s leading magazine for the advertising and communications profession. This irreplaceable and hugely important archive comprises a vast array of photographic material representing the key people and events for the advertising industry over the last 50 years. 

Sir Hedley Le Bas Cuttings Books
(1906-1919)
Donated by David Ryder Richardson
Sir Hedley Francis Le Bas (1868-1926), is most well known for the largely successful advertising campaign to recruit men to the army during the First World War. These often controversial adverts were developed with the aid of a group of advertising and publishing men, who met once a week at York House, St James' Palace. Le Bas also helped advise the government on promotion of the War Loan, and for his work and contribution to the War effort he was awarded a knighthood. 
The collection comprises three cuttings books compiled by Le Bas’ staff, containing newspaper clippings and correspondence relating to his life and career. The material includes editorials on advertising and the army and letters and telegrammes congratulating Sir Hedley and Lady Le Bas on his knighthood.


The Geoffrey Darby Collection
(1970s-2000s)
Donated by Debbie Darby
Geoffrey Darby (1927-2012) first became involved in advertising with the Oxydol Brand Group, (P&G) in the early 1950s where he was involved in the launch of Daz (1952-1954). After this he worked for General Foods where he was also responsible for the launch of Instant Maxwell House (1954), and Instant Whip (1955). In 1957 he joined the McCann-Erickson Advertising Agency where he was made a Director in 1959 taking on the Del Monte (1959) and Esso (1961) accounts. In 1977 he became Managing Director of Schweppes and was appointed International Marketing Director in 1979. Geoffrey retired in 1984, but from 1989-1992 assisted the Chartered Institute of Marketing with project management for the DTI and in 1992 became Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors. 
The collection comprises files relating to the Schweppes Bicentenary; photographs; Schweppes artefacts and marketing give aways; ABM (Allen, Brady & Marsh Ltd) novelty artefacts; articles concerning Schweppes and Geoffrey Darby; a CD presentation and photo album relating to the Worshipful Company of Marketors; 'A Suite for Schweppes' score (by Wilfred Josephs); VHS videos and audio-cassettes and a framed portrait of Jacob Schweppe (company founder).


Howell Henry Chaldecott Lury and Partners (HHCL) Commercials Archive
1990s-2000s
Donated by Steve Henry, Rupert Howell and Axel Chaldecott
As Campaign’s ‘agency of the decade’ for the 1990s HHCL was an innovative and celebrated agency, famous for its work with Tango, Ronseal, AA and First Direct. The collection comprises 17 boxes of tapes containing hundreds of commercials produced by the agency for numerous well known brands. 



Portrait of Philip de Gylpyn Benson (above)
(1930s)
Donated by Sarah Rhodes
Mixed media portrait of Philip de Gylpyn Benson, chairman of S H Benson (1914-1931), first president of the IIPA and son of Samuel Herbert Benson, who founded S H Benson advertising agency in 1893. 

Post Office Posters
1936-1964
Donated by Anna Flood (Archivist), British Postal Museum and Archive (BPMA)
17 posters advertising the Post Ofiice and its services transferred to HAT from the British Postal Museum and Archive. The posters feature artwork by various artists including: Stan Krol, John Minton, George Hooper, Noel Spencer ARCA, John Vickery, John Farleigh and Edward McKnight Kauffer.
One of the posters can be seen here on the right.

Boase Massimi Pollit (BMP) material
1980s-2000s
Donated by Geoff Carter
Compiled by Geoff Carter, former Finance Director of BMP, the collection contains agency artefacts, promotional videos and publications.

Memoirs of Richard Wilson
2015
Donated by Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson worked in advertising for 30 years as a layout man for Lintas (1934-1960s). The collection comprises two hand written memoirs describing his time in the industry.
 
Books, journals, commercials and advertising ephemera have also been donated to HAT by the following: 
Ruth Artmonsky, John Baldwinson, Nigel Britton, David Clampin, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), James Feisenberger, Thomas Rex Gatrall-Garland, Judy Gunthorpe, Pam Holzer, Rupert Howell, Paul Maddison, Alistair Moir, McGarryBowen, Arthur Pulford, Eve Read, Gavin Sandeman, Sue Staunton, John Turner, John Tylee, Heon Stevenson, Chloe Veale.


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