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Guide to the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Archive 1844-2005 University of Chicago Library Guide to the R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company Archive 1844-2005 © 2009 University of Chicago Library Table of Contents Acknowledgments 6 Descriptive Summary 6 Information on Use 6 Access 6 Citation 7 Historical Note 7 Scope Note 12 Related Resources 17 Subject Headings 17 INVENTORY 19 Series I: Biographical Files 19 Subseries 1: Donnelley Family 19 Subseries 2: Company Officers ca. 1980s-1990s 26 Subseries 3: General 30 Subseries 4: Oversize Material and Artifacts 48 Series II: Business Records 49 Subseries 1: Plants, Divisions and Acquisitions 51 Subseries 2: Company Magazine 77 Subseries 3: Financial 79 Subseries 4: Patents 82 Subseries 5: Administration 83 Subseries 6: Sales Department 84 Subseries 7: Design Guides 85 Subseries 8: World War II Service Records and Memorabilia 86 Subseries 9: Oversize Material and Artifacts 86 Series III: Company Advertising 92 Subseries 1: "The Lakeside Press" Booklets 92 Subseries 2: General Advertising Samples 94 Subseries 3: Scrapbooks 120 Subseries 4: Oversize Material 120 Series IV: Customers and Products 131 Subseries 1: Customer Files 132 Subseries 2: Customer Job Samples 152 Subseries 3: Subject File 216 Subseries 4: Oversize Material and Artifacts 219 Series V: Apprentice Schools and Training Programs 230 Series VI: Exhibitions 237 Series VII. Historical Writings and Research 247 Subseries 1: Herbert P. Zimmerman, Company History 248 Subseries 2: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 250 Subseries 3: Early Business Affiliations 250 Subseries 4: Herbert P. Zimmerman, Histories of Customer and Labor Relations251 Subseries 5: Gaylord Donnelley, Articles for the Donnelley Printer 254 Subseries 6: Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation 255 Subseries 7: Personal Recollections 255 Subseries 8: General Research and Reference Material 259 Subseries 9: Oversize Material and Artifacts 270 Series VIII: Personal Papers 270 Subseries 1: C. F. Beezley, Jr. 274 Subseries 2: Igor de Lissovoy 277 Subseries 3: Alfred de Sauty 278 Subseries 4: Gaylord Donnelley 279 Subseries 5: Thomas Elliot Donnelley 286 Subseries 6: Carl Doty 289 Subseries 7: Charles C. Haffner, Jr. 289 Subseries 8: William A. Kittredge 289 Subseries 9: Charles W. Lake 293 Subseries 10: Edward R. Lhotka 300 Subseries 11: C. Prentiss Smith 303 Subseries 12: Ernest Randall 319 Subseries 13: Oversize Material and Artifacts 319 Series IX. General Records 321 Series X. Training Library Collection 387 Series XI. Photographs and Audio-Visual Material 389 Subseries 1: Annual Reports 392 Subseries 2: Apprentice Schools and Training Programs 393 Subseries 3: Extra Bindery and Graphic Conservation 395 Subseries 4: Industrial Engineering Studies 396 Subseries 5: Plants and Facilities 396 Subseries 6: Production 421 Subseries 7: Personnel 433 Subseries 8: Torkel Korling Matted Photographs 437 Subseries 9: Slides 438 Subseries 10: Vu-Graph Presentations 452 Subseries 11: Audio Recordings 453 Subseries 12: Videotapes and Films 456 Series XII: Artifacts, Artwork and Ephemera 456 Subseries 1: Supply Samples 457 Subseries 2: Memorabilia and Promotional Items 461 Subseries 3: Printing artifacts 464 Subseries 4: Signage 465 Subseries 5: Decorative Art 465 Subseries 6: Job Samples 466 Subseries 7: Catalog Cards 466 Series XIII: Corporate Management 467 Subseries 1: Annual Reports 469 Subseries 2: Annual Talks 469 Subseries 3: Executive Speeches 472 Subseries 4: Organization Charts and Manuals 487 Subseries 5: Lakeside Trust 489 Subseries 6: Contribution Books 491 Subseries 7: Forecasting and Planning 491 Subseries 8: Charles C. Haffner, Jr. Papers 492 Subseries 9: Charles W. Lake Papers 495 Subseries 10: General Financial Records 498 Subseries 11: Subject Files 501 Subseries 12: Oversize 502 Series XIV: Advertising and Promotions 503 Subseries 1: Chronological Files 503 Subseries 2: Lakeside Classics 514 Subseries 3: Oversize Samples 522 Sub-subseries 1: Samples Up to Sixteen Inches 522 Sub-subseries 2: Samples up to Twenty Inches 527 Sub-subseries 3: Samples up to Twenty-Four Inches 528 Sub-subseries 4: Samples up to Thirty-Six Inches 529 Sub-subseries 5: Samples Over Thirty-Six Inches 530 Series XV: Customers and Products 530 Subseries 1: Alphabetical Files 533 Subseries 2: Books 640 Subseries 3: Direct Mail 647 Subseries 4: Financial Printing 651 Subseries 5: Foreign Language Products 662 Subseries 6: Sears Catalogs 673 Subseries 7: Software Packaging and Manuals 686 Subseries 8: Telephone Directories 691 Subseries 9: Tributes, Bookplates and Memorials 708 Subseries 10: ALCOA, 1962-1967 712 Subseries 11: Customer Call Records 714 Subseries 12: Copyright Files 720 Subseries 13: Oversize 722 Sub-subseries 1: Material up to Eighteen Inches 722 Sub-subseries 2: Material up to Twenty-Four Inches 730 Sub-subseries 3: Material up to Thirty-Six Inches 732 Sub-subseries 4: Material over Thirty-Six Inches 733 Sub-subseries 5: Books 733 Series XVI: Communications and Media Relations 733 Subseries 1: Company Magazine 735 Subseries 2: Newsletters 745 Subseries 3: Announcements, News Releases and Corporate Memoranda 749 Subseries 4: Company Directories 750 Subseries 5: Subject Files 751 Subseries 6: Crawfordsville Division Research, 1995-1996 755 Subseries 7: Media Coverage 755 Subseries 8: Oversize 758 Series XVII: Personnel 759 Subseries 1: Labor Relations 760 Subseries 2: Managers' and Supervisors' Guides 767 Subseries 3: Training 768 Subseries 4: Recruitment 776 Subseries 5: Compensation and Benefits 777 Subseries 6: Employee Organizations, Activities and Events 780 Subseries 7: Retirees 781 Subseries 8: Employee Handbooks 782 Subseries 9: Timesheets and Payroll Ledgers 784 Subseries 10: Oversize 786 Series XVIII: Facilities and Operations 786 Subseries 1: Buildings and Properties 787 Subseries 2: Facilities Management 794 Subseries 3: Industrial Engineering 802 Subseries 4: Procedure Manuals 806 Subseries 5: Equipment Manuals and Specifications 809 Subseries 6: Typeface Specimens 810 Subseries 7: Alphabetical Files 814 Subseries 8: Oversize 816 Series XIX: Photographs, Audio-Visual and Digital Media 818 Subseries 1: Photographs 820 Subseries 2: Audio Recordings 825 Subseries 3: Films 827 Subseries 4: Video Recordings 830 Subseries 5: Microfilm 838 Subseries 6: Computer Disks and CD-ROMs 839 Subseries 7: Multimedia Presentations 839 Series XX: Artifacts, Artwork and Memorabilia 840 Subseries 1: C. Prentiss Smith Collection 841 Subseries 2: World War II Collection 853 Subseries 3: Stationery and Office Forms 855 Subseries 4: Paintings, Drawings and Art Prints 861 Subseries 5: Memorabilia, Promotional and Decorative Items 863 Subseries 6: Architectural Artifacts 866 Subseries 7: Equipment and Printing Artifacts 867 Descriptive Summary Identifier ICU.SPCL.DONNELLEY Title R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Archive Date 1844-2005 Size 1656 linear feet (989 boxes, 14 drawers, 4 items) Repository Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A. Abstract Founded in Chicago in 1864 by Canadian immigrant Richard Robert Donnelley, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company is a leading global provider of printing and print-related services. The archive contains business records, product samples and promotional material, biographical files and personal papers, historical writings and oral histories, artifacts, and thousands of documentary photographs. While the material in this collection is concentrated in the twentieth century, the content of the archive spans over 140 years of RR Donnelley's development, and contextualizes the company within both the history of printing and the history of Chicago. Acknowledgments The R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company Archive was presented as a gift to the University of Chicago by RR Donnelley. Initial processing of the Archive was undertaken by Kim Coventry while the records were held as a corporate archive at RR Donnelley. Following the gift of the Archive to the University of Chicago, Maija Anderson and staff of the Special Collections Research Center completed processing of the records. Information on Use Access Series XI, IXX and XX contain audio, film, video, and digital material. Access copies are not included for this material. Researchers will need to consult with staff before requesting this material. The collection contains RR Donnelley product samples that are preserved as artifacts in their original packaging. Packages may be opened only in consultation with staff. The remainder of the collection is open for research, with no restrictions. 6 Citation When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Archive, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library Historical Note Richard Robert Donnelley (1836-1899), born in Hamilton, Ontario, arrived in Chicago in 1864 to apply his trade as a journeyman printer with the firm of Church and Goodman, Steam Printers. He was an ambitious and entrepreneurial young man, and in the next several years he entered into numerous partnerships - and endured more than one bankruptcy - in the city's growing printing industry. A major turning point in Donnelley's fortunes came in 1871. Several days after losing both his business and his home in the Great Chicago Fire, he boarded a train to New York with only a few dollars and a letter of introduction. His mission was to secure financing and purchase printing equipment to re-establish himself in the printing business. The outcome of his trip is one of countless success stories that came in the aftermath
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