urn:taro:dalpub.00509 Mitchell Defense Industry Advertisement Collection Finding aid prepared by Brian Collins. Texas/Dallas History & Archives, Dallas Public Library November 09, 2005
1515 Young StDallas, TX 75201
 Finding aid encoded by Brian Collins on November 09, 2005 Overview of the Collection Texas/Dallas History & Archives, Dallas Public Library
1515 Young StDallas, TX 75201
 Mitchell, Bill ca. 1950-1990 .5 cubic feet 05-9 The records are in English. Biographical Note

Bill Mitchell was an advertising employee and executive for various ad agencies in Dallas from 1953 until the early 1990s.

Chronology of Advertisements & Ad Agencies Mid 1950s Plebe promotional brochure - Tracy-Locke Advertising Mid 1950s Vought Vignettes - Tracy-Locke Advertising Late 1950s Vought Community Relations Ads - Tracy-Locke Advertising Late 1950s Vought Institutional Ads - Tracy-Locke Advertising Late 1950s Vought Vocabulary Ads - Tracy-Locke Advertising Ca. 1968-1972 Bell Helicopter (to businesses) - Wyatt & Williams Advertising Ca. 1968-1972 Bell Helicopter (to military) - Wyatt & Williams Advertising Early 1970s Bell Helicopter (Air Evac Market) - Wyatt & Williams Advertising 1970s Bell Helicopter (212 Twin) - Wyatt & Williams Advertising 1970s Bell Helicopter - "It's a Job for a Bell" - Freelance Work 1970s Bell Helicopter/ Don Teel - Freelance Work Mid 1970s Bell Helicopter - Unpublished Ad Drawing Mid 1970s Texas Instruments - Freelance Work Late 1970s Bell Helicopter (businesses) - Freelance Work 1980s E-Systems (reports) 1982 The 4500 Year Flight - A special guide to the UT-Dallas History of Aviation Collection - Point Communications 1983 Mitsubishi Aircraft Magazine - Mitchell & Thomas Company Early 1980s Sabre Data Traffic Control - Freelance Work Scope and Contents

The collection consists of approximately fifty advertisements pertaining to Dallas-based companies involved in the defense industry. The ads are from as early as 1953, when Mitchell worked for Tracy-Locke Advertising, and as current as the early 1990s, when he moved from Dallas. The materials are a good representation of how technology-based Dallas companies were reaching out to their consumers and the public in the 1950s through 1980s.

Related Material

Vertical File: Aviation - Advertising

Vertical File: Business & Industry - Advertising

Vertical File: Business &Industry - Bell Helicopter

Vertical File: Business & Industry - Mitsubishi Aircraft International

Vertical File: Business & Industry - TEMCO

Vertical File: Business & Industry - Texas Instruments

Vertical File: Business & Industry - Vought Aircraft

Vertical File: Business & Industry - Point Communication (Ad Agency)

Vertical File: Business & Industry - Tracy Locke (Ad Agency)

 Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Persons: Mitchell, Bill, 1922- Places: Dallas (Tex.) Subjects: Defense Industries - Texas - History - 20th Century Occupations: Advertising - Texas - History - 20th Century Preferred Citation

MA 05-9 Mitchell Defense Industry Advertisement Collection, Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library

 Detailed Description of the Collection 1 1 Plebe (TEMCO Promotional Brochure) - mid 1950s 1 2 Vought Vocabulary Ads - late 1950s 1 Time, page 59, 20 January 1958 1 3 Bell Helicopter (to businesses) - ca. 1968-1972 1 4 Bell Helicopter (Air Evac Market) - early 1970s 1 5 Bell Helicopter - "It's a job for a Bell" - 1970s 1 6 Bell Helicopter (businesses) - late 1970s 1 7 Texas Instruments (recruitment) - mid 1970s

At a time when skilled and educated workers were in high demand, TI published this material promoting employment opportunities available in the technology field.

 1 8 E-Systems (reports) - 1980s 1 9 Mitsubishi Aircraft Magazine - 1983 1 10 "The 4500 Year Flight" - 1982 1 11 Sabre Data Traffic Control - early 1980s 1 12 Bill Mitchell 1 Description of advertisements - 2005 1 Resume' - ca. 1990 2 1 Vought Vignettes - mid 1950s 2 2 Vought Community Relations Ads - late 1950s 2 Dallas Morning News, Part 1 Page 13, 21 August 1957 2 Dallas Morning News, Part 1 Page 7, 21 May 1958 2 3 Vought Institutional Ads - late 1950s 2 4 Bell Helicopter (to military) - ca. 1968-1972 2 5 Bell Helicopter (212 Twin) - 1970s 2 6 Bell Helicopter/ Don Teel - 1970s 2 7 Bell Helicopter - Unpublished Ad Drawing - mid 1970s