Public relations

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Public Relations Department Records

aergas — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:15:27 -0400

This collection comprises materials from various incarnations of the DSO Public Relations Department over the years, primarily from the 1970s to the early 2000s. Materials relate to DSO performances and tours, radio broadcasts, labor relations, affirmative action, education and outreach, special programs and events, and information on staff and musicians. There are internal departmental materials including meeting minutes, budgets and funding, marketing plans, press releases and press kits for various concerts, tours and events. Also included are DSO publications such as programs, newsletters and special publications. One box of audio-visual materials--negatives, slides, CDs--has been transferred to the Reuther Library AV Department.

United Community Services Communications Department Records

drice — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 15:29:47 -0400

The United Community Services of Metropolitan Detroit has its origins in the establishment of the Detroit Community Union in 1917. The Union was reorganized into the Council of Social Agencies of Metropolitan Detroit in 1932, and merged with the Detroit Community Chest in 1951 to become the United Community Services (UCS). UCS operated alongside the United Way for Southeastern Michigan (United Foundation until 1989), which was primarily a fundraising organization. They merged to form the United Way Community Services in 1995, which merged with the United Way for Oakland County to become the United Way for Southeastern Michigan in 2005. UCS was an umbrella organization for a wide range of social welfare agencies in the Metropolitan Detroit area, and sought to promote social services (including child care, family, health, recreation, and community planning) through the centralized planning, coordinating, and budgeting of those agencies. The Communications Department, previously known as the Public Relations Department, was responsible for promoting UCS and member agency activities to the public, through press releases, newspaper, radio, and television advertisements, promotional brochures, and other advertising campaigns. The department also counseled other UCS departments and member agencies on their promotional campaigns.

The United Community Services Communications Department Records consist of correspondence, reports, press releases, promotional brochures, and newspaper clippings related to the publicity efforts of UCS. The collection documents the promotional strategies used by UCS to promote its activities, seek volunteers, solicit funds, and increase public knowledge of UCS and its member agencies. The collection also contains information pertaining to internal UCS administrative functions, including the UCS Assembly nominating committee and the organization’s annual meetings.

(32405) Ramon Scruggs, George Romney, Lenore Romney, 1963

gstrassel — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 09:46:03 -0500

Governor George Romney and Lenore Romney with Ramon S. Scruggs. August, 1963.

(32408) Ramon Scruggs, W. Calvin Patterson, 1954

gstrassel — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:03:26 -0500

Ramon Scruggs meeting with W. Calvin Patterson, the vice president of public relations at Michigan Bell Telephone Company. April 17, 1954.

(32413) Public relations seminar, 1954

gstrassel — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:17:57 -0500

Public relations seminar led by Ramon Scruggs at the Michigan Bell Telephone Company. April 21, 1954.