The John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History holds more than 3 million items that document the history of sales, advertising and marketing throughout the past two centuries, including the the following major collecting areas:
While the majority of these materials are stored at Duke as original manuscripts, a growing portion of Hartman collections are available digitally through the Duke Digital Repository. This guide highlights our digital collections and points researchers to other potential online resources that may be useful for research and teaching in sales, advertising, and marketing history.