Advertising Digital Collections: Guides for Teachers

This research guide to the Medicine and Madison Avenue collection includes a timeline, student exercises, and suggestions for classroom use

This guide to the Ad*Access digital collection includes historical context for the major categories (beauty and hygiene, radio, television, transportation) and a timeline.

Guide to the Emergence of Advertising in America digital collection, which includes over 9,000 images relating to the early history of advertising in the United States. This research guide contains contextual information about source collections and historical context, including a timeline.

Curated by Duke students in 2017, this permanent online exhibit showcases advertising materials related to underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The exhibit includes documentation of people of color who worked within the advertising industry, research reports analyzing minority populations as consumers, and depictions of race and ethnicity within print advertisements.