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Gulf + Western securities, compensation plans, etc. (box 1 of 2), 1960s-1982, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This box and the next holds files related to various G+W compensation plans that Judelson was a participant in, including executive compensation, deferred compensation, stock options & purchases, incentive compensation, and retirement plans. Related in part to these plans, the files also hold information about G+W stock and bond securities (e.g., tender offers, dividends, stock purchase offers, shareholder meeting announcements, earnings, proxies, securities prospectus, etc.). This first box also holds information about Judelson's participation in these plans and his related SEC disclosures. Also in this box are G+W Foundation financial statements for 1975-80.

Gulf + Western securities, compensation plans, etc. (box 2 of 2), 1960s-1982, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

In addition to the overall content noted above, this box holds charts of G+W's corporate structure (1982) and profiles of the company's group presidents (1979).

Subject files (box 1 of 4). A-Ba, 1970s-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This set of 4 boxes holds subject files organized alphabetically. They include a broad mix of business proposals, business transactions, and personal securities transactions. The files include some G+W financial information and some G+W group level information. Material on a given subject is not necessarily found together under one heading. For example, a significant topic found in these files relates to G+W's circa 1980 initiative to develop a battery for electric vehicles (EV). Much of the related documentation is found in this first box (under "Battery"), but also appears in other files under various supplier names and other headings.

Subject files (box 2 of 4). Be-D, 1970s-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject files (box 3 of 4). E-S, 1970s-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subject files (box 4 of 4). S-Z, 1970s-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gulf + Western financial data, circa 1976-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Includes, among other material, cash return on investment (ROI), earnings projections, capital expenditures budget, and salary/compensation committee materials. Few, if any, of the reports/data are present for all years in the date range.

Gulf + Western business plans, financial data, etc., 1969-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This box holds a variety of materials, primarily from the early 1980s. These include, among others, a history of G+W acquisitions from 1957-1980; transcripts of interviews with staff from U.S. Representative Emanuel Celler's Antitrust Subcommittee during its investigation of conglomerate corporations (1969); cash forecasts (1980-83); flash (financial) reports (1982-83); file regarding the sale of Consolidated Cigar (1982); business plan (1982); and various brochures and other documents concerning electric vehicles/energy storage systems (ESS).

Judelson speeches, remarks, interviews, 1967-1982, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Judelson business expenses, 1969-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Judelson securities transactions, 1957-1968, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence binders (box 1 of 4), 1968-1973, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This set of boxes holds binders with carbon copies of Judelson's outgoing correspondence, with some related incoming, arranged chronologically. The correspondence is a mix of business and personal matters, and courtesies.

Correspondence binders (box 2 of 4), 1974-1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence binders (box 3 of 4), 1978-1980, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence binders (box 4 of 4), 1982-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gulf + Western Corporate Policy Manual, 1977, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gulf + Western Employee Relations Update Manual, 1982, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Judelson appointment books, 1969-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

The box also holds a packet of Judelson's letterhead stationery.

Gulf + Western Board of Directors minutes, reports, agendas (box 1 of 2), 1974-1978, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gulf + Western Board of Directors minutes, reports, agendas (box 2 of 2), 1979-1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gulf + Western annual shareholder meeting files, 1968-1981, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

SEC investigation files, 1977-1981, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Judelson resignation files, 1983, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Annual reports, 1959, 1968-1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

Holds published "glossy" annual reports for G+W for 1959 (likely the first annual report under the G+W name), 1968-1982 (those issued while Judelson was president), 1988, and for Paramount (G+W's new name) for 1989-1992.

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