Series II.F. President, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer: Reginald K. Brack, Jr. Files, 1989-1997, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
The files of Reginald K. Brack, Jr. include administrative files and speech transcripts from his tenure as chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Time Inc., and files from his volunteer involvement with the National Urban League.
Arrangement Note
Organized into three subseries:
Subseries II.G.1. Administrative Files
Subseries II.G.2. Speeches
Subseries II.G.3. National Urban League Files
Biographical Note
Reginald K. Brack, Jr. joined Time Inc. in 1962. After holding positions as the founding publisher of Discover magazine and group vice president of Time Inc.'s Books Group, he was named chief executive officer (CEO) of the Magazine Group in December 1986. In December 1988, this group became a subsidiary of Time Inc. known as The Time Inc. Magazine Company with Brack remaining the CEO. In September 1990, after the Time Inc. and Warner Communications merger created Time Warner, the magazine and book publishing subsidiaries consolidated as the Time Inc. Magazine Company with Brack becoming chairman of the board, president and CEO. The name of this subsidiary of Time Warner would revert to "Time Inc." by the end of 1991. In August 1994, Don Logan was named the Time Inc. president and CEO while Brack remained the chairman until 1997. Brack also served as chairman of the board of directors of the National Urban League from 1992 to 1996.
Subseries II.F.1. Administrative Files, 1989-1996, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
Administrative Files include correspondence; meeting agendas and participant lists including board meetings and breakfast meetings; news clips that mention Brack; drafts for the newsletters he sent out as President then Chairman; his notes from the steering committee meetings; photographs including professional portraits of Brack in his office, promotional photographs of him with National Urban League President John Jacob, photographs of him with other people at events, and photographs of a meeting with "Madame [Xiaokong? or Xiaohong?]"; and working files such as the "Done" and "Suggestion Box."
Of interest is the strategy document that announces the transition of the chief executive officer from Brack to Don Logan.
Arrangement Note
Organized alphabetically.
Empty folders labels, circa 1996, inclusive
Achievement Award Dinner, 1993-1994, inclusive
Acres of Diamonds Awards Luncheon: October 31, 1994, 1994, inclusive
Ad Council, 1994-1995, inclusive
Advertiser Article, 1994, inclusive
Advertiser Article [RESTRICTED], 1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes digital material.
1 computer disc (floppy disk) : 3 1/2 in. On label: "KK.-Files".
The Animal Center Gala: November 1993, 1993, inclusive
Announcement Strategy: Transition to Don Logan as CEO, [1994], inclusive
Board Meeting: November, 1991, inclusive
Breakfasts, 1989-1990, inclusive
Budgets, 1990-1992, inclusive
Chairman's Newsletter, 1992-1994, inclusive
Chairman's Panel, 1992-1995, inclusive
Clips, 1990-1995, inclusive
Correspondence, 1989-1993, inclusive
Council for Periodical Distributors Associations (CPDA), 1995, inclusive
Done, 1994, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Done contains memoranda, correspondence, and attached materials on a range of topics. The folders probably contain documents on work product completed by Brack waiting to be filed.
Done, 1995, inclusive
Done, 1995, inclusive
Folio Interview, 1989-1990, inclusive
Hotline, 1990-1991, inclusive
International Postal Forum: Dublin, Ireland, 1995, inclusive
Interviews, 1991-1993, inclusive
Kennedy School of Government/Harvard, 1994-1995, inclusive
Literacy Benefit in Honor of Liz Smith: February 16, 1993, 1993, inclusive
Lyford Cay, 1989-1992, inclusive
Managed Care: Brack and Jason McManus Memorandum, 1992-1993, inclusive
Media Requests, 1993, inclusive
Memoranda, 1989-1992, inclusive
Miscellaneous, 1993, inclusive
New York Times: Meeting: December 3, 1990, 1990, inclusive
New York Times: Op Ed, 1994, inclusive
Personnel: Green, Bonnie Hilton [RESTRICTED], 1990-1991, inclusive
Personnel: Manners, John [RESTRICTED], 1990-1991, inclusive
Personnel: Pondiscio, Robert [RESTRICTED], 1989-1990, inclusive
Personnel: Sahner, Marilyn [RESTRICTED], 1989-1991, inclusive
Personnel: Strauss, Patti [RESTRICTED], 1989-1991, inclusive
Photographs, 1990-1993, inclusive
Political Advertising Conference, 1995, inclusive
Postal Testimony, 1990, inclusive
President's Newsletter, 1990-1992, inclusive
Public Policy, 1994, inclusive
Public Relations, 1994, inclusive
Robinson Lake Sawyer Miller: Communications Management and Public Policy Outreach, 1994-1995, inclusive
Scholarship Atlanta Trip, 1990, inclusive
Signature, undated, inclusive
Speaker's Bureau, 1996, inclusive
Staff Presentation: Reinventing Time Inc., 1995, inclusive
Staff Presentation: Reinventing Time Inc.: Slide Carousel, 1995, inclusive
Steering Committee Meetings, 1989-1993, inclusive
Stewart, Martha, 1990, inclusive
Student Communications Conference: November 20, 1995, 1995, inclusive
Suggestion Box, 1989-1995, inclusive
Susan Magrino Agency, 1992-1994, inclusive
Time Warner Publishing, 1990, inclusive
Washington and Lee University, 1993-1994, inclusive
WPP Group plc, 1996, inclusive
Subseries II.F.2. Speeches, 1988-1997, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
While the Time Inc. Archives box or drawer labeled the speeches as part of Brack's files, the majority of speech files are Vice President of Communications Peter Costiglio's records on Brack speeches. They remain with Brack's files as designated by the Time Inc. Archives. The files include speech transcripts, speech drafts, correspondence to and from Costiglio frequently with Brack as a correspondent, notes on speech contents and requirements, and background research or ephemera on the event location for the speech.
Arrangement Note
Organized alphabetically.
General, 1988-1992, inclusive
Advertising Educational Foundation, 1990 March, inclusive
Advertising Women of New York, 1991 March, inclusive
Asia: Big World, Small World: Media and the Global Market, 1991 April, inclusive
Asia, 1992 January, inclusive
Association of National Advertisers, 1989 October, inclusive
Atlanta, 1992 May, inclusive
Atlanta, 1993 March, inclusive
Bank Presentation, 1989 June, inclusive
Brunswick School, 1994 June, inclusive
Business Tomorrow Conference, 1995 November, inclusive
California, 1995 February, inclusive
California [RESTRICTED], 1995 February, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes digital material.
1 computer disc (floppy disk) : 3 1/2 in., labeled: "RK Brack California Speech 2/17/95."
Chicago, 1994 April, inclusive
Comprint International, 1991 May, inclusive
Conference Board, 1995 June, inclusive
Dallas, 1991 October, inclusive
European IT Forum, Paris, 1995 September, inclusive
European IT Forum, Paris [RESTRICTED], 1995 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes digital material.
1 computer disc (floppy disk) : 3 1/2 in., label is crossed out. Stored with a note: "Norma- This disc is for the MAC & is the latest version of the IT Forum Speech".
4A Panel (Advertising Club of New York), 1990 January, inclusive
General Motors, 1991 May, inclusive
Girl Scouts Benefit, 1995 September, inclusive
Girl Scouts Benefit [RESTRICTED], 1995 September, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes digital material.
1 computer disc (floppy disk) : 3 1/2 in., no label. Stored with a note: "Latest Girl Scouts remarks disk 8/28/95."
Graphics Art Technical Foundation, 1991, inclusive
Henry J. Fisher Award Dinner, 1991 January, inclusive
Henry J. Fisher Award Dinner, 1992 January, inclusive
Henry J. Fisher Award Dinner, 1994 January, inclusive
Henry Johnson Fisher Award Dinner, 1994 January, inclusive
Hong Kong, 1995 June, inclusive
Jason McManus/Norm Pearlstein Toast, 1994 December, inclusive
Jason McManus/Norm Pearlstein Toast [RESTRICTED], 1994 December, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes digital material.
1 computer disc (floppy disk) : 3 1/2 in., labeled: "Backup 11/8."
Memphis Minority Business, 1997 April, inclusive
MM&D Awards Presentation, 1990, inclusive
MM&D: Quality, 1989, inclusive
MM&D: Quality [RESTRICTED], 1989, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Includes digital material.
1 computer disc (floppy disk) : 3 1/2 in. On label: "Ed Nanas & Associates."
1 computer disc (floppy disk) : 5 1/4 in.
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA), 1989 September, inclusive
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Orlando, 1990 March, inclusive
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): New York, 1990 April, inclusive
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Washington, D.C., 1990 July, inclusive
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA), 1991, inclusive
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Conference: "A Call to Arms", 1991, inclusive
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA), 1991, inclusive
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Chrysler Reception: Detroit, 1992 January, inclusive
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Conference, 1992 June, inclusive
Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): American Magazine Conference, 1992 October, inclusive
Orlando, 1990 October, inclusive
Orlando: Sales and Marketing Conference, 1993, inclusive
Periodical Publishers Association: London, 1990 May, inclusive
President's Award Dinner, 1990, inclusive
President's Award Dinner, 1992 March, inclusive
Santa Monica College, 1994 June, inclusive
Swiss Chamber of Commerce, 1996 February, inclusive
Tampa: Telecommunications, 1991 April, inclusive
Temple University: Acres of Diamond Award, 1994, inclusive
Texas A&M University Commencement, 1990 August, inclusive
Timco Invitational: Detroit, 1989, inclusive
Time Life Meeting: Captiva, FL [empty], 1993 May, inclusive
Time/People Sales Meeting, 1993 May, inclusive
Subseries II.F.3. National Urban League Files, 1989-1997, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents Note
National Urban League Files contains Brack's records from his involvement with this organization, including his time as chairman of the board.
Arrangement Note
Organized alphabetically.