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Series II.F. President, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer: Reginald K. Brack, Jr. Files, 1989-1997, inclusive

Extent

7.5 Linear feet in 9 record cartons

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

3.5 Linear feet in 5 record cartons

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

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Achievement Award Dinner, 1993-1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Acres of Diamonds Awards Luncheon: October 31, 1994, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Ad Council, 1994-1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 5-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertiser Article, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertiser Article [RESTRICTED], 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Announcement Strategy: Transition to Don Logan as CEO, [1994], inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Board Meeting: November, 1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Breakfasts, 1989-1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budgets, 1990-1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 17-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chairman's Newsletter, 1992-1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 20-23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chairman's Panel, 1992-1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clips, 1990-1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1989-1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Council for Periodical Distributors Associations (CPDA), 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Done, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 28-29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: 590, Folder: 30-31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Done, 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Folio Interview, 1989-1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hotline, 1990-1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

International Postal Forum: Dublin, Ireland, 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Interviews, 1991-1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kennedy School of Government/Harvard, 1994-1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Literacy Benefit in Honor of Liz Smith: February 16, 1993, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lyford Cay, 1989-1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 9-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Managed Care: Brack and Jason McManus Memorandum, 1992-1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Media Requests, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Memoranda, 1989-1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 17-18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Miscellaneous, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Times: Meeting: December 3, 1990, 1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Times: Op Ed, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personnel: Green, Bonnie Hilton [RESTRICTED], 1990-1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personnel: Manners, John [RESTRICTED], 1990-1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personnel: Pondiscio, Robert [RESTRICTED], 1989-1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personnel: Sahner, Marilyn [RESTRICTED], 1989-1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Personnel: Strauss, Patti [RESTRICTED], 1989-1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photographs, 1990-1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 22-24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Political Advertising Conference, 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Postal Testimony, 1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

President's Newsletter, 1990-1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 591, Folder: 27-31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Policy, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Relations, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Robinson Lake Sawyer Miller: Communications Management and Public Policy Outreach, 1994-1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 3-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scholarship Atlanta Trip, 1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Signature, undated, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speaker's Bureau, 1996, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Staff Presentation: Reinventing Time Inc., 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4205, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Staff Presentation: Reinventing Time Inc.: Slide Carousel, 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 4205, Item: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Steering Committee Meetings, 1989-1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stewart, Martha, 1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 13-14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Student Communications Conference: November 20, 1995, 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Suggestion Box, 1989-1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 16-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Susan Magrino Agency, 1992-1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time Warner Publishing, 1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Washington and Lee University, 1993-1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

WPP Group plc, 1996, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 592, Folder: 23-27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries II.F.2. Speeches, 1988-1997, inclusive

Extent

2.35 Linear feet in 4 record cartons

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

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 20-24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising Educational Foundation, 1990 March, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Advertising Women of New York, 1991 March, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asia: Big World, Small World: Media and the Global Market, 1991 April, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Asia, 1992 January, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Association of National Advertisers, 1989 October, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Atlanta, 1992 May, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Atlanta, 1993 March, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bank Presentation, 1989 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 6-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Brunswick School, 1994 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Business Tomorrow Conference, 1995 November, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

California, 1995 February, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

California [RESTRICTED], 1995 February, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Comprint International, 1991 May, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conference Board, 1995 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dallas, 1991 October, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

European IT Forum, Paris, 1995 September, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

European IT Forum, Paris [RESTRICTED], 1995 September, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General Motors, 1991 May, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Girl Scouts Benefit, 1995 September, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 19-21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Girl Scouts Benefit [RESTRICTED], 1995 September, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Henry J. Fisher Award Dinner, 1991 January, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Henry J. Fisher Award Dinner, 1992 January, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Henry J. Fisher Award Dinner, 1994 January, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 595, Folder: 25-26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Henry Johnson Fisher Award Dinner, 1994 January, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hong Kong, 1995 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jason McManus/Norm Pearlstein Toast, 1994 December, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jason McManus/Norm Pearlstein Toast [RESTRICTED], 1994 December, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MM&D Awards Presentation, 1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MM&D: Quality, 1989, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 6-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MM&D: Quality [RESTRICTED], 1989, inclusive

Offsite-Box: R9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

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

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Orlando, 1990 March, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): New York, 1990 April, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 10-11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Washington, D.C., 1990 July, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers of American (MPA), 1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Conference: "A Call to Arms", 1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers of American (MPA), 1991, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Chrysler Reception: Detroit, 1992 January, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): Conference, 1992 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Magazine Publishers of American (MPA): American Magazine Conference, 1992 October, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Orlando, 1990 October, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 19-20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Orlando: Sales and Marketing Conference, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Periodical Publishers Association: London, 1990 May, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

President's Award Dinner, 1990, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

President's Award Dinner, 1992 March, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Santa Monica College, 1994 June, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Swiss Chamber of Commerce, 1996 February, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tampa: Telecommunications, 1991 April, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Temple University: Acres of Diamond Award, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Texas A&M University Commencement, 1990 August, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Timco Invitational: Detroit, 1989, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time Life Meeting: Captiva, FL [empty], 1993 May, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Time/People Sales Meeting, 1993 May, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 596, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries II.F.3. National Urban League Files, 1989-1997, inclusive

Extent

2 Linear feet in 2 record cartons

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.

General, 1989-1997, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 593, Folder: 1-10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Annual Report, 1993-1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 593, Folder: 11-13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Buffalo Urban League, 1996, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 593, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cleveland Speech, 1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 593, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clips, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 593, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Conferences, 1992-1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 593, Folder: 17-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Consultant's Fee, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 593, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Dinner, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 593, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Equal Opportunity Day Dinner: November 17, 1992, 1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 593, Folder: 22-23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Equal Opportunity Day Dinner: November 14, 1995, 1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Equal Opportunity Day Speech: Urban League of Greater Cleveland: November 20, 1992, 1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

EEO Conference: Urban League of Greater Richmond: Luncheon Remarks, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jacob, John: Photographs, circa 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Jacob, John: Retirement, 1993, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Joint Press Conference: June 27, 1996, 1996, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New President, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York Times Story, 1992, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Preliminary Communications Strategy, 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Price, Hugh, 1994-1995, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Project Status, circa 1994, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Speeches, 1989-1996, inclusive

Offsite-Box: 594, Folder: 13-19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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