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Accession 2407 ERNEST DICHTER PAPERS GENERAL SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE (cont’d) to Hagley from Dichter’s last residence and office in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., in 2007. A second large collection of Dichter material, which presumably came from his European offices, is now housed at the University of Vienna. This collection contains a very large number, but not all, of his research proposals and studies, and while there is substantial overlap, a particular item may exist in only one of the collections. A list of the studies at Vienna is available. The Ernest Dichter Papers have been arranged in six Subgroups, which more or less reflect Dr. Dichter’s own arrangement. However, researchers should be aware that Dr. Dichter kept multiple copies of his writings and associated materials in several different filing systems, including freestanding items on library shelves, papers in loose-leaf binders, and several runs of filing cabinets. Versions of the same document may typically exist in two or more of the Subgroups, and researchers are advised to check all parts of the finding aid. The loose-leaf binders themselves have been destroyed as a conservation measure and all materials transferred to file folders and record cartons. In the process, obvious duplication, including the many copies of his writings that Dr. Dichter held as inventory for sale, has been eliminated. Dichter’s numbering systems and indexes have been preserved. Subgroup A, which accounts for over half the collection, is comprised of Dr. Dichter’s research proposals and studies. As such, it is both the heart of the archive and the most important part of Dichter’s prodigious intellectual output, containing not merely the fullest expression of his own ideas but also an unparalleled window into consumer behavior and attitudes over more than four decades and on five continents. Subgroup B, Publications, consists of the formally published newsletters and bulletins though which Dr. Dichter disseminated his ideas and presented the activities of himself and his Institute. There are also Japanese-language versions of two of his books and four of the Sacha children’s books published in France. The rest of Dichter’s books have been transferred to the general Imprints collection Subgroup C, Speeches, Quizzes & Seminars, consists of the texts of speeches, poppsychology personality quizzes, and agendas and notes for seminars, some of which may also exist in published form. Subgroup D, Publicity, consists primarily of press cuttings and articles issued to publicize Dr. Dichter’s activities, including public appearances, pronouncements, or short statements to the newspaper press and other mass media. 12
Accession 2407 ERNEST DICHTER PAPERS GENERAL SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE (cont’d) Subgroup E, Writings & Drafts, comprises multiple drafts of some of Dichter’s principal books and other writings. It also contains what Dichter referred to as his “Subject Files,” which are copies of his lesser writings and parts of the studies arranged by subject for ready reference. Subgroup F, Correspondence, contains Dichter’s business correspondence and other materials created or collected in the process of running the Institute and publishing his books and newsletters. Because Dr. Dichter had such a wide range of clients over the course of his long career and maintained an interest is so many different issues, his files contain an equally wide range of embedded catalogs and publications, from a paper on counterinsurgency in Vietnam to catalogs for Brazilian diamonds and Porsche motorcycles to flyers for retirement communities. Many of the catalogs are fine examples of Continental graphic design styles of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. To improve access to this material, the most significant items have been cataloged individually in Hagley’s online public access catalog (OPAC), where they may be retrieved by author, title and subject. 13
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