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Young & Rubicam

Formerly: Y&R · VMLY&R

Kind
Creative generalist
Parent
WPP (now part of VML)
Country
US
Website
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_%26_Rubicam

Campaigns (17)

CampaignClientYearTopicRole
Coalition for America's Children / Connect for Kids lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 4 file(s), 1996-1997, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / Benton Foundation; Coalition for America's Children1996Creative
Education Reform lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 8 file(s), 1993-1996, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / Education Excellence Partnership1993Creative
Covenant House Nineline (youth crisis hotline) lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 7 file(s), 1989, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / Covenant House1989Creative
Food, Nutrition and Health lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 3 file(s), 1973-1974, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / National Academy of Sciences; USDA; Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Grocery Manufacturers of America1973NutritionCreative
United Negro College Fund lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 46 file(s), 1972-1996, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / United Negro College Fund1972Creative
Opportunities for Minorities / National Urban League lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 8 file(s), 1970-1987, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / National Urban League1970Creative
Mental Retardation
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 11 file(s), 1964-1968, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation; HEW; President's Council on Mental Retardation1964Developmental disabilityCreative
Youth Fitness
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 11 file(s), 1962-1964, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / President's Council on Physical Fitness1962Physical activityCreative
Peace Corps lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 14 file(s), 1961-1986, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / Peace Corps1961Creative
American Economic System: Challenges/Goals for Americans lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 5 file(s), 1960-1965, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council1960Creative
Stamp Out Paralytic Polio
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 5 file(s), 1958-1961, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council1958VaccinationCreative
Guard Against Asian Flu lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 1 file(s), 1957, catalogued to Young & Rubicam. 1957 influenza pandemic.
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Ad Council1957Infectious diseaseCreative
A.C.T.I.O.N. ('Good neighborhoods are our nation's strength') lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 7 file(s), 1955-1958, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / American Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods1955Creative
Stop Accidents: Farm Safety lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 3 file(s), 1949-1950, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / National Safety Council1949Injury preventionCreative
Stop Accidents: Home Safety lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 1 file(s), 1947, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / National Safety Council1947Injury preventionCreative
Stop Accidents: Traffic Safety ('Be careful - the life you save may be your own')
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 30 file(s), 1947-1954, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council / National Safety Council1947Injury preventionCreative
American Economic System: Economic Stability lead
Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 1 file(s), 1946, catalogued to Young & Rubicam.
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Ad Council1946Creative

Research notes

Historic record. Founded 1923; part of WPP; merged with VML in 2018 to form VMLY&R, which WPP combined with Wunderman Thompson as VML in 2023 (Wikipedia). Kept as its own record because vml-health.json covers only the health network. Historic Ad Council credits from the parsed Illinois finding aid (data/ad-council-historical-file-13-2-207.tsv); Ad Council house series (INAE, magazine/newspaper/poster cooperation ads) are not listed as campaigns. The Ad Council's longest-running Y&R accounts were Stop Accidents (1947-54), the United Negro College Fund (1972-96) and the Peace Corps (1961-86). Credits checked 2026-10-22 against the Illinois finding aid.

Sources

  1. https://archon.library.illinois.edu/archives/?p=collections/findingaid&id=3573

Record agencies/young-and-rubicam.json, updated 2026-10-22