The Ansco G. Bruinier, Jr. papers document his time as an advertising manager for DuPont’s Dyestuffs Division, and include both his work and some personal papers. The papers were found in his travel portfolio and are mostly fragmentary.

The first series covers Bruinier’s professional career as DuPont’s Technical Advertising Manager, Dyestuffs Division, Organic Chemicals Department from 1934 to 1962, and offers insight into pre-war, World War II, and post-war era corporate sales strategy and advertisement methods. On a lesser scale, Bruinier’s work papers also shed some light onto mid-twentieth century corporate job structure and hierarchy. Many of the documents and correspondence included were retained by Bruinier because of personal importance, and mostly reflect his achievements and contributions during his career at DuPont. Accordingly, he largely retained fragments of copies of the DuPont Newsletter and Magazine, and articles in industrial trade journals due to him being the primary contributor or author.

Interoffice letters largely discuss meetings, company visits, and various aspects of sales and advertising, including articles and advertisements produced for publication in industrial trade journals. Also included are DuPont organizational charts, showing the company’s complete corporate hierarchy. Organizational charts are most extensive for the Organic Chemicals Department, Dyes and Chemicals Division Technical Laboratory, and track personnel and departmental changes from the 1940s through 1962. Other miscellaneous aspects of Bruinier’s career are represented, including travel expenses from his trips to various meetings and conventions.

Bruinier’s personal papers are largely fragmentary and were found intermingled within his work portfolio. The bulk of this series includes incoming letters to Bruinier from friends, coworkers, and associates, as well as his wife, Olga. There are also two letters from his mother and father, one of which urges an investment opportunity. Other files contain miscellaneous personal mementos that Bruinier collected on his travels as a DuPont advertising manager.

The third series includes a run of advertisement proofs from DuPont's Dyestuffs Division used in various industrial trade journals for the paper, cotton, wool, and textile industries. These include American Dyestuffs Reporter, American Wool & Cotton Reporter, Textile Colorist, Rayon Textile Monthly, Paper Trade Journal, and others. Advertisement proofs for the Better Fabrics Testing Bureau, Inc.'s "Color Tested" seal used for color fastness are also included. Additionally, there are several DuPont Dyestuffs advertisement proofs for inclusion in issues of the fashion journal Daily News Record and its offshoot, Women's Wear Daily.