Correspondence, speeches, writings, market research reports, advertising proposals, printed matter, and other papers relating primarily to Ogilvy's career in advertising as an executive and businessman. Documents his work with the British American Canadian Corporation; Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather (New York, N.Y.); Mather & Crowther; and Ogilvy, Benson & Mather. Also documents Ogilvy's emphasis on research and creativity in advertising; his associations with other American and British advertising agencies; involvement with the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Scottish Council (Development and Industry); and his friendships with Arthur J. Houghton, Ellerton Marcel Jetté, and Edward "Commander" Whitehead. Subjects include consumer habits in the U.S., fund raising, tourism, trademarks, and the economic conditions in Great Britain following World War II. Includes drafts and proofs of Ogilvy's Confessions of an Advertising Man (1963).

Family correspondents include Ogilvy's brother, Francis Ogilvy; sister, Lady Kythé Hendy; niece, Mairi Ann MacLeod; and cousin, Rebecca West. Other correspondents include Max Ascoli, R.A. Bevan, Sir Alexander Steven Bilsland, Eugene R. Black, Cass Canfield, Fairfax M. Cone, Lady Kythe Hendy, Chester J. La Roche, Alfred Max, Teodoro Moscoso, Robert Moses, Guy Mountfort, Edward R. Murrow, Ted Patrick, William Patterson, John M. Ranck, Rosser Reeves, Raymond Rubicam, Willaim Ruder, Robert W. Sarnoff, Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917-2007), J.A. Stevenson, Ronald Tree, and William D. Tyler.