Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
The materials in this series consist of press releases, product literature, advertisements, marketing plans, research studies, packaging and newspaper and magazine articles about Jogbra, JBI, Inc., and Hinda Miller and Lisa Lindahl. The "History Book," 1978-1985, represents a chronological overview of Jobgra, Inc. and later, JBI, Inc. promotional materials. Many of the photographs, packaging, advertisements and product literature assembled in the History Book can also be found elsewhere in the collection. Additional product literature includes the motion control requirements (MCR) which refers to the amount of support required to control breast motion (bounce). This guide, in the form of a wheel, provides a quick assessment of the best sports bra and size for a customer based on control levels of high, medium and low. The research studies undertaken by JBI, Inc. include a 1991 telephone survey of customer attitudes and opinions about sports bras. Information about an organization called the Mother's Brain Trust, a consulting firm that examines and studies working mothers broadly, is also found here. Notes and an eleven-page questionnaire targeting working mothers is included. Presumably JBI was working with this group to develop a questionnaire specific to the Jogbra.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
The patent records consist of patents, correspondence, agreements, notes, and articles about Miller's involvement with the "hard cup project" from 1987 to 2000. Miller holds six United States Patents: Athletic brassiere (US 4,174,717); Brassiere, (US D259370); Athletic shirt (US D260,445); Athletic brassiere, US (4,311,150); Brassiere (US D301,518); and Protective brassiere with local energy absorption (US 6,083,080).
Miller and LaJean Lawson, a Portland businesswoman and Oregon State University adjunct professor in exercise science, created a hard cup brassierre designed to reduce the risk of injury to the breasts (US 6,083,080). Lawson also holds a patent for a hard cup brassiere (US 5,022,887) which she assigned to JBI, Inc. in 1990 and later Playtex Apparel, Inc., in 1991. Lawson conducted sports bra research at Oregon State University's biomechanics lab and worked with Champion Jogbra to test and improve sports bra designs.
Some of the correspondence relates to the licensing and manufacturing of hard cup brassieres (US 4,607,640) belonging to LeRoy McCusker and Marc S. Weinberg (US 4,566,458). Miller and Lawson did not license McCusker or Weinberg's patents and ultimately pursued their own work and patent. The correspondence includes letters and memoranda exchanged with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the law firm of Browdy and Neimark, and with physicians who were asked to test products. Additional documents include agreements regarding ownership of inventions invoices for legal services, projected budgets, a marketing plan, testing notes by Lawson, and formation of the JBI Health Advisory Board comprised of sports medicine and health experts.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
The Business Records are divided into two subseries: Subseries 2.1: JBI, Inc., 1979-1996 and Subseries 2.2: Champion Jogbra, 1988-1999. The materials document the transition of a small, privately-owned company, Jogbra, Inc., (renamed JBI, Inc.) to its purchase by Playtex Apparel, Inc. and subsequent purchase by the Sara Lee Corporation. Throughout these corporate transitions, Miller continued to serve as president and became CEO of the Champion Jogbra Division of Sara Lee in 1994.
The JBI, Inc. materials consist of position descriptions for employees, correspondence, business plans and appraisals, strategy-related documents, sales and accounting information, agreements, and transition documents for Playtex Apparel, Inc. Many of the documents throughout this subseries are annotated by Miller.
The employee materials consist of personnel policies, retirement plans, profit sharing, and stock options for employees at Playtex, Inc. The position descriptions are for Vice President for Sales and Senior Vice President of Sales. These documents provide good insight into the duties and responsibilities for senior management at a small company.
The JBI Executive Team Building materials reflect a 1989 assessment of Miller's managerial style. The assessment, conducted by Human Factors Advance Technology Group, provides a comparative analysis and key assessment findings(Co-Worker Feedback Report and Management Skills Report) based on a self-assessment by Miller and her co-workers.
The JBI Business Appraisal of 1986 details the fair market value of the company and contains several useful "appendices" about the company's financial health. The agreement and purchase of JBI by Playtex as well Sara Lee's acquisition of Playtex is well documented here. The JBI Representative/Dealer Book provides a good overview of the company and is a "how to" for retailers selling the JBI product line. Books include sales data, forms, procedures, advertising samples, and fabric swatches. Similar information can be found in the JBI, Inc. Representative Manual of 1993. Most of the financial data is in the form of spreadsheets that provide actual and projected sales data. The annual operating plans provide key information about the company including mission statements, objectives, strategies, marketing, selling, and financial statements. For example, the annual operating plan for 1993-1994 also includes media-related plans on how best to market the product line.
The Champion Jogbra materials contain business and annual operating plans (budgets), marketing strategies, presentation documents, financial materials (sales data), proposals, and product literature, such as catalogs. Many of the documents are heavily annotated by Miller. One proposal of note is that which targets female teens. In 1996, Champion Jogbra identified young females, ages 12-15, as an emerging market for sports bras and other sports wear. The report, conducted by the Zandhl group provided Champion with the marketing guidelines to develop a "teen" strategy for product positioning. Other studies include a 1997 website evaluation to establish priorities. Additional employee performance-related materials can be found in the Champion Jogbra performance reviews for fiscal 1996. These documents outline the corporate executive performance review, review instruction packet, and forms for the employee to complete.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.Collection is open for research.
Social Security numbers are present and numbers have been rendered unreadable and redacted. Researchers may use the photocopies in the collection. The remainder of the collection has no restrictions.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Jogbra, Inc. Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Lisa Lindahl was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was three. An active leader and spokesperson for the Epilepsy Foundation of America and the Epilepsy Foundation of Vermont, Lindahl encouraged research that led to improving the understanding and care of women who live with epilepsy.
In the late 1970s Lindahl co-designed and co-invented with Hinda Miller and Polly Palmer Smith the first sports bra, "Jogbra." She then co-founded and co-ran with Hinda Miller a successful business, JBI, Inc., that sold the garment. The company was bought in 1990 by Playtex.
The series consists primarily of speeches Lindahl deleivered at various conferences, newspaper clippings about Lisa Lindahl, and audio and video materials related to speeches, workshops, and conferences Lindahl attended and particpated inas a featured speaker. Also included is Epilepsy Foundation promotional material about the Women and Epilepsy Initiative and DVDs of interviews with Lindahl.
Series Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Series Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
