Container
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Title
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Series 1780
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Part 5 (Series 1780): Assistance Offers: Original Collection, 1971-19761.6 cubic feet (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box) : By subject. Contains public relations correspondence from companies and individuals seeking official WARBC recognition for bicentennial products and services; also includes brochures and catalogs advertising the availability of these products and services. This series provides a good perspective on the commercial nature of the bicentennial celebration. The Commission received a wide variety of sample bicentennial products as well as brochures advertising products available for sale, including such products as jewelry, key chains, tie tacks, pins and buttons, spoons, plates, plaques, paper weights, T-shirts, costumes, flags, musical instruments, trash and litter bags and garbage receptacles, films, books, educational materials, coins and commemorative medals, puzzles, games, toys, plans for bicentennial fire plugs, and more. The medal correspondence is arranged alphabetically by mint or company name; the assistance correspondence is chronological; and there is no order to the brochures and catalogs. Bicentennial artifacts have been separated to the Museum. A number of these items were returned to the Archives in 2009 and appear at the end of this series.
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Box
1
Folder
1
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Offers in which the WARBC was interested, 1974-1975
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Box
1
Folder
2
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ARBA Officially Recognized Products, correspondence and brochures, 1974-1975
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Medal correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
3
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Hamilton Mint, 1973
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Medallic Art Company, 1973, undated
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Box
1
Folder
4
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Robbins Mint, 1971, 1973
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Box
1
Folder
5
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Wendell's, 1973
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Box
1
Folder
6
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Miscellaneous correspondence and brochures, 1972, 1973, 1974
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Assistance Correspondence
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Box
1
Folder
7
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1971-1973
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Box
1
Folder
8-12
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1974 February-1975 August
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Box
2
Folder
1-3
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1975 September-1976
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Box
2
Folder
4
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undated
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Box
2
Folder
5-7
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Assistance offers, brochures and catalogs
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Box
3
Folder
1-4
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Assistance offers, brochures and catalogs (continued)
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Oversize materials
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Medal correspondence, Medallic Art Company, 1973, undated
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Assistance offers, brochures and catalogs
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