American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Wisconsin: Records, 1970-1977

Container Title
Series 1780
Part 5 (Series 1780): Assistance Offers: Original Collection, 1971-1976
Physical Description: 1.6 cubic feet (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box) 
Arrangement of the Materials: By subject.
Scope and Content Note

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.

Box   1
Folder   1
Offers in which the WARBC was interested, 1974-1975
Box   1
Folder   2
ARBA Officially Recognized Products, correspondence and brochures, 1974-1975
Medal correspondence
Box   1
Folder   3
Hamilton Mint, 1973
Box   4
Folder   1
Medallic Art Company, 1973, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Robbins Mint, 1971, 1973
Box   1
Folder   5
Wendell's, 1973
Box   1
Folder   6
Miscellaneous correspondence and brochures, 1972, 1973, 1974
Assistance Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   7
1971-1973
Box   1
Folder   8-12
1974 February-1975 August
Box   2
Folder   1-3
1975 September-1976
Box   2
Folder   4
undated
Box   2
Folder   5-7
Assistance offers, brochures and catalogs
Box   3
Folder   1-4
Assistance offers, brochures and catalogs (continued)
Oversize materials
Box   4
Folder   1
Medal correspondence, Medallic Art Company, 1973, undated
Box   4
Folder   2
Assistance offers, brochures and catalogs