Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org
731 THL
Finding aid created by Archives Staff 03/88. Last revised 11/17.
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.
USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.
EXTENT: 0.21 linear feet
CREATOR: Clarke-Frederick-Winchester Bicentennial Commission
DATE: 1976-1980
SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection contains correspondence, news articles, and events produced by the Clarke-Frederick-Winchester Bicentennial Commission. Included is a folder of the chronology of events in America in 1776. Materials cover celebrations for the Fourth of July in the years 1976 through 1980.
BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: The United States Bicentennial was a series of events, both regionally and nationally, to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
CITE AS: Bicentennial of the Nation Collection, 731 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.
ORGANIZATION:
BOX 1
Brochures
Chronology of events in America in 1976; unnumbered leaves, typescript/manuscript
Correspondence; 1976, 13 leaves typescript/printed
Correspondence; 1977-1980, 53 leaves typescript/printed
Events; 8 items, printed
Minutes; 13 leaves typescript
News articles; unnumbered, printed
Photograph identification/information sheets; 3 leaves, typescript and printed