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Clarke-Winchester-Frederick Bicentennial of the Constitution Commission Collection

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

673 THL

Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of notes and records of the local (Clarke and Frederick Counties, VA and Winchester, VA, USA) committee organized for the purpose of recognizing and commemorating the 1987 Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution.

(1 box) Last updated 10/03.

Biographical/Historical: The Clarke-Winchester-Frederick Bicentennial of the Constitution Commission was a group established by the Frederick County Board of Supervisors in 1987 for the purpose of preparing an overall plan for commemorating the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. They were to develop and coordinate observances and activities to commemorate the historic events that preceded and are associated with the U.S. Constitution.

Cite As: Clarke-Winchester-Frederick Bicentennial of the Constitution Commission Collection, 673 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

Agendas, 25 leaves, typescript

Memos/letters, 13 leaves, typescript; 1 leaf, manuscript; 1 page, manuscript/printed

Minutes, 4 leaves, typescript (photocopy)

Newsletter - "The Constitution Crier," Volume 1, No. 1, 2 items, printed; and masthead, 1 leaf, printed (photocopy)

Photographs - Mayor Zuckerman with Chairman Judge Robert K. Woltz and Vice-Chairman William Layton, b/w, 2 prints

Programs, 12 items, printed

Publicity, April 15, 1987, 1 leaf, typescript/printed

Purpose and procedures, resolutions, budget, and calendar, 15 leaves, typescript

Virginia Independent, July 1987, Volume 2, No. 3, 1 item, 8 pages, printed