Records, 1862-2008 (bulk 2001-2006).

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Records, 1862-2008 (bulk 2001-2006).

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This collection documents the organization, planning and operation of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary from the time the BFT Consortium was established in 2000 till the project was wrapped up in mid 2008. The documentation of the project consists of the following main aspects: 1. Meeting records, 2000-2007, of the two governing and advisory bodies that initiated and oversaw the project, namely, the government-appointed Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission and the Franklin Tercentenary Consortium Advisory Board formed by an alliance of five local sponsoring organizations, three of which were founded by Franklin. Related to the two institutional bodies is also a file of lobbying services with the Congress; 2. Files of the main exhibition "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World," and other related programs, which include two functions to mark Franklin's 299th and 300th birthday in succession, a commemorative coin program, the Frankliniana database to document and make accessible on-line the entire event, and the publishing of a catalog. This group also includes two surveys of the exhibition; 3. All administrative papers recording transactions between the BF Tercentenary and consultants, designers and contractors that were invited to help create and produce the exhibition and other programs of the project; correspondence with counterpart institutions in all six venues of the exhibition--Philadelphia, St. Louis, Houston, Denver, Atlanta and Paris; all administrative papers related to public relations, media coverage, and marketing activities; papers regarding financial activities, funding organizations, insurance policies, tax exemption concerns, and invoices. This group also includes correspondence from the president, executive director and chief curator of the Tercentenary; 4. Material of such special genres as photographs, compact disks with preserved photo images, clippings from press and other media, and slides.

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University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center

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