Records of the Harvard University Bicentennial Exposition on the American Revolution, 1974-1976 (inclusive).

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Records of the Harvard University Bicentennial Exposition on the American Revolution, 1974-1976 (inclusive).

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Materials relating to an exhibition commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution. It opened in mid-June, 1975, under the title "Minds and manners: Harvard, 1636-1976" (Harvard Gazette, 12 June 1975) and reopened in June, 1976, under the title "Harvard in the Life of its Time,Images and Sounds"/coordinating producer: Elizabeth W. Wood (Harvard Gazette, 11 June 1976). The contents of this series have been divided into three categories: 1. administrative records (grant proposals, including one titled "An American college: the continuing challenge"; correspondence, budget, etc.); 2. research materials (research notes, draft of exhibition text, exhibition design, scripts for slide tape, etc.); 3. exhibition materials (graphic materials for time line, gallery of faces, and exhibition text; line film photonegatives for panels; audio tapes; etc.)

2 cubic feet in 15 containers

Harvard University Archives.

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Harvard University Archives.

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