Series 1. Grandparents Day (Boxes 1-7, 11-12, 13-14, 16-18)

Containers:

Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5, Box 6, Box 7, Folder 1-15, Box 11, Folder 4-28, Box 12, Folder 1-12, Box 13, Folder 23-24, Box 14, Box 16, Folder 19-24, Box 17, Box 18

Scope and content:

Documents efforts to establish and promote Grandparent's Day. Most records prior to the 1979 Presidential Proclamation are attempts to lobby governors to issue state proclamations. Many records after 1979 are related to promotional efforts. Correspondents include governors, senators, congressmen, hospitals, nursing homes, radio stations, public relations staff, etc. Includes certificates, clippings, drawings (by children), greeting cards, letters, lists, newsletters, magazines, moving pictures (video), photographs, plaques, poems, posters, proclamations, programs, reports, ribbons, sound recordings (cassettes), and speeches.

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