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Date: | Fri, 7 Feb 1997 17:26:19 -0500 |
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Fellow list readers:
Our museum was recently given a very large collection of 20th-century
American political campaign items. The donor was a delegate at 5
Republican Party conventions and one of the things he brought home
from the 1960 convention was a book of matches with joke candidate on
it (a horse named Joe Smith). The piece is in mint condition--the
cover has hardly been opened and there is a little calendar (January,
1961) with inauguration day circled, which acts as a cover for the
matches.
This is my problem: what do I do with the matches? The book is in
such beautiful condition, I hate to remove the matches, but on the
other hand, we're all a touch wary of live matches in our collection.
Has anyone ever read anything on this topic, or has anyone had any
experience with, say, a matchbook collection in a museum collection?
Thanks for your help!
Christine Mouw
Assistant Curator
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum
West Branch, Iowa 52358
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