Children In Advertising Collection
Description
From 1976 to 1978 the Georgetown Law Center held the Children and Advertising Seminar to discuss the effects of advertising on children. This collection contains varied sources discussing television broadcasting and advertising, focusing on children’s television issues related to, the First Amendment, nutrition, violence, minorities, women, sex, and child abuse.
There are also numerous Government related materials including Senate subcommittee hearing documents; legislative materials; FTC & FCC regulatory codes, and Congressional transcripts and reports. The collection also contains Industry related materials including commercial storyboards and industry reports that focus on advertising and children’s nutrition. The collection has multimedia as well, in the form of commercials clips, such as Uncle Ben’s Rice Treasure Hunt 1976 and Post Grape Nuts Rookies 1974.
Dates
- 1969 - 1979
- Majority of material found within 1977 - 1978
Creator
- Georgetown University. Law Center (Organization)
Rights
All rights reserved by Georgetown University Law Library unless otherwise noted.
Extent
3.4 linear feet ((4 archival storage boxes) 3 banker boxes 3 media boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Collection retains the original order.
Processing
Special Collections processed these materials: i.e. removing acidic folders and replacing with acid-free folders, removing staples and recording each folder contents on inventory list.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Children In Advertising Collection (Coll. 5)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts Repository
Georgetown University Law Library
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Washington D.C. 20001
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