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Overview of the Collection

Institutional History

Scope and Contents

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Minutes

Scrapbooks

Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge - Dallas Chapter

Institutional History

The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge was created in 1949 as an educational organization to promote patriotism and conservative ideals. It offers a variety of programs for teachers and students to "gain a greater awareness and appreciation of the principles and responsibilities of a free and democratic society." Local chapters affiliated with the Freedoms Foundation support the objectives, national awards programs and classes of the foundation. Dallas formed its own chapter on September 17, 1970 with its first awards presentation on May 15, 1971.

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains minutes of the board of directors for the Dallas Chapter of the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge from 1975 to 1984. Four scrapbooks created by the chapter document its activities and contain yearbooks, press clippings, photographs, awards materials and national Freedoms Foundation material.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

MA97-4 Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Dallas Chapter, Texas/Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library

Processing Information

Processed by Bryan McKinney

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Detailed Description of the Collection