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Title: California Hands Across America records
Collection number: 0227
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.96 Linear feet
5 boxes
Date: 1986
Abstract: The records of the California office of Hands Across America include correspondence, memoranda, promotional materials, newspaper
clippings, and ephemera. Held on May 25, 1986, Hands Across America was a benefit event staged to raise money to fight hunger
and homelessness.
[Box/folder# or item name], California Hands Across America records, Collection no. 0227, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
One 500ml bottle of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP was removed from the collection.
The collection contains published articles; researchers are reminded of the copyright restrictions imposed by publishers on
reusing their articles and parts of books. It is the responsibility of researchers to acquire permission from publishers when
reusing such materials. The copyright to unpublished materials belongs to the heirs of the writers. Permission to publish,
quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
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Hands Across America was a benefit event staged on May 25, 1986, in which millions of people held hands for fifteen minutes
along a path across the continental United States. The event was intended to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness
and was the brainchild of the group USA for Africa. The event netted about $15 million, $1.2 million of which was disbursed
to charities in California in 1987. The Director of the California Hands Across America office was Roger Carrick. Edd Hernandez
was the Field Director, while Kenneth Fitzgerald was in charge of promotions and Victoria Pipkin was the office's Press Secretary.
Kevin Irion was the Volunteer and Customer Service Coordinator.
This collection contains the records of the California office of Hands Across America. The materials present in this collection
include correspondence, internal memoranda, promotional materials, press releases, ephemera, newspaper clippings and artifacts.
Please see the Scope and Content notes of individual series for more information.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hands Across America. -- Archives
USA for Africa. -- Archives
Charities--California--Archival resources
Clippings
Correspondence
Ephemera
Fund raising--Archival resources
Memorandums
Press releases
Volunteers--California--Archival resources