International Battle of the Bands
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Free, Jerry D.
label: Collection Creator
content: International Battle of the Bands, Inc.
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content: International Battle of the Bands Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0677, Series 1.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series contains band, club, and radio contracts, files on the staging of regional, final, and future competitions, sponsorship information, financial records, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, and promotional materials.  The records are arranged chronologically by year of competition and then organized into record groups (e.g., contracts, correspondence, publicity, etc.) For each year=s competition.  The material within each record group is arranged alphabetically by either name of club or band.  Of particular interest in this series are the financial records of the IBB corporation as well as the legal documentation of IBB=s lawsuit against the Anheuser-Busch Corporation.  These records may explain why the IBB contests eventually became non-existent.  Also of particular interest in this series are the many scrapbooks that contain news clippings, programs, and souvenirs that provide a comprehensive record of each annual competition.