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MG-162 The Edwin Stricker Collection, 1960-1984

1 box 1 folder .1 cubic ft.


Description: This collection is a scrapbook of photocopied correspondence and newspaper clippings. Contains some biographical information. Includes letters with ideas for the National Alliance of Business Men, the idea to send welfare checks directly to the bank, and the beginning of Operation Cookies.



Folder 1 Photocopied Scrapbook, 83 pages

Pages 1-4 Military letters.
Pages 5-22 Letter written to all governors in 1967 with the idea of the National Alliance of Business Men, and the replies of some.
Pages 23-27 Letter written to all governors in 1968 with the idea for welfare checks to be mailed to the banks so they wouldn't be lost or stolen, and replies.
Pages 28, 37 Letter to Denver Post, 4 November 1969.
Pages 29-36, 38-56Correspondence.
Page 57 Newspaper clipping.
Pages 58-63, 79-83 Operation Cookies. Letter written November 1983 to introduce idea. Contains biographical information.
Pages 64-67 Newspaper clippings about Operation Cookies.
Pages 68-78 Correspondence about Operation Cookies.



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