The True Story of Smokey Bear - book, Braille edition, 2023

File — Box: 0033, Folder: 0006

Identifier: IV.A.

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The United States Forest Service Smokey Bear Collection spans the years 1902 to 2025, with the bulk of materials dating from 1944 to the 1990s. The collection preserves the history of the public service advertising activities of the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) program, which began in 1942. The collection also includes fire prevention promotional materials that pre-date the CFFP.

Materials in the Smokey Bear Collection document how public service advertising and marketing methods were used by the CFFP campaign to promote wildfire prevention. The collection also traces Smokey Bear's development as the campaign's enduring symbol and as a popular cultural figure. Material formats include posters, drawings, paintings, cartoons, pre-publication artwork, mechanicals, proofs, and other graphic materials. There are also photographs, motion picture films and video recordings, sound recordings, media kits, document files, and publications. The collection also includes many memorabilia items and licensed commercial products.

Dates

Creation: 2023

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Portions of the collection remain unprocessed, and researchers may need extra time and assistance from staff to access these.

Conditions Governing Use

The original non-Braille text was published by Western Publishing Company, Inc. The book has a note on the front cover that says: "Published Western Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright 1969 by Western Publishing Company, Inc. Any further reproduction or distribution other than in an accessible format is an infringement."

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Description

A spiral-bound copy of THE TRUE STORY OF SMOKEY BEAR book in Braille, transcribed in 2023 by Lynnette Taylor Temple Sisterhood Braille Group in Jacksonville, Florida.