Reporter's notebook owned by Jim Vance: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A spiral bound reporter’s bound notebook owned by Jim Vance. The notebooks has a white cover with black text. At the top of the cover is “REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK / CARNET DE JOURNALISTE.” A handwritten “V” in black ink is next to this printed text. Additional text on the front regards maker and manufacturing details. Three pages of handwritten notes in black ink are on the inside of the notebook. The notes refer to events and Speeches at the 2012 Democratic National Convention including the keynote address given by President Bill Clinton September 5, 2012. Printed on the back cover of the notebook is “Earthwise / AMPAD.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2011; used September 5, 2012
• Manufactured by: Esselte, Swedish, founded 1913
• Owned by: Jim Vance, American, 1942 - 2017
• Subject of: President Bill Clinton, American, born 1946
• Subject of: 2012 Democratic National Convention, American, 2012 - 2012
• Type: notebooks
• Medium: ink on paper, metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 1/4 × 3 15/16 × 9/16 in. (21 × 10 × 1.5 cm)
• Place used: Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2018.107.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of James H. Vance, III
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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