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[Identification of item], Radio TV Reports Infomercial Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Radio TV Reports Infomercial Collection were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2012.
Processed by Richard Collier, Dec. 2012
Encoded by Richard Collier, Dec. 2012
Accession 2012-0137 is described in this finding aid.
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Collection spans the years 1990-1996 and consists of over 800 as-broadcast televised infomercials and public service programs recorded on VHS. Topics include direct marketing for health and beauty aids, kitchen appliances, exercise equipment, wealth management and collectible items. Celebrities featured as spokespersons include Cher, Joe Theisman, Richard Simmons and Victoria Jackson. Services represented include health and insurance providers and nonprofit organizations such as the New Jersey Education Association.
VHS tapes have been numbered. Collection arranged numerically. Gaps in the numbering represent tapes not received with the collection.
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Related material may also be found in the following Hartman Center collections: