{"value"=>"<p>Bard's files on National Roadside Council (NAS) constitute the largest series in the collection. The papers consist of Bard and Lawton's correspondence with one another and with civic organizations, city planners, advertisers, public officials, garden clubs, trade associations, and sister organizations in other states. The correspondence concerns the campaign to regulate billboard advertising through local zoning ordinances and state and federal legislation, the litigation of billboard cases in New York and other states, the publication of the Council's news bulletin, and related matters. Correspondents include Thomas C. Desmond, Hope Goddard Iselin (Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin), Franklin B. Kirkbridge, Samuel H. Ordway, Jr., Roger William Riis, American Civic Association, American Planning and Civic Association, California Roadside Council, Norman Bel Geddes & Co., New Jersey Roadside council, New York State Roadside Council, New York State Committee for Billboard Legislation, and Reader's Digest. There is also correspondence (1913-1916) and minutes of the Mayor's Billboard Advertising Commission of which Bard was secretary. Printed matter present includes copies of the National Roadside Bulletin (published by the NRC), and numerous pamphlets, flyers, brochures, and clippings.</p>"}