Box 1

Includes 1978 letter from Nike and notes likely sent with clippings, as well as Joan and Scott Samuelson's wedding invitation, postcards, and letters to and/or from JBS. Also includes material related to the brown tail moth in Maine, and its impact on Casco Bay Islands, including Cliff Island.

Notes sent to Nancy and Andre Benoit after JBS won the Olympic gold. Arrived in a folder marked "Letters answered, 1984."

Includes bib numbers, course maps, and finish times, as well as Bowdoin College trace records.

Includes August/September 1952 issue of World Communique signed by Bob Mathais, Olympic Decathlon winner; envelopes of "stamps for Joanie" (perhaps a collection); cover of Running tide (1987), book by JBS.

Includes material related to partnerships with Nike, Wheaties, and Portland Press Herald.

Recognitions include Maine Sports Hall of Fame, Road Runners Club of America, The Bowdoin Prize, Cape Elizabeth sculpture, NASPE Hall of Fame, Maine Women's Fund, and Thomas College commencement citation, as well as press releases by Bowdoin College News Service.

Includes photo of JBS crossing finish line in the 1979 Boston marathon.