Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.11
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Dick Thornburgh papers. 1979-1987. Series XI, 1979-1987. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1979-1987, Papers of Dick Thornburgh. 1979-1987. Series XI, 1979-1987. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1979-1987, Thornburgh papers. 1979-1987. Series XI, 1979-1987. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1979-1987
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Thornburgh, Dick, Thornburgh, Ginny (Judson), Scranton, William W. (William Warren) , 1947-, Denton, Harold, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart., Pennsylvania. Governor (1979-1987 : Thornburgh), Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.), Ben Franklin Partnership., Pennsylvania. Department of Transportation., National Governors' Association., Republican Governors Association., Pennsylvania. Liquor Control Board., Metropolitan Edison Company., General Public Utilities Corporation., U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission., Pennhurst Center (Pa.), Pennsylvania. State System of Higher Education., Urban renewal--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Public welfare--Pennsylvania, Economic development projects--Pennsylvania, Industrial promotion--Pennsylvania, Factory and trade waste--Environmental aspects, Pollution--Law and legislation, Tourism--Pennsylvania, Civil service reform--Pennsylvania, Judges--Selection and appointment--Pennsylvania, Public schools--Pennsylvania, School improvement programs--Pennsylvania, Education--Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1951-, Pennsylvania--Economic conditions, Pennsylvania--Appropriations and expenditures
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The files are arranged in ttwenty-six sections: I. Speeches; II. News Releases; III. Transcripts; IV. Executive Orders; V. Administrative Achievements; VI. Office of Budget and Administration; VII. Three Mile Island (TMI); VIII. Office of Policy Development, TMI; IX. Office of Policy Development, Plosila; X. Office of Policy Development, Miller; XI. Office of Policy Development, Analysts Reports; XII. Press Secretary; XIII. General Counsel; XIV. Governor, Staff and Ginny Thornburgh; XV. Committees and Commissions; XVI. National Governor Organizations (NGA, CONEG, and RGA); XVII. Appointive Positions (EXIM Bank, and ACIR); XVIII. Departmental Weekly Reports; XIX. Scheduling; XX. Events; XXI. Foreign Trips; XXII. County Books; XXIII. Correspondence; XXIV. News Clippings; XXV. Transition, 1987; XXVI. Reports., Dick Thornburgh papers, 1932-[ongoing] , AIS 1998:30, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh., Gift of Dick Thornburgh, February 27, 1998., Dick Thornburgh's eight years as Governor of Pennsylvania included the handling of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident only seventy-one days after his inauguration on January 16, 1979. Other topics of interest: eight years of budgets holding spending increases to less than the rate of inflation, new code of conduct for state officials, welfare reform, anti-crime legislation and mandatory sentencing, economic and job growth, Ben Franklin Partnership, reduction of the state's bureaucracy, improving state's educational system, and cutting personal and business taxes. "Weekly Reports" by the cabinet to the Governor provide insight to departmental goals and accomplishments. The successful tourism campaign, "You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania," is included in files and in audio visual items. Thornburgh's fellow Governors elected him to the Executive Committee of the National Governors' Association and to chair the Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG) and the Republican Governors Association (RGA). President Reagan appointed Governor Thornburgh to the Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR). Of particular note regarding all issues are the extensive files from the Office of Policy Development (OPD)., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-ais199830-11
Contributor
Thornburgh, Dick., University of Pittsburgh (depositor)