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Guide to the Catherine Baker Knoll Papers and Photographs 1940-2008

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Title
Catherine Baker Knoll papers and photographs 1940-2009
Subject
Knoll, Catherine Baker, May family, Baker family, Knoll family, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (2003-2008 : Knoll), Pennsylvania. Treasury, Family reunions--Pennsylvania--McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania--Politics and government, McKees Rocks (Pa.)--History
Description
The Catherine Baker Knoll papers and photographs contain records created while she (CBK) held office as the Pennsylvania state treasurer and as lieutenant governor. There are also family reunion materials and Agnes May (her aunt) estate papers. Her public office materials include program and initiative reports, memorandum and correspondence from the office of the lieutenant governor, campaign contribution and finance reports, budget and commission reports from the state treasurer office, and transcripts of speeches she gave. A variety of images depict her at government functions and community events. Film footage, primarily from her time as lieutenant governor depicts her at inaugurations, public events, and delivering speeches. There are scrapbook materials which document her career, family reunion booklets, and May family papers. Several oversized materials consist of a large portrait of her as lieutenant governor, a smaller photograph of her with a unidentified clergyman, several state treasurer campaign signs, and a May family photograph album. The Catherine Baker Knoll papers and photographs are housed in 10 boxes and have been separated into three groups: I. Public Office; II. Media; III. Personal and Family., Catherine Baker Knoll papers and photographs, 1940-2009, MSS 0766, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Mina Baker Knoll Gift 2010 2010.0267, Catherine Baker Knoll was involved in Pennsylvania state politics for nearly 40 years, serving two terms each as state treasurer (1989-1997) and lieutenant governor (2003-2008). She was born in McKees Rocks, Pa., and attended Duquesne University. She married Charles A. Knoll Sr. in 1952, and the two had five children. In 2008, Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer, and passed away the same year.., Gift of Mina Baker Knoll., Processed MSS 0766 01412 A. Toner, Collection level finding aid available. A preliminary inventory was created by library and archives staff in 2010
Contributor
Knoll, Catherine Baker., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
Date
1940-2008
Type
Collection, Text
Format
print, manuscript, 6.0 linear ft.
Identifier
oclc:799286607, pitt:US-QQS-mss766
Language
eng
Relation
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-mss766
Coverage
Pennsylvania, McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, McKees Rocks (Pa.)
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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