Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.09

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Dick Thornburgh Papers, Series IX. Campaign for Governor of Pennsylvania
Creator
Thornburgh, Dick
Collection Number
AIS.1998.30.09
Extent
85 Linear Feet
Date
1978
Abstract
Dick Thornburgh officially kicked off his campaign for Pennsylvania Governor on January 10, 1978. After a Primary victory, William W. Scranton III held the number two spot on the Republican ticket. On the Democrat side the victors were Pete Flaherty, popular former Pittsburgh Mayor, and an improbable school teacher, Robert P. Casey. A masterful campaign strategy was successful, and early evening on election night the Thornburgh/Scranton ticket was seen to win handily. This campaign matched two highly regarded Western Pennsylvanian candidates against each other with full documentation here of both political and issue components. Opposition research includes much information about Pittsburgh during Flaherty's years as mayor. Debate issue and response materials are extensive. All endorsements, for both tickets, are included as well as Thornburgh's ensuing inaugural plans, related photos, and videos. The post-election transition study team reports provide significant insight into priority areas for the new administration. There are twelve sections of campaign files: Speeches and Testimony; News Releases; Endorsements, Responses, and Articles; Campaign in Progress; Issue Research; Opposition Research; Planning Documents and Memoranda; Campaign Name Files; Dickman Files and Polls; Candidate Thornburgh's Files; Chron Files and News Clippings; Transition and Inaugural. There also are five scrapbooks of the campaign with some information not contained elsewhere. Digital reproductions of portions of the collection are available online.
Language
English .
Subtitle
Series IX. Campaign for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1978
Author
Nancy Watson
Sponsor
This finding aid is available on line as result of a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grant to the University of Pittsburgh and with collaboration of the Archives Service Center and the Digital Research Library.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dick Thornburgh, February 27, 1998

Previous Citation

Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- , AIS.1998.30, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- , AIS.1998.30, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Nancy Watson, Curator of the Thornburgh Papers, Holly Mengel, Project Archivist, and a team of graduate students. Processing was made possible by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2002.

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Holly Mengel in 2004. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 3608599

Copyright

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Pennsylvania. Governor -- Elections, 1978
    • Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    Personal Names

    • Casey, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)
    • Flaherty, Peter F.
    • Scranton, William W. (William Warren)
    • Thornburgh, Ginny (Judson)
    • Thornburgh, Dick

    Geographic Names

    • Pennsylvania -- Economic conditions
    • Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Politics and government
    • Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1951-

    Other Subjects

    • Organized crime -- United States
    • Urban renewal -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Personal papers
    • Politics
    • Government
    • Business and Industry
    • Political campaigns -- Pennsylvania
    • Environment
    • Tourism -- Pennsylvania
    • Pollution -- Law and legislation
    • Factory and trade waste -- Environmental aspects
    • Industrial promotion -- Pennsylvania
    • Economic development projects -- Pennsylvania

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