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Subseries 5. Administration Policies and Achievements
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Scope and Content Notes: While Governor of Pennsylvania, Thornburgh and his staff found it useful to record and monitor both the "promises" made to constituencies during campaigns and the ensuing actions to accomplish these goals. The policy statements and issues of the '78 campaign had been meticulously and thoughtfully researched to address major concerns and problems of the Commonwealth and its citizens, and thus served as the foundation for the actions of the administration.
These files consist of many different monitors of accomplishments, most kept directly by staff, but some kept and collected by different departments and councils at the state level, such as the Insurance Department or the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. In every case the commitment of both staff and departments was to turn promises and goals into reality-achievements that would fulfill needs and be a source of pride. Researchers should be aware that many of these files include the famous "red pen" annotations of the Governor, with his questions, comments, and suggestions.
The files of administration policies and achievements (note that the terms "accomplishments" and "achievements" are used interchangeably in the files) are divided into the following sections: 1) Post-campaign "Promise Books," from1979; 2) Office of Policy Development (OPD) Policy binders, 1979-1980, which identify policies and monitored progress; 3) Back-up research "binders" for achievements, arranged alphabetically by topic and location, dating during Thornburgh's first term, 1978-1982; 4) General achievements, arranged chronologically by year 1979-1987, which include background research memos, and Zingers (succinct "nuggets" of achievement information); 5) Zingers and bullets, from 1985 and 1986; 6) Achievements arranged alphabetically by topic and region, 1979-1987; 7) Achievements binders,1980-1984, containing detailed investigation of areas of concern, and assessment of the changes, positive and negative, that occurred during the Thornburgh years; 8) and
The Thornburgh Years: A Legacy of Excellence, 1985-1987 (a publication, privately financed, documenting the administration's achievements and distributed to the public). The related files for
Legacy contain research as well as correspondence, proofs, and departmental achievement reports.
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Section: Post-Campaign 1978 "Promise Books
Box 172
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"Promise binder" from 1978 Campaign 1978
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Achievements binder derived from 1978 campaign "Promise Binder" (annotated) 1979
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"Priorities for Progress in Pennsylvania", a "Promise Binder" October, 1979
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Section: Office of Policy Development (OPD) Policy Binders, 1979-1980
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March 9-25, 1979
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March 26-April 13, 1979
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April 16-27, 1979
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April 30-May 11, 1979
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May 28-June 8, 1979
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June 11-22, 1979
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Box 173
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June 25-July 6, 1979
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July 30-August 24, 1979
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July 6-September 5, 1979
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Departmental Legislative Priorities binder, alpha topic list, Aging-Education 1981-1982
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Departmental Legislative Priorities binder, alpha topic list, Energy Council-Minorities 1981-1982
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Departmental Legislative Priorities binder, alpha topic list, Department of Public Works-Department of Transportation and Miscellaneous Priorities 1981-1982
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Box 174
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Early Administration Projects/Special Study Committees binder 1980-1981
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Section: Achievements and background, 1981-1982
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Achievements book 1980
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Achievements of administration's first two years 1981
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Achievements questionnaire 1981
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Administration priorities undated
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Administration progress letter 1980
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Agriculture 1981
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Budget, State Policy Initiatives prepared for NGA 1980
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Campaign 1978 1978
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Campaign commitments on crime 1978
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Corruption in state administration 1971-1978
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Economic development 1981
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Legislative achievements 1978-1981
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Northeast Pennsylvania 1981
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Other states, spending increases 1980-1981
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Pennsylvania Republican platform 1978
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Regulatory reform 1981
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Southwest Pennsylvania 1981
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Steel achievements 1979-1982
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Thornburgh innovations 1981-1982
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Box 175
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Transportation 1978-1982
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Waste cutting undated
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Weekly reports 1981
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Section: Zingers! and bullets, 1979-1986
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Zingers! and bullets 1979-1986
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Section: Achievements, arranged chronologically by year, 1979-1986
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Administration achievements, final draft January, 1987
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Correspondence, memos, notes (annotated) 1979-1986
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Section: Achievements, arranged alphabetically by topic and region, 1979-1987
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Advanced technology 1982-1987
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Agriculture 1982-1986
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Box 176
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Ben Franklin Partnership 1982-1988
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Bond ratings and debt statistics 1985
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"Choices for Pennsylvanians," interim summary and final report 1985-1986
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Crime, corrections and corruption 1986
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Department of Environmental Resources (DER) 1985-1986
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Education 1979-1986
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Education, "Turning the Tide: An Agenda for Excellence in Public Schools" 1984-1985
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Energy assistance 1985
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Erie County 1986
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Federal money to Pennsylvania 1985
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Governor's Energy Council 1979-1987
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Liquor Control Board (LCB) 1985
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Legislative Accomplishments 1979-1987
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Massachusetts article on welfare and unemployment 1985
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Mental health and mental retardation (MH/MR) 1985
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Minorities and women 1985
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Philadelphia 1985
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PIDA loans 1980-1986
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Box 177
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State government 1986-1987
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Tourism, commerce expansion 1984
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Transportation, CONRAIL 1985
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Unemployment 1985-1987
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Welfare 1979-1986
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Workers' compensation 1986
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Section: Achievements binders, 1980-1986
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Volume 1: Aging-Criminal justice 1980-1981
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Volume 1: Economic development-Education 1980-1981
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Volume 1: Energy-Environment 1980-1981
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Volume 2: Executive Management-Fiscal affairs and taxation 1980-1981
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Volume 2: Health-Mental health and mental retardation, (MH/MR) 1980-1981
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Volume 3: Military-Regulation 1980-1981
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Volume 3: Research and development-Miscellaneous 1980-1981
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County Achievements: Adams-Crawford Counties 1980-1981
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Box 178
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County Achievements: Cumberland-York Counties 1980-1981
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Topic list, Integrity in government-Geographic areas (annotated), work-in-progress February, 1982
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1982 binder, topic list, Integrity in Government-Transportation September, 1982
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1982 binder, topic list, Crime-Local government September, 1982
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1983-1984 binder, topic list, Zingers!-Budget and finance (annotated) 1983-1984
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1983-1984 binder, topic list, Taxes-1981 1983-1984
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1983-1984 binder, topic list, Community conservation-Miscellaneous 1983-1984
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November 1, 1985 binder, topic list, Agriculture-Women November 1, 1985
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November 12, 1985 binder, topic list, Budget and taxes-Arts November 12, 1985
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Final achievements binder October 20, 1986
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Section: The Thornburgh Years: A Legacy of Excellence
Box 179
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Background research and information on achievements 1985-1986
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Background research and publication proofs 1985-1986
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Correspondence regarding statistical information, proofs, copy and production estimates 1986
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Department achievements: Aging-Insurance 1986
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Administration achievements: Labor and Industry-Commission for Women 1986
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Administration achievements, collected for publication, consolidated by region 1986
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Additional material on crime August, 1986
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Accomplishments of the Pennsylvania General Assembly 1979-1982
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End of administration articles December, 1986
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The Thornburgh Years: A Legacy of Excellence final copy 1986
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Section: Departmental achievement reports, 1986-1987
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Achievement reports 1979-1986
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