Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.19

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Dick Thornburgh Papers, Series XIX. Videos
Creator
Thornburgh, Dick
Collection Number
AIS.1998.30.19
Extent
271 items
Date
1978-2010
Abstract
The Dick Thornburgh video collection, consists of 251 videos from the years 1978-1991, 2003, 2009, which begin with Thornburgh's gubernatorial campaign in 1978, and continue up to and including his campaign for U.S. Senate in 1991. There are 55 videos (14.5 hours total) available here online. Subjects and events include, for example: campaign ads, inaugurals, budget addresses, appearances on McNeil/Lehrer both as Governor and Attorney General, news conferences from the week of the accident at Three Mile Island, a brief clip of the welcoming by Governor Thornburgh of Pope John Paul II to Philadelphia, 1979, Attorney General's announcement of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) related indictments, and the first anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Digital reproductions of portions of the collection are available online.
Language
English .
Subtitle
Series XIX. Videos, 1978-2010
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
Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman)
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

    • Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.)
    • United States. Attorney-General
    • United States. Congress. Senate -- Elections
    • Pennsylvania. Governor -- Elections
    • Pennsylvania. Governor (1979-1987: Thornburgh)

    Personal Names

    • Thornburgh, Ginny (Judson)
    • Thornburgh, Dick

    Geographic Names

    • United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
    • Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1951-

    Other Subjects

    • Political campaigns -- Pennsylvania
    • Personal papers
    • Government
    • Politics
    • Environment

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