Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.20

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Dick Thornburgh Papers, Series XX. Audio Recordings
Creator
Thornburgh, Dick
Collection Number
AIS.1998.30.20
Extent
547 items
Date
1976-1993
Abstract
The Dick Thornburgh audio collection, consists of 547 audio tapes, with 9 hours from 31 items online here. The content of the collection of tapes is extensive and highly varied, from the conflicts and excitement of campaigns to press conferences and speeches related to the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island (TMI). There are numerous press interviews with particularly challenging questions and answers regarding virtually all the significant issues and accomplishments of Thornburgh's career. The earliest audio is the swearing in ceremony of Lieutenant Governor Scranton in January 1979, and the latest a 1993 BBC interview regarding Thornburgh's year as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Digital reproductions of portions of the collection are available online.
Language
English .
Subtitle
Series XX. Audio Recordings, 1976-1993
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 (1979-1987: Thornburgh)
    • Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.)
    • United States. Attorney-General
    • United States. Congress. Senate -- Elections
    • Pennsylvania. Governor -- Elections

    Personal Names

    • Thornburgh, Dick
    • Thornburgh, Ginny (Judson)

    Geographic Names

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

    Other Subjects

    • Politics
    • Women
    • Political campaigns -- Pennsylvania
    • Social action
    • Environment
    • Personal papers
    • Government

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