Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.11

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Dick Thornburgh Papers, Series XI. Governor of Pennsylvania
Creator
Thornburgh, Dick
Collection Number
AIS.1998.30.11
Extent
691.25 Linear Feet
Date
1979-1987
Abstract
Dick Thornburgh's eight years as Governor of Pennsylvania include the handling of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident only seventy-one days after Thornburgh's inauguration on January 16, 1979. Other topics of interest: eight years of budgets holding spending increases to less than the rate of inflation, new code of conduct for state officials, welfare reform, anti-crime legislation and mandatory sentencing, economic and job growth, Ben Franklin Partnership, reduction of the state's bureaucracy, improving state's educational system, and cutting personal and business taxes. "Weekly Reports" by the cabinet to the Governor provide insight to departmental goals and accomplishments. The successful tourism campaign, "You've Got a Friend in Pennsylvania," is included in files and in audio visual items. Thornburgh's fellow Governors elected him to the Executive Committee of the National Governors' Association and to chair the Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG) and the Republican Governors Association (RGA). President Reagan appointed Governor Thornburgh to the Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR). Of particular note regarding all issues are the extensive files from the Office of Policy Development (OPD). The Governor files are divided into twenty-six sections, as follows, each with informative introductory notes: Speeches; News Releases; Transcripts; Executive Orders; Administrative Achievements; Office of Budget and Administration; Three Mile Island (TMI); Office of Policy Development TMI; Office of Policy Development, Plosila; Office of Policy Development, Miller; Office of Policy Development Analysts Reports; Press Secretary; General Counsel; Governor, Staff and Ginny Thornburgh (VJT); Committees and Commissions; National Governor Organizations (NGA, CONEG, and RGA); Appointive Positions (EXIM Bank, and ACIR); Departmental Weekly Reports; Scheduling; Events; Foreign Trips; County Books; Correspondence; News Clippings; Transition '87; and Reports. Digital reproductions of portions of the collection are available online.
Language
English .
Subtitle
Series XI. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1979-1987
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

    • Ben Franklin Partnership
    • General Public Utilities Corporation
    • Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
    • Metropolitan Edison Company
    • National Governors' Association
    • Pennhurst Center (Pa.)
    • Pennsylvania. Department of Transportation
    • Pennsylvania. Governor (1979-1987: Thornburgh)
    • Pennsylvania. Liquor Control Board
    • Pennsylvania. State System of Higher Education
    • Republican Governors Association
    • Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.)
    • U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    Personal Names

    • Denton, Harold
    • Scranton, William W. (William Warren)
    • Thornburgh, Dick
    • Thornburgh, Ginny (Judson)

    Geographic Names

    • China
    • Hong Kong
    • Japan
    • Pennsylvania -- Appropriations and expenditures
    • Pennsylvania -- Economic conditions
    • Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1951-

    Other Subjects

    • Business and Industry
    • Social action
    • Urban renewal -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Tourism -- Pennsylvania
    • School improvement programs -- Pennsylvania
    • Public welfare -- Pennsylvania
    • Public schools -- Pennsylvania
    • Civil service reform -- Pennsylvania
    • Economic development projects -- Pennsylvania
    • Education -- Pennsylvania
    • Factory and trade waste -- Environmental aspects
    • Industrial promotion -- Pennsylvania
    • Judges -- Selection and appointment -- Pennsylvania
    • Pollution -- Law and legislation
    • Women
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Personal papers
    • Government
    • Politics

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