Box/Folder Folder Title, Dates
Series 4: Subject, 1981 - 1995
6/1 Agriculture - 1990 Farm Bill, 1988 - 1990
Contains background information and proposals to establish the 1990 Farm Bill; briefing materials; and journal articles. Correspondents include Beryl Anthony, Jr.
6/2 Agriculture - Farms in the Sunbelt, n. d., 1988, 1993
Contains agriculture definitions; farm owner and farm statistics; and journal article.
6/3 Agriculture - Great Lakes - Cargo Preference Mandates, 1993 - 1994
Contains legislative profiles dealing with cargo preferences; journal article; news clippings; memorandum; and United States Department of Transportation news release.
6/4 Agriculture - Great Lakes Set-Aside, 1990
Contains memorandum to Sunbelt Caucus members encouraging opposition to the Great Lakes Set-Aside; draft legislation; and Congressional Record excerpt. Correspondents include Joseph W. Westphal.
6/5 Agriculture - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Reorganization Plan, 1994
Folder includes journal article and report dealing with United States Department of Agriculture legislative reorganization. An Associated Press news release gives locations of USDA offices closing by county and city.
6/6 Battlefield Protection - Civil War Trust Background, n. d., 1992
Folder contains background information and strategic plan for preserving Civil War battlefields. A list of national battlefield sites with congressional districts and representation is included along with articles on Brandy Station.
6/7 Battlefield Protection - Commemorative Coin, 1992
Contains copy of H. R. 5126, the "Civil War Battlefield Commemorative Coin Act of 1992" to mint coins commemorating the 100th anniversary of Civil War Battlefield protection. Also included are 102nd Congress legislative status profiles; news clipping; and letter requesting co-sponsors for the bill.
6/8 Battlefield Protection - Conferences/Workshops, 1991 - 1992
Folder contains pamphlets; memoranda; and announcements regarding Battlefield Protection conferences and workshops.
6/9-10 Battlefield Protection - General, n. d., 1990 - 1992
Folders contain pamphlets; list of congressional representatives by state and county; The American Battlefield Protection Program draft briefing document; briefing statements; Civil War staff list and board of directors; Civil War conflict sites; Battlefield Protection Program budget; memoranda; and briefing information on battlefields at risk. Correspondents include E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (F 9); Lindsay Thomas (F 9); Joseph W. Westphal (F 10); and United States Department of the Interior (F 10).
6/11 Battlefield Protection - Gettysburg Trip, n. d., 1991 - 1992
Contains Gettysburg trip itinerary; Gettysburg National Military Park facts; and attendees list. Correspondents include United States Department of the Interior.
6/12 Battlefield Protection - Legislation, 1990 - 1991
Contains Congressional Record excerpt; legislation providing for designation of public lands as wilderness in Arizona; and 102nd Congress status profiles for various legislation.
6/13 Battlefield Protection - Preservation - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, 1987 - 1988, 1991
Contains reports dealing with the preservation of United States historic sites; preservation statutes; and natural resource issues.
6/14 Battlefield Protection - Preservation - National Trust for Historic Preservation, n. d., 1989, 1991 - 1992
Contains pamphlets; report; fact sheet; press release; funding briefs; copy of H. R. 1566 to provide for rehabilitation credit for preservation of low-income housing; activities reports for Sunbelt states; testimony; task force members with short biographical data; appointment of Richard Moe as 7th president of the National Trust for Historic preservation; and memorandum dealing with preservation of national historic sites. Correspondents include E. Clay Shaw, Jr.; J. Alex Mc Millan; Joseph W. Westphal; and James P. Moran.
6/15 Battlefield Protection - Preservation - Task Force, n. d., 1991 - 1992
Contains lists of task force members with respective preservation considerations; memoranda; meeting notes; task force symposium plans and agenda; and letters requesting support for passage of S. 225 allowing for acquisition and addition of historical properties to the National Park Service. Correspondents include Joseph W. Westphal; Douglas (Pete) Peterson; James P. Moran; E. Clay Shaw, Jr.; Lindsay Thomas; J. Alex McMillan; Civil War Battlefield Foundation; United States Department of the Interior; American Battlefield Protection; Smithsonian's Museum of American History; Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites; National Park Service; Bruce F. Vento; Ron Marlenee; and Heidi Hendrickson.
6/16 Battlefield Protection - Press/Clippings, n. d., 1991 - 1992
Contains news clippings; news releases; Congressional Record excerpt; Associated Press releases dealing with preservation and funding of Civil War battlefields and national historic sites; and a press release concerning a Civil War movie recreating the Battle of Gettysburg.
6/17 Battlefield Protection - Symposium - Preserving Cultural Landscapes, n. d., 1992
Contains background information for symposium fundraising including a list of Civil War non-profit foundations; meeting notes; pamphlet; grant application; draft budget; memoranda; requests and responses for co-sponsors; moderator biographies; symposium brochures; and final report on the symposium, "Preserving Cultural Landscapes: A Focus on Civil War Battlefields." Correspondents include Joseph W. Westphal; Duke Power Company Foundation; James P. Moran; J. Alex McMillan; and Amo Houghton.
6/18 Battlefield Protection - Symposium - Preserving Cultural Landscapes - Speakers, 1992
Contains potential speaker list; letters of invitation and responses to speakers for the symposium; biographical sketches of the speakers; and speech given by Alice Menks. Correspondents include Joseph W. Westphal; Lindsay Thomas; James P. Moran; E. Clay Shaw, Jr.; J. Alex McMillan; Frank A. Bracken; Civil War Battlefield Foundation; American Battlefield Protection Program; Association to Protect Civil War Sites; National Park Service; United States Department of the Interior; and Dale Bumpers.
6/19 Battlefield Protection - Symposium Groups - Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites (APCWS), n. d., 1991 - 1992
Contains various information dealing with the APCWS including acquired real estate; pamphlets; travel program; APCWS Newsletter: "Hallowed Ground," June, September, December 1991 and March, June 1992; proposal; bill draft to establish the Shenandoah Valley National Battlefields and Commission in the Commonwealth of Virginia; and seminar and cruise brochures. Correspondents include A. Wilson Greene.
6/20 Battlefield Protection - Symposium Groups/Foundations, 1991 - 1992
Contains lists of historic preservation groups, foundations, and individuals.
6/21 Census - Apportionment/Reapportionment, n. d., 1988 - 1989, 1991 - 1993
Contains 1990 census undercount on apportionments to states including social services block grants, airport improvement program; environment and public works and federal highway funding; memoranda; single year changes as a result of the 1990 census undercount; newsletter; journal article news release; and report. Correspondents include Steve Thompson.
6/22-23 Census - Appropriations/Funding Formulas, n. d., 1984 - 1985, 1987 - 1993, 1995
Folders contain census data and statistics regarding distribution of federal funds to state and local governments. Also included are federal grant formulas based on census results; journal article; copy of H. R. 66 requiring use of current population data to determine state and local benefits under federal programs; news briefs; newsletter; news clipping; memoranda; resolution; and report. Correspondents include Jim Bacchus (F 23); Dave McCurdy (F 23); E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (F 22, 23); Steve Thompson (F 23); Bill Grant (F 22); Connie Mack (F 22); Bob Graham (F 22); United States Department of Commerce: Bureau of the Census (F 22); Michael A. Andrews (F 22); Ronald Brown (F 23); United States Department of Education (F 22); United States Department of Transportation (F 23); Karen M. Kedrowski (task force coordinator) (F 23); United States General Accounting Office (F 22); and Charles E. Bennett (F 22).
6/24 Census - Appropriations/Funding Formulas - Department of Energy/Transportation, 1990, 1992
Contains federal grant funding formulas used to determine transportation and energy appropriations based on census data; funding formula statistics; draft legislation; and memoranda. Correspondents include United States Department of Energy; United States Department of Transportation; Connie Mack; John Seymour; Lindsay Thomas; E. Clay Shaw, Jr.; Andrew H. Card, Jr.; Pete Geren; Tim Valentine; and Karen M. Kedrowski (task force coordinator).
6/25 Census - Appropriations/Funding Formulas - Education, n. d., 1986, 1988, 1992 - 1993
Contains federal education legislation regarding funding formulas; census demographics by congressional district; requests for co-sponsors to H. Con. Res. 295; copy of H. Con. Res. 295 expressing Congress's wish that most current population data be used to allocate federal benefits; census data statistics dealing with federal education funding formulas; and newsletter. Correspondents include Michael A. Andrews; E. Clay Shaw, Jr.; United States Department of Education; and Dave McCurdy.
6/26-27 Census - Census Project, n. d., 1990 - 1993
Folder contains census 1990 undercount rates, growth rates, and population changes in Sunbelt states; census issues to be addressed by Sunbelt Caucus; draft legislation; journal article; memoranda; establishment of a Census Working Group; resource materials; and journal article. Correspondents include Steve Thompson (F 27); Dave McCurdy (F 27); E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (F 27); and Karen M. Kedrowski (task force coordinator) (F 27).
6/28 Census - Chapter One, 1992 - 1993
Folder contains Congressional Research Service report dealing with federal funding by state and the implications for Chapter One; and federal funding and allocations based on census data. Correspondents include Dave McCurdy; E. Clay Shaw, Jr.; Ronald Brown, Secretary of Commerce; Neal Smith; and Harold Rogers.
6/29 Census - City-by-City Data, 1991
Contains a 420-page demographic city-by-city report from the 1990 and 1980 censuses ranked by 1990 population.
6/30 Census - Intercensal/Decennial Adjustment, n. d., 1990 - 1993
Contains draft resolution; census data statistics; reports; statements; briefings; memoranda; news release; correspondence requesting and planning a census adjustment to counteract the 1990 census undercount; journal articles; testimony; draft legislation; issue brief; news clipping; letter signed by governors from southern/western states requesting Barbara Everitt Bryant, director of the United States Bureau of the Census, recant the decision not to use adjusted census data for annual intercensal estimates. Correspondents include Joseph W. Westphal; Jim Bacchus; James P. Moran; J. Roy Rowland; William J. Clinton; Deborah
Matthews (director of communications); Steve Thompson; and Ronald Brown.
6/31 Census - Intercensal/Decennial Adjustment - Bryant, Barbara Everitt, 1992
Contains a request from Barbara Everitt Bryant, director of the United States Bureau of the Census for comments on incorporating post enumerative survey (PES) results into the intercensal population estimates and notice of a public hearing to be held August 31, 1992. Also included in the folder are correspondence and comments from members of the Sunbelt Caucus, numerous congressmen, and city and state government officials. Correspondents include Lindsay Thomas; E. Clay Shaw, Jr.; James P. Moran; and Lloyd Bentsen.
6/32 Census - Intercensal/Decennial Adjustment - Darby, Michael R., 1991
Contains correspondence to Michael R. Darby, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs and the Administrator of the Economics and Statistics Administration from members of the Sunbelt Caucus, numerous congressmen, and city and state government officials commenting on an adjustment to the undercount of the 1990 census.
6/33 Census - Intercensal/Decennial Adjustment - Mosbacher, Robert A., 1991
Contains correspondence and legislation to Robert A. Mosbacher, Secretary of the Department of Commerce from members of the Sunbelt Caucus, numerous congressmen, and city and state government officials commenting on an adjustment to the undercount of the 1990 census; and a report.
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