03. Personal Papers

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Todd Eachus served as Chair of the Majority Policy Committee during the 2007-2008 session. The collection contains legislation originating in this Committee during that session, both House Bills and House Resolutions.

Scope and Contents Barbara McIlvaine Smith served as a Democrat for two sessions, heavily involved with issues related to education. As a member of the Education Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Special Education, Mrs. McIlvaine Smith introduced and co-sponsored many pieces of legislation related to special education funding and programs. Also, she introduced several pieces of legislation related to transportation issues in her district in Chester County. A subsequent collection was received on...

Scope and Contents This collection is a well-rounded representation of Lita Indzel Cohen’s time in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The majority of the collection consists of newspaper clippings covering many topics related to Cohen herself, constituent issues, and events in her district. Two topics in which Cohen felt strongly were abortion and gun control. Research material on both topics can be found in the Subject Files series, which also indicated Cohen’s pro-choice (when it came to...

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The majority of the collection contains examples of campaign pins. The remainder of the collection is press releases and newspaper clippings.

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This collection contains the Personal Papers of Melton, Mitchell W., Pennsylvania House of Representative two terms from 1969-1972. Additionally, there are records that date to as late as 2011 regarding the founding of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus.

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This collection consists of campaign material, press, and his article, “Natural Resources and the Public Estate: A Biography of Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.” A researcher interested in Mr. Kury or the topics in which he was involved should examine his Oral History Interview, which was conducted on May 17, 2006.

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of working files that Kathy Manderino produced and utilized during her time as a Representative in the Pennsylvania House from 2007-2010. Manderino's dedication to her constituents resulted in a collection that includes research, correspondence and amendments to Legislative Reform and her legacy bill that became a law: House Bill 1639 regarding Child Custody laws.The bulk of this collection contains comprehensive research related to Kathy Manderino's...

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The collection consists of legislation, Alzheimer’s Awareness Caucus materials, District Economic Revitalization material, correspondence, press, office handouts and citations.

Scope and Contents The Papers of Michael Gruitza consist of campaign materials, legislative work files, district work files, speeches, event files and photographs. These papers are an excellent example of the full spectrum of issues to which Mr. Gruitza responded serving his district, which include unemployment, disaster relief and economic revitalization as well as the tasks of a legislator in Harrisburg. A researcher interested in Michael Gruitza or the topics in which he was involved should examine his...

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This collection includes office handouts (usually provided in the district and Harrisburg offices for constituents on issues such as consumer protection, senior citizen programs, etc.), correspondence, press, newsletters and photographs.

This collection provides an overview of Mr. Snyder's career, especially through the newsletters which highlight the aspects of his job he considered successes as well as issues and problems his constituents faced.