03. Personal Papers

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This collection is comprised of various materials that Sandra Major produced and utilized during her time as a Representative in the Pennsylvania House from 1995 to 2016. Two cubic feet worth of records contain mostly her prime-sponsored legislation and district materials. Many of the items deal with issues relating to Marcellus Shale and fracking within her district. The geography of her district became a center point of this booming industry in the early 2000s.

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of various materials that Julie Harhart produced and utilized during her time as a Representative in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1995 to 2016. Representative Harhart’s collection is comprised of 4.5 cubic feet in addition to multiple oversized items. Materials included are legislative records pertaining to issues that were of high importance to her including child welfare, women’s health, adoption, safe schools, and crime reduction. Also...

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This collection contains campaign materials, research related to legislation, news clippings, photographs, and a substantial number of awards. The majority of legislative work pretains to environmental concerns, which were a primary focus of Rep. Carole Rubley during her time in office. Taken together, this collection gives a researcher interested in Rep. Rubley a holistic view of her interests and how she spent her time as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Scope and Contents This collection reflects the 19 year career of Representative L. Chris Ross. During that time, Ross fought for environmental protection laws, consumer credit code reform and consumer payday loan debt decreases all of which are shown through his legislative works. He served on numerous committees such as: Urban Affairs, Commerce, Environmental Resources and Energy, Health and Human Services, Local Government, and Liquor Control. He served as the Chairman on the following committees: Liquor...

Scope and Contents The collection represents part of a thirteen year House of Reprentative career in the House of Mauree Gingrich (2003-2016). Mauree Gingrich was particuarly concerned with matters of sexual crimes against women and children. This collection contains a host of legislation that Gingrich helped pass or to introduce. Not all legislation contained within the collection was passed. The rest of the collection contians materials related to her campaign from early 2002, the intial year as district...

Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of various materials that Representative William (Bill) F. Adolph, Jr. (R) produced and utilized during his time serving the 165th Legislative District of Delaware County from 1989-2016. Representative Adolph served as Chair of the Appropriations Committee from 2010 till his retirement in 2016. His legislative work covers various topics and includes, but is not limited to, regulations on Ponzi schemes, avocation for save nursing practices, tax reform, and...

Scope and Contents This collection represents part of a 10 year career as House of Representative member Timothy S. Mahoney. Mahoney was a Democrat who served as Representative of both Fayette and Somerset Counties. While in the House he was particularly interested in generating awareness for State Police and Firefighters by passing resolutions that honored their services for Pennsylvania. Two of the larger acts that he was involved in was both the School Consolidation Act as well as the Open Records...

Scope and Contents The collection represents a small piece of Lawrence H. Curry's time in office. While he was in office from 1993 to 2012 the personal papers from this collection do not reach to that time limit with the majority of the papers found here between the years 1993 and 2009. Representative Curry's main focus was on educational reform while a Democrat in office. Many of his legislative efforts focused on making schools better for students to learn in. He was very informed on the subject as he...

Scope and Contents This collection reflects the 42 year career of Representative Mark B. Cohen. During that time, Cohen fought for laws regarding same sex marriage, education, adoption, and health care all of which are seen throughout his legislative works. He served as Majority Caucus Chairman for 3 terms (1989-1990, 1991-1992, 2009-2010), Majority Whip (1993-1994), and Minority Caucus Chairman ( 1995- 2006). He served on the State Government Committee as Minority Chair. This collection contains...

Scope and Contents This collection contains extensive material from 1975-1996 regarding David Wright’s legislative work and events that were happening in Clarion County. This collection primarily contains newspaper clippings and David Wright’s executive planners. This collection also contains select examples of David Wright’s campaign material and programs from various events that Representative Wright attended. Some of the select topics include agriculture, pornography and phone pornography, student loans,...