03. Personal Papers

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The collection is comprised of files related to Wansacz's legislative work from 2000-2010. Topics include (but not limited to) landfills, HIV, teacher strikes, collective bargaining, inheritance tax (family farm), and naturopathic doctors. Several of these topics are renewed each session.

Also there are a number of resolutions honoring the memories of soldiers from his district that were killed in action in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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The collection contains material from campaigns, district materials, legislative work, speeches, news clipings, photographs, memorabilia, awards, and correspondence. Contains material from when he was a Councilman of Elizabeth Borough, Mayor of Elizabeth, PA and when he was a State Representative. A large portion of the collection contains photographs of the Elizabeth Bridge and of himself in meetings and ceremonies as Mayor and Representative.

Scope and Contents This collection contains files from 1992-1994, and consists of legislation, newsletters, speeches, news clippings, and various information on statewide topics. The collection provides a broad overview of Leo Joseph Trich Jr.'s work in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, highlighting the issues he focused on and the concerns of his constituents. Representative Trich was interested in issues related to tax reform, health care cost containment, reducing firearm violence in schools,...

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The papers of Katie True contain photocopied newspaper articles, invitations, campaign literature and speeches from True's terms as a Member of the House, her bid for Auditor General and as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Commission for Women. This information was gathered by True's secretary, Barbara, in her district office.

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The collection contains material from campaigns, House Resolutions, newsletters, newspaper clippings, photographs, and a war veterans' recognition ceremony Dvd.

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The collection includes materials removed from Lawless' office after his leaving. Many of the items relate to the day-to-day operations of the Representative (daily calendars, telephone logs, caucus handouts). No legislative files or campaign materials are found in the collection.

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This collection consists of legislative work files, district work, subject files and constituent surveys. Part of Rooney's legislative work focused on school violence, horse racing and issues related to child day care.

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The collection contains material from campaigns, legislative work, newsletters, speeches, and memoribilia. Contains a poster from one of Manderino's campaigns. Most of the collection is legislative work.

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The collection contains mainly subject files related to the Consumer Affairs Committee, in which Preston was chair for several sessions. Topics include telecommunications (telephone, television, internet), public utilities (electricity, gas), and mass transit.

Scope and Contents This collection is an outstanding resource for researchers investigating the history of legislatures as well as the modernizing process. The papers consist of an extensive library of books on legislatures in general and files on the National Conference of State Legislatures and Pennsylvania’s legislature. In addition, there are records on the Bicentennial Session of the General Assembly held in Philadelphia in 1976 as well as office activity records. Fineman’s speeches on a multitude of...