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Select Committee to Study the Feasibility of a Harrisburg Law School (HR 313)
Collection
Identifier: 02-SS1985_18
Scope and Contents
The Select Committee held various meetings to discuss the feasibility of a law school in the greater Harrisburg area. Possible locations of the law school as well as partnerships were discussed during the meetings. Although the law school was not developed during the 1985-1986 session, it was established through Weidner University in 1989 and is located in Susquehanna Township in Dauphin County.Many of the files were from Chair Mark Cohen and his Research Analyst, Eric Fillman....
Dates:
1986
Select Committee to Study the Feasibility of a Harrisburg University (HR 323)
Collection — Box: 1 of 1
Identifier: 02-SS1989_04
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of public hearing testimony, statistics, and information collected for and by the Select Committee, reports and research, press clippings and the preliminary report of findings. If a final report was written, it was not sent to the House of Representatives Archives.
The Committee Chair was Democrat Mark Cohen. Members included Democrats Nicholas Colafella, Ronald Cowell, Jeffrey Coy, James Roebuck, Peter Wambach, and David Wright and Republicans John Davies, Lynn...
Dates:
1989-1990
Select Committee to Study the Operation of the Philadelphia International Airport (HR 542)
Collection
Identifier: 02-SS1999_08
Scope and Contents
The Committee held five public hearings and one site tour at Philadelphia International Airport. Testimony was included from some of the following individuals, Robert Hazel, Vice President of US Airways and Kent George, Director of Pittsburgh International Airport.
Dates:
2000
Select Committees, 1985-1986
Collection
Identifier: 2019_019
Scope and Contents
This collection has different special and select committees from 1985-1986. Each committee subject is included in the title of the file.
Dates:
1985 - 1986
Select Subcommittee on Education (HR 37)
Collection
Identifier: 02-SS1995_01
Scope and Contents
The Committee's final recommendations were that school districts and Intermediate Units should be prohibited from using school facilities and personnel to conduct comprehensive health care treatment programs, including screenings and evaluations related to the diagnosis of physical or mental health problems. School districts and Intermediate Units should be prohibited from making any referrals of students for health services, including mental health services, to anyone unless they have given...
Dates:
1995-1996
Select Subcommittee to Investigate Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Tests (HR 495)
Collection
Identifier: 02-SS1999_07
Scope and Contents
The Select Subcommittee held several fact-finding hearings receiving testimony from forty-three witnesses, which comprises one thousand five hundred and fifty- nine pages of transcripts. The transcripts from the Select Subcommittee’s hearings are located in the Archives and Records Center.The largest portion of this collection contains the minutes from the Select Subcommittee’s meetings. The Final Report is among these records and contains a summary of testimony from public...
Dates:
2000
September 11
Collection
Identifier: 07-SE03
Scope and Contents
Items related to the events remembering September 11, 2001. These include a remembrance ceremony on the House Floor, a tree-planting ceremony and plaque dedication ceremony for United Flight 93 in Schenksville, Somerset County.
Items include programs, photographs, remarks, press, videos and news clippings.
Dates:
2001-2002
Sharon Engdahl Collection, 1989-2012
Collection
Identifier: 03-2013.012
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the records of Sharon Engdahl, a Legislative Researcher from the years 1989 to 2012. Most of Engdahl's research included the topics of Mental Health including discrimination because of Mental Health or illness, parity and insurance coverage. While Engdahl focused most of her research on Mental Health in Pennsylvania, she also practiced comparative research by compiling data and other materials from other states. In addition to research, Engdahl's records contain...
Dates:
1989 - 2012; Other: Majority of material found within 1996-2011; Acquisition: 08/12/2013
Speaker Gavels
Collection
Identifier: 2014.033
Scope and Contents
The Speaker Gavel Collection is from Margaret Doebler of the Parliamentarian's Office. Gavels are from Samuel H. Smith, and Mike Turzai in various sizes.
Dates:
1987 - 2020
Speaker's Commission on Legislative Reform Collection
Collection
Identifier: 02-SS2007_04
Scope and Contents
Collection includes Meeting summaries, personal notes and the research of Michael Vereb, State Representative and secretary of the Commission, and Eric Fillman, Democratic Caucus legal coucil. The collection also includes copies and analysis of bills and amendments introduced and voted on by the Speaker's Commission, testimonies presented to the Commission, Final drafts of the new Rules of the House and news releases, meeting votes and newspaper clippings regarding the Speaker's...
Dates:
2007