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CORRESPONDENCE

SERIES I
DATES
15.5′ (31 Boxes)
1963, 1965, 1966-68

The Correspondence file contains letters in response to constituents’ questions about bills of interest to them and other issues involving constituents, such as roads built through their property or requests for aid from the governor. It also contains responses to requests for information—often from children or students wanting information about Rhode Island. During this period of the Vietnam War, many servicemen requested the Rhode Island state flag for their mess hall. Other correspondents requested photographs, autographs, money, time or objects for fund-raising events. Chafee also wrote bereavement letters, responded to applications for employment (particularly after the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964), and wrote letters to new citizens and voters. The series contains letters received, copies of letters sent, memoranda, items enclosed in the letters received (such as news clippings and pamphlets), and other records which were received by the Governor’s office.

Many of the letters are letters from or for James Marshall (Press Secretary), Donald Wyatt (Executive Secretary), or Anthony Agostinelli (Economic Opportunity Director). Some of the letters have pink “route slips” stapled onto them—indicating who should answer them. Most of the letters in this series, even if they are signed by Chafee, were probably written by others on his staff. The Correspondence series is arranged alphabetically according to recipient and chronologically within a one-month period. Various miscellaneous files, such as New Voter letters, children’s letters, and a category given the name “File & Forget” by Chafee’s staff (which usually includes unanswerable letters from cranks and the mentally unstable) are included at the end of each month.

The Correspondence series is not complete for Chafee’s three terms of office. The alphabetical correspondence file is seemingly complete for only the years 1966 (Apr-Dec) and 1968 (Jan-Dec). The Bound Chronological File following this series covers the dates from Sept 1963 to Dec 1968 and can be used as a name and subject resource to the Correspondence series. Other correspondence may be found in the Subject File which contains many pieces of correspondence filed according to subject. The “Incoming Mail” Logs were kept by Chafee’s staff to log in letters as they were received in the office and serve as a record for letters received on a particular date. Letters written to Chafee congratulating him on victory in campaigns or offering condolence on defeat are included in the Campaign sub-group. Gubernatorial Campaigns also contains letters written specifically about the campaigns.

Three folders with “Personal” Correspondence are included at the end of this series. They were marked “Personal” by Chafee’s secretary and include letters written from the Governor’s Office but which are not on Governor’s business.

 

BOX FOLDER FOLDER TITLE

DATES
1 1 Correspondence: S-July 1963, D-Feb 1965, B, O, P-Dec 1965 1963, 1965,
2 Correspondence: T-Jan, A, L, W-Feb, D, M, R, W-Mar 1966,
3 Correspondence, S – W Mar 31, 1966
4 Correspondence, A – B Apr 1966
5 Correspondence, C – D Apr 1966
6 Correspondence, E – G Apr 1966
7 Correspondence, H – J Apr 1966
8 Correspondence, K – L Apr 1966
2 9 Correspondence, M Apr 1966
10 Correspondence, N – P Apr 1966
11 Correspondence, R – S Apr 1966
12 Correspondence, T – Z Apr 1966
13 Correspondence, Children’s Letters Apr 1966
14 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Apr 1966
3 15 Correspondence, A – B May 1966
16 Correspondence, C – D May 1966
17 Correspondence, E – F May 1966
18 Correspondence, G May 1966
19 Correspondence, H May 1966
20 Correspondence, J – L May 1966
21 Correspondence, M May 1966
4 22 Correspondence, N – Q May 1966
23 Correspondence, R May 1966
24 Correspondence, S May 1966
25 Correspondence, T – W May 1966
26 Correspondence, W – Z May 1966
27 Correspondence, “File & Forget” May 1966
28 Correspondence, No Name Apr, May 1966
5 29 Correspondence, A June 1966
30 Correspondence, B June 1966
31 Correspondence, C June 1966
32 Correspondence, D June 1966
33 Correspondence, E June 1966
34 Correspondence, F June 1966
35 Correspondence, G June 1966
36 Correspondence, H June 1966
37 Correspondence, I – K June 1966
6 38 Correspondence, L June 1966
39 Correspondence, M June 1966
40 Correspondence, N June 1966
41 Correspondence, O-P June 1966
42 Correspondence, R June 1966
43 Correspondence, S June 1966
44 Correspondence, S (cont.) June 1966
45 Correspondence, T – V June 1966
46 Correspondence, W – Z June 1966
47 Correspondence, “File & Forget” June 1966
7 48 Correspondence, New Voter Letters June 1966
49 Correspondence, A July 1966
50 Correspondence, B July 1966
51 Correspondence, C July 1966
52 Correspondence, D July 1966
53 Correspondence, E – F July 1966
54 Correspondence, G July 1966
55 Correspondence, H July 1966
56 Correspondence, J – K July 1966
57 Correspondence, L July 1966
58 Correspondence, M July 1966
59 Correspondence, N – P July 1966
60 Correspondence, R July 1966
8 61 Correspondence, S July 1966
62 Correspondence, T – Z July 1966
63 Correspondence, “File & Forget” July 1966
64 Correspondence, New Voter Letters July 1966
65 Correspondence, A Aug 1966
66 Correspondence, B Aug 1966
67 Correspondence, C – D Aug 1966
68 Correspondence, E – F Aug 1966
69 Correspondence, G – I Aug 1966
9 70 Correspondence, J – L Aug 1966
71 Correspondence, M – O Aug 1966
72 Correspondence, P – R Aug 1966
73 Correspondence, S Aug 1966
74 Correspondence, T – V Aug 1966
75 Correspondence, W – Z Aug 1966
76 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Aug 1966
10 77 Correspondence, A – B Sept 1966
78 Correspondence, C – D Sept 1966
79 Correspondence, E – G Sept 1966
80 Correspondence, E – H Sept 1966
81 Correspondence, J – L Sept 1966
82 Correspondence, M – N Sept 1966
11 83 Correspondence, O – R Sept 1966
84 Correspondence, S – U Sept 1966
85 Correspondence, V – Z Sept 1966
86 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Sept 1966
87 Correspondence, A – B Oct 1966
88 Correspondence, C – D Oct 1966
89 Correspondence, E – G Oct 1966
12 90 Correspondence, H – K Oct 1966
91 Correspondence, L – M Oct 1966
92 Correspondence, N – R Oct 1966
93 Correspondence, S Oct 1966
94 Correspondence, T – Z Oct 1966
95 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Oct 1966
13 96 Correspondence, A – C Nov 1966
97 Correspondence, D – F Nov 1966
98 Correspondence, G – K Nov 1966
99 Correspondence, L – M Nov 1966
100 Correspondence, N – R Nov 1966
101 Correspondence, S – T Nov 1966
102 Correspondence, V – Z Nov 1966
103 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Nov 1966
104 Correspondence, A – B Dec 1966
14 105 Correspondence, C – E Dec 1966
106 Correspondence, F – G Dec 1966
107 Correspondence, H Dec 1966
108 Correspondence, I – L Dec 1966
109 Correspondence, M Dec 1966
110 Correspondence, N – R Dec 1966
111 Correspondence, S Dec 1966
112 Correspondence, T – V Dec 1966
113 Correspondence, W – Z Dec 1966
15 114 Correspondence, A – Z Jan 1967
115 Correspondence, A – Z Feb 1967
116 Correspondence, A – Z Mar 1967
117 Correspondence, A – Z Apr 1967
118 Correspondence, A – Z May 1967
119 Correspondence, A – Z June 1967
120 Correspondence, A – Z July 1967
121 Correspondence, A – Z Aug 1967
122 Correspondence, A – Z Sept 1967
123 Correspondence, A – Z Oct 1967
124 Correspondence, A – Z Nov 1967
125 Correspondence, A – Z Dec 1967
126 Correspondence, A – B Jan 1968
127 Correspondence, C Jan 1968
128 Correspondence, D – E Jan 1968
16 129 Correspondence, F – G Jan 1968
130 Correspondence, H – K Jan 1968
131 Correspondence, L – M Jan 1968
132 Correspondence, M Jan 1968
133 Correspondence, N – P Jan 1968
134 Correspondence, Q – S Jan 1968
135 Correspondence, T – Z Jan 1968
136 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Jan 1968
137 Correspondence, Children’s Letters Jan 1968
17 138 Correspondence, A Feb 1968
139 Correspondence, B Feb 1968
140 Correspondence, C Feb 1968
141 Correspondence, D – E Feb 1968
142 Correspondence, F – G Feb 1968
143 Correspondence, H – J Feb 1968
144 Correspondence, J – L Feb 1968
18 145 Correspondence, M – N Feb 1968
146 Correspondence, O – R Feb 1968
147 Correspondence, S Feb 1968
148 Correspondence, T – Z Feb 1968
149 Correspondence, Children’s Letters Feb 1968
150 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Feb 1968
19 151 Correspondence, A Mar 1968
152 Correspondence, B Mar 1968
153 Correspondence, B – C Mar 1968
154 Correspondence, D Mar 1968
155 Correspondence, E – F Mar 1968
156 Correspondence, G Mar 1968
157 Correspondence, H Mar 1968
158 Correspondence, I – K Mar 1968
159 Correspondence, L Mar 1968
160 Correspondence, M Mar 1968
161 Correspondence, N Mar 1968
162 Correspondence, O – Q Mar 1968
20 163 Correspondence, R Mar 1968
164 Correspondence, S Mar 1968
165 Correspondence, S (cont.) Mar 1968
166 Correspondence, T Mar 1968
167 Correspondence, U – V Mar 1968
168 Correspondence, W – Z Mar 1968
169 Correspondence, Children’s Letters Mar 1968
170 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Mar 1968
171 Correspondence, A Apr 1968
172 Correspondence, B Apr 1968
173 Correspondence, C Apr 1968
21 174 Correspondence, D Apr 1968
175 Correspondence, E – F Apr 1968
176 Correspondence, G Apr 1968
177 Correspondence, H Apr 1968
178 Correspondence, I – J Apr 1968
179 Correspondence, K Apr 1968
180 Correspondence, L Apr 1968
181 Correspondence, M Apr 1968
182 Correspondence, M (cont.) Apr 1968
183 Correspondence, N – O Apr 1968
22 184 Correspondence, P Apr 1968
185 Correspondence, Q – R Apr 1968
186 Correspondence, S Apr 1968
187 Correspondence, T – V Apr 1968
188 Correspondence, W – Z Apr 1968
189 Correspondence, Children’s Letters Apr 1968
190 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Apr 1968
191 Correspondence, A May 1968
192 Correspondence, B May 1968
23 193 Correspondence, C May 1968
194 Correspondence, D May 1968
195 Correspondence, E – F May 1968
196 Correspondence, G May 1968
197 Correspondence, H May 1968
198 Correspondence, I – K May 1968
199 Correspondence, L May 1968
200 Correspondence, M May 1968
24 201 Correspondence, N May 1968
202 Correspondence, O – P May 1968
203 Correspondence, R May 1968
204 Correspondence, S May 1968
205 Correspondence, T – U May 1968
206 Correspondence, W – Z May 1968
207 Correspondence, “File & Forget” May 1968
208 Correspondence, Form Letters May 1968
209 Correspondence, A June 1968
210 Correspondence, B June 1968
211 Correspondence, C June 1968
212 Correspondence, D June 1968
25 213 Correspondence, E – F June 1968
214 Correspondence, G June 1968
215 Correspondence, H June 1968
216 Correspondence, I – K June 1968
217 Correspondence, L – M June 1968
218 Correspondence, N June 1968
219 Correspondence, O – P June 1968
220 Correspondence, Q – R June 1968
221 Correspondence, S June 1968
222 Correspondence, T – Z June 1968
223 Correspondence, Comment & Draft June 1968
224 Correspondence, “File & Forget” June 1968
225 Correspondence, Children’s Letters June 1968
26 226 Correspondence, A July 1968
227 Correspondence, B July 1968
228 Correspondence, C July 1968
229 Correspondence, D July 1968
230 Correspondence, E – G July 1968
231 Correspondence, H – J July 1968
232 Correspondence, K – L July 1968
233 Correspondence, M July 1968
27 234 Correspondence, N – O July 1968
235 Correspondence, P July 1968
236 Correspondence, Q – R July 1968
237 Correspondence, S July 1968
238 Correspondence, T July 1968
239 Correspondence, U – V July 1968
240 Correspondence, W – Z July 1968
241 Correspondence, Children’s Letters July 1968
242 Correspondence, “File & Forget” July 1968
243 Correspondence, A Aug 1968
244 Correspondence, B Aug 1968
245 Correspondence, C Aug 1968
28 246 Correspondence, D Aug 1968
247 Correspondence, E – F Aug 1968
248 Correspondence, G Aug 1968
249 Correspondence, H – J Aug 1968
250 Correspondence, K Aug 1968
251 Correspondence, L Aug 1968
252 Correspondence, M Aug 1968
253 Correspondence, N Aug 1968
254 Correspondence, O Aug 1968
255 Correspondence, P – Q Aug 1968
256 Correspondence, R Aug 1968
257 Correspondence, S Aug 1968
29 258 Correspondence, T Aug 1968
259 Correspondence, U – Z Aug 1968
260 Correspondence, Children’s Letters Aug 1968
261 Correspondence, Regrets Aug 1968
262 Correspondence, A – B Sept 1968
263 Correspondence, C – D Sept 1968
264 Correspondence, E – G Sept 1968
265 Correspondence, H – K Sept 1968
266 Correspondence, L – M Sept 1968
30 267 Correspondence, N – Q Sept 1968
268 Correspondence, R Sept 1968
269 Correspondence, S Sept 1968
270 Correspondence, T – Z Sept 1968
271 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Sept 1968
272 Correspondence, Children’s Letters Sept 1968
273 Correspondence, A – B Oct 1968
274 Correspondence, C – D Oct 1968
275 Correspondence, E – K Oct 1968
276 Correspondence, L – M Oct 1968
277 Correspondence, N – Q Oct 1968
278 Correspondence, R – S Oct 1968
31 279 Correspondence, T – Z Oct 1968
280 Correspondence, Children’s Letters Oct 1968
281 Correspondence, “File & Forget” Oct 1968
282 Correspondence, A – C Nov 1968
283 Correspondence, D – K Nov 1968
284 Correspondence, L – Q Nov 1968
285 Correspondence, R – Z Nov 1968
286 Correspondence, A – J Dec 1968
287 Correspondence, K – Z Dec 1968
287a “Personal Correspondence” Sept-Dec 1967
287b “Personal Correspondence” Feb-May 1968
287c “Personal Correspondence” July-Dec 1968
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