SERIES XII
.75′ (1.5 Boxes)

DATES
1966

The Campaign 1966 series contains the records of Chafee’s third campaign for governor of Rhode Island, up to and including inaugural plans.  It includes correspondence–letters about the campaign and Congratulatory messages about Chafee’s election as governor, correspondence from support groups for Chafee, advertising, newspaper clippings, lists of Republican officials, lists of potential voters, information about the Republican platform and Chafee’s opponent for debates and the campaign, news releases, interview questions and transcripts, and other information. Other campaign material for 1966 may be found in Campaign Aides’ Files. The financial side of the campaign was directed by Chafee’s uncle, Richmond Viall; for campaign fund-raising see Campaign Aides’ Files: Viall. For Speeches and Addresses given by Chafee during this period, see Speeches/Addresses.

Extensive newspaper clipping files were kept or have survived for the Campaign of 1966. A separate series has been established to house these clippings. In 1966 a member of Chafee’s staff kept a file on towns in Rhode Island and added articles relating to that town as they were published. Many of the clippings were simply cut from (usually) The Providence Journal or the (Providence) Evening Bulletin and then stored in folders. The clippings were pasted on a sheet with a typewritten notation as to the source. It is these later clippings which are filed in Campaign 1966: Newspaper Clippings. Loose clippings have been discarded.