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The Senatorial Papers of John H. Chafee, Washington Office: Staff Files

Series: Staff Files
Dates: 1979-1995
Extent: 10 box(es) (5 linear feet)
Types of Materials: correspondence
memoranda
notes
reports
schedules
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains records used by Senator Chafee’s staff for legislative and administrative activities. The records consist of memoranda, correspondence, notes, speeches, resumes, legislative agendas, schedules, and meeting notices. The series also contains Chafee legislative accomplishment reports, applicant resumes, rejection letters, acceptance letters, and recommendations from Chafee to private or government employers as requested by individuals.
The records include memoranda from staff to Senator Chafee outlining background information on legislative issues and bills introduced by other senators concerning environmental contamination, child welfare, agriculture, civil rights, and economic policy.  Included are memoranda from staff members to Senator Chafee discussing speeches on gun control and broadcasting regulation. In addition, there is correspondence from individuals applying for legislative and administrative positions on Chafee’s staff.
Subjects also include the Republican National Committee’s legislative agenda, and the Executive Administration’s response to proposals concerning tax policy, health care, environmental management, transportation, and banking.
Due to the private nature of some of the material, approval for research in this series is by permission of the archivist.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 Akre, Steve 1981-1984
2 Atwood, Darla 1984-1985
3 Ayrault, Lance 1985
4 Barden, Jim 1989-1990
5 Boghossian, Nancy 1985-1987
6 Chafee Planning Meetings and Information 1990
7 Chafee Proposals and Ideas 1989
8 Chafee Upcoming Speeches 1992
9 Chafee Upcoming Speeches 1993
10 Christmas Thank You Letters-David Sloane 1994
11 Clarkin, Sharon 1984-1985
11-A Computer Program Instructional Booklet 1993
12 Corlett, Cleve 1984
13 Coupe, Bob 1991
14 Dachi, Chris 1991-1992
15 Demarais, Colette 1991
16 Dunathan, Amy 1989-1992, 1995
17 Employment: Active 1987
18 Environment: Regrets 1983
19 Ethics Letters 1989-1990
20 Federal Job Inquiries 1984
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 21 Ferguson, Christine 1984-1987
22 Finance/Banking Resumes 1983
23 Finance/Banking Resumes 1983
24 Fribourg, Annette 1983-1984
25 Goals Memoranda 1988-1989
26 Goals Memoranda 1990
27 Goals Memoranda 1994
28 Grant Application Possibilities 1992-1993
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 29 Greenwalt, Bob 1992,1995
30 Griswold, Dave 1984-1986
31 Guerdat, Doug 1995
32 Harris, Scott 1983-1985
33 Hayes, Katherine 1995
34 Healey, Michael 1984-1985
35 Jett, Katherine 1991-1992
36 Lear, Coates 1992,1995
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 37 Legislative Agenda Meeting Jan 1991
38 Legislative Correspondent: Regrets 1983-1986
39 Mail Distribution 1989-1993
40 Memoranda 1985-1987
41 Mitchell, Dan 1989-1991
42 Mooney, Tim 1995
43 Mooney, Valerie 1995
44 Muse, Donald N.: Staff Assistant-Task Force 1991
45 Narsavage, David 1979
46 Pelosi, Lisa 1989
47 Platner, Michael 1990-1992
48 Porter, Catherine 1983-1986
49 Powers, Bill 1985-1987
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
5 50 Recommendations 1983-1986
51 Recommendations 1983-1986
52 Recommendations 1983-1986
53 Reinke, Peter 1995
54 Responses to be Sent 1991-1992
55 Resumes 1985
56 Resumes: A 1988
57 Resumes: B 1987
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
6 58 Resumes: C 1987
59 Resumes: D 1987-1988
60 Resumes: E 1987
61 Resumes: F 1987-1988
62 Resumes: G 1987-1988
63 Resumes: H 1987-1988
64 Resumes: I 1987
65 Resumes: J 1987
66 Resumes: K 1987-1988
67 Resumes: L 1987-1988
68 Resumes: M 1987
69 Resumes: N 1987-1988
70 Resumes: O 1987-1988
71 Resumes: P 1987
72 Resumes: Q 1987
73 Resumes: R 1987-1988
74 Resumes: S 1987-1988
75 Resumes: T 1987
76 Resumes: W 1987
77 Resumes: Y 1988
78 Resumes: Special or Pending for Interviews 1983
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
7 79 Rhode Island Resumes 1983-1986
80 Rhode Island Resumes 1983-1986
81 Riccio, Vicki 1984-1986
82 Riehle, Barbara 1991-1992, 1995
83 Rikhye, Evan 1995
84 Rogers, Pat 1989-1993
85 Rubiner, Laurie 1995
86 Scotti, Barbara 1984
87 Secretarial 1985
88 Seggerman, John 1995
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
8 89 Senate Procedure and Practice Manual 1992
90 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Nov 1989
91 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Oct 1990
92 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Oct 1991
93 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Nov 1991
94 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Jan 1992
95 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Jun 1992
96 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Oct 1992
97 Setting the Agenda 1992-1993
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
9 98 Simmons, Robert R. 1982-1985
99 Sloane, David 1994
100 Sloane, David 1995
101 Sloane, David: Legislative Director-Resumes on File 1993-1995
102 Staff: Regrets 1983-1984
103 Staff Assignments 1989-1993
104 Staff Handwritten Notes 1994
105 Staff Memos: Various Issues 1995
106 Standing Meetings with Chafee n.d.
107 Taylor, Catherine n.d.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
10 108 Taylor, Sandra 1984-1986
109 Thank You Letters: Christine Ferguson 1993
110 Trade: Regrets 1983-1984
111 Trade Legislative Assistants (Resumes) 1984
112 Vastine, Bob 1983-1984
113 White, Rich C. 1989
114 Wojick, Matthew 1991-1992, 1995

Series: Graham Files
Dates: 1995-1999
Extent: 8 box(es) (4 linear feet)
Types of Materials: articles
correspondence
memoranda
press releases
reports
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains the office files of Chafee’s Press Secretary, Nicholas Graham, 1997-1999. The records consist of notes, press releases, news clippings, news articles, memoranda, correspondence, speeches, reports, and congressional statements.
Subjects include:
The Caring for Children Act of 1997, regarding child care legislation for low-income working class families by providing increased tax credits for employers and parents. The bill also made provisions for assessing liability affects on affordability, and seeing that states implemented measures that ensured children are adopted into healthy and safe households.
Environment and Public Works, concerning land conservation bills including the Superfund Clean Up Acceleration Act (1997) and the Superfund Program Completion Act (1999) which appropriated funds to states for landfill management, and cleaning up toxic waste sites and brown fields.
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) authorizing $121 billion for highway programs for fiscal years 1992-1997. The highway programs include the National Highway System, Interstate Maintenance Program, and the Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 AIDS 1997
2 ATM Double Fees 1997
3 American Heritage Rivers 1997
4 Amtrak 1997
5 Blood Alcohol Content (.08) Bill 1998
6 Chafee Media Lunches 1998
7 Chafee: Republican Radio Address 1997
8 Chafee: Tire Dump Bill 1997
9 Child Care 1998
10 Child Care 1998
11 Child Welfare Bill 1997
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 12 Clean Air 1996-1997
13 Coast Guard: New Regulations 19,961,998
14 Congressional Prevention Coalition 1998
15 Credit for Early Bird Action Bill 1999
16 Defense Appropriations: C-130 Aircraft 1997
17 Early Childhood Development 1997
18 East Timor 1994, 1997
19 Electric Boat: Newport News Agreement 1997
20 Emergency Medical Services Act 1997-1999
21 Endangered Species Act 1995-1997
22 Environment 1998
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 23 Environment 1998
24 Environment 1999
25 Environmental Protection Agency 1997
26 Environmental Protection Agency 1997
27 Environment and Public Works 1996-1997
28 Environment and Public Works 1998-1999
29 Environment and Public Works: Accomplishments 1995-1996
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 30 Environment and Public Works Committee Staff Assignments 1998
31 Environment and Public Works Staff Announcement 1997
32 Federal Health Care Quality Bill 1997
33 Guns Aren’t Cool 1998
34 Health Task Force 1997-1998
35 Highway Trust Fund Bill 1997
36 Hoechst/Duty Imports 1997
37 Immigration 1997
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
5 38 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 1997
39 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 1997
40 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 1998
41 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: Conference 1998
42 Junk Guns Bill 1996-1997
43 Kennedy, Eunice 1997-1998
44 Kennedy, Patrick 1997
45 Kennedy 1997
46 Kyoto Summit 1997-1998
47 Labour Party 1997
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
6 48 Legislative Action 1997-1998
49 Lighthouses 1997
50 Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program 1997
51 Managed Care 1998
52 Managed Care 1998
53 Managed Care II 1999
54 Medicare 1997
55 Medigap 1997
56 Narragansett Tribe 1997
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
7 57 National Endowment for the Arts Funds 1997
58 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Bill 1997
59 National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act 1997
60 Nickles/Health Care Quality Task Force 1998
61 Property Rights 1998
62 Restore America’s Estuaries 1998
63 Roger Williams Statue 1997
64 Sarajevo Trip 1997
65 Senate Finance Committee 1997
66 Senator Kelly/Rhode Island Workers Letter 1997
67 Sex Trade 1997
68 Small Business 1997
69 Submarine Stamp 1997-1998
70 Superfund 1997
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
8 71 Transportation 1997-1998
72 Transportation 1997-1998
73 Transportation 1998
74 United States Cruise Tourism Act 1997
75 United States Quarters Bill 1997
76 Weld, William: Nomination 1997
77 Women, Infants, Children/School Breakfast 1997
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
6 77 Resumes: Y 1988
78 Resumes: Special or Pending for Interviews 1983
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
7 79 Rhode Island Resumes 1983-1986
80 Rhode Island Resumes 1983-1986
81 Riccio, Vicki 1984-1986
82 Riehle, Barbara 1991-1992, 1995
83 Rikhye, Evan 1995
84 Rogers, Pat 1989-1993
85 Rubiner, Laurie 1995
86 Scotti, Barbara 1984
87 Secretarial 1985
88 Seggerman, John 1995
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
8 89 Senate Procedure and Practice Manual 1992
90 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Nov 1989
91 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Oct 1990
92 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Oct 1991
93 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Nov 1991
94 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Jan 1992
95 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Jun 1992
96 Senior Staff Meeting and Accomplishments Oct 1992
97 Setting the Agenda 1992-1993
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
9 98 Simmons, Robert R. 1982-1985
99 Sloane, David 1994
100 Sloane, David 1995
101 Sloane, David: Legislative Director-Resumes on File 1993-1995
102 Staff: Regrets 1983-1984
103 Staff Assignments 1989-1993
104 Staff Handwritten Notes 1994
105 Staff Memos: Various Issues 1995
106 Standing Meetings with Chafee n.d.
107 Taylor, Catherine n.d.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
10 108 Taylor, Sandra 1984-1986
109 Thank You Letters: Christine Ferguson 1993
110 Trade: Regrets 1983-1984
111 Trade Legislative Assistants (Resumes) 1984
112 Vastine, Bob 1983-1984
113 White, Rich C. 1989
114 Wojick, Matthew 1991-1992, 1995

Series: Greenawalt Files
Dates: 1982-1995
Extent: 3 box(es) (1.5 linear feet)
Types of Materials: articles
correspondence
memoranda
notes
press releases
reports
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains the office files of Chafee’s Legislative Assistant Robert Greenawalt, 1993-1997. Records include memoranda, speeches, notes, correspondence, press releases, news clippings, and reports.
Subjects cover veterans affairs regarding budget and compensation for exposure to radioactivity and agent orange, railway and highway management, and electrical superconductor development for nuclear submarines.
Subjects include:
Atomic Veterans folders (1987-1988), regarding the easing of restriction on compensation claims from veterans suffering from the effects of radiation poisoning contracted during their involvement in nuclear weapons testing programs. Included are records regarding the Defense Authorization Act of 1985 provision to limit defendants’ rights in these cases. The folders also include efforts to establish regarding studies on the effects of radium treatments used on American military personnel and civilians 1920-1974.
Amtrak (1994), environmental impact reports and analysis for upgrading the railways in the northeast corridor.
Enola Gay “The Last Act” Exhibit (1994), controversy regarding the 50th anniversary of the victory over Japan and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski.
Superconducting Super Collider (1992-1993), regarding an $8.4 billion science project that included the construction of a 53 mile circular tunnel in which atomic particles would be made to collide at super-sonic speeds and broken into their smallest parts. Scientists thought the fragments would lend insight into origins of the universe and lead to other discoveries as well.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 Agent Orange 1994
2 American Telephone and Telegraph 1994
3 Amtrak 1985-1992
4 Amtrak 1993
5 Atomic Veterans 1987-1988
6 Atomic Veterans 1987-1988
7 Coast Guard 1992
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 8 Diesel Fuel Excise Tax 1988
9 Energy Extension 1988
10 Enola Gay Exhibit: National Air and Space Museum 1994
11 Fishing: Magnuson Act 1993
12 Highway 1990-1991
13 Life Insurance Hearing Mar 25, 1988
14 Micro-loans 1991-1993
15 Passive Loss Regulations 1988
16 Railways 1990-1992
17 Rhode Island Electrification Project 1992
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 18 Space Station 1994-1995
19 Super Collider 1992-1993
20 Super Collider 1992-1993
21 Super Collider 1992-1993
22 Telephone Privacy Act/Caller ID 1991-1992
23 Transportation 1991
24 User Fees 1982, 1989-1990
25 Variable Annuities 1988
26 Veterans’ Administration Appropriations 1994
27 Veterans’ Affairs 1994

Series: Griswold Files
Dates: 1981-1987
Extent: 3 box(es) (1.5 linear feet)
Types of Materials: articles
correspondence
hearings
memoranda
notes
reports
speeches

Scope and Content Note
The series contains the office files of Senator Chafee’s Legislative Director and Chief of Staff David Griswold, 1983-1999. The records include memoranda, correspondence, speeches, notes, news articles, congressional hearing testimonies, and reports. Subjects cover environmental management, education legislation, and public works projects.
Subjects also include:
Tuition Tax Credits (1983-1984), allotted to parents who enroll children in private institutions. The records include speeches delivered by Senator Chafee explaining his opposition to the Tuition Tax Credit bill.
Impact Aid (1984), concerning the entitlement program providing financial assistance to school districts in federally affected areas (districts containing military bases, government offices, Indian-lands, and low-rent public housing projects). The records pertain to the city of Newport, RI.
Water Projects and Water Bills (1985), including Chafee’s clean-up efforts on Gorton Pond in Warwick, RI, as well as the Water Resources Development Act authorizing the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States. The records also include the Cargo Diversion Amendment exempting trade items coming into American ports from the National User Tax in order to make them more competitive with ports in Mexico and Canada.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
1 1 Asbestos 1985
2 Big River Reservoir 1982-1984
3 Big River Reservoir: Public Works n.d.
4 Bristol Fire Station 1985
5 Bristol Water 1985-1986
6 Chapter I Funding Formula 1983-1985
7 Cost Sharing 1981
8 Defense Dependents Schools 1983
9 Education 1983-1984
10 Education: Impact Aid 1983-1984
11 Education: Rhode Island 1984
12 Education: Student Financial Assistance Programs 1982-1984
13 Equal Access 1983-1984
14 Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education 1983
15 General Services Administration 1983-1984
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 16 Guaranteed Student Loan Program/Student Loans 1983-1984
17 Handicapped Parking 1985
18 Highways: Rhode Island Department of Transportation Issues 1985-1986
19 Highways: Trucking Issues 1983
20 Hurricane Gloria 1985
21 Labor Protection Provisions n.d.
22 Luzerne Products/Social Security Administration 1985
23 Mail Reports 1987
24 National Institute of Education/Northeast Regional Exchange 1983-1984
25 Newport Gateway Project 1985
26 Presidential Libraries 1984-1985
27 Public Buildings 1983-1985
28 Quonset School 1984
29 Rhode Island Department of Transportation: Federal Funding 1985
30 Rhode Island Department of Transportation:River Relocation 1984-1985
31 Sub-Seabed Radioactive Disposal 1986
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 32 Tuition Tax Credits 1982-1983, 1985
33 Water Projects 1985-1986
34 Water Projects 1985-1986
35 Water Resources 1985
36 Water Resource Bill 1986
37 Woonsocket, RI: Social Security Office 1985

Series: Nesbit Files
Dates: 1976-1991
Extent: 4 box(es) (2 linear feet)
Types of Materials: correspondence
memoranda
notes
press releases
reports

Scope and Content Note
The series contains the office files of Senator Chafee’s Executive Secretary Hollis Brown Nesbit, 1977-1991. The records consist of correspondence, press releases, memos, statements, and awards. Also included are correspondence, reports, and notes from Senator Chafee’s chairmanship on the Republican National Conference, as well as records from Judge Walter Nixon’s impeachment hearings, and the 1989 Presidential inauguration ceremony.
Other topics include:
Awards (1978-1991), including the Rhode Island General Assembly resolution congratulating Senator Chafee on his efforts in historic preservation legislation, as well as certificates of appreciation from the Home Builders Institute, American Association of University Women, New England Water Pollution Control Association, and the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Baker, Howard (1979-1980), regarding Senator Chafee’s support for Baker as the Republican Presidential nominee. The records include press releases, schedules, correspondence, memoranda, and position papers. The records also include correspondence from President Reagan asking Senator Chafee to help support efforts to retire Howard Baker’s campaign debt after he lost the nomination.
Chafee: Intelligence Committee (1984), containing correspondence and memoranda from Chairman Barry Goldwater asking Chafee to consider extending membership tenure beyond the four-year term allowed by congress. Subjects also include the Intelligence Identities Protection Act and clarification language regarding criminal liability for the disclosure of information identifying an individual as a covert agent.
Contras: Nicaragua (1984-1986), regarding the debate over appropriations for military support to Contra rebels fighting the Sandinista government. The records also include issues raised over the Central Intelligence AGency’s involvement in the conflict.
El Salvador (1981,1990) containing correspondence from Secretary of State James Baker III discussing ceasefire agreement between El Salvadoran government forces and leftist guerrillas. The records also contain memoranda and reports outlining U.S. policy toward El Salvador. There is also correspondence from President Alfredo Cristiani urging Senator Chafee to vote for reinstatement of full levels of U.S. military assistance to the El Salvadoran government.
Republican Conference (1984-1991), containing correspondence between Senator Chafee and his colleagues thanking him for his efforts as Chairman of the Republican Conference for the 99th congress (1985-1986). The records include memoranda on the conference agenda, schedules, procedures, voting records, speeches, and notes.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
 1 1 Awards 1978-1991
2 Baker, Howard 1979-1980
3 Besset, J.P. 1980-1981
4 Bork Statements Oct 5, 1987
5 CNN Newsmakers Briefing May 4, 1990
6 Chafee: Cases Handled Personally 1988-1990
7 Chafee: Intelligence Committee 1984
8 Chafee Swearing-in Day Events 1987-1988
9 Charlottesville Presentation 1986-1989
10 Child Care 1989
11 China Student Vote 1989-1990
12 Co-hosts/Co-chairs/Advisory Committees 1989-1991
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 13 Congratulations-Birthday, Anniversary, Miscellaneous 1986-1988
14 Constitutional Convention 1985-1986
15 Contras: Nicaragua 1984-1986
16 Correspondence 1984-1985
17 Council on Foreign Relations 1982-1983
18 Defense Appropriations: B-2 Aircraft [1990]
19 Defense Mapping Agency 1986
20 El Salvador 1981
21 El Salvador 1990
22 Electric Boat Contracts 1981-1982, 1990
23 Flag Amendment 1990
24 Global Warming 1988-1989
25 Honey Amendment Jul 24, 1990
26 International Conference on Global Environment 1989
27 Jordanian Arms Sales 1985
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 28 Judge Nixon Trial 1989
29 Kizirian, Harry 1986-1987
30 Legislative Pay 1989
31 Licht, Richard 1987-1988
32 Martin Luther King Holiday 1983
33 Mathias Group 1981
34 Moderates’ Views on Reagan 1980
35 Naval Hospital-Newport 1986-1991
36 Open Space 1987
37 Presidential Inauguration 1989
38 Press Releases 1976
39 Queen Noor Reception Oct 4, 1990
40 Republican: Conference 1987, 1990
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 41 Republican: Conference Chairman (Chafee) 1984-1986, 1990
42 Republican: Conference Chairman Re-election 1988
43 Republican: Conference Materials 1988-1991
44 Republican: Conference Retreat 1987-1988
45 Republican: Conference Weekend Mar 23-25, 1990
46 Republican: Leadership Races 1990
47 Republican: Task Force on Health 1990
48 Trilateral Commission 1990-1991

Series: Sloane Files
Dates: 1977-1996
Extent: 6 box(es) (3 linear feet)
Types of Materials: articles
correspondence
hearings
memoranda
reports

Scope and Content Note
The series contains the office files of Senator Chafee’s Legislative Director David Sloane, 1994-1999. The records consist of acceptances to attend special events sponsored by colleagues, congressional committees, political groups, business organizations, and educational institutions. The records also include vote analysis on finance issues, as well as news clippings, memoranda, and reports. Subjects cover Chafee’s national defense record, taxes, welfare reform, and labor issues.
Other topics include:
Accomplishments (1977-1993), containing annotated lists of Chafee’s legislative activities concerning veteran’s affairs, tax policy, environmental management, mining law, and agriculture. The records also include congressional vote analyses, news articles, legislative agendas, and reports.
Chafee Debate Book (1994), containing an index of active and potential issues on Chafee’s agenda, list of affirmative legislative votes by Chafee during the years 1981-1992, and Chafee votes to override Presidential vetoes.
Labor (1978-1992), regarding debate over the illegality of hiring replacement workers for striking New England Telephone union employees. The records include correspondence with corporate officials, Chafee labor-related legislative voting history, reports, and news articles.
Taxes (1977-1995), regarding estate tax exemption, gift tax on transfers between family members, and federal tax subsidies for health care providers.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
 1 1 Acceptances for Special Events Dec 1995
2 Acceptances for Special Events Jan 1996
3 Acceptances for Special Events Feb 1996
4 Acceptances for Special Events Mar 1996
5 Acceptances for Special Events Apr 1996
6 Acceptances for Special Events May 1996
7 Acceptances for Special Events May 1996
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 8 Acceptances for Special Events Jun 1996
9 Acceptances for Special Events Jul 1996
10 Acceptances for Special Events Jul 1996
11 Acceptances for Special Events Aug 1996
12 Acceptances for Special Events Sep 1996
13 Acceptances for Special Events Sep 1996
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 14 Acceptances for Special Events Oct 1996
15 Acceptances for Special Events Dec 1996
16 Accomplishment Memos 1977-1993
17 Adult Literacy Materials 1992
18 American Association of Retired Persons Forum Aug 24, 1994
19 Banking: Record Vote Analysis 1991-1993
20 Budget: Record Vote Analysis 1993
21 “Building a New Culture for Learning” Memorandum: University of Rhode Island 1993
22 Chafee Accomplishments: 101st Congress 1989-1990
23 Chafee Accomplishments: Housing 1988-1989
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 24 Chafee Debate Book 1994
25 Chafee National Defense History 1982, 1988
26 Chafee Question and Answer Session n.d.
27 Family Leave 1988-1993
28 Farm Bills: Record Vote Analysis 1990
29 Federal Block Grants 1989-1990
30 Finance: Record Vote Analysis 1991
31 Finance: Record Vote Analysis 1992
32 Foreign Affairs 1990
33 House Finance Committee Hearing on Gifted Children 1992
34 Human Rights 1989
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
5 35 Labor 1978-1992
36 Libraries 1993
37 Minimum Wage: Record Vote Analysis 1989
38 National Association School of Psychologists 1993
39 Northern Rhode Island Private Industry Council, Inc. May 1993
40 Providence Blueprint for Education 1993
41 Small Business n.d.
42 Social Security and Medicare: Annual Report 1993
43 South Africa Sanctions 1989
44 Military Spending 1977-1988
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
6 45 Tax 1977,1988,1993-1995
46 Tax 1977,1988,1993-1995
47 Trade 1981-1988
48 Welfare Reform: Record Vote Analysis 1988
49 Workers’ Compensation 1987-1992

Series: Corcorran Files
Dates: 1978-1985
Extent: 7 box(es) (3.5 linear feet)
Types of Materials: articles
correspondence
invitations
memoranda
press releases
reports

Scope and Content Note
The series contains the office files of Senator Chafee’s Administrative Assistant William Corcoran, 1984-1985. The records include press releases, memoranda, constituent correspondence, congressional correspondence, press clippings, invitations, and reports.
Subjects cover Republican National Committee (RNC) conventions, environmental management, defense contracts, foreign policy, and constituent files. The folders containing work orders consist of carbon copy forms used for creating post card notices sent to constituents informing them that Senator Chafee will be holding a Listen-In meeting (town hearing) to address whatever concerns they may have.
Other topics include:
Chafee Correspondence (1984-1985), thanking fellow senators for voting against the Robert K. Dawson nomination for Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and for supporting an amendment to postpone indexing of personal income taxes. There is also correspondence to congressional members of the House of Representatives thanking them for attending the Republican Conference on the 1984 Hazardous Waste Amendments which were being sent to the Executive Administration for review.
Corcoran Correspondence (1983-1985), consists of letters to editors of major newspapers, constituents, political supporters, and responses to invitations to speaking events, conferences, and meetings. Included are memoranda to Chafee outlining developments in pending legislative and constituent matters.
Environment (1981-1983), containing correspondence, news articles, and memoranda regarding wetlands conservation, Endangered Species Act, and the Ciba-Geigy chemical plant permit to discharge toxic waste.
Israeli-Saudi Matters (1981), addressing issues concerning the Israeli bombing raid on an Iraqi nuclear reactor, and the sale of F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.
Navy (1978-1983), containing news articles, correspondence, and memoranda addressing federal initiatives promoting base closings and realignments in the Northeast, as well as records regarding efforts to expand the Newport Naval Base to receive five additional battleships.
Projects (1981-1983), consisting of correspondence with constituents addressing issues concerning employment, grants, education, and legal matters. Whitehouse Appointment Nominee Lists (1983), for Executive Office departments and agencies which include background information for each nominee.
Arrangement
Folders are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
 1 1 Abortion 1981-1982
2 Appalachian Regional Committee 1984
3 Bad Votes 1981
4 Banking Committee 1981-1982
5 Benwell, Philip 1983
6 Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing Company 1982
7 Budget 1981-1983
8 Chafee Biography Update 1983
9 Chafee: Correspondence-to Members of Congress 1984-1985
10 Chafee: Correspondence-Miscellaneous Issues 1984-1985
11 Chafee: Correspondence-Personal 1984
12 Chafee: Correspondence-Senate Colleague Letters 1984-1985
13 Chafee: Endorsement of Political Candidates 1984
14 Chafee: Personal 1984
15 Chafee: Personal (Family) 1984
16 Chesapeake Bay 1983
17 Clean Water 1982
18 Congressional Pay 1982
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
2 19 Corcoran: Correspondence 1983-1985
20 Corcoran: Correspondence Received 1984-1985
21 Corcoran: Legislative Information 1981-1984
22 Corcoran: Staff Memos 1984-1985
23 Corcoran: Travel 1984-1985
24 Corcoran, William: Personal 1982-1985
25 Corcoran Memos to Chafee 1984-1985
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
3 26 Defense 1981-1983
27 Defense: Airborne Warning and Control System 1981
28 DiPrete, Andrew A. 1978-1979
29 DiPrete, Edward 1981-1982
30 Disaster Packet 1982
31 Education 1983
32 El Salvador 1982
33 Electric Boat 1981-1984
34 Energy 1983
35 Environment 1981-1983
36 Environmental Protection Agency 1983
37 Fairbrother, Vincent 1983
38 Federal Trade Commission 1982
39 Forgotson, Edward 1984-1985
40 Forman, Ira 1985
41 Government Contracts 1982-1983
42 Government Services Administration 1983
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
Extent
4 43 Green, Fitzhugh 1983
44 Green Airport Strike 1984
45 Hasbro Industries 1981
46 Hunt, Darrold n.d.
47 Immigration Matters 1982-1983
48 Intelligence 1981-1982
49 Interview Requests 1985
50 Invitations: Acceptances 1984-1985
51 Invitations: Regrets 1984-1985
52 Israeli-Saudi Matters 1981
53 Judicial Appointments 1983-1984
54 Leadership Race (Senate) 1983-1984
55 Legislative Action List 1984
56 Legislative Assistant Questionnaire 1983
57 Luckey, John 1985
58 Luncheon Arrangements 1982-1983
59 Marzullo, Vincent 1982-1984
60 Mass Mailings 1981
61 Murray Commission 1981
62 National Commission on Industrial Innovation 1983
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5 63 Navy: Newport 1978-1979
64 Navy: Newport 1982-1983
65 Nieper, Dr. Hans/Fanning, John 1985
66 Nominees: Administration 1984
67 Northwest-Midwest Senate Coalition 1984-1985
68 Nuclear Freeze 1982-1983
69 Occupational Safety and Health Administration-Rhode Island 1981-1982
70 Office Policy Information 1984-1985
71 Peace Quilt 1985
72 Personnel: Current 1982-1984
73 Presidential Message Requests 1982-1983
74 Press Articles and Clippings 1983-1985
75 Press Clippings 1984-1985
76 Press Releases 1983
Box
Folder
Title
Date(s)
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6 77 Projects: General Information 1980-1983
78 Projects: General Information 1980-1983
79 Providence Federal Building 1980-1981
80 Receptions: Locations (D.C.) 1984
81 Receptions: Room Reservations 1981-1985
82 Republican National Committee: Memos and Information 1983-1984
83 Republican Party Information 1980
84 Republican Policy Committee 1984-1985
85 Republican Senatorial Committee 1984-1985
86 Requests for Letters of Reference from Chafee 1984-1985
87 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 1984
88 Review: 1983 Session of the Congress 1983
89 Rhode Island Survey 1984
90 Ripon Society 1979
91 Siegel, Delaney/Siegel, Zorn and Associates 1982
92 Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid 1981-1982
93 Special Projects and Information 1985
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Folder
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7 94 Speech Jokes [1984]
95 Superfund Problems 1982-1983
96 Tax Reconciliation 1983
97 Technology/Finance 1983
98 Telecommunications 1983
99 Trade 1982
100 Van der Voort, Carol 1985
101 White House Appointment Nominee Lists 1983
102 White House Conference on Aging: Delegate Applications 1981
103 Work Orders Completed 1985
104 Work Orders Completed 1985
105 Zeligs, David 1983
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