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The Legislative Staff Sub-series contains the records of twenty-nine members of Senator Glenn's Washington, D.C. office staff assigned to work on legislative issues during his twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate. Included are the records of legislative directors, legislative assistants, and some legislative correspondents. Not all the legislative staff members who worked for Senator Glenn are accounted for in the sub-series. The records compiled by many of the early staff members, especially those who worked during Glenn's first term from 1975 to 1980, are located within the Governmental Affairs Committee files in the Committee Files Sub-series.
At any given time during his years in office, Senator Glenn's Washington staff included anywhere from six to twelve legislative assistants, each assigned to various subject or policy areas. The office also employed four to six legislative correspondents, who worked with the legislative assistants to draft the replies used to respond to constituent letters on current legislation and policy issues written to Senator Glenn. Many of these legislative correspondents later became legislative assistants. A legislative director supervised the work of the legislative assistants and correspondents. A few members of the legislative staff worked in the Washington office during all four of Glenn's terms in office, while other staff members were employed for as little as two years. The average tenure on the legislative staff was approximately six to seven years.
The Washington office did not maintain a central filing system for legislative records. Individual staff members compiled and maintained their own files, which resulted in a wide variety of filing systems. Care was taken during the processing of the records to preserve as close as possible the original order found within these systems. However, the lack of order maintained by some individuals necessitated substantial rearrangement to facilitate access to the information located within the records. The records of most members of the legislative staff are separated by the categories of their various policy areas of expertise, with the records of each policy area sorted into an alphabetically arranged subject file format. Many individuals also maintained separate correspondence files. The records of most legislative assistants started with their hire and were closed upon their departure from Glenn's staff, though there are instances of individuals inheriting some files from their predecessors.
The records of Senator Glenn's legislative staff are a rich resource for researchers interested in the broad policy debates of Congress from 1975 to 1998. The records also document numerous individual pieces of legislation either proposed, introduced, or passed through Congress during Glenn's four terms in the Senate. The documentation is strongest, naturally, for those policy areas of special interest to Senator Glenn. These policy areas include nuclear non-proliferation; arms control; the administration of the nation's nuclear weapons sites; space policy; military weapons procurement and personnel issues; the elimination of fraud, waste, and abuse in government spending; federal penalties for arson; aging and health care issues; and federal support for basic research into scientific and technological development. Also well documented is the impact of federal funding on a variety of projects and locales within Ohio, especially in the areas of public works projects (notably water resources and flood control), environmental clean-up, and defense spending.
An alphabetical listing of the legislative staff members whose records are contained within the sub-series is available in Appendix B. The listing includes their general policy areas of expertise and the date span of their records.
The Robert Andrews Files (boxes 248-252) consist of five cubic feet of materials dating from 1976 to 1982, though the bulk of the records date from 1980 to 1982. From 1980 to 1982, Mr. Andrews was a legislative assistant specializing in defense issues. The first three-quarters cubic foot of the files are chronologically arranged correspondence and staff memoranda dating from February 1980 to September 1982. The correspondence is a mix of letters from constituents on defense issues, letters between Senator Glenn and various Department of Defense (DOD) officials, and letters between Glenn and other members of congress. Many of the constituent letters are from Ohio businesses seeking or having contracts with the DOD. The congressional correspondence deals mainly with current legislation. The staff memoranda cover a wide range of defense related topics and various legislative matters before the senate. Memoranda may include such attachments as speeches and statements, talking points, Congressional Record pages, newspaper clippings, and other background information.
The remainder of the records consists of subject files arranged alphabetically by folder heading. Included are files on the procurement of many different types of weapons systems for the DOD, such as the B-1 bomber, the MK-48 torpedo, the AV-8 Harrier aircraft, and chemical weapons. A substantial amount of records pertain to the MX Missile Program. The subject files also contain extensive records on the yearly budget authorizations and appropriations for the DOD. These files include bills and amendments, letters from members of congress, reports, staff memoranda, Glenn's statements, newspaper and magazine clippings, and miscellaneous background materials. Other series of files contain background information on opposition to defense spending and the records of Senator Glenn's participation in the Congressional Study Group sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University.
Outside of defense related issues, the subject files contain documents on the Environmental Emergency Response Act of 1980. This legislation resulted in the establishment of the "Superfund" at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the identification and cleanup of hazardous waste sites.
The Milton Beach Files (box 253) consist of one cubic foot of materials issues dating from 1985 to 1991. During this time period Mr. Beach was a legislative assistant specializing in defense issues. The files include correspondence and memoranda files dating from June 1990 to April 1991. Most of the items within these files are memoranda from Mr. Beach to Senator Glenn on defense-oriented legislation currently before the Senate or on Glenn's own legislative initiatives on military issues. The subject files contain materials on general defense issues and on specific legislation before the Senate. Many files pertain to the procurement of various weapons systems for the Department of Defense (DOD) and to the DOD's construction spending at military bases in Ohio. Other files document Senator Glenn's legislation to provide benefits to veterans of the Persian Gulf War, the Procurement Conferences he held in Ohio from 1985 to 1987 to assist small businesses interested in obtaining contracts with the DOD, and his efforts to maintain defense programs at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. Also of note are documents pertaining to the Senate hearings held in November 1989 to investigate the explosion aboard the battleship, U.S.S. Iowa.
The Laura (Trageser) Beers Files (boxes 254-255) consist of two cubic feet of materials dating from 1989 to 1994. During this time period Ms. Beers was a legislative correspondent assisting with the policy areas of foreign relations, housing, immigration and refugees, and industry and trade. The materials on foreign relations are a mix of files on countries and issues alphabetically arranged by folder heading. The country files generally contain background and reference materials, though correspondence and memoranda pertaining to current issues also may be included. The issue files contain background information and correspondence on more specific foreign relations matters, such as human rights abuse cases, reform of foreign aid, land mines, and the U.S. Army School of the Americas.
Information on housing is limited to one folder of correspondence on legislative issues at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during 1993.
Most of the immigration and refugee files pertain to the immigration of Soviet Jews from 1989 to 1992. The remaining files contain correspondence of a miscellaneous nature on immigration issues and cases.
The majority of the trade and industry files document efforts by Senator Glenn's staff to assist Ohio businesses with specific foreign trade issues or problems. Other files are on trade issues for different types of U.S. manufacturers, most notably the steel, glassware, and textiles industries. Also included are files dealing with specific legislation on trade agreements, such as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The Leonard Bickwit Files (box 256) consist of one cubic foot of materials dating from 1974 to 1979. Mr. Bickwit served as the legislative director for Senator Glenn during this time period. The majority of his files consist of chronologically arranged correspondence and memoranda, dating from January 1975 through January 1979, covering a wide variety of legislative matters and policy issues. The correspondence includes incoming and outgoing letters to members of Congress, to and from various officials in the federal government, and to and from other VIPs. The staff memoranda generally are on current legislation and may include attachments. Staff memoranda written in January of each year outline projected legislative activities and Glenn initiatives for the upcoming year. The emphasis is on matters before the Governmental Affairs Committee and its predecessor, the Government Operations Committee, though matters before other Senate committees are included. The files also contain some information on the federal budget for 1975 and 1976, along with documents pertaining to consumer legislation from 1974 through 1977. The latter contains records on legislation introduced in 1975 to establish a federal consumer protection agency.
The Eileen Bradner Files (boxes 257-262) consist of six cubic feet of materials dating from 1985 to 1988. During this time period Ms. Bradner was a legislative assistant specializing in the policy areas of commerce and transportation. Her files include three cubic feet of commerce files, one cubic foot of miscellaneous subject files, and two cubic feet of transportation files. A substantial portion of the commerce files documents the legislation on product liability introduced in Congress from 1984 to 1988. Other files pertain to problems in the U.S. steel industry and to tariffs. Included are files dealing with tariffs on specific products, along with general files on tariffs as a policy issue. The commerce files also include telecommunications issues, such as the divestiture of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and the resultant formation of "Baby Bells." Other telecommunications files pertain to legislation regulating the cable and satellite television industries. Also included in the commerce files are documents on the various trade issues and legislation of the mid-1980s, most notably the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.
The subject files contain chronologically arranged briefing papers, Dear Colleague letters, and Senate voting records pertaining to commerce and transportation policy and legislation. In addition, the subject files contain records on the Chapter 11 reorganization of the LTV Steel Corporation. Also included are materials documenting water-resource legislation, such as the Clean Water Act of 1985, and federal appropriations for sewer, conservation, and recreation projects.
Approximately one-half of the transportation files consists of extensive documentation on the sale of Conrail in 1985. Records on the Conrail sale include briefing books, correspondence and memoranda, reports, hearing testimony, and newspaper clippings. Other transportation files pertain to Ohio related issues, such as the sale of the American Motors Jeep plant in Toledo, the closing of a General Motors assembly plant near Cleveland, and the regulation of shipping on the Great Lakes.
The Harold Brazil Files (boxes 263- 270) consist of seven and one-half cubic feet of materials dating from 1969 to 1984, though the bulk of materials date from 1980 to 1984. Mr. Brazil was a legislative assistant from 1980 to 1984, specializing in the policy areas of arson, civil rights, crime, housing, labor, and minorities. The one and one-half cubic feet of arson files document Glenn's leadership in the enactment of legislation to establish federal penalties for the crime of arson. Included are files on the Anti-Arson Acts of 1979 and 1981, along with files on subsequent arson legislation introduced in the 97th and 98th Congresses. Other files document anti-arson activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Included are extensive files of arson related correspondence between Senator Glenn and various insurance companies, municipal fire department officials, state fire marshals, and members of Congress. Additional files cover arson related conferences and general reference materials.
The one cubic foot of civil rights files contains materials on such policy issues as gay rights, the handicapped, school desegregation and busing, and voting rights. Other files pertain to specific legislation, such as the establishment of a federal holiday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the strengthening of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. Also included are files pertaining to civil rights in South Africa, sanctions against apartheid, and the conflict in Rhodesia. Additional files document Senator Glenn's voting record on civil rights issues.
The majority of the one cubic foot of crime files pertains to a wide range of specific crime control legislation introduced in Congress from 1975 to 1984, including the National Security and Violent Crime Control Act of 1981, the Violent Crime and Drug Enforcement Act of 1982, and the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1983. Other files pertain to general crime related policy issues, such as capital punishment, gun control, organized crime, motor vehicle theft, and the insanity defense.
The one cubic foot of labor files contains materials on specific legislation dealing with bankruptcy, affirmative action, labor disputes, pensions, and unemployment compensation. Other files pertain to job training and various worker health and safety issues.
Most of the one-half cubic foot of minority files pertains to the work done by Senator Glenn from 1976 to 1984 to establish and fund the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center at Wilberforce, Ohio. Other files include materials on the Congressional Black Caucus, minority businesses, and employment discrimination in the Senate.
The remainder of Mr. Brazil's files consist of one and one-half cubic feet of subject files covering a wide range of miscellaneous policy issues, including abortion, education, health care, taxes and urban policy.
The Kevin Bruns Files (boxes 271-275) consist of four and one-half cubic feet of materials dating from 1972 to 1989, though the bulk of the materials date from 1986 to 1989. Mr. Bruns was a legislative assistant from 1986 to 1989, specializing in the policy areas of banking and taxes. His files include two and one half cubic feet of banking files, one-half cubic foot of miscellaneous subject files, and one and one-half cubic feet of tax files.
The majority of the banking files pertain to the 1980s era of hostile corporate takeovers. Included are extensive materials on the Corporate Takeover Reform Bill of 1987 and other legislation to regulate corporate mergers introduced by Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin. Other files document specific corporate takeovers during this time period. The banking files also include a substantial amount of documents on the Financial Modernization Act of 1988 and other banking reform legislation. In addition, the files document the crisis within the saving and loan industry during the 1980s, with an emphasis on its impact to Ohio banks and savings and loans.
The subject files cover a variety of topics centered on trade and industry in Ohio. Included are files on the closing of a General Motors assembly plant in Elyria, Ohio, and the affects of steel tariffs on the American Steel and Wire Corporation. Other files pertain to the steel industry and tariffs as a general policy issue.
The tax files pertain primarily to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and the subsequent technical corrections legislation introduced in 1987 and 1988. Other files document legislation on specific tax exemptions, deductions, and credits for various entities or types of activity, such as research and development.
The Patricia Buckheit Files (boxes 277-307) consist of thirty-two cubic feet of materials dating from 1976 to 1998, though the bulk of the records date from 1982 to 1998. Ms. Buckheit was a legislative correspondent from 1975 to 1982 and a legislative assistant from 1982 to 1998, specializing in the policy areas of foreign relations and veterans. From 1988 to 1998, she handled the additional policy area of industry and trade, and from 1995 to 1998, the policy areas of labor and immigration and refugees. Her files include three cubic feet of case and project files, twelve cubic feet of foreign relations files, one cubic foot of files on immigration and refugees, two cubic feet of labor files, two cubic feet of files on legislative initiatives, ten cubic feet of trade and industry files, and two cubic feet of files on veterans' affairs. Records within each category are in subject file format arranged alphabetically by folder heading.
The first three cubic feet of Patricia Buckheit files contain records on a wide variety of projects and cases handled by Senator Glenn's office. The projects and cases cover all five policy areas handled by Ms. Buckheit, although approximately one-half pertain to trade and industry issues. Many of these cases involve Ohio companies doing business overseas who sought Senator Glenn's help in finding a solution to a specific problem or who requested redress for particular tariff or trade barrier issues. Other cases involve requests by businesses for the suspension of U.S. tariff duties on a particular product or raw material. Other files pertain to foreign relations projects undertaken by Senator Glenn, such as the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Peace Quilt Project of the late 1980s. Additional foreign relations cases involve requests by individuals and organizations for Senator Glenn's help with their overseas projects. The files also document special immigration and refugee cases worked on by Senator Glenn's staff. Many of these cases deal with requests for national interest work visas for visiting scholars and key corporate employees. Also included are files on the immigration of various dissidents from the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations during the 1980s.
The twelve cubic feet of foreign relations files are a mix of files on specific countries, files on various general policy issues, and files on treaties. The files are alphabetically arranged by folder headings, followed in many instances by sub-headings. The files also include extensive VIP correspondence on a multitude of topics. This correspondence is arranged in chronological order and dates from 1982 to 1997. The files on countries may be general in nature with the documents arranged by year. Other files pertain to a specific issue relating to a particular country. For example, the files range from one small folder on the closure of the British consular office in Cleveland to nearly one cubic foot of files pertaining to the People's Republic of China. These China files contain extensive records on the debate in Congress from 1990 to 1997 on the most favored nation status for that country. Other China files are on the transition of rule for Hong Kong and on U.S.-Chinese business interests. Also heavily documented in the country files are the peace efforts in the Middle East during the 1980s and 1990s, aid to Nicaraguan Contras during the years 1985 to 1988, and U.S. relations with Cuba. These latter records include multiple files on the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1995 (Helms-Burton). Other significant country files document the break-up of Yugoslavia and the subsequent wars in such countries as Bosnia and Croatia. These files include records pertaining to the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement and the peacekeeping role of U.S. military forces in Bosnia from 1996 to 1998. Significant files on policy issues include efforts to enact a moratorium or ban on the use of landmines, foreign aid reform, population planning, the expansion of NATO, and the continued funding of both the Voice of America and the U.S. Army's School of the Americas. Other policy issue files document Senate debates on arms sales to various foreign countries, such as the sale of AWAC and F-15 aircraft to Saudi Arabia during the 1980s. The files on treaties document Senate debates during the 1970s to 1990s time period on the ratification of a number of important international treaties dealing with arms control, the world environment, and human rights. The files also heavily document the extensive debate during 1977 and 1978 over the ratification of the Panama Canal Treaty. In addition, the foreign relations files contain records on Senator Glenn's initiative in 1993 and 1994 to create the office of inspector general at the United Nations.
Most of the one cubic foot of materials on immigration and refugees consists of files pertaining to specific legislation introduced in the Senate during the 104th and 105th Congresses (1996-1998). Heavily documented is the Immigration and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996. Other files pertain to such 1997 legislation as the Agricultural Work Force Stability and Protection Act and the Border Improvement and Immigration Act. Also included are a number of files dating from 1985 to 1998 on Cincinnati Reaches Out. This Ohio based organization raised funds for food and medical supplies and coordinated refugee relief efforts.
The two cubic feet of labor files date from 1995 to 1998 and are a mix of subject files and files on specific legislation introduced in the 104th and 105th Congresses. The bill files include a significant amount of documentation on the Teamwork for Employees and Management Act (1995-1997) and the Workplace Development Act (1995-1996). Also of note are files pertaining to the prevailing wage law (Davis-Bacon) and to various bills on setting the federal minimum wage standard. The subject files include correspondence between Senator Glenn's office and various federal labor agencies such as the Department of Labor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the National Labor Relations Board. Other subject files contain records compiled from meetings between Senator Glenn and labor officials, including representatives of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Communications Workers of America, and various steelworkers' unions.
Compiled by Ms. Buckheit for her own use, the two cubic feet of legislative initiative files consist of copies of correspondence, memoranda, Dear Colleague letters, bills, amendments, resolutions, newspaper clippings, and background materials on legislation introduced or co-sponsored by Senator Glenn. The files offer an excellent synopsis of Senator Glenn's legislative record for the five policy areas assigned to Ms. Buckheit. Arranged in chronological order, the files document Glenn's legislative record for foreign policy issues from 1976 to 1998; for veterans' affairs and immigration and refugee issues from 1983 to 1996; for industry and trade issues from 1990 to 1996, and for labor issues from 1997 to 1998.
The ten cubic feet of trade and industry files date from 1986 to 1998 and are a mix of subject files and legislative bill files. The majority of the subject files deal with how various trade issues during the 1980s and 1990s affected major industries in Ohio. Included are records on the automotive, banana, bicycle, glass and ceramics, machine tool, rubber, and steel industries. The automotive files include information on assembly plants in Ohio operated by various domestic manufacturers, as well as a number of files on the Honda Motor Company's assembly plant in Marysville, Ohio. Also included are records on the 1995 automotive trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan. The subject files provide a significant amount of materials on the steel industry, including records on the aluminum, ferroalloy, titanium, and zinc alloy industries. Included are materials on the voluntary restraint agreements negotiated with foreign manufacturers during the late 1980s, along with records on the anti-dumping legislation for the steel industry introduced in 1992 and 1993. Other files contain records pertaining to various tariff issues for the rubber, bicycle, and machine tool industry. Also documented is how the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade impacted Ohio glassware and ceramic companies during the 1989 to 1993 time period. The files include extensive records documenting how Cincinnati based Chiquita Brands responded from 1993 to 1998 to the protracted dispute with the European Union over the world banana trade. Additional subject files pertain to the establishment of foreign trade zones within various Ohio cities.
The majority of the legislative bill files are on the debate in Congress over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) during 1991 to 1993. The files contain an extensive amount of correspondence, memoranda, hearing testimonies, reports, studies, newspaper clippings, and background materials on both the general debate about the agreement and on the agreement's impact on specific industries. Also included are records pertaining to follow-up studies on NAFTA done from 1996 to 1998. Other legislative bill files include records on the 1995 proposal to dismantle the Department of Commerce, on the "fast track" authority legislation introduced in 1997, and on the 1993-1994 rounds of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade. In addition, legislative bill files contain studies undertaken in 1997 and 1998 on the effectiveness of trade sanctions, along with materials relating to federal policies during the years 1992 to 1995 on funding for basic research and development in science and technology.
The veterans' affairs files consist of two cubic feet of subject files dating from 1977 to 1998. Most of the records relate to the operation and management of various Veterans Administration medical centers in Ohio. Also included is a large series of files documenting Senator Glenn's involvement, from 1982 to 1998, in the construction and maintenance of the Korean War Memorial located in Washington, D.C. Other notable files pertain to the World War II Memorial, the health problems of Persian Gulf War veterans, and the effects of radiation exposure from nuclear weapons testing on veterans.
The Susan Carnohan Files (boxes 308-309) consist of two cubic feet of records dating from 1977 to 1998, though the bulk of the materials date from 1988 to 1998. Ms. Carnohan was a legislative correspondent from 1979 to 1981, and a legislative assistant from 1982 to 1998, specializing in the policy areas of energy and the interior, environmental issues, and transportation. Her files are sorted into these three categories, with the files within each category arranged alphabetically by folder heading.
The energy and interior files contain records on appropriations for the U.S. Department of the Interior from 1989 to 1997. Other interior files contain records on legislation pertaining to Native Americans and to various recreational areas in Ohio managed by the U.S. Parks Service. The energy files primarily document alternative and other fuel issues during the 1980s, as well as energy bill assistance for low-income households and other public utility issues.
The environmental files contain a significant amount of records on the Clean Air Act, along with subsequent clean air legislation and programs enacted from 1987 to 1996. Many of these records focus on the issue of acid rain. Other files pertain to the safe disposal of solid, hazardous, and toxic waste. Included are a series of files containing chronologically arranged general correspondence and memoranda, dated 1987 to 1998, on a wide variety of environmental issues. Additional files document environmental projects and problems at various sites in Ohio.
The transportation files cover a variety of automotive, rail, aviation, and mass transit issues, but primarily focus on specific federally funded projects in Ohio. Also included are a number of files on highway funding, with an emphasis on the Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
The Kathleen Connolly Files (boxes 310-315) consist of six cubic feet of materials dating from 1976 to 1998, though the bulk of the materials date from 1982 to 1998. Ms. Connolly was a legislative correspondent from 1977 to 1981, and a legislative assistant from 1982 to 1998, specializing in the policy areas of agriculture, children's issues, education, and women's issues. Her records are sorted into these four policy areas, with the files of each area arranged alphabetically by folder heading. In addition, her records contain a few files of chronologically arranged correspondence, dating from 1986 to 1988 and from 1991 to 1998. The correspondence files include staff memoranda and Dear Colleague letters primarily concerning various agricultural, children, public housing, and telecommunications policy. Another series contains miscellaneous subject files, dating from 1982 to 1997, that includes records on such policy areas as aging, commerce and energy, housing, minority and gay rights, telecommunications, unemployment, and welfare reform.
The majority of the agriculture files document federal assistance in the research and development of non-food uses for agricultural products, especially the production of degradable plastics. Included are records on a number of legislative bills introduced to further this research in the 1980s, such as the Agricultural Commodity Uses Research Act of 1985, the Agricultural Commodity Based Plastics Development Act of 1988, and the Degradable Commodity Plastics Procurement and Standards Act of 1989. Other significant topics include the 1985 Farm Bill and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The children's issues files are minimal, but do contain materials on adoption policies, childcare, the use of public libraries by latchkey children, and television programming for children.
The education files contain a significant amount of materials on foreign language instruction and the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters. Other files document Senator Glenn's involvement in legislation to create various national service programs. Also included are records on scholarship programs, distance learning legislation, student loans, and tuition assistance.
Most of the records in the women's issues files date from Senator Glenn's 1984 presidential campaign and document his views on a range of policy issues affecting women as set forth for the campaign. Other files pertain to Senator Glenn's attendance at conferences and other meetings held by various women's groups during the later part of the 1980s.
The Daniel Doherty Files (boxes 316-325) consist of one cubic foot of correspondence files and nine cubic feet of subject files dating from 1979 to 1985. Mr. Doherty was the legislative director for Senator Glenn during this time period. The correspondence contains sets of both alphabetically arranged and chronologically arranged general correspondence files for the years 1979 to 1984. Other, separate, correspondence files contain Dear Colleague letters, letters to the Reagan administration, staff memoranda sent to Senator Glenn, and memoranda on legislation co-signed by Senator Glenn. As the legislative director, Mr. Doherty supervised the legislative staff and so did not specialize in any one area of public policy. His subject files, therefore, contain materials covering a multitude of policy issues and specific legislation before the Senate during the early 1980s. The files do contain a significant amount of records documenting the federal budget bills from 1981 to 1984. Other topics of note include various labor issues, tax legislation, and the establishment of the National Museum of African-American History in Wilberforce, Ohio. The files also heavily document issues affecting the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes, along with various water resources projects in Ohio.
The Edward Furtek Files (boxes 326-327) consist of two cubic feet of subject files dating from 1977 to 1984, though the bulk of the materials date from 1977 to 1981. Mr. Furtek was a legislative assistant specializing in Ohio economic issues. His files primarily document efforts to cope with the demise of the steel industry in Ohio, especially in the Youngstown and Mahoning Valley region during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Included are a number of files on the Senate Steel Caucus, of which Senator Glenn was a founding member. Other files pertain to Senator Glenn's efforts to promote foreign trade opportunities for Ohio businesses, such as a workshop he organized in 1979 on doing business with the People's Republic of China, and the staff work undertaken in conjunction with a bid in 1979 by the city of Cleveland to obtain a Volkswagen assembly plant. Other files document Senator Glenn's efforts to provide import relief to the industrial fastener industry. Also included are a significant amount of records on the impact of military base realignments during the late 1970s on the defense logistical centers located in Columbus, Cleveland, and Dayton.
The Ronald Grimes Files (boxes 328-345) consist of eighteen cubic feet of materials dating from 1975 to 1998, though the bulk of the materials date from 1985 to 1998. Mr. Grimes was a legislative assistant from 1984 to 1991 specializing in the policy areas of banking (1987-1991), federal budget (1985-1998), Ohio issues (1984-1996), senate rules (1984-1998), and taxes (1986-1991). During Senator Glenn's fourth term in office, from 1991 to 1998, Mr. Grimes served as the senator's legislative director. While serving as legislative director, Mr. Grimes continued to be active in the policy areas of federal budget, senate rules, and some Ohio issues. In addition to the five policy areas described above, his files include a series of correspondence files, a series of legislative files, a series of political files, and two series of subject files.
The correspondence files consist of three-quarters cubic feet of materials dating from 1986 to 1998. The correspondence pertains to legislation before the U.S. Senate from the 99th through the 105th Congresses. Included are files of Dear Colleague letters and files of letters signed or co-signed by Senator Glenn in sponsorship of various legislative bills. Other files contain thank you letters received by Senator Glenn and VIP letters, mostly from state level politicians and officials from various federal agencies.
The legislative files consist of one and one-quarter cubic feet of materials dating from 1985 to 1998. Included are staff briefing books on domestic and foreign policy issues, along with files on Senator Glenn's legislative agendas and initiatives for the 99th through the 105th Congresses. Also included are files on the ratings given to Senator Glenn's voting record by various special interest groups. In addition, the files contain legislative agendas compiled by the National Democratic Party, along with year-end reviews and reports on the activities and accomplishments of individual Congressional sessions. The files are arranged by type within each Congress.
The banking files consist of one cubic foot of materials, dating from 1987 to 1991, on both general banking policy issues and specific legislation. The majority of the files pertain to the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s and the various legislative bills introduced to help bail out the industry. Other topics include the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, consumer interest rates, deregulation, and leveraged buyouts.
The files on the federal budget consist of two cubic feet of materials dating from 1985 to 1998. The materials include briefing books, correspondence and memoranda, committee reports and mark-ups, National Democratic Party publications, and other items pertaining to the annual federal budget appropriations bills. Of significant note are records on the budget deadlock and subsequent shutdown of the federal government in 1995. The files are arranged by individual budget, from fiscal year 1986 (FY86) through fiscal year 1998 (FY98), with the files pertaining to each budget year arranged alphabetically by subheading.
The Ohio issues files consist of two cubic feet of materials dating from 1983 to 1996, though the bulk of the records date from 1985 to 1992. The majority of the records pertain to various projects in Ohio applying for or receiving federal funding. Examples include the Ameriflora `92 exposition in Columbus, Ohio, the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University, and a series of improvements made to the Toledo harbor area through the Toledo Port Authority.
The three cubic feet of political files date from 1975 to 1998 and consist of various materials pertaining to Senator Glenn's political record. Included are excellent summaries of his legislative initiatives arranged by each of his four terms in office. Also included are statements on Glenn's stance on a variety of policy issues written for his 1984 presidential campaign, along with summaries, by policy area, of his legislative initiatives compiled for his 1986 and 1992 senate re-election campaigns. Other files pertain to Glenn's political opponents and supporters and to the policy statements of the National Democratic Party. In addition, the files contain a number of reports, statements, and newspaper clippings on the 1990-1991 Keating ethics investigation involving Senator Glenn.
The one cubic foot of files on senate rules date from 1983 to 1998 and contain materials on various legislation and topics affecting the policies and procedures of the U.S. Senate. Significant topics include congressional salaries, gifts and perquisites, campaign finance reform during the mid 1980s, congressional reorganization, and committee reform.
The one cubic foot of files on tax issues consist of materials pertaining to specific tax legislation introduced between 1986 and 1991. Of special note are the records on various bills providing tax credits for research and development projects. Other topics include capital gains, revenue bonds, and tax simplification.
During his tenure, Mr. Grimes compiled two sets of subject files- one while a legislative assistant and another when he served as the legislative director. The legislative assistant subject files consist of one and one-quarter cubic feet of materials dating from 1984 to 1992. Most of the files pertain to miscellaneous legislation outside of the policy areas Mr. Grimes normally handled. Also included are a series of National Democratic Party publications on the legislative issues before Congress during this time period. The subject files he compiled while serving as legislative director are more substantial in nature and include materials on a variety of legislative issues directly affecting Ohio locales, organizations, and businesses. Prominent among these files are the extensive records pertaining to the assistance provided to the Proctor and Gamble Corporation in the company's request for a patent extension for their product, Olestra. Other files pertain to the company's efforts to obtain approval for Olestra as a food additive from the Federal Food and Drug Administration. Outside of Ohio related materials, major topics in the subject files include significant documentation on the product liability reform measures introduced between 1993 and 1996 and the 1997 hearings on campaign finance reform. Also of note are the extensive files documenting the National Democratic Party's response to the "Contract with America" legislation introduced by the Republican controlled Congress in 1995.
The John Haseley Files (boxes 346-357) consist of twelve cubic feet of materials dating from 1992 to 1996. During this time period Mr. Haseley was a legislative assistant specializing in the policy areas of banking, the federal budget, judiciary and crime, labor, public works, and tax issues. His files are sorted into these six categories, with each category sorted into a subject file format alphabetically arranged by folder heading. In addition, Mr. Haseley's files contain one-half cubic foot of correspondence files consisting of chronologically arranged Dear Colleague letters sent to Senator Glenn from February 1994 to December 1995. The letters pertain to legislative measures falling within Mr. Haseley's policy areas.
The two cubic feet of banking files contain a mix of general subject files and files on specific legislation. The general files include materials on various banking related entities in Ohio, along with files on a series of economic conferences in Ohio sponsored by Senator Glenn in 1993. The topics within the legislative files include bills introduced on interstate banking, securities litigation, community development, and the "Superfund" administered by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The budget files consist of one and one-half cubic feet of materials primarily concerned with the annual federal budget appropriations bills for the fiscal years 1993 through 1996. These materials include correspondence and memoranda, reports, summaries, analyses, and miscellaneous background material. Included are materials pertaining to the budget impasse and subsequent shutdown of the federal government in 1995. Also of note are the extensive records pertaining to various legislative bills introduced from 1992 to 1995 on the balanced budget amendment. In addition, the files contain some records on the line item veto legislation introduced in 1995.
The three and one-half cubic feet of judiciary and crime files contain a mixture of general subject files and files on specific legislative measures. Topics include gun control, prisons, flag desecration, securities litigation reform, and affirmative action. The files also include a significant amount of records on both the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1995 and the 1995 Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program. In addition, the files contain extensive records dating from 1995 to 1996 on the relocation of the Cleveland Browns football team to Baltimore, Maryland.
The two cubic feet of labor files contain a mixture of general subject files and files on specific legislation. The general files include materials on the garment industry and sweatshops, the prevailing wage law (Davis-Bacon Act), and welfare reform. The general files also contain materials on some labor strikes affecting companies in Ohio, most notably the strike in 1994-1995 against the Bridgestone-Firestone Corporation. Significant legislative files include the Occupational Safety and Health Reform Act of 1993, the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992, and the Workforce Development Act of 1995.
The public works files consist of one cubic foot of materials pertaining to various projects in Ohio applying for or using federal funding. Most of the projects are related to water resources or flood control, such as the Mill Creek project in Cincinnati and the heavily documented Franklinton Floodwall project in Columbus.
Most of the one and one-half cubic feet of tax files pertains to specific legislative tax bills introduced between 1992 and 1995. These legislative bills range from tax rates on various commodities, such as fuel, tobacco, and liquor, to bills providing tax credits for various activities, such as energy exploration and research and development projects. Significant topics include the earned income credit, reform of the Internal Revenue Service, pension reform, and the taxpayer bill of rights.
The John Hoctor Files (boxes 358-360) consist of three cubic feet of materials dating from 1989 to 1998, though the bulk of the records date from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Hoctor was a legislative correspondent assisting in the policy areas of agriculture, defense, pensions, telecommunications, and veterans' affairs. However, the vast majority of his records pertain to defense related issues. As a legislative correspondent, Mr. Hoctor assisted Senator Glenn's legislative assistants in the composition of letters used to respond to correspondence sent in by constituents on various policy issues. His records, therefore, consist mainly of reference and background materials on policy issues, such as printed bills, committee reports, and issue statements made by Senator Glenn. Significant defense topics within the files include the Base Closure and Realignment Commission of the early 1990s, the Department of Defense budget for fiscal years 1994 through 1999, the procurement of various weapons systems, and a variety of military manpower issues. These manpower issues include homosexuals in the military, the role of women in the armed forces, and benefits for service members. Mr. Hoctor's files also include a library of form letters used to reply to constituent mail pertaining to the policy issues listed above.
The George Krumbhaar Files (box 361) consist of one cubic foot of materials dating from 1985 to 1988. During this time period Mr. Krumbhaar was the legislative director for domestic policy for Senator Glenn. He also specialized in Ohio economic issues and technology issues. The majority of his files document Senator Glenn's efforts to maintain established businesses in Ohio and to bring new business ventures into the state, especially in the field of technology. Of note within his files are records on the Economic Competitiveness, International Trade, and Technology Development Act of 1987 and the Experimental Technology Incentives Program of 1987-1988.
The Diane Lifsey Files (boxes 362-373) consist of twelve cubic feet of materials dating from 1973 to 1998, though the bulk of the materials date from 1979 to 1998. Ms. Lifsey was a legislative correspondent from 1975 to 1978 and a legislative assistant from 1979 to 1998, specializing in the policy areas of aging, health care, and social security. Her files are sorted into these three categories, with each category sorted into a subject file format alphabetically arranged by folder heading. In addition to the policy area categories, Ms. Lifsey maintained a series of correspondence files. Most of the one and one-half cubic feet of this correspondence consists of chronologically arranged files dating, with some gaps, from December 1984 to September 1998. Included in the files are staff memoranda, Dear Colleague letters, and letters to and from VIPs, along with press releases and other statements by Senator Glenn on various aging, health care, and social security policy issues and legislation. The correspondence also contains some separate files compiled by subject, including health care reform dating from 1993 to 1996, Medicare dating from 1982 to 1984, and Social Security dating from 1982 to 1984.
The aging files consist of three and one-half cubic feet of materials dating from 1977 to 1998. Most of the files pertain to Senator Glenn's membership on the Senate Special Committee on Aging. This committee, although lacking legislative authority, studies issues affecting the nation's elderly and makes reports and recommendations to the Senate as a whole. The files document various hearings held by the committee during the 1970s to 1990s time period, including extensive records on a series of hearings titled the "Graying of Nations" held in 1977-1978, in 1985, and again in 1997-1998. Other files contain records of committee hearings on energy assistance for the elderly held in 1977, on elder care held in 1989 and 1998, and on retirement issues for "baby boomers" held in 1996. Other significant topics within the aging files include age discrimination, mandatory retirement, health care, nursing homes, housing, and living wills. Additional files document specific aging related legislation, such as the Senior Citizen Protection Act of 1993, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1992, and various amendments introduced in the 1980s to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act.
The four cubic feet of health care files contain a mix of subject files on general health care issues and files on specific health care related legislation. The general files include such topics as Alzheimer's disease, breast cancer, long-term care, and osteoporosis, along with extensive files on acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Other general files document reform measures and other topics relating to the federal Food and Drug Administration. Also included are a series of miscellaneous files pertaining to various hospitals in Ohio. The legislative files contain a significant amount of material on various health care reform measures introduced in the 1980s and 1990s, including many records on the Health Security Act of 1993 proposed under the administration of President William Clinton. Other legislative files of note include the reauthorizations passed during the 1980s and 1990s of the Older Americans Act and the Patients Bill of Rights introduced in 1998.
The majority of the three cubic feet of social security files document various legislative measures passed during the 1980s and 1990s pertaining to the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Included are such topics as funding authorizations for the programs, provider taxes, long-term care, nursing home regulations, and the use of program funds for abortions. The Medicare files include the issues of home health care, coverage for catastrophic illnesses, hospice care, program fraud and abuse, and the payment of fees to physicians. Other files relate to such general social security issues as disability benefits, limitations on earnings, cost of living adjustments (COLAs), privatization, and the coverage of public and government employees.
The John Loftus Files consist of one cubic foot of materials dating from 1981 to 1985. During this time period Mr. Loftus was a legislative correspondent assisting in the policy area of public works. His files primarily contain general reference and background materials on federally funded public works projects. These projects mainly relate to water resources, such as the Mill Creek project in Cincinnati, the Columbia River Gorge, the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, and the water level of the Great Lakes. Other files pertain to public works legislation on such topics as the deep-draft navigation, water resources grants under the Clean Water Act, outer continental shelf revenue sharing, and rural electrification.
The Suzanne McKenna Files (boxes 375-390) consist of sixteen cubic feet of materials dating from 1992 to 1998. During this time period Ms. McKenna was a legislative assistant specializing in defense issues. She also worked in the policy areas of federal budget from 1995 to 1998, judiciary from 1997 to 1998, and taxes from 1995 to 1998. Her files are divided into these four categories, with each category sorted into a subject files format alphabetically arranged by folder heading.
The defense files consist of thirteen cubic feet of materials pertaining to a wide variety of Department of Defense issues before Congress during the 1990s. Many of the files reflect Senator Glenn's subcommittee assignments as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in particular the areas of manpower, military readiness, weapons systems procurement, and military infrastructure. Approximately four cubic feet of records pertain to the annual budget appropriations and authorizations for the Department of Defense from 1992 through 1998 (fiscal years 1993 through 1999). The records include correspondence and memoranda, briefing books, hearing testimony, press releases and statements, committee reports and markups, conference records, and background materials. The debates over allocation of funding documented by these records provide insights into many of the defense issues and programs prevalent during this time period.
A significant amount of records in the defense files document the work of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission from 1992 to 1995. The mandate of this independent commission was to review the nation's military bases and installations and decide upon how best to consolidate military operations by closing redundant sites. The files not only contain general materials on the commission, but also extensive records on the impact of the commission's decisions on various military installations in Ohio. These records include the process of closing Newark Air Force Base undertaken from 1993 to 1996, and the consolidation of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service locations in Cleveland and Columbus. Other files document the impact of the commission's work on the Springfield Air National Guard Base, on the Defense Construction and Supply Center in Columbus, and on a variety of programs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton.
Another significant topic within the defense files is reform at the Department of Defense undertaken during the 1990s. The files include records of the Bottom-up Review done during 1993 and 1994, along with records of various reforms in the department's financial management introduced from 1991 to 1995 and again in 1998. Also of note are the files on military readiness dating from 1993 to 1996 and the various files on personnel issues, including a 1993 report on gays in the military. Other files document the procurement of various weapons systems for the military, such as the upgrades to the M-1 battle tank and this program's impact on the tank plant located in Lima, Ohio. Also included are files on the modernization of tactical aircraft and the subsequent procurement of various fighter aircraft.
The budget files are limited to one-half cubic foot of materials pertaining to the Balanced Budget Amendment and resolutions on the federal budgets for fiscal years 1997 through 1999.
Most of the two cubic feet of judiciary files pertain to various legislation introduced during the 105th Congress. Included are records on such significant measures as the Bankruptcy Reform Act, the Patent Act of 1997, the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offenders Act, the Victim's Rights Amendment, and the Tobacco Bill. The files also contain some materials on general policy issues, including gun control, affirmative action, terrorism, prisons, and drug control.
The majority of the tax files consist of records on the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 and the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1997. The remaining files pertain to a variety of miscellaneous tax bills introduced in the 104th and 105th Congresses.
The Donald A. Mitchell Files (boxes 391-402) consist of twelve cubic feet of materials dating from 1982 to 1996, though the bulk of the records date from 1984 to 1992. Mr. Mitchell was a legislative correspondent in the years 1984 and 1985 and a legislative assistant from 1986 through 1992. Beginning in 1988, and exclusively from 1993 to 1998, he worked as Senator Glenn's staff member for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. As a legislative correspondent and legislative assistant he specialized in the policy areas of arms control and defense issue from 1984 to 1992. He also worked in the policy areas of foreign relations and immigration and refugees from 1984 to 1988. His records are divided into these four categories, with each category sorted into a subject file format alphabetically arranged by folder heading.
The seven cubic feet of arms control files contain a wealth of documentation on the efforts of the United States during the 1980s to put in place agreements with the Soviet Union to control the use of nuclear weapons and to limit the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries. The majority of the files can be placed into the classifications of treaties, weapons systems, and nuclear non-proliferation records. The files contain a significant amount of materials pertaining to the debate in the U.S. Senate over a number of arms control treaties dating from the 1980s and early 1990s. Documented are various legislative efforts from 1986 to 1991 to revise the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Other records pertain to compliance by the Soviets during the late 1980s with the provisions within the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II). Also included are files on the ratification of the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START), the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and the joint Threshold Test Ban Treaty and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty. Related to the treaty records are files dating from 1983 to 1987 on the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and files dating from 1988 to 1992 on the On-Site Inspection Agency.
The arms control files also include general materials pertaining to weapons of mass destruction, including anti-satellite, chemical, and biological weapons. Other records pertain to the nuclear freeze movement of the early 1980s. The files contain extensive materials on the efforts in the late 1990s to ban the use of nuclear testing. Also included are approximately two cubic feet of materials pertaining to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) introduced during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. This material includes briefing books, correspondence and memoranda, statements, reports, and background materials relating to the yearly budget appropriations for SDI from 1985 to 1992.
Other records within the arms control files include general records on nuclear non-proliferation policy from 1985 to 1993, along with records on Senator Glenn's Omnibus Nuclear Proliferation Control Act of 1993. In conjunction with the nuclear non-proliferation files are records on Senator Glenn's efforts from 1987 to 1992 to enact legislation to limit the production of and stiffen controls over the use of fissile materials. Additional files pertain to nuclear terrorism, as well as the nuclear weapons programs in Iran, Iraq, North Korea, South Africa, India, and Pakistan during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
A substantial amount of the two and one-half cubic feet of defense files pertain to the yearly budget authorizations for the Department of Defense from 1984 to 1992 for fiscal years 1984 to 1993. Also included are records relating to the procurement of various weapons systems, including the B-1 Bomber, cruise missiles, and the "Aurora" spy plane. Additional files document Senator Glenn's efforts from 1989 to 1992 to halt the retirement the SR-71 Blackbird Aircraft Program, as well as his work in 1986 and 1987 to place a test facility for the Strategic Defense Initiative at the Piketon Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant in Ohio. Dating from Mr. Mitchell's work as a legislative correspondent are briefing books on foreign relations and defense issues, along with letter libraries containing Senator Glenn's replies to constituent letters on foreign relations and defense issues.
Prominent among the one and one-half cubic feet of foreign relations files are records relating to the reaction of various countries in Europe, along with Israel and Japan, to the Strategic Defense Initiative. Other significant topics include terrorism, the Iran-Iraq War, sanctions against South Africa, and arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Jordan in 1985. Also included are briefing books and other documents pertaining to the POW/MIA issue compiled in conjunction with a trip by Senator Glenn to Southeast Asia in 1993.
The one cubic foot of immigration and refugees files contain extensive materials on two major topics: the plight of Southeast Asian refugees from 1983 to 1987 and the immigration of Jews from the Soviet Union during the same time period.
The Patricia Murdock Files (boxes 403-404) consist of two cubic feet of materials dating from 1982 to 1987, though the bulk of the materials date from 1985 to 1987. Ms. Murdock was a legislative assistant from 1985 to 1987, specializing in the policy areas of crime, judiciary, and labor. Her files are divided into these three categories, with each category sorted into a subject file format arranged alphabetically by folder heading.
The one-half cubic foot of crime files contain documentation on three major topics: child pornography, the death penalty, and drug abuse. Included in the files are general correspondence and memoranda, press releases, newspaper clippings, reports, and other reference materials, along with records from some specific legislative bills.
Major policy topics with the one cubic foot of judiciary files include abortion, minority and civil rights, school prayer, and children's issues. Also well documented are legislative measures pertaining to patents, copyrights, and trademarks. Other files contain materials on pension issues at the LTV Steel Corporation and on the Court Interpreters Act of 1985.
Most of the one-half cubic foot of labor files pertains to the closing of the Enduro Steel plant in Massillon, Ohio from 1985 to 1986. Other files document the 1985 strike against the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1985.
The Linda Parson Files (boxes 405-407) consist of three cubic feet of materials dating from 1982 to 1992, though the bulk of the materials date from 1987 to 1992. Ms. Parson was a legislative assistant from 1987 to 1992, specializing in the policy areas of crime and labor. Her files are divided into these two categories, along with a category of general subject files. Each category is sorted into a subject file format arranged alphabetically by folder heading.
The one-half cubic foot of crime files primarily document the Violent Crime Control Act of 1991. Other legislative files include the Major Fraud Act Amendments of 1989 and various measures on public safety officers' death benefits first introduced in 1986. The files also document the issue of prison overcrowding and Senator Glenn's initiative to use Quonset huts to house prisoners.
The one and one-half cubic feet of labor files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, printed bills, statements, press releases, and background materials on a variety of labor issues and legislation introduced during the 1980s and early 1990s. Major topics include the federal minimum wage law, family and medical leave, equal employment opportunity, job training, and the replacement of striking workers. Other labor files contain materials on strikes by flight attendants and steel workers.
Most of the one-half cubic foot of subject files consists of briefs on miscellaneous issues, files on Senator Glenn's legislative initiatives, and his voting record during the 1980s. Other files contain materials on such topics as the hostile takeover of the NCR Corporation by A.T.&T. during the early 1990s, the establishment of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, gay rights, and telecommunications.
The Lewis Roth Files (box 408) consist of one cubic foot of materials dating from 1985 to 1987. During this time period Mr. Roth was a legislative correspondent assisting in the policy areas of public works, telecommunications, and transportation. His files are divided into these three categories, each sorted into a subject file format alphabetically arranged by folder heading.
The majority of the public works files relate to water resources issues, including the water level of the Great Lakes and the impact of the Clean Water Act on Ohio. Other files pertain to specific water projects in Ohio, such as the Wills Creek Flood Control Project in Guernsey County and the Franklinton Floodwall Project in Columbus. Miscellaneous topics include the Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area, the Rural Electrification Administration, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The telecommunications files contain materials on a variety of policy topics and specific legislation. Major topics include the deregulation of the cable industry, legislative measures relating to the Emergency Telephone Number System (911), telemarketing fraud, and high definition television.
The transportation files contain records on legislative measures relating to mass transit, maritime reform, and the federal funding of highways. The remaining files document specific projects in Ohio, along with the disruption to trade during 1985 and 1986 caused by the collapse of a lock in the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The J.P. Stevens Files (boxes 409-414) consist of six cubic feet of materials dating from 1993 to 1998. During this time period Mr. Stevens was a legislative assistant specializing in the policy area of defense. Mr. Stevens also worked in the policy areas of banking, public works, and veterans' affairs from 1995 to 1998. His files are divided into these four categories, each sorted into a subject file format alphabetically arranged by folder heading.
The one-half cubic foot of banking files are a mix of files on general banking topics and files on specific legislation. Most of the materials relate to reform measures introduced from 1995 to 1998, including reforms in banking insurance, credit unions, and securities litigation.
The four and one-half cubic feet of defense files consist of materials on a broad range of defense issues before Congress during the 1990s. Prevalent among these issues are various files pertaining to manpower, weapons procurement, and research and development. The manpower files include materials on women in the armed forces, with separate files on sexual harassment and the "Tailhook" scandal of 1995-1996. Other manpower files pertain to reviews of the military service academy system, the role of the National Guard, and the promotion system for officers used by the U.S. Air Force. Additional files relate to various medical issues, including military health benefit plans, HIV in the military, abortions performed at military medical facilities, and illnesses traced to the Persian Gulf War. Files on weapons procurement include such topics as tactical aviation, the B1/B2 Bomber program, submarines, the V-22 Osprey aircraft, and theater missile defense. The files contain extensive materials on a variety of military technology topics, with an emphasis on research and development programs. Included are general files on the Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Technology Reinvestment Project, and the Global Positioning System. Other files pertain to specific Ohio entities engaged in military research and development, such as the Edison Welding Institute (robots and the Navy Joining Center), the Photonics Imaging Corporation (flat panel displays), and the Columbiana Boiler Company (missile fuel tanks). The defense files also include a series of files on the budget authorizations and appropriations for the Department of Defense from 1994 to 1998. Other series of files contains chronologically arranged memoranda on defense issues sent to Senator Glenn by Mr. Stevens.
The one-half cubic foot of public works files pertain to various water projects in Ohio. Included are files on the Mill Creek project in Cincinnati, the Franklinton Floodwall in Columbus, the Holes Creek Flood Control Project in West Carrollton, and the Mosquito Creek Lake Project in Trumbull County. Other files contain general correspondence and reports from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Most of the one-half cubic foot of veterans' affairs files pertains to general issues, such as education, health care, and disabled veterans. Also included, however, are materials on two specific legislative bills: the Agent Orange Act of 1996 and the Veterans' Employment Opportunity Act of 1997.
The William Stussie Files (box 415) consist of one cubic foot of materials dating from 1989 and 1990. During this time period Mr. Stussie was a Congressional Fellow working with Senator Glenn on defense related policy issues. His files therefore contain materials covering a variety of defense policy topics and issues debated during the 101st Congress. These topics and issues include the B-2 Bomber program, critical technologies planning, the investigation into the explosion aboard the battleship U.S.S. Iowa, and the proposed posthumous promotion to four-star rank of Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, the commander of U.S. naval forces during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Other files pertain to issues affecting various Department of Defense installations in Ohio. In addition, the files contain briefing books, correspondence, memoranda, and an extensive number of reports and other background materials on the Defense Management Review undertaken during 1989 and 1990.
The Joshua Tenuta Files (box 416) consists of one-half cubic foot of materials dating from 1982 to 1985. During this time period Mr. Tenuta was a legislative correspondent assisting in the policy areas of telecommunications and transportation. His files are divided into these two categories, each sorted into a subject file format alphabetically arranged by folder heading.
The telecommunications files contain a mix of general issue files and files on specific legislation. Major topics include federal limitations on the number of broadcast stations owned by a single entity, copyright questions pertaining to home recording, the divestiture of the American Telephone and Telegram Company (A.T.& T.), and other telephone industry issues. Legislative files include materials on the Cable Telecommunications Act of 1983, the Competition in Television Act of 1983, and the Lifeline Telephone Service Act of 1985.
The transportation files are rather limited in number and scope, but do contain materials on the issue of hazardous cargo, the proposed acquisition of Conrail by the Allegheny Corporation in 1984, and the safety of aging bridges and other transportation infrastructure in Ohio.
The Phillip P. Upschulte Files (boxes 417-425) consist of nine cubic feet of materials dating from 1983 to 1994. During this time period Mr. Upschulte was a legislative assistant specializing in defense issues. He also served as Senator Glenn's administrative assistant and as the legislative director for foreign policy and defense issues from 1986 through 1988. Included in Mr. Upschulte's files are two and one-half cubic feet of correspondence pertaining to a wide variety of defense related topics and policy issues dating from 1987 to 1993. The general correspondence is filed by year and arranged alphabetically by the author or recipient name. The letters may include attachments and are comprised of incoming correspondence and memoranda, as well as copies of letters written by Senator Glenn. A separate series of files contain chronologically arranged memoranda on defense and arms control issues sent to Senator Glenn from 1984 to 1988 and from 1992 to 1993.
The majority of Mr. Upschulte's files focus on manpower issues at the Department of Defense. Included are a series of general files on manpower issues arranged by year from 1985 to 1994. These general files include correspondence and memoranda, speeches and statements made by Senator Glenn, newspaper clippings, and related materials on a variety of issues. Other manpower files pertain to either specific legislative bills or to general policy topics. The legislative files of note include records on the Military Survivor Benefit Improvement Act of 1989, the Citizenship and National Service Act of 1989, the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act of 1989, and the Persian Gulf War Personnel Benefits Task Force of 1991. Included in the files are a significant number of records dating from 1989 to 1994 on various reviews, investigations, and other Congressional activities pertaining to the military service academy system. Other major topics include reductions in the officer corps proposed during the mid-1980s, and force reductions in the National Guard and Reserves proposed in 1992. Other files pertain to women in the military, including files on the "Tailhook" scandal dating from 1991 to 1993 and the 1992 Presidential Commission on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces. Also included are records on topics relating to military medical services, such as abortions performed at military hospitals, health care plans for service members and their dependents, and the recruitment and retention of medical professionals in the armed services.
Mr. Upschulte also compiled a series of general files pertaining to national security and strategic issues. Dating from 1983 to 1990, these files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, and background materials on a range of policy issues. Also included are separate files on some specific national security topics, such as burden sharing within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and the War Powers Resolution of 1987.
Other files pertain to the procurement of various weapons systems by the Department of Defense during the 1980s and early 1990s. Included are materials on the MK-48 and MK-50 torpedoes, the Seawolf submarine, and the V-22 Osprey aircraft. Also of note is the more than one cubic foot of records pertaining to the B-1 and B-2 Bombers dating from 1986 to 1994. These records include general files of correspondence, memoranda, and miscellaneous items on the bomber programs compiled by year from 1991 to 1994. Additional files contain records of committee hearings, committee reports, and other legislative records relating to the authorization and appropriation of funding for the programs. Also included are separate files of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and other media reports on the bomber programs and files of background materials.
The Shannon Watson Files (boxes 426-427) consist of one and one-half cubic feet of materials dating from 1990 to 1998. Ms. Watson was a legislative correspondent from 1990 through 1996, and a legislative assistant in the years 1997 and 1998, assisting Senator Glenn in the policy areas of energy and the interior, environment, and transportation. Her files are divided into these three categories, each sorted into a subject file format alphabetically arranged by folder heading. In addition, Ms. Watson compiled a series of miscellaneous subject files containing reference materials on such topics as the balanced budget amendment, campaign finance reform, the line item veto, Women's History Month, and the National Republican Party's "Contract with America."
The energy and interior files primarily document public utility and land preservation issues. Topics include power marketing, heating oil, natural gas, and coal. Other files pertain to the historic preservation of sites in Ohio, including the Marblehead Lighthouse, the Fallen Timbers Battlefield, and proposed commemoration activities relating to the Underground Railroad in Ohio.
The records on environmental issues contain files on such general topics as ozone depletion, endangered species, forestry, and global warming. Other files pertain to the cleanup of polluted sites in Ohio, including the Kings Mill Military Reservation and former defense sites in Marion. Also included are extensive records relating to the construction and licensing of a hazardous waste incinerator by Waste Technologies Industries in East Liverpool, Ohio.
The transportation files contain a mix of files on general topics and files on specific legislative bills. The legislative files include records on the Open Container Amendment of 1998, the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996, and the funding authorization and reauthorizations for the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act from 1991 to 1998. General topics include files on Conrail, Amtrak, aviation, and various airports and other transportation related sites located in Ohio.
The Brad White Files (box 428) consist of one cubic foot of materials dating from 1989 to 1991. During this time period Mr. White was a legislative correspondent assisting in the policy areas of banking and taxes, defense, and telecommunications. His files are divided into these three categories, each sorted into a subject file format alphabetically arranged by folder heading.
The majority of the banking and tax files pertain to the saving and loan crisis of the 1980s and the 1990 "Keating Five" investigation involving Senator Glenn. The materials include correspondence, Senator Glenn's statements, and extensive files of newspaper clippings on the investigation. Other files pertain to various general policy topics, such as individual retirement accounts (IRAs), credit, insurance, and trading practices.
The defense files contain a number of general reference files on the Persian Gulf War, along with materials on the Persian Gulf Personnel Benefits Task Force of 1991. Other files contain reference materials and other records on the procurement of various weapon systems by the Department of Defense. These systems include the B-2 Bomber, the Seawolf submarine, tactical aviation aircraft, and the V-22 Osprey aircraft. Additional files cover the Department of Defense budget authorizations for fiscal years 1991 to 1993, along with records on the closing of Newark Air Force Base in Ohio during the early 1990s.
The telecommunications files are rather limited in scope, but do contain records on four legislative bills introduced during the 101st and 102nd Congresses. These bills are the Cable Competition Act of 1989, the Cable Television Consumer Protection Act of 1990, the Communications Competitiveness and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1990, and the Telecommunications Equipment Research and Manufacturing Competition Act of 1991.