The Dick Thornburgh Papers are the collection of materials related to Dick Thornburgh's eight years as Governor of Pennsylvania. The Papers are housed in the Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh Library System, University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA). The collection contains digitized content that is accessible online at no cost. Not all the content is digitized but is available by request. Copies of materials are provided at a small cost to cover the cost of making the copies and mailing them.
History
The collection was acquired through Dick Thornburgh on February 27, 1998, and was processed by archivists with funding by a grant by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2002. [1] The University of Pittsburgh received the grant to fund the work needed to digitize the papers. The grant supported the formation of online-accessible to be available to researchers. Processing the papers involved encoding of the 37,000 pages of text, hundreds of photographs, and many audio and video recordings. [2]
Scope
Three Mile Island accident
Records pertaining to the Three Mile Island accident are part of the collection. Other documentation regarding the accident are housed in the Pennsylvania State Archives. [3]
Videos
Videos in the collection number 547 and span 1978–1991. Chronologically, they were recorded beginning with Thornburgh's campaign for governor in 1978 to his campaign for U.S. Senate in 1991. [4] Over 70 videos are available for streaming from the collection. [5]
News releases
News releases related to events are also contained in the collection. [2]
References
- ^ "Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.11 | Digital Pitt". digital.library.pitt.edu. Retrieved Dec 31, 2020.
- ^ a b "Collection History | Dick Thornburgh Papers | University of Pittsburgh". Archived from the original on 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ^ "Three Mile Island Collection | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved Dec 31, 2020.
- ^ "Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.19 | Digital Pitt". digital.library.pitt.edu. Retrieved Dec 31, 2020.
- ^ "Video | Dick Thornburgh Papers | University of Pittsburgh". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2017-06-03.