William Warren Scranton papers, 1933-2005 (bulk 1952-1989)

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William Warren Scranton papers, 1933-2005 (bulk 1952-1989)

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The Scranton papers include correspondence, reports, tape recordings, and typescripts of speeches, press releases, drafts and final copies of publications, photographs, movie film, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks. Most of these materials concern Scranton's duties as an officeholder, public servant, and national political advisor during the 1960s and 1970s. The major groups of documents for this part of Scranton's career are files from his congressional and gubernatorial offices, correspondence on his campaign to win the Republican Party presidential nomination in 1964, and correspondence, position papers, reports, photographs, and meeting agenda and minutes from numerous governmental panels and task forces, including the U.S. Price Commission (1971-74), President's Commission on Campus Unrest (1970-71), the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education (1969-74), U.S. Railway Association (1974-76), ConRail (1974-76). There are also correspondence, memos, and telegrams covering Scranton's diplomatic assignments in Europe and the MidEast (1968) as a special envoy and at the United Nations as U.S. Ambassador (1967-77). There are additional large groups of papers concerning Scranton's business interests and his activities on behalf of Yale University. Smaller groups of papers touch on Scranton's involvement with civic and non-profit organizations, including colleges and universities, hospitals, environmental groups, and lobbying organizations.

176.31 cubic feet + 104 graphics and audio tape recordings.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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