Toney Anaya papers, 1965-2005.

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Toney Anaya papers, 1965-2005.

The majority of the Toney Anaya papers contain documents accumulated during his tenure as New Mexico Attorney General, Governor of New Mexico, and his involvement in national minority issues and NAFTA legislation. The Attorney General papers contain campaign records, speeches, background files, press clippings and materials relating to his 1978 run for U.S. Senate. The Gubernatorial papers contain campaign materials including election petitions by county, campaign finance records, and press clippings. Records of the governor's office include policy manuals, budgets, correspondence, press clippings, agency reports, legislation, and background files on education, energy, economic development, and capital punishment. The bulk of the material in Series III, Social and Political Activities, relates to economic, labor, and environmental aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement, 1987-1995. It contains social and economic studies on Mexico, publications, backgound files, clippings, and daily reports/updates issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Also included here are records of the Democratic National Committee, 1990-1991. The rest of the collection consists of memorabilia such as awards, recognitions as well as recordings of speeches, interviews, and campaign advertisements. An addition was processed in November 2011. These materials are organized into the following series: Biographical, Death Penalty, Education, Events/Speaking engagements, Hispanic American Institute, Hispanic Issues, Home Rule Commission, Jessie Jackson Presidential Campaign and National Rainbow Coalition, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Latin America, NAFTA, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks and Political Cartoons, Organizations and Causes, and Press Releases/Policy Statements. Biographical includes correspondence about Anaya's early career along with photos of family and friends, early newspaper clippings of the Anaya family and work in Moriarty, N.M., featured articles and memorabilia. Death Penalty includes correspondence and informational material. Education includes reports, summaries, and correspondence regarding Governor's Task Force on Higher Education. Events/Speaking engagements includes correspondence, printed and handwritten public speeches and publications. Hispanic American Institute includes organizational and grant writing material. Hispanic Issues include correspondence, publications and informational material. Home Rule Commission includes sample materials related to Santa Fe city charter that Anaya was involved with. (Note: Home Rule Commission minutes and other material can be found at the Santa Fe City Clerk's office). Jessie Jackson Presidential Campaign and National Rainbow Coalition includes unique manuscripts, photos, and ephemera not available elsewhere about Anaya's and New Mexico's contribution and involvement in the Jackson campaign and Rainbow Coalition. Los Alamos National Laboratory includes primarily material related to Procurement Task Force and small business. Latin America contains distinctive material related to Latin America during the Reagan era. NAFTA includes similar material found in series III of this collection. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks and Political Cartoons contains clipping gathered from various newspapers throughout New Mexico related to Anaya. It also contains one box of original political cartoon drawings. Organizations and Causes and Press Releases/Policy Statements series contain notes, correspondence, and publications related to Anaya's involvement with various public institutions and political issues.

58 boxes (56 cu. ft.) + 1 oversize folder

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SNAC Resource ID: 7355074

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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