The personal and political papers of Senator Barry M. Goldwater (1909-1998), 1880s-2008.

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The personal and political papers of Senator Barry M. Goldwater (1909-1998), 1880s-2008.

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Background : This collection remained largely unprocessed through the years. Serial deposits varying in volume and format from 1959-1998 were made from Goldwater's Washington office, Phoenix office and home. The collection also had been moved several times and the boxes re-numbered. There had been numerous attempts to organize and re-folder the materials resulting in various arrangement schemes. Although inventory sheets were created, locating specific correspondence, photographs and legislative documents was reportedly difficult. Public access varied widely. Additional findings as follows. There were no catalog records of this collection ; Less than 10% of all the material was found in original folders. It was assumed that labels on "new" folders reflected the originals ; There were several runs of correspondence within each congressional session labeled as "miscellaneous." These were found to contain significant personal correspondence, colleague correspondence, Alpha files, legislative documents and issue mail. See Series I. Personal for details ; Folders identified as the 91st Congress through the 99th Congress were largely found to have the incorrect ranges ; There was no consistency within the "miscellaneous" designations. Documents were filed intermittently by sender, by organization, by city and town, or by all of these regardless of origination or topic. See Series IV. Constituent service for details ; There were many orphan documents separated from legislative material. See Series III. Legislative for details ; There were significant gaps in the 1964 Presidential campaign series. See Series II. 1964 presidential campaign for details ; Very little print material remained from the 83rd-89th Congress due to the micro-filming practices of the time. Microfilm (1952-1983) ranged from poor to good condition. Earlier reels were deteriorating. See Series VI. Media-Microfilm for details ; Most of the loose newspaper clippings had deteriorated significantly and had outlived their usability. Albums of newspaper clippings and original cartoon art were also at risk. See Series VI. Media-Albums for details ; Photographs were found to be an inter-mix of three distinct collections: copies of fine art images taken by Barry Goldwater and copyrighted by the Goldwater family; Goldwater's personal collection of historic photographs of the Old West; and photographs documenting his personal and political life. See Series VI. Media-Photographs for details ; Family history material included over 40 linear feet of personal papers from Barry's uncle, Morris Goldwater ; Nearly 50 unprocessed "collections" of related Goldwater material from other donors were discovered. Most of these included personal correspondence with Goldwater or 1964 campaign memorabilia ; A number of artifacts, artwork, and oversized memorabilia were found in poor condition. See Series VII. Artifacts, memorabilia, over-sized material for appraisal, restoration, and de-accession details. Archival Interventions : Based on these findings, the need for transparency, and feedback from researchers, the following actions were taken. Submitted the rationale and language for a special allocation from the Arizona State Legislature for long term preservation and access to the Goldwater papers ; Based on the various deeds of gift, declared the entire collection open to researchers regardless of its processed state ; Moved processing to the reading room to facilitate reference, data entry, and teaching ; Adopted the national best practices standards for arrangement and description in Managing congressional collections published by the Society of American Archivists. All the materials in this collection fit neatly within the recommended series. See Arrangement below ; Created a new Constituent service sub-series of Projects and programs where non-legislative gray literature such as constituent generated grant proposals, local reports, state declarations and formal requests, white papers, local-regional initiatives, and technical brochures would fit ; Built on previous attempts at sorting Issue mail by topic which significantly decreased the "miscellaneous" designation found throughout the collection. These issues reflect national and local interests ; Decided on a "one size fits" all for general constituent correspondence - arranged alphabetically by sender and chronologically within ; Separated the fine arts photographs http://www.ahfweb.org/download/BMGFA_FPC_2.pdf and historic photographs http://www.ahfweb.org/download/BMGH_FPC_1.pdf into two distinct collections ; Created a stand-alone collection for the Morris Goldwater materials http://www.ahfweb.org/download/MGoldwater_MSS_8.pdf ; Integrated Goldwater correspondence, memorabilia and media from multiple donors into the appropriate series and sub-series ; Preserved and cataloged Goldwater's Dime store novel collection http://www.ahfweb.org/download/DimeNovels_MSS_156.pdf ; Developed container lists with visual clues (sub-series in bold) to guide the researcher through various parts of the collection ; Digitized all microfilm, selected speeches from audio cassettes, and selected film reels to CD or DVD formats ; Digitized rare and rarely seen photographs for the Arizona Memory Project: "Senator Barry M. Goldwater : an Arizona Legend" http://azmemory.lib.az.us/cdm4/index.php?CISOROOT=/ahfgold. This collection was traditionally processed: duplicates weeded, large metal clips removed, binders removed, acid-free folders used, and news clippings inter-leaved. Documents are arranged chronologically within folders. Those with no dates appear at the end. See scope and content notes within each series for additional information.

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