Dick Thornburgh papers. Series IX, Campaign for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1978.

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Dick Thornburgh papers. Series IX, Campaign for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1978.

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The files are arranged in twelve sections: I. Speeches and Testimony; II. News Releases; III. Endorsements, Responses and Articles; IV. Campaign in Progress; V. Issue Research; VI. Opposition Research; VII. Planning Documents and Memoranda; VIII. Campaign Name Files; IX. Dickman Files and Polls; X. Candidate Thornburgh's Files; XII. Chronological Files and News Clippings; XII. Transition and Inaugural. There also are five scrapbooks of the campaign with some information not contained elsewhere.

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