William R. Ratchford Papers
1984.0021

Summary Information

Repository
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
Creator
Ratchford, William R.
Title
William R. Ratchford Papers
ID
1984.0021
Date [inclusive]
undated, 1961-1986.
Extent
215.3 Linear feet
Language
Abstract
Materials pertaining to Mr. Ratchford's term of office as United States Congressman representing Connecticut's fifth Congressional district.

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], William R. Ratchford Papers.  Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center,  University of Connecticut Libraries.

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Biography

Born in Danbury, Connecticut, on 24 May 1934, Bill was the son of a hatter. He attended public schools and graduated from the  University of Connecticut in 1956. Ratchford was editor of the student newspaper and involved in many student activities, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. His interest in the world outside the classroom continued at  Georgetown University Law Center in  Washington, D.C.

After receiving his law degree in 1959, he practiced law in Danbury and became active in Democratic politics. In his first campaign, he was elected to the State House of Representatives, where he served six concecutive terms, from 1963 through 1974. After just two terms, he assumed his first leadership position, Assistant Majority Leader, to be followed in the next term by a successful bid for the Office of Speaker of the House.

As speaker, Ratchford also followed state legislative issues nationwide, and in the 1973-1974 served as President of the National Legislative Conference. Following an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1974, he was appointed by Governor  Ella Grasso to chair a Blue Ribbon Committee to investigate the Nursing Home Industry in  Connecticut (1975-1976), focusing public and legislative attention on the problems confronting the state's elderly. The Governor named him Commissioner on Aging in 1977. He resigned in 1978 to begin a successful campaign for the Fifth Congressional District seat.

Ratchford's first-term Democratic colleagues in the House elected him Chairman of the 96th Congress New Members Caucus in 1980. In March 1981, the bi-partisan New England Congressional Caucus elected him co-chairman of its Transportation Task Force. His committee assignments include the Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, and Labor Standards subcommittees of the Committee on Education and Labor; the Accounts, and Personnel and Police subcommittees of the Committee on House Administration; and the Health and Long-Term Care, and Human Services subcommittee of the Select Committee on Aging. He represented Connecticut in the House of Representatives from 1979 until January 1985, having been defeated in the 1984 by  John Rowland.

From 1993-2001, Ratchford was assistant administrator of the General Services Administration for congressional affairs. William Ratchford died January 2, 2011.

[Based on information found in the Ratchford for Congress Committee's Congressman Bill Ratchford: A Life in Public Service (1981) and the  Congressional Biographical Directory.]

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Scope and Content

The collection contains the records of Ratchford's congressional career and includes correspondence, reports, studies, press releases, speeches, photographs, scrapbooks and multimedia. Specific issues of interest to Mr. Ratchford are detailed in the descriptions of each series.

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Arrangement

Series I: Administrative Assistant ( 1979-1985) contains the files of  Mary Scheckelhoff, administrative assistant to  William Ratchford. The files consist of correspondence on microfiche, guest books, notebooks related to the various types of databases used by Ratchford's office, and other administrative files. The latter comprises information covering a wide range of administrative functions; typical files are mailings, weekly schedule, and campaign files. Also included here is information on congressmen who solicited Ratchford's support for their nominations to various committees, such as the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Series II: Legislative Assistants ( 1979-1985) is divided into four subseries according to the name of the assistant who created the files. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically by topic. The legislative assistants were responsible for informing Congressman Ratchford about issues that were of importance to his constituents. Series II supplements and supports Series III: Legislative Files, and Series IV: Committee Files.

The subseries Cynthia Bradley (1983-1984) contain her subject files dealing with diverse topics including agriculture, communications, energy, environment, natural gas legislation, science, transportation, whales, and women's issues.

The second subseries consist of the subject files of assistants Pat Kery and Laura Jewett (1980-1984). Major topics in this subseries include education, banking, tax reform, trade, and business cases. Also represented are a large number of files about the advisory groups with which Ratchford was active including blacks, business, education, environment, hispanics, veterans, and women. There are also files designated “special projects” which constitute a catch-all category dealing with forums, legislative files, and other matters.

The third subseries, Bob Godec(1983-1984). The major issue represented is concerns of the elderly, especially those in  Connecticut. Their concerns are reflected in files dealing with the House Select Committee on Aging, the budget, health issues, hospices, Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. A section of “Dear Colleague” files reflects Congressman Ratchford's views, for or against, on a wide range of legislation.

The final subseries, Peter Sloane (1979-1984) consists of Sloane's office and research files of that legislative assistant. Topics included are: the budget, the economy, education, foreign affairs, health, handicapped regulations, the House Administration, small business, the Standby Economic Recovery Act, and Connecticut cities and towns. There is a particularly large amount of information in theses files on the Age 60 Airline Pilot Retirement Rule hearing, nursing home legislation, and Social Security legislation.

Series III: Legislative Files (1979-1984) is divided into three subseries:  General Legislative Files, Floor Files, and  Record Votes.

The General Legislative Files are the general research files used to provide background information on various legislative issues (1979-1984). They are arranged alphabetically by subject. Subjects which are especially well represented in these files include: aging, commerce, economics, education, energy, the environment, ethics, judiciary, labor and taxation. Contained in the material on ethics are letters written to various world leaders on behalf of individuals arrested for political reasons.

The Floor Files (1982-1984) are arranged in chronological order. Included in the files is documentation on the issues and bills that were discussed in the House of Representatives, summaries of these bills, bills that were passed, and subsequent amendments.

Record Votes (1980-1982) consists of a compilation by the Democratic Study Group of all votes taken in each session of the 96th and 97th Congresses. Each session's record is accompanied by an index and voter sheets which summarize various elements of each vote: vote number, roll number, date, descriptive title, description, commentary, references, and the vote breakdown. Of these elements, the description and commentary will be useful; the former provides factual information on the vote, the latter endeavours to place it in a political perspective.

Series IV: Press Secretaries (1979-1985) contain the working files of Congressman Ratchford's press secretaries. These subject files contain correspondence, reports, draft releases and similar types of material. This series is divided into three subseries by name of the individual press secretaries.

The first subseries, Kevin Lynch (1981-1985) is arranged alphabetically by topic. Subjects which are especially well represented in this subseries include the aged, taxation, budget, environment, industry, Reagan, social security and unemployment.  Jason Isaacson files (1979-1980) are arranged alphabetically by topic. The third subseries,  Steve Singer (1983-1985) is further subdivided by format: Press Files, Press Releases, Issue Updates and Newsletters, and the Ratchford Columns. The Press Files are subject files and include information on a wide range of local issues such as acid rain in New England, budget proposals and their effects on Connecticut businessmen, nuclear war and children, contract awards, social security, economic programs, gas prices in Connecticut, and unemployment. The Issue Updates and Newsletters consists of printed letters and newsletters to constituents providing them with an update of Ratchford's activities.  The Ratchford Column (1983-1984) contains the background preparation for his weekly column and includes some photographs. Series IV is largely the working files of Congressman Ratchford's press secretaries. The Press Files, Series V, is a better source for Ratchford's public responses and attitudes.

Series V: Press Files (1979-1983) is divided into five subseries by format:  Postal Patron Mail, Ratchford Column, Press Releases and Statements, Issue Briefs, and  Town Meeting Notices.

Postal Patron Mail (1980-1982) represents the mass mailings to  Connecticut state residents. The mailings include information on Ratchford's area office hours, town meetings, newsletters, issue updates, and informative mailings such as a guide for older Americans and a social security fact sheet.

Ratchford Column (1980-1983) contains the weekly column written by  William Ratchford on political, economic and social issues. Included in the political category are issues related to foreign aid, international terrorism, American involvement in El Salvador, America's relationship with Iran and the hostage crises of 1980, and the Polish solidarity situation. On the subject of economics, Ratchford wrote about President Carter's economic recovery plan, the federal budget, international trade, federal spending, the effects of oil decontrol, President Reagan's economic policies and the deepening recession, the plight of American workers and unemployment. With regard to social issues, Ratchford's column contained material on the social security crisis, the protection of the elderly from shameful abuse, and education. Although a small subseries, it covers Ratchford's attitudes and public responses to state legislation, presidential actions and statements. This material is arranged in chronological order. (The 1983-1984 Column background material is in the  Steve Singer subseries of Series IV.)

Press Releases and Statements (1979-1983) include press releases dealing with a diverse range of topics such as finances, the appointment of new staff, announcements of grants, gas shortages, decontrolling oil prices, social security plans, concern for the elderly, nuclear crises, and international issues such as aid to El Salvador and the Middle East peace talks. Many of the releases assist in providing one with an understanding of Ratchford's views, not only on a wide range of legislative issues but also on congressional action.

Issue Briefs (1979-1980) are arranged in chronological order. The  Issue Briefs provided constituents with a summary of Ratchford's legislative activities in Washington from the beginning of his term and furnished a description of the foreign policy challenges which the United States faced in the 1980s. These periodic updates on major topics ranged from energy to inflation, health care to foreign affairs, and environment to the elderly. They were designed to create a heightened awareness of decisions emerging from Congress.

Town Meeting Notices consists of notices to Connecticut towns of meetings with Congressman Ratchford and demonstrate Ratchford's interest in listening to his constituents' views on issues of concern.

Series VI: Committee Files (1979-1985) are comprised of the files of committees on which Ratchford served. The committees were responsible for proposing, examining and debating bills. Materials in these files are divided by committee:  Select Aging Committee, Education and Labor Committee, House Administration Committee, House Appropriations Committee, and  Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

The subseries Select Aging Committee (1979-1983) provides the researcher with the most complete and lucid view of Ratchford's concern for and interest in services provided to the elderly. Included are the Health and Long-Term Care Subcommittee files. The files are arranged alphabetically by topic.

Education and Labor Committee (1979-1982) comprises not only propositions related to the protection of children from violence, abuse, alcohol and drugs but also of proposals to improve their nutrient intake, their educational facilities, employment opportunities and economic opportunities. Document types include subject files, hearing transcripts, and house resolutions. The Subcommittee on Post-Secondary Education files are located in this subseries.

The third subseries House Administration Committee (1979-1980) reflects Ratchford's involvement with the  Federal Election Commission, the  Legislative Service Organization and the Public Financing of Elections. These files are arranged alphabetically by topic.

The subseries House Appropriations Committee (1982-1985) is further divided into Interior Appropriations Committee and Transportation Appropriations. The Interior Appropriations consists of correspondence and reports detailing the work of the Interior Appropriations Committee, budget justifications of the Department of Interior for the fiscal years 1983-1984 and 1984-1985, and finally, transcripts of the hearings of this committee. The Transportation Appropriations Committee section contains committee hearing transcripts, 1983-1984, information on the meetings and actions of the committee, and budget estimates for the different transportation departments for the fiscal year 1985.

The fifth subseries, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Committee (1979-1981) contains correspondence and reports on environmental issues and material reflecting the measures that were designed to protect the environment and natural resources. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by topic.

Series VII: Issue Mail ( 1979-1984) contains the incoming correspondence from constituents and Congressman Ratchford's responses to the correspondents. Correspondence control was assisted via an automated system. The Issue Mail is subdivided into  Text Summary and Form Responses, Master Directory, and  Correspondence and Attachments. The  Master Directory is a cumulative, alphabetized compilation of all the constituents' correspondence received and entered by Ratchford's office in 1984. The Directory contains the name and address of the correspondent, an assigned document number, the date of the correspondence and assigned subject codes. To understand the coding of the correspondence topics, it is necessary to refer to  Text Summaries and Form Responses (boxes 102 and 103).  Correspondence and Attachments contains all of the original correspondence received and entered by Ratchford's office; the 1984 is reproduce on microfiche (box 140). Unless otherwise desired, the researcher is advised to refer to the  Master Directory for a cumulative, alphabetized compilation of these records and to the  Text Summaries and Form Responses for a decoding of the subjects.

Series VIII: Political Files ( 1978-1984) document Ratchford's campaign strategies: methods, fundraising efforts, campaign correspondence, campaign debates, political broadcasting, analysis of various polls, information on constituents, expenditure reports, election issues statements, election successes and failures. This series is divided into three subseries:  1978-1982 Campaign, 1983-1984 Campaign and  Campaign Releases. Researchers may find the polls and surveys of particular interest in the  Campaign subseries. The  Campaign Releases contain the campaign press releases from April to October 1980; these are arranged chronologically. The existant radio campaign tapes are located in Series XII.

Series IX: Casework Files ( 1979-1984) is arranged alphabetically. This series is comprised of correspondence between certain business concerns and Congressman Ratchford. These papers are not tied to one particular issue in business, but to a large spectrum of problems experienced by the business community of the district. In most instances, the business correspondence has included appeals for Ratchford's aid in resolving financial problems, securing of government contracts, securing of import permits and re-export licences or the facilitation of payment by government agencies for completed contracts. To emphasise the urgency of their plights, many businesses have attached company records and company brochures to the correspondence forwarded to Ratchford. Of significance also is the business correspondence related to preservation, environmental issues, and the rehabilitation of bridges in the Danbury area district. The business correspondence related to these different topics is therefore indicative of Congressman Ratchford's concern for business affairs and environmental issues of his district. There are some nonbusiness cases in the series.

Series X: Ratchford Journal ( 1979-1986) is William Ratchford's handwritten diary of Congressional activity. His journal of events includes descriptions of floor debates, current issues, committee work, and individuals, this small series of material will prove to be invaluable and interesting to every researcher of the Ratchford Papers.

Series XI: Newspaper Clippings ( 1979-1982) consists of clippings from various state newspapers. The value of these clippings lie not only in the documentation of  William Ratchford's political career but also in providing the researcher with public assessment and judgement of his work.

Series XII: Audio and Visual Recordings ( 1979-1984) is further divided in three subseries by format:  Video Tapes, Movie Films, and  Audio Recording Tapes. The  Video Tapes are of “The Ratchford Report.” The  Audio Recording Tapes contain the Congressman's comments on issues such as acid rain, the budget and its effects on employment, civil rights, disability reviews, federal loan programs, the gas shortage, health care, and oil price deregulation. The audio tapes also include some of his 1982 and 1984 campaign radio spots.

Series XIII: Photographs and Memorabilia (1961-1984) consists of photographs, plaques, certificates, scrapbooks and miscellaneous memorabilia. The  Photographs of congressional sessions, constituents, family members, political figures and staff are valuable not only in documenting William Ratchford's political career, but also his political campaigns. Additional photographs are located in Series IV. The  Plaques and Certificates which have been awarded to him by different organizations in recognition of his contributions and services to various fields, are indicative of the diverse range of activities in which Ratchford was involved. The  Scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, photographs, letters and notes; they convey information on Ratchford's career and his commitment to improving home care and other facilities for the elderly of his constituency.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries 1988

University of Connecticut Libraries
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs, Connecticut, 06269
860.486.2524
archives@uconn.edu

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

Acquisition Information

William Ratchford donated his Congressional papers to the University of Connecticut in December 1984.

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Related Materials

Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of Connecticu political papers. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

  • Administrative Records.
  • Audio cassettes.
  • Audio visual materials.
  • Correspondence.
  • Diaries.
  • Financial Records.
  • Fliers. [printed matter]
  • Interviews.
  • Minutes.
  • Motion picture film.
  • Newsletters.
  • Notes.
  • Photocopies.
  • Photographs.
  • Press releases.
  • Publications.
  • Scrap-Books.
  • Sound recordings.
  • Speeches.
  • Videocassettes.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Danbury (Conn.)

Occupation(s)

  • Congressman.

Personal Name(s)

  • Ratchford, William R.

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Collection Inventory

Series I: Administrative Assistant, 1979-1985 
Box

Microfiche correspondence   (3 boxes)

 1

Official guest books (3) 
Box

Notebooks 

 2

Newly elected members of Congress program 

Congressional handbook 

Dialcom 

LEGIS 

Personal voting record 

Electronic mail service 

Administrative files 

 3

Appropriations committee 

Arts competition 

Budget 

Budget, 1981 

Committee on Education and Labor 

Committee on House Administration 

Committee on Nominations and Assignments 

Contested elections, Freeman v. Mitchell 

Democratic caucus, 1980 December 

Document requests 

Energy Fair 1980-1981   (5 folders)

Fair employment pratcitces 

Flag requests, 1981 

GE v. Pratt & Whitney, F100 engines 

Gilbert and Bennet 

Harvard final report 

House Administration Committee, attendance records 

Inaugural party, Ratchford, 1981 

Jarrell, Pat 
Box

Labor cuts, 1982 

 3a

Leave guidlines, 1979 

Mailings, Spring 1980 

Medicare forum, 1984 April 

Military Academy nominations, 1983 

Pages 

Pratt & Whitney 

Presidential inauguration (2 folders) 1981, 1985 

Ratchford tour sheet 

Select Committee on Aging 

Staff shuttle service on the Hill 

Steering and Policy Committee   (6 folders)
Box

Swearing in, 1979 January 15 

 4

Swearing in, 1983 

Telephone Co. service, 1984 

Weekly Ratchford schedule 

White House tours 

Youth camp safety 

Correspondence attachments   (5 folders)

Campaign files   (9 folders)
Box

Campaign files   (2 folders)

 5

Front desk files 

Agricultural yearbook, 1982/1983, 1984 

Biography and congressional profile 

Congressional directory 

Congressional record mailing list 

DATAHR 

Calendar requests, 1984 

Federal register mailing list 

Flag requests, 1983 

Gallery form letters 

GPO 

Group tours 

Letters 

Mail, assorted 

Monthly files, August - November 

Pratt & Whitney 

Wicks, Edward 

Appointment books, 1979-1983   (5 books)

Rubber stamps 

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Series II: Legislative Assistants, 1979-1984 

Cynthia Bradley 
Box

Agriculture   (11 folders)

 6

Communications   (10 folders)

Energy   (17 folders)
Box

Environment   (32 folders)

 7

Human rights   (3 folders)

 8

Immigration   (13 folders)

Judiciary   (23 folders)
Box

Natural Gas legislation   (8 folders)

 9

Science   (2 folders)

Transportation   (10 folders)

Whales   (6 folders)
Box

Women's Issues   (7 folders)

 10

Pat Kery and  Laura Jewett 
Box

Aging Network 

 11

Black advisory group 1981 April - 1984 March   (10 folders)

Business advisory group 1980 September - 1984 April   (17 folders)

Education advisory group 1983 February - 1984 April   (9 folders)

Environment advisory group 1982 January - 1983 April   (7 folders)

Hispanic advisory group 1981 February - 1983 January   (7 folders)

Human services advisory group 1983 January   (2 folders)

Jewish community advisory group 

Thank you 97th congress advisory 

Veterans advisory group 1982 November - 1983 December   (13 folders)

Women's advisory group 1982 July - 1983 December   (12 folders)
Box

Education   (13 folders)

 12

Forums   (6 folders)

Legislative files   (12 folders)
Box

Personal correspondence - library 

 13

Post College commencement 

Steel and copper 

Student assistance 

Tax reform 

Thank yous 

Trade   (20 folders)
Box

Trade   (27 folders)

 14

Bob Godec 
Box

Dear colleague files   (43 folders)

 15

Dear colleague files   (20 folders)

 16

Aging committee   (19 folders)
Box

Aging committee   (26 folders)

 17

Budget   (5 folders)
Box

Budget   (8 folders)

 18

Connecticut 

General 

Disaster assistance 

Community action agencies 

Current action 

Future floor material 

Bergin/Statue of Liberty 

Danbury reserve officer training 

Response letter 

Nursing home statement 

POW/MIA - Carvalko/Dumas 

POW/MIA - Donohue matters 

Snokes, Dr., aging information request 

Extension of remarks 

Federal employees   (9 folders)

Foreign affairs, immigration 

Health   (5 folders)
Box

Health   (18 folders)

 19

Health   (15 folders)

 20

Post office   (3 folders)

ROBOS   (3 folders)

Social security   (12 folders)
Box

Social security   (6 folders)

 21

Veterns   (16 folders)

Vocational education   (14 folders)
Box

Card file, 97th congress 

 22

Ratchford co-sponsorship notebooks (4) 
Box

Card files 

 23-24

Peter Slone 
Box

Academy selection 

 25

Active cases   (5 folders)

Age 60 pilot retirement age rule   (4 folders)

Appointment book 1984 

Biographical sketches 

Budget   (4 folders)

Campaign 80   (4 folders)
Box

Campaign 80   (9 folders)

 26

Cities and towns   (22 folders)

Connecticut   (13 folders)

Economy   (8 folders)
Box

Education   (15 folders)

 27

Foreign affairs   (9 folders)

Handicapped regulations 

Grants   (5 folders)

Health   (4 folders)
Box

House Administration   (3 folders)

 29

Nursing homes   (7 folders)

Resources   (2 folders)

Regional affairs   (11 folders)

Regional affairs   (8 folders)

Small Business 

Social security   (8 folders)
Box

Social security   (2 folders)

 30

Standby economic recovery task force   (2 folders)

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Series III: Legislative Files, 1979-1984 

General Legislative Files, 1979-1984 
Box

Abortion   (3 folders)

 31

Aging   (14 folders)

Agriculture 

Banking   (3 folders)

Civil rights   (2 folders)

Commerce   (6 folders)
Box

Commerce   (18 folders)

 32

Defense   (18 folders)

Economics   (9 folders)
Box

Economics   (6 folders)

 33

Education   (29 folders)
Box

Energy   (28 folders)

 34

Environment   (12 folders)
Box

Environment   (15 folders)

 35

Ethics   (4 folders)

Foreign relations   (2 folders)

Government operations 

Health   (2 folders)

Housing   (4 folders)
Box

Housing   (9 folders)

 36

Human rights   (6 folders)

Immigration   (2 folders)

Judiciary   (9 folders)

Labor   (13 folders)
Box

Labor   (20 folders)

 37

Social problems   (5 folders)

 38

Taxation   (12 folders)

Trade policies   (6 folders)
Box

Trade policies   (3 folders)

 39

Transportation   (13 folders)

Urban affairs   (2 folders)

Veterns   (2 folders)

Welfare   (3 folders)
Box

Floor Files 

 40-49

 1979 February - 1984 October 
Box

Subject files 

 50-51

Record Vote 

 52

Bills introduced, 1983-1984 

Sponsored measures, 1983 January - 1984 November 

Co-sponsored measures, 1983 January - 1984 September   (3 folders)

Sponsored measures organized by committee referal, 1983 February - July 

Superceded measures, 1983 June - 1984 October 

Sponsored amendments, 1984 June - August 

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Series IV: Press Secretaries, 1979-1985 

Kevin Lynch, 1981-1985 
Box

Aging - adult day care legislation 

 53

Budget, 1984-1985   (2 folders)

Business, small business task force 

Campaigns, 1980-1982   (2 folders)

Commodore Hull Bridge 

Editorials   (2 folders)

Education   (2 folders)

Environmental waste removal, Waterbury   (2 folders)

Equal rights movement, 1982 

Foreign affairs - Poland 

Franking commission 

Grants   (2 folders)

HR 5969 

HR 6320 

HR 6985 

Interns 

Industry, district expansion cutbacks 

Ku Klux Klan 

Legislation   (3 folders)

Letters to the Editor 

Minority affairs 

New members orientation 

Newsletter   (3 folders)

97th congress 

98th congress 

Office hours 

Pay raise, lame duck session, 1982 

Press 1984 September - October 

Radio feeds, scripts and logs 

Railroads 

Ratchford   (3 folders)

Reagan   (2 folders)

Recording studio 

Redistricting 

Religious groups, churches 

Reprints 

Service academy nominations, 1983 

Social security forums, 1981   (2 folders)

Statements 

Steering and policy committee 

Town meetings 

Transportation, transit panel, etc. 

TV   (4 folders)

NCPAC hit list reaction 

Unemployment, 1982 

Vietnam veterans   (2 folders)

Jason Isaacson, 1980-1982 
Box

Air traffic controllers 

 54

Arts - congressional arts caucus 

Atlanta killings 

Bizarre door material 

Block grants and reaction 

Budget, 1980-1981   (2 folders)

Coastal management bill 

Congressional town meeting 

Connecticut flood 

Correspondence to Ratchford 

Countercyclical aid 

Crime 

Defense issues - nerve gas 

Draft registration 

DSG fact sheets and special reports 

Economic Development Administration 

Economy, nation wide 

Election campaign 

Energy   (8 folders)

Environment   (4 folders)

Export conference 

Flood valley crisis 

Food stamps 

Foreign relations   (6 folders)

Foreign aid 

Handicapped education 

HUD 

Inflation/Carter 1980 

Israel 

Italian immigration/quake 

Job information resume 

Labor 

Legislative service organizaiton 

Lifelong learning 

Mail   (2 folders)

Notes to press 

Mobile office schedule 

Newsclippings   (35 folders)
Box

Newsletter   (2 folders)

 55

Open space grants 

Parental kidnapping 

Pay raises - other perk issues 

Postal fraud 

Press relations 

Procurement   (3 folders)

Promotional spots 

Publications 

Public works 

Race relations 

Radio feed forms 

Ratchford   (4 folders)

Revenue sharing 

School lunches 

Service academy acceptances 

Sodium vapor lights 

Soviet Union 

Special report 

Statements issues floor remarks   (3 folders)

Statistical data 

Tax bill, 1982 

Tax policy 

Transportation - Waterbury & Bridgeport 

Voting records - special interest tabs, attendance 

Whip issue paper 

White House releases 

WMNR 

Wild Bill Ratchford's Christmas songbook, 1980 

Women   (2 folders)

Workfare 

Jason Isaacson, 1979-1980 
Box

Airline pilots 

 56

Aging   (4 folders)

Agriculture 

Arson 

Bill Ratchford 

Blank sheets for NMC campaign 

Boarding home legislation 

Budget, press 

Cable TV 

Campaign releases 

Census 

Clipping reproductions 

Column 

Committees   (2 folders)

Correspondence 

Credit Union 

Criminal code/crime 

Defense 

District staff   (2 folders)

DMSO 

DNMC cammmpaigning 

Draft 

Education and Labor   (6 folders)

Electoral college 

Employment   (2 folders)

Energy   (14 folders)

Environment   (2 folders)

Ethics   (2 folders)

Federal government and bureau   (3 folders)

5th district - public leaders   (4 folders)

Flood 

Food stamps 

Freeman v. Mitchell 

Grants   (2 folders)

Guidera, George 

Gun control 

Handbook to student financial aid 

Health 

Lower Naugatuck Valley Mental Health 

National health insurance 

Hold 

HVCEO 

Incoming letters - Hull 

Independent local newspaper act 

Inflation   (2 folders)

Issues   (2 folders)

Judiciary 

Labor 

Leg hold traps 

Legislative agenda   (2 folders)

Media   (3 folders)

Memo to editors 

Mental health 

Middle East 

Minority 

Miscellaneous 

Newsletters 

Newspaper subscriptions, DC 

News releases 

OEO - Redding case 

Office 

Pay raise 
Box

Politics   (5 folders)

 57

Poll results 

Pork barrel legislation (Waterworks) 

PR higher education conference 

Presidential race 

Press releases 

Procurement   (2 folders)

QWIP 

Radio feed files   (2 folders)

Railroad/railroad act 

Ratchford on the Issues, newsletter, 1980 

Ratchford report 

Republican National Committee releases 

Revenue sharing   (2 folders)

Roll call 

Route 7 

Russian watches 

Senate race 

Small business 

Soviet Jewry 

Social security 

State of the Union 

Summer radio feeds 

Taxes   (3 folders)

Television, house use of 

Thomas affair 

Town co-ordinators, biographies 

Transportation   (2 folders)

Tri state 

Van   (2 folders)

Veterans affairs 

Welfare 

Western Connecticut 

Windfall oil profits 

WMNR 

WNBC 

Youth camp 

Youth 

Steve Singer 
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Press Files 

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Acid Rain 

AHDPA 

Applachian Trail 

Arts funding 

Art competition 

Assorted letters 

AVCO 

Broadcast 

AM daytime bill 

Deregulation 

Financial and syndication 

Radio marti [sic] 

Budget 

 1984 

 1985 

Business cases 

Cable TV 

Cheshire 

Children and nuclear war 

Chimon Island 

Communications 

Home recording 

Religious broadcasters 

Telephone regulations 

ConnectiCOSH 

Congressional Research Service 

Contract awards 

Convention 

Coal leasing 

Danbury IRS 

December issue summary 

Deficit 

Democratic campaign committee 

Democratic media center 

Disability - social security 

Distribution mail breakdowns 

Easton 

Education   (2 folders)

Economic program 

Endorsements 

Election reform 

El Salvador 

EPA 

Euromissiles 

Event 

Consumer fair 

Mo Udall 

Tip O'Neill 

Fair tax 

Flat tax 

Federal employees 

Federal funds - Connecticut 

Ferraro, Geraldine 

Financial disclosure 

 1982 

 1983 

Flood assistance 

Foreign affairs 

Lebanon 

Central America 

Franking commission 

Freeze 

Georges bank 

Girl Scouts awards 

Grenada 

Grant announcements 

Groundwater pollution 

Health care 

Costs 

Unemployed 

Hospices   (2 folders)

Housatonic River 

House, Art 

House recording studio 

Human services 

IMF 

Interior, Dept. of   (2 folders)

Korean airliner tragedy 

Jobs bill, 1984 

Ku Klux Klan 

Latin American policy 

Laurel park landfill 

Leadership speeches 

Lebanon 

Legislative update 

Letters 

Library 

Luca, Joseph 

Medical quackery 

Medicare 
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Memo 

 59

Mianus River bridge 

Miller, 1984 

Miscellaneous appearances 

Miscellaneous statements 

MX missile 

National Public Radio 

National Register Historic Places 

Natural gas 

NCAT 

NCPAC 

Nerve gas 

Nuclear freeze 

Nursing homes 

OSHA 

Originals - basic releases 

Personnel matters 

Phantom taxes 

Photographers 

Polls 

Potential opponents GOP 

Pratt & Whitney 

Printer 

Procurement 

Publications 

Questionnaires 

Ratchford 

Announcement 

Biography 

LLIPS 

Voting record 

Views 

Consumer 

Freeze 

Reagan Speeches 

Road repair newsletter 

Rowland, John 

Schlessinger, Alan R. - Derby 

Shelton 

Hull bridges 

Landfill 

Tariff adjustments 

Tandem trucks 

Task force on social security and women 

Team 

Telecommunications 

Telephone deregulation 

10% withholding 

Unsolicited letters - favorable 

TV - Ratchford report 

Veterns administration 

Veterans 

Art show 

Agent Orange 

Vietnam 

Vietnamese orphans crash victims 

Vocational education 

Watt, James 

Whales 

Women's issues 

Press Releases 

 60

Issue Updates & Newsletters 

 61

Office hours, 1983 

Town meetings, 1983 

Special forums, 1983 

Posters, 1983 

Newsletters, 1983 

Financial aid book, 1983 

Consumer guides, 1983 

Procurement mailing, 1983 

Newsletters, 1984 

Issue Update, 1984 January 

Student financial aid, 1984 

Older American guide, 1984 

Veterns guide, 1984 

Welcome to Washington, 1984 

Ratchford Column 

FY 85 Appropriations undated 

Cleaning up the EPA, 1983 March 25 

5th district residents share, 1983 April 1 

Holocaust victims remember, 1983 April 15 

Tracking the Metro-North, 1983 April 22 

Politics and driving don't always mix, 1983 April 29 

Medicare: we have the time to do it right, 1983 May 6 

Watt's wrong with the Department of the Interior, 1983 May 13 

Remember America's veterans, 1983 May 20 

The MX: the turkey that continues to fly, 1983 May 27 

Affirming our commitment to civil rights, 1983 June 3 

Congress recognizes women need jobs too, 1983 June 10 

Tandem truck ban, 1983 June 17 
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Restrain Interior Department, 1983 June 24 

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Medal of honor, 1983 July 1 

Education, 1983 July 15 

Mianus bridge, 1983 July 22 

Peace to Central America, 1983 July 29 

98th Congress summer break, 1983 August 5 

Foreign policy dominates 98th Congress, 1983 August 16 

Social security, 1983 August 26 

James Watt, 1983 September 30 

New federal job programs, 1983 October 7 

Student aid, 1983 October 14 

Pershing missile, 1983 October 21 

UN forces in Lebanon, 1983 November 4 

Technological revolution, 1983 November 11 

Case for equality, 1983 November 18 

Acid rain legislation, 1983 November 25 

1983: a good year for Congress, 1983 December 1 

Hospice: terminally ill patients, 1983 December 9 

Congressional recess, 1983 December 16 

98th Congress ready for session, 1984 January 13 

Medicare, 1984 January 20 

Government security, 1984 January 27 

1985 budget, 1984 February 3 

Repairing roads and bridges, 1984 February 10 

Older Americans, 1984 February 24 

Avoiding another oil crisis, 1984 March 12 

Consitutent service, 1984 March 16 

Tandem rules, 1984 March 23 

Income taxes, 1984 March 30 

Federal budget, 1984 April 6 

Educators debate: children's fear of nuclear war, 1984 April 13 

Foreign affairs, 20 Apr 1984 

World War II: day of rememberance, 1984 April 27 

Regionalism and acid rain, 1984 May 11 

Memorial Day, 1984 May 18 

El Salvador, 1984 May 25 

Medical quackery, 1984 June 1 

Ridgefield students, 1984 June 8 

Appropriations Committee, 1984 June 22 

Deficit, 1984 June 29 

Appropriations, 1984 July 27 

Oil, 1984 August 3 

Tandem: bi-partisan support, 1984 August 10 

End of Congress summer vacation Photographs of Ratchford with interns, 1984 September 7 

Photographs of Ratchford 

in groups 

portraits 
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with other members 

 63

Appropriations committee 

Interior subcommittee 

Transportation subcommittee 

Aging committee 

other government officials 

Sikorsky plant tour 

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Series V: Press Files, 1979-1983 
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Postal Patron Mail 

 64

Area office hours, 1981-1982   (2 folders)

Town meetings, 1981-1982   (2 folders)

Procurement brochure, 1982 Spring 

Consumer book, 1982 Spring 

Newsletter, 1982 Spring 

Issue update, 1982 

Aging/IRS newsletter, 1981 

Newsletter, 1981 March 

Energy fair issue update, 1981 February 

Social security fact sheet, 1981 

Consumer information catalog, 1981 

Special report, 1981 August 

Energy fair, 1981 Fall 

Guide for older Americans, 1980 

Vietnam vets forum, 1981 

Foreign affairs forum, 1982 

Issue report, 1981 

Brookfield/Sandy Hook letters, 1981 

Posters and certificates, 1981 

Newsletter, 1981 November 

Tour book, 1981-1982 

William Ratchford Column 
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 1980 March 21 - 1983 March 18 

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Press Releases and Statements 

 66

Press Releases 

 1979 January 19 - 1983 March 16 

Newspaper articles 

Western forum 

Fair press 

Issue Briefs 

 67

Issue briefs, 1979 July 5 

Consumer bulletin, 1979 Fall 

Academy poster, 1979 

Aging handbook, 1980 January 

College aid guide, 1980 January 

Newsletter follow-up, 1980 January 

Town Meeting Notices   (34 folders)

 68

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Series VI: Committee Files, 1979-1985 
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Select Aging Committee, 1979-1983 

 69

Age discrimination Act 

Draft of 1980 Aging handbook 

Reduced Amtrack fares for the elderly 

Hearings on boarding houses   (2 folders)

Cancer   (3 folders)

Channelling agency demonstration hearing 

Co-sponsorship, proposed 

Crime, fraud, and abuse   (4 folders)

Demonstration and unique projects 

EEOC's enforcement of ADEA 

Employee retirement income security act - ERISA 

ERISA H.R. 3904, revised   (2 folders)

Families 

FY 80 budget, impact on the elderly 

FY 81 first budget resolution 
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General 

 70

Home health care   (2 folders)

Housing 

Hypothermia hearing 

Interagency agreements hearing 

Judges age discrimination hearing 

Keyes amendments   (2 folders)

Legal   (2 folders)

Life long learning, general information 

Long term care options 

Medigap insurance policies 

Mental health conference 

Minority elderly hearings 

National conference on statewide education, occupation information, and counseling 

Nursing homes   (3 folders)

Nutrition programs 

Older American act   (5 folders)
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Older American act   (3 folders)

 71

Payroll taxes 

Pensions hearings 

Pilot aging testimony 

Representative payees, problems with 

Retirement 

RSVP 

Select committee on aging 

Senior citizen interns 

Senior environment employment programs 

Senior tutor for educational progress 

Social services 

Social security   (2 folders)

Space application for elderly 

State of the elderly in America hearing 

Title I 

Unemployment and aging hearing 

Women, problems of midlife 

White House conference on aging   (2 folders)

Health and Long-Term Care Subcommittee 

 72

Carter health program 

Chrysler program 

Developmental disability 

Emergency health services 

Hospital cost containment   (2 folders)

HSA 

National health insurance 

Education and Labor Committee, 1979-1982 

 73

Army corps 

Asbestos in schools: H.R. 1524   (2 folders)

Brown dust 

Cargo preference 

CETA 

Child nutrition hearing, 1981 March 10 

Chrazanowski, David 

Civilian marksmanship program 

Clearing house 

Clearing house for community bases educational institutions 

Collection agency legislation 

Consumer protection agency 

Defence budget 

Domestic violence act 

Donovan testimony, 1982 budget cuts 

Education 

Education/labor 

Budget for FY 1980 

Committee reconciliation 

Hearing, reconciliation, Secretary Bell, 1981 March 20 

Hearing on H.R. 3818 diffusion 

Hearing on H.R. 66 student organizations 

Hearing on robotics 

H.R. 2977 and H.R. 2196 markups, 1979 September 26 

Child abuse, alcohol and drugs, markups 

Reconciliation 

Reconciliation cuts FY 1982 

Recommendations on FY 1982 budget 

Education work council 

Elementary guidance and counseling act, hearing, 1981 April 9 

Equal employment opportunity 

FTC - funeral service rules 

General background, education 
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Hearings: 

 74

Library programs, 1981 April 7 

CETA shortfall, committee oversight, 1979 March 7 

Youth employment programs, 1979 June 20 

Employment trends for women, 1981 July 9 

H.R. 3583 Energy/manpower, 1979 May 16 

H.R. 4465 Youth employment Hawkins, 1979 June 29 

H.R. 27 Child nutrition act 

H.R. 2222 and H.R. 4774, 1979 September 19 

H.R. 3292 Action resolution 

H.R. 4136 Child nutrition act 
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H.R. 5540 Defense industry revitalization act 

 75

H.R. 6250 Community renewel employment act 

H.R. 6615 NIE Extension 

H.R. 6619 Weatherization economic opportunity 

H.R. 6711 Youth act 

H.R. 6711 Youth act of 1980 

H.R. 7745 Black lung benefits 

H.R. 7859 Cuban/refugee education 

Hawkins, Humphry 

Impact aid, oversight hearing, 1979 April 8 

Industry 

Johnson, Clifford M. 

Labor 

Legislative updates 

Letter inside 

Lists of bills cosponsored by WRR 

Materials received on H.R. 9514, 4476, 4326 

Metrification 

Migrant farm workers 

Military 

Municipal revenue bonds 

National relations act 

Native American land claims 

1980 census 

Product liability 
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Product neeeds 

 76

Ratchford, William 

Ratchford's postal patron `giveaways' 

Recommendations 

Schweiker testimony, 1982 budget cuts hearings, 3/31/81 

Sodium vapor lights 

State commissions on teacher excellence 

Tax cut bills 

Tax reform for non-profit organizations 

Trucking industry regulation 

Whip issue paper for end of 96th congress 

Whip summary 95th congress 

Whip summary 96th congress 

Youth employment program 

Youth extension CSA reauthorization and the older Americans act reauthorization 

Subcommittee on postsecondary education   (4 folders)
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Subcommittee on postsecondary education 

 77-79

House Administration Committee, 1979-1980 

 80

Capitol hill tourism 

Clerk hire   (2 folders)

Conference board 

Connecticut credit union 

Contested elections   (2 folders)

Congressman Goodling, Mrs. Eisenhower 

Election bills, 1980 Fall 

Electronic voting system 

Equipment management proposal 

Federal election commission   (9 folders)

Full committee hearing 1979 April 25, 1980 July 31   (2 folders)

Funding resolutions, floor action 

Grandfather clause   (2 folders)

House administration meeting, 1980 September 25 

Legislative service organization   (2 folders)
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Legislative service organization   (7 folders)

 81

Information policy, 95th congress 

Libraries and memorials 

Members, requests for relief 

Museum services, 1985 

National publications act, 1979, H.R. 5424 

New members orientation   (3 folders)
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New members orientation   (2 folders)

 82

Obey, railback, 1979 

Office account, equipment relief regulations 

Official act amendments, 1979 

Public financing   (20 folders)

Public printing act, 1979, H.R. 4572 

Shroeder, Pat 

Smithsonian, south garden   (2 folders)

Task force on enforcement   (2 folders)

Vietnam memorial 

House Appropriations 
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Interior Appropriations Committee 

 83-84

Appropriations correspondence 
Box

Interior appropriations correspondence 

 85

Interior appropriations subject files 

 86

Appropriations committee, 1983-1985 

 87

Interior department budget justifications 

 88

Interior agencies hearing transcripts, 1983 February - 1984 May 

 89-94

Transportation Committee 

 95-99

Transportation hearings transcripts, 1983 March - 1984 April 
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Transportation printed documents 

 100
Box

Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Committee, 1979-1981 

 101

Capital cost recovery act, H.R. 4646 

Clear air/acid raing 

Chloroflorocarbon briefing packet 

Colorado River plan 

Department of natural resources 

Environment 

Environmental contaminents in food 

Export administration act 

Fishing rights, Washington state 

Fish and wildlife conservation act 

George Bank issue 

Import of Russian watches 

Land use planning wilderness 

Law of the sea treaty 

Lincoln Derby hydroelectric project 

Oceanic and atmospheric affairs 

Offshore fishing limits 

Rare II 

Recycling, bottle bill 

Resourses conservation act 

Tax treatment of Americans working overseas 

Water resources 

Wilderness program 

Wildlife 

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Series VII: Issue Mail, 1979-1984 
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Text Summary and Form Responses [outgoing] 

 102

Text Summary 1 - 35009 [outgoing] 

ROBO Form Responses [incoming] 

1 - 21857 
Box

22022 - 32757 

 103

9070 - 32320 

Master Directory, 1979-1984 
Box

A - Le   (6 folders)

 103a

Le - Z   (6 folders)

 103b

Correspondence and Attachments [incoming] 

Document number 
Box

1 - 2950, 1979 

 104

2950 - 5450, 1979 

 105

5451 - 7450, 1979-1980 

 106

7451 - 9750, 1979-1980 

 107

9751 - 11650, 1979-1981 

 108

11651 - 13750, 1980-1981 

 109

13751 - 16750, 1980-1981 

 110

16751 - 19300, 1981 

 111

19301 - 21250, 1981 

 112

21251 - 25200, 1981-1982 

 113

25201 - 31100, 1982 

 114

31101 - 32150, 1982 

 115

32151 - 40450, 1982 

 116

40451 - 46850, 1982-1983 

 117

46851 - 54199, 1982-1983 

 118

54200 - 57400, 1983 

 119

57401 - 63900, 1983-1984 

 120

63901 - 65400, 1983-1984 

 121

Attachments 
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1 - 3299, 1979-1980 

 122

3300 - 7099, 1979-1980 

 123

7100 - 9699, 1979-1980 

 124

9700 - 12599, 1979-1981 

 125

12600 - 18499, 1980-1981 

 126

18500 - 23199, 1981-1982 

 127

23200 - 29599, 1981-82 

 128

29600 - 33299, 1982 

 129

33300 - 39999, 1982 

 130

40000 - 43299, 1982 

 131

43300 - 48699, 1982-1983 

 132

48700 - 54499, 1983 

 133

54500 - 71699, 1983 

 134

71700 - 71699, 1983-1984 

 135

71700 - 76099, 1983-1984 

 136

76100 - 77199, 1983-1984 

 137

77200 - 77499, and assorted, 1983-1984 

 138

73860 - 79857, 1983 

 139

75900 - 77499, 1983-1984 

 140

1984 correspondence (microfiche) 

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Series VIII: Political Files, 1978-1984 

1978-1982 Campaigns 
Box

Political pamphlets 

 141

Campaign computer program 

Coordinators meeting, 1981 August 30 

Dodd canvas, 1980 

Census information, 1980 

Correspondence, 1981 

Campaign materials 

Labor lists 

Congressional coordinators list 

The majority party 

Dodd targeting, 1980 

FEC advisory opinions 

U.S. chamber of commerce 

5th district town chairmen 

Presidential delegate selection, 1980 

5th democratic state central names 

5th mayors and selectmen 

Defense spending, Connecticut 

MX dense pact 

NCEC new members seminar 

DCCC incumbant assitance task force 

1982 postal rates 

Vote ratings for Bill, 1981-1982 

Candidate Robert O'Brien 

Neal Hanlon background materials 

NCPAC information 

1982 campaign 

Speech cards 

Photographs   (2 folders)

Cable tv rates 

Leventhal, Bob 

Jewish PAC mailing 

1984 endorsements to Bill 

Newspaper article on Bill 
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Euromissles 

 142

Monthly expenditure reports 

Peter, Paul and Mary 

Correspondence 

Campaign material 

Master file 

Slone political correspondence 

O'Neil solicitation 

Jewish lists 

Old campaign material   (2 folders)

Miscellaneous election results 

Resumes campaign 

Issue flatsheets, 1978 

Issue flatsheets, 1980 

Issue flatsheets, 1982 

Political Action Committee   (2 folders)
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Subject Files 

 143

Aging 

Budget 

Defense 

Education 

Employment 

Environment/nuclear 

Flood 

Housing 

Israel,  Poland,  El Salvador 

Transportation 

Veterans 

Women's issues 

Democrates, other races 

5th district nominating convention 

News releases, 1982 

Republicans 

Republicans, pre-convention 

Donahue, Edward 

Hanlon, Neal 

Moffett, Toby 

O'Neil, William 

Ratchford, William   (5 folders)

Reagan, Ronald 

A report on a poll conducted in the 5th congressional district of Connecticut, 1982 February 

 144

A survey of voter attitudes and opinions, 1978 March 

A survey of voter attitudes and opinions, 1978 October 

A trend survey of voter attitudes and opinions, 1978 August 

A trend survey of voter attitudes and opinions, 1978 October 
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Analysis of Beacon Falls, 1982 

 145

Campaign budget, 1982 

Field plans, 1982 

Percentage Ratchford favorability and contacts 

Phonebank trend reports 

Ratchford, Bill, 1982 October 

Targeting, 1982 August 

A trend survey of voter attitudes and opinions, 1982 August 
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DSG campaign fund survey, 1982 July 

 146

DSG campaign fund survey, 1982 October 

Ratchford report 

Billboards 
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Landpower issues, 1984 

 147

Midgetman 

Comprehensive test ban treaty 

Defense economic adjustment act 

INF talks 

Background on Pershing/cruise missile 

Incremental freeze arms race moratorium act 

MX missle, technical data/arguments 

MX floor statements 

Nerve gas amendment 

Weapon system data 

Space weapons 

MX dear colleagues 

MX (H.R. 113, release of funds) 

Freeze lobby effors 

FY 85 defense budget materials 

Countdown Connecticut 

Nuclear freeze information 

Scowcraft final report 

Freeze floor specific 

Volunteer army 

Defense standing 

Aircraft carrier survivability 

R and D facility at Avery Point in Groton 

Salt II 

Civil defense 

Maybank amendment, procurement 

Correspondence (2 folders), 1984 December -1985 March 
Box

Political broadcasting information   (2 folders)

 148

Radio timecard rates   (2 folders)

Library 

Fundraising, 1984 

Campaign debates, 1984 

First poll, 1984 
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Contribution lists 

 149

Mailing lists, 1983 

A report on a tracking survey 5th congressional district 

 1984 August 

 1984 September 

 1984 October 

A survey of attitudes, 1984 February 

A survey of voter attitudes in Connecticut's 5th congressional district, 1984 February 
Box

Election surveys - Ratchford 

 150

 1984 August 

 1984 October 15 

 1984 October 22 - 23 

 1984 November 1 
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Campaign Releases 

 151

Waterbury supporters host Ratchford fundraiser, 1980 April 3 

Ratchford to announce re-election plans, 1980 June 3 

Announcement of candidacy speech, 1980 June 9 

Ratchford names campaign leaders, 1980 June 19 

Ratchford to open campaign headquarters, 1980 June 23 

Ratchford plans fundraiser, 1980 July 3 

Ratchford plans fundraiser cruise, 1980 July 3 

Ratchford names benefit cruise committee, 1980 July 10 

Ratchford discloses FEC financial report, 1980 July 10 

Convention advisory, 1980 July 14 

Ratchford names coordinator, 1980 July 15 

Ratchford nominated for second term, 1980 July 24 

Ratchford names coordinator, 1980 July 25 

Ratchford district schedule, 1980 August 1 

Meridan men display paintings, 1980 August 5 

Ratchford holds “family outing”, 1980 August 5 

Ratchford district schedule, 1980 August 8 

2nd annual “Ratchford night” planned, 1980 August 14 

Ratchford to open Waterbury campaign headquarters, 1980 August 18 

Editor's advisory, 1980 October 6 

Ratchford's district schedule, 1980 October 9 

Ratchford's district schedule, 1980 October 16 

Ratchford releases financial report, 1980 October 18 

Singer to perform for Ratchford, 1980 October 22 

O'Neil to stump for Ratchford, 1980 October 21 

Claude Pepper to tour district, 1980 October 25 

Ratchford election day advance, 1980 October 27 

Ratchford district schedule, 1980 October 27 

Ratchford attacks Reagan economic proposal, 1980 September 20 

Ratchford district schedule, 1980 September 24 

State representative to host coffee hour for Ratchford, 1980 September 30 

October editor's advisory, 1980 October 1 

Ratchford press releases 1978 campaign 

Towns   (19 folders)
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Guidera, George   (2 folders)

 152

Sarasin issues 

Grasso, literature 

Guidera issues 

Fund raising letters 

Completed issues outlines 

Polls 

Ratchford, campaign literature 

Ratchford, speeches 

Energy 

All past issues, 1974-1977 

DNC and FEC materials 

Towns   (7 folders)

Town maps 

Delegate lists 

Committee lists 

Voter registration 

Organization 

Mailing envelopes 

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Series IX: Casework Files, 1979-1984 
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Alden Weir farm preservation 

 153

Ansonia technical assistance 

Atlantic-Johnson metal house 

The Barden Corporation - military flyover 

Beacon Falls 

Chemical wastes 

PCB storage 

Beaver Brook flooding 

Beryl Corporation 

Import markers 

Import pens 

Pencil tariff case 

Better Formed Metals of Waterbury -  EPA 

Biaggi, Mario/fuel assistance 

Branson Equipment - export relicense application 

Branson Sonic Power/E star award 

Briston Babcock 

EPA sewer grant contract 

Export license application 

Product classifications 

Canberrou Industries of Meriden 

Cranberry export licences 

Capone, John - Sec 8 in Hamden 

Carey Industries, Inc. - Danbury 

Century Brass 

Century Brass - Waterbury 

Cheshire Ball and Socket Co. 

Cheshire Hillside Village 

Coccomo, Thomas A., Memorial Health Care Center 

Colt Chandler Evans Copperhead Missile 

Commode Hull Bridge rehabilitation 

Community Research Applications, Inc. 

ConDiesel/Ribbon Bridge, U.S. State Dept. 

Conoptics, Inc. International Trade Administration 

Copper, Import restrictions on 

Danbury 

Airport 

Data Control Systems 

Drinking water problems 

Chamber of Commerce, Greater 

Health Plan, Greater 

Intercultural Association, Greater 

Sewers 

Datahr of Danbury ( HUD) 

Derby vs Army Corp of Engineers 

Derby 

Census figures 

Court case, flood program 

Derby SBA 

Design Circuits of Danbury 

DOD appropriations, Perkin - Elmer 

Fairmont Heights project 

Farrel/Exim Bank 

Farrel Company 

Shipping and exports 

Watervlei Arsenal 

Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury 

Fialou, Dennison F., congressional candidate 

Flagg Co., DOE Construction 

Footwear Industries of America 

Freeman vs Mitchell 

GAO - Doto contract 

General Data Comp. 

General Services Administration 

Hanahoe Clinic 

Hannan, Robert 

Hartford hearing 

Hearst, Sheldon - Wilton (Supermarket) 

Hebrew Home of Hartford AOA proposal 

Hewitt Manor 

Elderly housing 

Proposal for Shelton 

Heyman, Sam - Stamford postal facility 

Housatonic Flood Co. -  Shelton 
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Hull Dye 

 154

International Creative Data Industries, Inc. 

International Union (UAW) 

Ives Street firehouse 

Jacobson, David 

Kasper Association: GBTD UMTA contract 

The Kelsey Co. of Meriden 

Kerile Co. 

Kramer, Jack - FEC 

Latex Foam Products, Inc. 

Lewis Corporation 

Ultrasonic cleaning equipment 

Little, Officer Onofrio J. 

Lloyd Lumber -  EPA suspension ODR 

Lone Star Industries 

Man Barrier Corp.   (2 folders)

Marou, Annette - sodium vapor lights 

Mattatuck cooperative education grant 

McHugh, Ray 

Elderly housing project 

Sec 8 - WTBY 

Medallic Art Co. 

Meriden 

Meriden 

Elderly housing sec. 8 

Fotomat 

Glen Hills area flooding 

Markham airport 

Photomat Corporation 

Metz, Sonny, Union of Operation Engineers 

Moschello and Motamed case 

Moskof, Howard 

Municipal emergency fuel programs 

National Distilleries Corp. 

New Canaan 

New Medico/Medic and Ramb 

Nicklebery, Asher - Sec 8 housing 

North end of Waterbury project area 

Oblon, Joyce 

Olin Corp/UDAC grant,  New Haven 

O'Sullivan Island, Derby 

EPA superfun cleanup 

Palmer, Donald 

Parson Real Estate/Naugatuck 

Papazozloou, George/FAA report 

Peterson, Dr. Scott/optometry 

Pitney Bowes 

Pitney Bowes - Commerce Park traffic problems 

Pryor, Judge William C. 

Rapco Foam 

Reagonomics 

Redding open spaces 

Ridgefield Gilbert Foundation 

Ridgefield urban system 

Rust, Richard -  Danbury Hat Co. 

Satter, Judge Robert 

Savings Tower 

Shelton - Richardson/Merrill/EPA/Bridge 

Silbert, Jean case 

Sikorsky Aircraft 

Small Business Administration 

Supplemental Food Stamp Petition 

Taube, Dr. Sheila 

Teamster contract Shelton 

Title XIX sheltered workshop 

Extension of Tmago Waivers 

Tmo Industries 

TRA - Fartel Division - USM 

Trumbull Lake project - public works committee 

Trumbull post office 

Union Carbide 

Union Manufacturing 

Urban Systems Project - Ridgefield 

Utility Contractors Association of Connecticut 
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Vetrans appeal case of Peter Matavenda 

Waco Properties/Brownstein Case 

Waterbury 

Association, housing 

Building Trade Council 

Farrel Division of Textron Inc. 

Health Screening 

Housing Authority 

Mettatuck/Arrowhead MFG 

Revenue 

Urban grant 

Wells Benus pension benefit 

Westport 

White, Barry - CT Aging Department conflict 

Whitemore, Lynn/DOD request 

Widder Corp.   (2 folders)

Winokur Water Systems - Navy 

Winn Developers of Waterbury 

X-Med/O'Neil case 

Yankee Telecommunications project 

Young, Charter apartments 

Zwinn, Stephen, elderly employment program proposal 

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Series X: Ratchford Journal, 1979-1986 
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Ratchford Journal, 1979-1986 

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Series XI: Newspaper Clippings, 1979-1982 
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Newspaper clippings, 1979-1982 

 156-61

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Series XII: Audio and Visual Recordings, 1979-1984 
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Video Tapes 

 162

The Ratchford Report 

with Congressman Thomas Foley, House Majority Whip, 1983 May 4 

with Richard Gephardt, 1983 June 5 

with Representative Sidney Yates, Chairman Interior Appropriations Committee, 1983 July 28 

 1983 November 9 

 1983 December 7 

with Representative Barbara Kennelly, 1984 January 3 
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with Representative Geraldine Ferraro 1984 March 8 

 163

 1984 April 11 
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American Debate, Representative William Ratchford, D-CT, vs Dr.  Garrey Carruthers, Assistant of the Interior for Land and Water Resources: Mineral Leasing on Public Land [  Roosevelt Center for American Studies, 30 mins.], 1983 May 19 

 164

Portrait of America:  Connecticut [Turner Educational Services, 49 mins.], undated 

Ratchford-Rowland debate “By-Line”, undated 

Representative John Rowland, undated 

Team annual meeting, 1984   (7 mins.)

Movie Film 

 165

Congressman Ratchford “Act of Congress”   (3 reels)

Congressman Ratchford “Beauty Shots”, 1984 October 3 

Audio Recording Tape 

O'Neil, Danbury, 1980 October 24 

Radio spots 

Independence: Performance: delivering, undated 

Jobs revisited, 1984 October 19 

Taxes; Fairness, Neal Hanlon, undated 

Testimonial; People who know him best; Medicare Unemployment; Heat; Fairness; Neal Hanlon; Difference; Everybody else, 1982 

Ratchford, undated 

Ratchford for Congress 

Delivering, undated 

Jobs; TV voice over,:27.8, 1984 October 16 

Ridgefield town meeting (parts 1&2), 1979 July 28 

Tandem testimony, 1984 March 22 

James Watts, 1983 May 

Wilton/Weston/Westport town meeting, 1979 July 21 
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Air traffic, oil shortage, 1984 September 

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Comments on budget effect on employment in district, 1979 February 13 

Disability reviews, acid rain, 1983 June 10 

EPA funding, civil rights, 1983 June 

Gas shortage, floor house speech on the elderly energy, congressional pay raise, 1979 May, June 

Medicare, 1983 May 

Nerve gas, agent orange, tandems, 1983 May, June 

Q&A, 1983 May 

Representative William Ratchford (3 tapes), 1980 January, 1982 June, 1983 February 

Veterns, agent orange, health care for unemployed, 1983 March 

Vet day, telephone charges, 1983 November 

Tandem, 1984 February 

Trampo bill, 1984 June 

Ansonia, undated 

CETA cutbacks, undated 

Discussion of Ratchford mail rebates, undated 

Federal loan program, oil price deregulation, reaction to Carter energy plan, undated 

Institute of Water Resources with Dr.  Carol Burke, undated 

Oil shortage plan, undated 

Ratchford for Congress, undated 

Tandems, undated 

Tandem truck concessions, budget, tax cap vote, undated 

Trampo briefing, undated 

Representative Ratchford   (13 tapes)

unidentified tapes   (7 tapes)

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Series XIII: Photographs and Memorabilia, 1961-1984 
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Photographs 

 167

Congressional sessions 

Ratchford 

portraits 

with actors 

with Homer Babbidge 

with constitutents   (7 folders)

with family 

with individuals 

with interns 
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with political figures 

 168

with staff 

Miscellaneous 

Negatives (incomplete) 

Slides 
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Ratchford, 1960s-1970s 

 169

Plaques   (12)

 170-71

Certificates   (24)

 172

Political Memorabilia 

 173-74

Cartoons 

Posters 

Framed certificates 

License plate 

Needlepoint 

Scrapbooks   (2)

 175-76

 1961-1972, 1978-1984 

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