Manuscripts

Series

Identifier: CAC_PP_075_1_0000_0000_0000

Staff Only

This collection focuses on Unruh's work as a leading strategist in the Republican Party at the state and national level. Materials on the Oklahoma Republican Party as well as the Southern Association of Republican State Chairmen include correspondence, meeting minutes, schedules, clippings, and financial data. Also evident in the collection is material on various Oklahoma Republican races, including the congressional campaigns of Representative Page H. Belcher in the 1960s and 1970s, the succcessful 1974 Senate campaign of Henry Bellmon, and the gubernatorial campaign of Vince Orza in the 1990s. There is also some information on the campaigns of Arkansans Sheffield Nelson and Frank White. The collection also has schedules, correspondence, speeches, press releases, and clippings on the Republican presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon in 1972, John Connally in 1980, and Bob Dole in 1988. Also found in the collection is material related to Unruh's work as executive vice president of the Tulsa Global Trade Foundation as well as her service in the Departments of Energy and Commerce. The collection has various memorabilia, including a campaign dress worn by Belcher's Pages as well as one worn by women supporting Bellmon. There is also a DVD featuring many of the dresses and gowns worn by Unruh during her career.