Box 8
Container
Contains 40 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, Judiciary, 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_6_0000
Scope and Contents
Topics include FBI charter changes (HR 5030), New Mexico prison riot, marijuana, Department of Justice investigation of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), and displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools.
Correspondence, Judiciary, Abortion, 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 7
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_7_0000
Scope and Contents
Topics include Hyde amendment and using federal funds to pay for abortions.
Correspondence, Judiciary, Child and Family Issues, 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 8
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_8_0000
Scope and Contents
Topics include Family Protection Act (HR 6028), domestic violence, and giving adult rights to children.
Correspondence, Judiciary, Crime, 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_9_0000
Scope and Contents
Topics include criminal code revision (HR 6915), legal protection for union bosses, and robberies of pharmacies.
Correspondence, Judiciary, Cuban Refugees, 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_10_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Mick Thompson.
Correspondence, Judiciary, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 11
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_11_0000
Scope and Contents
The Edwards Collections is approximately 126 linear feet, plus 8 maps and 50 photographs. The Correspondence and Legislative series represent the majority of the materials in the collection and include constituent correspondence, issue surveys and opinion ballots, voting records, issue folders, memos, notes, and legislation. Topics of note include cable and satellite television, the break-up of AT&T, civil rights legislation, foreign affairs, energy policy, Contra Aid, Tallgrass Prairie...
Correspondence, Judiciary, Gay Rights, 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 12
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_12_0000
Scope and Contents
Topics include discrimination based on sexual orientation, HR 2074, and S. 2081.
Correspondence, Judiciary, Gun Control, 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 13
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_13_0000
Scope and Contents
Topics include right to bear arms, Volkmer-McClure, Firearms Law Reform Act (HR 5225), and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF)
Correspondence, Judiciary, Immigration, 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 14
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_14_0000
Scope and Contents
Topics include alien property ownership and Iranian immigrants. Correspondents include Roy B. Hooper Jr.
Correspondence, Judiciary, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, 1980
File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Identifier: CAC_CC_016_1_8_15_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include George Nigh.