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DAVID HAMPTON PRYOR PAPERS, 1934-2004

Group II, Series 1 Boxes 100-116 Senatorial Campaigns

This series consists of materials relating to Senator Pryor’s senatorial campaigns in 1978, 1984, and 1990. Materials are grouped according to the year of the campaign. Materials related to his 1972 senatorial campaign are in Group I, Series 1, Subseries 3.

Subseries 1. Campaign 1978

Box 100 Campaign 1978–Subject Files

1. "1978 Arkansas Elections."
2. Action Item and Notes/Pryor.
3. Biographical Information/Pryor.
4. Campaign Schedules and Notes.
5. Campaign Strategy Proposal.
6. Campaign Issues.
7. Briefings/Morris.
8. Correspondence, Feb-Mar 1978.
9. Correspondence, Apr 1978.
10. Correspondence, May-Dec 1978.
11. Correspondence, Congratulatory Letters (1 of 2).
12. Correspondence, Congratulatory Letters (2 of 2).
13. Correspondence, Congratulatory Letters–Congressional.
14. Correspondence, Congratulatory Telegrams.
15. Correspondence, Form Letters.
16. Correspondence, Thank you letters.
17. Federal Electoral Commission (1 of 2).
18. Federal Electoral Commission (2 of 2 ).
19. Federal Electoral Commission Due Dates.
20. Forrest Wood Investigation.
21. Headquarters/El Dorado.
22. Headquarters/Fort Smith.
23. Invitations.
24. Legal material.
25. Lists/Mailing and Miscellaneous (1 of 3).
26. Lists/Mailing and Miscellaneous (2 of 3).
27. Lists/Mailing and Miscellaneous (3 of 3).
28. Lists–Minorities.
29. Notes–Handwritten.

Box 101 Campaign 1978–Subject Files

1. Picket Statement.
2. Polls/Pulaski County.
3. Polls/Pryor, Tucker, Thornton.
4. Polls/County Totals for the State.
5. Polls/ Jim Ranchine.
6. Questionnaires.
7. Speeches/Statements

Financial Records

8. Accounts Payable, 1978.
9. Billings from Advertising Agency, 1978.
10. Budget Information Run-Off, Jun 1978.
11. Campaign Statistics.
12. Cash Flow Statement.
13. Cash Flow Report, Feb 19-May 14, 1978.
14. Contributors' List, Jan 1-Mar 31, 1978.
15. Contributors' List, Apr 1-May 15, 1978.
16. Contributors' List, May 16-29, 1978.
17. Contributors' List, May 30-Jun 19, 1978.
18. Contributors' List, Jun 20-30, 1978.
19. Contributors' List, Jul 3-Sep 30, 1978.
20. Contributors' List, Oct 16-Nov 17, 1978.
21. Deposits, County Listings (1 of 2).
22. Deposits, County Listings (2 of 2).
23. Finance Committee, 1978.

Box 102 Campaign 1978–Financial Records

1. Financial Projection, Jul-Aug 1978.
2. Financial Reports/Jackson.
3. Financial Statistics and Notes/Pryor (1 of 2).
4. Financial Statistics and Notes/Pryor (2 of 2).
5. Graham's Weekly Cash Flow Reports, Feb-Apr,1978.
6. Graham's Memo on Making Up the FEC Forms, May 1978.
7. Graham's Deposits, No. 38, 39, 40, May-Jun 1978.
8. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 1-12, n.d.
9. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 13, Feb 22, 1978.
10. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 14, Feb 27, 1978.
11. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 15, Mar 1, 1978.
12. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 16, Mar 3, 1978.
13. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 17, Mar 7, 1978.
14. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 18, Mar 9, 1978.
15. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 19, Mar 16, 1978.
16. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 20, Mar 21, 1978.
17. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 22, Mar 23, 1978.
18. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 23, Mar 28, 1978.
19. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 24, Mar 31, 1978.
20. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 25, Mar 31, 1978.
21. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 27, Apr 7, 1978.
22. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 28, Apr 11, 1978.
23. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 29, Apr 14, 1978.
24. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 30, Apr 21,1978.
25. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 31, Apr 26, 1978.
26. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 32, May 1, 1978.
27. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 33, May 2, 1978.
28. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 34, May 4, 1978.
29. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 36, May 10, 1978.
30. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 37, May 12, 1978.
31. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 38, 39, 40, May 15, 1978.
32. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 41, May 18, 1978.
33. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 42, May 19, 1978.
34. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 43, May 19, 1978.
35. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 44, May 20, 1978.
36. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 45, May 24, 1978.
37. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 46, May 24, 1978.
38. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 46, May 26, 1978.
39. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 47, May 29, 1978.
40. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 48, May 29, 1978.
41. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 49, June 1, 1978.
42. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 50, June 1, 1978.
43. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 51, June 5, 1978.
44. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 54, June 7, 1978.

Box 103 Campaign 1978–Financial Records (cont.)

1. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 57 and 57B, June 8, 1978.
2. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 59, June 10, 1978.
3. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 60, Jun 10, 1978.
4. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 61, Jun 13, 1978.
5. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 62, Jun 15, 1978.
6. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 63, Jun 19, 1978.
7. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 64, June 20, 1978.
8. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 65, June 21, 1978.
9. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No. 67, June 30, 1978.
10. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No.s 68 and 69, July 7, 1978.
11. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No.s 72-73, 78-93, n.d.
12. Incoming Notes on Deposit, No.s 94-98, Nov 1978.
13. In-kind Contributions, 1978.
14. Listing of Contributors [newspaper clipping], Apr 13, 1978.
15. Office Accounts: Lindsey Memo on, Jun 1978.
16. Paid Receipts, 1978.
17. Payment authorization form–working copy, 1978 (1 of 2).
18. Payment authorization form–working copy, 1978 (2 of 2).
19. Report of Receipts and Expenditures, Jan 18-Mar 31, 1978.
20. Report of Receipts and Expenditures, Apr 1-May 15, 1978.
21. Report of Receipts and Expenditures, May 16-29, 1978.
22. Report of Receipts and Expenditures, May 31-Jun 16, 1978.
23. Report of Receipts and Expenditures, Jun 20-30, 1978.
24. Report of Receipts and Expenditures, Jul 4-Sep 30, 1978.
25. Report of Receipts and Expenditures, Nov 1-23, 1978.
26. Returned Checks.
27. Shipping Receipts, 1978.
28. TI-59 Financial Projections.
29. Treasurer's Manual/Graham Catlett.
30. Tucker versus Pryor Out of State Contributions Memo, June 7, 1978.

Press Releases, Newspaper Clippings, and Media

31. Advertising Bills.
32. Advertising Bills/Smith and Jennings.
33. Advertising Disclaimers.
34. Advertising–Memos/Miscellaneous.
35. Advertising Meeting, Apr 12, 1978.

Box 104 Campaign 1978–Press Releases, Newspaper Clippings, and Media

1. Advertising Soft Copy/Smith and Jennings.
2. Advertising/TV Spots done by Mangan, Raines, Ginnaven Associates.
3. CMA Statistics versus Tucker.
4. George Cook Media.
5. Debate Requests.
6. First Blitz/Listing from Smith and Jennings, Apr 1-15, 1978.
7. First Media Burst, April 1, 1978.
8. General Election Media Notes.
9. Kahn-Mathis Advertising.
10. Listing–State-wide Media Buy.
11. Metropolitan Campaign Services–Correspondence.
12. Miscellaneous.
13. Newspaper Clippings (1 of 3).
14. Newspaper Clippings (2 of 3).
15. Newspaper Clippings (3 of 3).
16. New Television Spots.
17. Press Association.
18. Press Conference, May 31, 1978.
19. Promotional Material.
20. Radio and Television Schedule.
21. Radio Stations–Miscellaneous.
22. Run-off Full Page/Newspaper.
23. Run-off Media Booklet Master.
24. Run-off Newspaper Information.
25. Run-off Press Releases.
26. Run-off Radio and Television Production.
27. Special Daily Notes/Campaign Action File.
28. Special In-state Advertising.
29. Television and Radio Production Notes.

Subseries 2. Campaign 1984

This series includes materials pertaining to Senator Pryor's 1984 senatorial campaign. It includes campaign summary files, subject files, campaign committee records, election issue analyses, congressional voting records for the period 1979-1984, and surveys and polls. Also included are position papers and the voting records of Senator Pryor and Representative Ed Bethune. Campaign committee records include reports, correspondence, memos, financial papers and other related data. This subseries also includes papers of Don Harrell, administrative assistant to Senator Pryor.

Box 105 Campaign 1984--Campaign Summary

1. Briefs.
2. Coordinators.
3. Equipment.
4. Finances.
5. Networks.
6. Overview, Organization, Staff.
7. Polls.
8. Schedule.
9. Volunteers.
10. Vote.

Senate Campaign Committee Financial Records

11. Airline Billings, 1981.
12. Correspondence, 1979.
13. Correspondence, 1980.
14. Correspondence, 1981.
15. Contributors–$500.00 and above.
16. Contributors–Arkansas.
17. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (1 of 10).
18. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (2 of 10).
19. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (3 of 10).
20. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (4 of 10).
21. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (5 of 10).
22. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (6 of 10).
23. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (7 of 10).

Box 106 Campaign 1984--Senate Campaign Committee Records (cont.)

1. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (8 of 10).
2. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (9 of 10).
3. Contributors and Financial Reporting Records (10 of 10).
4. Paid Bills.
5. Photo Bills.
6. Receipts and Expenditures, Oct 24, 1978-Sep 30, 1979.
7. Receipts and Disbursements, Jul 1-Sep 30, 1984 (1 of 2).
8. Receipts and Disbursements, Jul 1-Sep 30, 1984 (2 of 2).
9. Receipts and Disbursements, Oct 18-Nov 26, 1984.
10. Report, Oct 30, 1980.
11. Report, Mar 23, 1981.
12. Report, Apr 1981.
13. Report, June 1981.
14. Report, Sept 1981.
15. Report, Oct 1981.
16. Report, Nov 1981.
17. Report, Dec 1981.
18. Report, Jan 1982.
19. Report, Feb 1982.
20. Report, Mar 1982.
21. Report, Apr 1982.
22. Report, May 1982.
23. Report, June 1982.
24. Report, July 1982.
25. Report, Aug 1982.
26. Report, Sep 1982.
27. Report, Oct 1982.
28. Report, Nov 1982.
29. Travel Vouchers.
30. Visa Bills, 1982.

Box 107 Campaign 1984--Subject Files

1. Abortion.
2. Aging.
3. Agriculture.
4. Agriculture Credit and Research.
5. Agriculture summaries.
6. Arms Control/Nuclear Freeze.
7. Background Material and Notes (1 of 2)
8. Background Material and Notes (2 of 2).
9. Balanced Budget.
10. Big Spender.
11. Robert Bork.
12. George Bush, Taxpayer Bill of Rights.
13. Busing.
14. Campaign Coordinators List.
15. Campaign miscellaneous material (1 of 2).
16. Campaign miscellaneous material (2 of 2).
17. Central America.
18. Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
19. Communications Company (1 of 2).
20. Communications Company (2 of 2).
21. Complaint Against the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
22. Congressional Travel.
23. Correspondence, Congratulation letters.
24. Correspondence, Legal memos.
25. Correspondence, Letter Requests.

Box 108 Campaign 1984--Subject Files (cont.)

1. Correspondence, Miscellaneous.
2. Correspondence, Personal.
3. Correspondence, Thank-you-letters (1 of 2).
4. Correspondence, Thank-you-letters (2 of 2).
5. County Contacts.
6. County Industries (1 of 2).
7. County Industries (2 of 2).
8. County Statistics.
9. Democratic Primary Elections, 1984 (1 of 2).
10. Democratic Primary Elections, 1984 (2 of 2).
11. Finance Committee, 1984.
12. Government Consultants.
13. Judiciary.
14. Jack Kemp.
15. Ted Kennedy.
16. Labor and Human Resources.
17. Leadership Race.
18. Mailing List, Campaign Volunteers (1 of 2).
19. Mailing List, Campaign Volunteers ( 2 of 2).
20. Mailing List, Minority Voters.
21. Mailing List, Miscellaneous (1 of 2).
22. Mailing List, Miscellaneous (2 of 2).

Box 109 Campaign 1984--Subject Files (cont.)

1. Mailing List, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc.
2. Mailing List, November 12 Breakfast.
3. Media, Radio Debate Questions.
4. Media, Radio Expenditures and Schedule Summary.
5. Media, TV/Radio Poll.
6. Media, Television Schedules.
7. New Industrial Policy.
8. Newspaper Clippings, 1983.
9. Newspaper Clippings, 1984.
10. Pardons.
11. The Political Report, Jun 24, 1983, Jun 12-Jul, 13, 1984.
12. Projects.
13. Promotional material.
14. Reagan Administration Claims.
15. Reference Material.
16. Rural Electrification Administration.
17. School Prayer.
18. Small Business.
19. Social Security.
20. Soviet Union.
21. Summaries.
22. Tax Reform.
23. Telephone Bank and Direct Mail Plan.
24. Telephone Calls.
25. Trade.
26. Transportation.
27. Threat to Arkansas Water.
28. Utility Rates.
29. Veterans.
30. Weapons Testing.

Box 110 Campaign 1984--Campaign Issues Analyses

1. A.
2. B.
3. C.
4. D.
5. E.
6. F.
7. G-I.
8. K-R.
9. S.
10. T-V.

Voting Records

11. Democratic Study Group (DSG), U.S. House of Representatives, 1979 (1 of 4).
12. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1979 (2 of 4).
13. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1979 (3 of 4).
14. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1979 (4 of 4).
15. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1980 (1 of 2).
16. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1980 (2 of 2).
17. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1981.

Box 111 Campaign 1984--Voting Records (cont.)

1. Democratic Study Group (DSG), U.S. House of Representatives, 1982 (1 of 2).
2. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1982 (2 of 2).
3. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1983 (1 of 2).
4. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1983 (2 of 2).
5. DSG, U.S. House of Representatives, 1984.

Voting Records Published by the Congressional Quarterly Almanac

6. U.S. House of Representatives, 1979.
7. U.S. House of Representatives, 1980.
8. U.S. House of Representatives, 1981.
9. U.S. House of Representatives, 1982.
10. U.S. House of Representatives, 1983.
11. U.S. House of Representatives, 1984.
12. U.S. Senate, 1979.
13. U.S. Senate, 1980.
14. U.S. Senate, 1981.
15. U.S. Senate, 1982.
16. U.S. Senate, 1983.
17. U.S. Senate, 1984.
18. U.S. Senate, 1985.
19. Multiyear Issue Index to the Senate Votes, 1979-Sep 7, 1984.

David Pryor Voting Records

20. 1979.
21. 1980.
22. 1981.
23. 1982.
24. 1983.

Box 112 Campaign 1984--David Pryor Voting Records (cont.)

1. Key Votes on Senate Rules/Nominations.
2. Missed Votes.
3. Senate Close Votes, Jan 15, 1979-Aug 10, 1984.
4. Sponsored/Co-sponsored Votes, 1979-1982.

Pryor and Bethune Comparative Voting Ratings

5. 1979.
6. 1980.
7. 1981.
8. 1982.
9. 1983.

Pryor and Bethune Comparative Voting Ratings–By Issue

10. A-F.
11. G-L.
12. P-V.

Surveys and Polls

13. Pre-election Survey (1 of 3).
14. Pre-election Survey (2 of 3).
15. Pre-election Survey (3 of 3).
16. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 1–General Elections (1 of 3).
17. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 1–General Elections (2 of 3).
18. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 1–General Elections (3 of 3).
19. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 2 (1 of 3).
20. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 2 (2 of 3).
21. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 2 (3 of 3).
22. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 3 (1 of 2).

Box 113 Campaign 1984--Surveys and Polls (cont.)

1. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 3 (2 of 2).
2. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 4.
3. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 5.
4. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 6.
5. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 7.
6. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 8.
7. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 9.
8. Arkansas Senatorial Poll No. 10.
9. Memorandum–1984 Arkansas U.S. Senate Race Poll No. 1–July 1983.
10. Memorandum–1984 Arkansas U.S. Senate Race Poll No. 2–Apr 1984.
11. Memorandum–1984 Arkansas U.S. Senate Race Poll No. 3–May 1984.
12. Memorandum–1984 Arkansas U.S. Senate Race Poll No. 4– Apr 1984.
13. Memorandum–1984 Arkansas U.S. Senate Race Poll No. 5–Sep 1984.
14. Memorandum–1984 Arkansas U.S. Senate Race Poll No. 6–Oct 9 and 10 1984.
15. Memorandum–1984 Arkansas U.S. Senate Race Poll No. 7–Oct 1984.
16. Tabular Report Arkansas, Sep 1984.

Bethune Material–Voting Records

17. Activities in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1984.
18. Analysis of Positions on Selected Issues and Background Report on Voting Record in the 97th and 98th Congress, 1984.
19. Appropriations Bills.
20. Congressional Record Inserts, 1979.
21. Congressional Record Inserts, 1980.
22. Congressional Record Inserts, 1981.
23. Congressional Record Inserts, 1982.
24. Congressional Record Inserts, 1983.

Box 114 Campaign 1984--Bethune Material, Voting Records (cont.)

1. Gas Rationing Bill.
2. Presidential Support and Opposition.
3. Sponsored/Co-sponsored Bills.
4. Voting Records (1 of 2).
5. Voting Records (2 of 2).

Bethune Material–Other Files

6. Bethune-Pryor Debate.
7. Campaign Propaganda, 1984.
8. Financial Disclosure Statement.
9. Mailings.
10. Miscellaneous Material (1 of 3).
11. Miscellaneous Material (2 of 3).
12. Miscellaneous Material (3 of 3).
13. National Republican Senatorial Committee.
14. Newspaper Clippings (1 of 3).
15. Newspaper Clippings (2 of 3).
16. Newspaper Clippings (3 of 3).
17. "No-use" Radio Advertisements.
18. Press Releases, 1980-1984.
19. Pryor Notes re Bethune.
20. Receipts and Expenditures, Apr 1-Jun 30, 1979.
21. Receipts and Disbursements, Jul 1, 1981-Dec 31, 1983.
22. Republic National Committee–Expenditure, 1984.

Don Harrell Material

23. Bethune, 1984.
24. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
25. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.

Box 115 Campaign 1984–Don Harrell Material

1. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
2. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
3. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
4. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
5. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
6. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
7. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
8. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
9. Campaign File–Miscellaneous.
10. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
11. Government Spending.
12. Bob Leslie Letter Drafts.
13. Media.
14. NCPAC (National Conservative Political Action Committee.
15. Projects, Oct-Nov 1984.
16. David Pryor.
17. Questionnaires.
18. Tax Issues.
19. Voting Profiles.

Other Material

20. Mark Pryor 1984 Campaign Journal.

Subseries 3. Campaign 1990.

This subseries includes materials related to the 1990 senatorial campaign. It includes contribution reports and information on how surplus funds were spent following Senator Pryor's uncontested campaign.


Box 116 Campaign 1990

1. Campaign Disbursements, Apr 1991-1996.
2. Contributions, 1985-1990 (1 of 2).
3. Contributions, 1985-1990 (2 of 2).
4. Democratic National Committee–Bush Voting Record Highlights, 1988.
5. Financial Reports, 1989-1991.
6. Mailings.
7. Miscellaneous

Reports of Receipts and Disbursements

8. 1985.
9. 1987.
10. 1988.
11. 1989 (1 of 2).
12. 1989 (2 of 2).
13. 1990.
14. 1991.
15. 1992.
16. 1993.
17. 1994.

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