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Democratic Party (Wyo.) records, 1957-2002

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Democratic Party (Wyo.)
Title
Democratic Party (Wyo.) records
Dates
1957-2002 (inclusive)
1982-2002 (bulk)
Quantity
9.11 cubic feet (9 boxes and 2 large folders)
Collection Number
10394
Summary
The records of the Democratic Party of Wyoming contain materials relating to the party’s operations, as well as campaign ephemera, publications collected by the party, and materials faxed to the party from various Democratic organizations.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Additional Reference Guides
Additional Information

Finding aid available in repository.

Languages
English
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Content Description

Collection contains materials relating to the operation of the Democratic Party of Wyoming, including rules and by-laws; minutes of meetings of the state central committee, which governs the organization; treasurer’s reports, and campaign ephemera, including mailers, fliers, buttons, and signs. Also included are materials relating to the party’s state conventions and miscellaneous correspondence, as well as materials faxed to the party (in the 1990s and early 2000s) from various Democratic organizations, including the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), and the House Democratic Leadership (HDL). Collected publications include “The Spokesman – Wyoming’s Democratic Voice,” “Reproductive Freedom News” (Center for Reproductive Law & Policy), “Reproductive Rights Update” (ACLU), and “Ballot Access News” (San Francisco, CA).

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Preferred Citation

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the Democratic Party (Wyo.) as of the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition Information

Matilda Hansen donated the materials to the American Heritage Center in installments from 1995 to 2004.

Processing Note

Processing Information

Processed by Roger Simon in March-April 2019. Finding aid created by Roger Simon in April 2019.>

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Detailed Description of the Collection

    • Description: Abortion/Reproductive Rights
      Dates: 1995-1998
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: AFL-CIO
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: “Alternatives” (Center for Policy Alternatives)
      Dates: 1995-1997
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: American Medical Political Action Committee
      Dates: 1990
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Armenian American Democratic Leadership Council
      Dates: 1998-1999
      Container: Box 1
    • Association of State Democratic Chairs

      Container: Box

    • Description: “Ballot Access News” (San Francisco, CA)
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Budget/Economy
      Dates: 1995-1997, undated
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Budget/Government Shutdown
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 1
    • Campaign Ephemera

      Container: Box

      • Description: Bumper Stickers

        • (1) Kathy Karpan – Secretary of State;
        • (2) Kathy Karpan – U.S. Senate;
        • (3) John Vinich – Governor;
        • (4) Ketcham – Commissioner;
        • (5) Worth Christie – U.S. House;
        • (6) Pete Maxfield – U.S. House; and
        • (7) Keep Public Lands in Public Hands – Wyoming’s Democrats.

        Dates: 1996, undated
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Buttons

        • (1) Phil Roberts – Governor;
        • (2) Kathy Karpan – Governor;
        • (3) Mike Brown – County Commissioner;
        • (4) Pete Maxfield – U.S. House.

        Dates: 1998, undated
        Container: Box 1
      • Description: Clinton-Gore Reelection Campaign
        Dates: 1996
        Container: Box 1
      • Mailers, Fliers, and Cards

        Container: Box

        • Description:

          • (1) Mac McGraw – Wyoming State House, District 41;
          • (2) Wayne Reese – Wyoming State House – District 11;
          • (3) Leo Garcia – Wyoming State House – District 12;
          • (4) Worth Christie – U.S. House;
          • (5) Mike Brown – County Commissioner;
          • (6) Robert Aylward – Cheyenne City Council, Ward 1;
          • (7) Rod Miller – Mayor, Cheyenne;
          • (8) Debbie Stamm – Wyoming State House – District 9;
          • (9) John Deti – Wyoming State House – District 13;
          • (10) Joe Meyer – Secretary of State;
          • (11) Brown for House – District 11;
          • (12)Kathy Karpan – U.S. Senate;
          • (13) Jim Narva – Wyoming Senate – District 4; and
          • (14) 1996 Voter’s Guide.

          Dates: 1996, undated
          Container: Box 1
        • Description:

          • (1) Roger Allsop – Laramie County Sheriff;
          • (2) Scott Farris – U.S. House;
          • (3) Ann Restivo – Clerk of the District Court – Laramie County;
          • (4) Brian Levengood – Wyoming State House – District 43;
          • (5) Diana Oliger – Laramie County Clerk;
          • (6) Jeff Ketcham – Laramie County Commissioner;
          • (7) Gene Lane – State Superintendent of Public Instruction;
          • (8) Charyl Loveridge – State Treasurer;
          • (9) Jayne Mockler – Secretary of State;
          • (10) John Vinich – Governor;
          • (11) Rich Cathcart – Wyoming Senate – District 6;
          • (12) Louise Raimondi – Laramie County Commissioner;
          • (13) Phil Roberts – Governor; and
          • (14) Larry Bierma – Wyoming State House – District 7.

          Dates: 1998, undated
          Container: Box 1
      • Signs and Posters

        Container: Box

        • Description:

          • (1) Clinton-Gore 96 Debate;
          • (2) Christie - U.S. House;
          • (3) Kathy Karpan – Governor; and
          • (4) Sullivan – U.S. Senate (one of the two signs includes marked calendar months glued to the back).

          Dates: 1996, undated
          Container: Box 9
        • Description:

          • (1) Kathy Karpan – U.S. Senate;
          • (2) Jim Narva – Wyoming Senate – District 4;
          • (3) Rich Cathcart – Wyoming Senate;
          • (4) Jayne Mockler – Wyoming Senate – District 8;
          • (5) Fassett – Wyoming State House, District 8
          • (6) Clinton/Gore, 1996;
          • (7) Wayne Reese – Wyoming State House, District 11
          • (8) Pete Maxfield – U.S. House;
          • (9) This Home Votes Democratic; and
          • (10) a poster montage “[m]ade by Girl Scout Jr. Troop # 236.”

          Dates: 1996, undated
          Container: Box 10
        • Description:

          • (1) Tony Lopez – County Attorney;
          • (2) Lisa Kinney – Clerk of District Court;
          • (3) Cal Rerucha – County Attorney;
          • (4) Ron Akin – U.S. House;
          • (5) Hickey – Governor;
          • (6) Kathy Emmons – Superintendent of Public Instruction;
          • (7) Wiederspahn – Superintendent of Public Instruction;
          • (8) Jo Korpitz – Clerk of District Court;
          • (9) Joyce – U.S. Senate;
          • (10) Rick Moore – Wyoming State House, District 14;
          • (11) Dave Freudenthal – Governor; and
          • (12) Mark Voss – County Attorney.

          Dates: 2002, undated
          Container: Box 11
    • Description: Campaign Finance
      Dates: 1997-2000
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Candidates, Legislators, and Issues Covered in the Media
      Dates: 1996, undated
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Casper Star-Tribune Articles on Candidates
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Center for Women Policy Studies
      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Clinton Administration Accomplishments
      Dates: 1995-1999, undated
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Clinton Administration Policies – Crime
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Clinton Administration Policies – Tobacco and Drugs
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Clinton Administration Scandals
      Dates: 1995-1998, undated
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Clinton Inaugural Invitation
      Dates: 1992
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Clinton Programs
      Dates: 1993-1997, undated
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Clinton Remarks – Transcripts,
      Dates: 1994-1997
      Container: Box 1
    • Description: Clinton’s 1995 Budget
      Dates: 1992-1994
      Container: Box 1
    • Clinton-Gore Reelection Campaign

      Container: Box

    • Description: Clinton-Gore Store
      Dates: 1996, undated
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Clippings – Clinton
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Clippings – Newt Gingrich
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Clippings – 1996 Election-Cycle Candidates
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Clippings – 1996 Election-Cycle Issues
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Clippings – Republican Policies
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Colleges and Universities
      Dates: 1995, undated
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Contract with America – Welfare Battle
      Dates: 1995-1996, undated
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Coordinated Campaign Plan
      Dates: 1992-1998, undated
      Container: Box 2
    • Description: Coordinated Campaign Plan - 1996
      Dates: 1994-1996, undated
      Container: Box 2
    • Correspondence

      Container: Box

      • Description:
        Dates: 1957-1961
        Container: Box 2
      • Description:

        To Teno Roncalio, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee.

        Dates: 1958-1959
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Telegrams
        Dates: 1958-1960
        Container: Box 2
      • Description:
        Dates: 1988-2000
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: Holiday Cards and Invitations
        Dates: 1995-1999, undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description: “Thank You” Notes
        Dates: 1997, undated
        Container: Box 2
      • Description:
        Dates: Undated
        Container: Box 2
    • Description: County Democratic Parties
      Dates: 1984-1999, undated
      Container: Box 2
    • Democratic Caucus (U.S. House)

      Container: Box

    • Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)

      Container: Box

    • Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)

      Container: Box

    • Democratic National Committee (DNC)

      Container: Box

    • Description: Democratic National Convention – 1996 – Surrogate Speaker Book

      Also includes a memo to state party and state delegation chairs regarding the Clinton-Gore Reelection Campaign, as well as a list of delegate selection by county.

      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Democratic Party - Women’s Division
      Dates: 1957-1958
      Container: Box 3
    • Description: Democratic Policy Committee (DPC)
      Dates: 1995-2000
      Container: Box 4
    • Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)

      Container: Box

    • Description: Democrats – New York
      Dates: 1999
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Democrats – Assorted Talking Points
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Dole Campaign
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Education
      Dates: 1995-1999, undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Environment
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Fax Advertisements
      Dates: 2000, undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Federal Election Commission
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Richard Gephardt – House Democratic Leader
      Dates: 1995-2000
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Gingrich-Cubin-Casper

      Clippings regarding Barbara Cubin and New Gingrich’s visit to Casper.

      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: GOP Misdeeds
      Dates: 1996-1997
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Gore 2000 Campaign
      Dates: 1999-2000
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: “Happenings” (Planned Parenthood of Wyoming)
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 4
    • House Democratic Leadership (HDL)

      Container: Box

    • Description: Jefferson/Jackson Day Dinner (Casper, Wyoming)
      Dates: 1987-1991
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: “Laramie – The Clear Choice,”
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: “The Laramie County Democrat,”
      Dates: 1994
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Lyndon LaRouche
      Dates: 1994-1996, undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: “Leadership ’98 Notes and News,”
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Minimum Wage
      Dates: 1996, undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: National Rifle Association
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Nellie Tayloe Ross Dinner/Award
      Dates: 1982-1990
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Newspapers – Voters’ Guides
      Dates: 1996-2002
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Newt’s Ethics
      Dates: 1996-1997, undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: 1996 Elections – Assorted
      Dates: 1996, undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: 1997 Congressional Budget Agreement
      Dates: 1997
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: 1998 Elections – Assorted
      Dates: 1998, undated
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: “Opwatch/Adwatch,”
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: Parental-Rights Legislation
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 4
    • Description: “The People and the Power Game” (PBS Democracy Project) (2 VHS tapes)

      Also includes 6 copies of the publication “Citizen’s Guide."

      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Polling
      Dates: 1993-1998, undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Press Releases and Clippings
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: “Reproductive Freedom News” (Center for Reproductive Law & Policy)
      Dates: 1994-1999
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: “Reproductive Rights Update” (ACLU)
      Dates: 1995-1998
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Republicans – 1996 Election
      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Republicans – Assorted
      Dates: 1990-1998
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: "Senate Talking Points,”
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Alan Simpson
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Stan Smith (Wyoming State Treasurer)
      Dates: 1989-1996, undated
      Container: Box 5
    • “The Spokesman – Wyoming’s Democratic Voice” (Casper, Wyoming)

      Container: Box

    • Description: State of the Union Addresses
      Dates: 1996-1999
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Term Limits
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Tobacco
      Dates: 1995-1998
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Training for Victory
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Western Presidential Primary Task Force Meeting
      Dates: 1996-1999, undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: “The White House,”
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Women’s Issues
      Dates: 1996, undated
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Wyoming Campaign Guide – 1998 (Wyoming Secretary of State)
      Dates: 1998
      Container: Box 5
    • Description: Wyoming Correctional System

      Materials sent to Matilda Hansen by an inmate.

      Dates: 1994-1996
      Container: Box 5
    • Wyoming Democratic Party

      Container: Box

    • Description: “Wyoming Centennial” Windshield Shades
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box 9
    • Description: Wyoming Department of Education
      Dates: 1995
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Wyoming Election Report – 1996

      Compiled by Secretary of State Diana J. Ohman.

      Dates: undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Wyoming National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL)
      Dates: 1996-1999
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Wyoming Precinct Targeting (National Committee for an Effective Congress)

      Prepared for Kathy Karpan.

      Dates: 1996
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Wyoming Reproductive Health Council
      Dates: 1995-1996
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Young Democrats
      Dates: 1995-1998, undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Assorted Clippings
      Dates: 1995-2000
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Assorted Publications

      • (1) “Better Politics in Six Easy Pieces” (Alliance for Better Campaigns);
      • (2) “Local Party Activity” (Federal Election Commission);
      • (3) “Reform, Hope, and the Human Factor: Ideas for National Restructuring” by Gary Hart;
      • (4) an issue of “The Prevention Report” (National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice);
      • (5) “ A Nation Transformed – Clinton-Gore Administration Accomplishments: 1993-1999”;
      • (6) “Break the Contract on America – Stand Up for Your Rights!” (Center for Constitutional Rights);
      • (7) “Democratic Governors’ Records of Achievement” (Democratic Governors’ Association); and
      • (8) 1958 issue of Democratic Digest.

      Dates: 1958, 1985-1999, undated
      Container: Box 6
    • Description: Assorted
      Dates: 1985, 1997-2000, undated
      Container: Box 6

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Subject Terms

  • Politics, Practical -- Wyoming.
  • Women -- Political activity -- Wyoming.

Personal Names

  • Roncalio, Teno, 1916-2003.

Geographical Names

  • Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999.
  • Wyoming -- Politics and government.
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