Boise State University Special Collections and Archives
Peter Fenn
MSS 431
4.5 linear feet
3 boxes, 1 folder
1975-1984
Correspondence, writing, notes, and articles from Peter Fenn's time with Senator Frank Church as his chief of staff in DC and Idaho in the 1970s.
English
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Peter Fenn worked as Senator Frank Church's Chief of Staff during the 1970s, and he was on the staff of the Senate Intelligence Committee chaired by Sen. Church. He later founded Fenn Communications Group, a political and public relations firm based in Washington D.C.
The Peter Fenn Papers includes correspondence, notes, legislation, articles, media plans, press releases, and other materials related to his work for Senator Frank Church. Topics include political campaigns and strategy, foreign policy, and intelligence agency reform. Items of note include an address given by the then junior senator Joe Biden at Bowdoin College about the state of the Intelligence community in 1977, and original artwork by Joel Filártiga, Paraguay whose son was a victim of the political murders in Paraguay.
Donated by Peter Fenn in 2025.
Collection is open for research.
[Item description], Peter Fenn Papers, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Church, Frank, 1924-1984
Idaho
Political Campaigns
Elections
Political Campaigns
International Relations
Idaho
Campaign Posters
1979-1980
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1980 Campaign
1979-1980
1
1
1980 Campaign Church-Symms Comparison
1979-1980
1
2
Chernoff
1979-1980
1
3
Peter Fenn Notes and Campaign Planning
1979-1980
1
4
Campaign Intelligence Information
1979-1980
1
5
Budget and General Planning Notes
1979-1980
1
6
Letters to the Editor and Drafts
1979-1980
1
7
Panama Issue
1979-1980
1
8
Mailing Material and Drafts
1979-1980
1
9
Educator Letters and Notes
1979-1980
1
10
Schedules
1979-1980
1
11
Campaign News Coverage
1979-1980
1
12
Symms Campaign and Libya with Church Materials
1977-1980
1
13
Frank Church Records General
1979-1980
1
14
Campaign Media Plans
1979-1980
1
15
Abortion Issue
1979-1980
1
16
Business and Campaign supporters for Frank Church
1979-1980
1
17
Democratic National Committee Documentation
1979-1980
1
18
Campaign Strategy
1979-1980
1
19
Campaign Media Drafts and Symms Coverage
1979-1980
1
20
Church Campaign Supporter Communications
1979
1
21
Print Ads
1979-1980
1
22
Idaho for Church Committee
1980
1
23
Weeklies and Agendas
1980
1
24
Grossman
1979-1980
1
25
Korry and Intelligence
1977-1980
1
26
Campaign Defense
1979-1980
1
27
Frank Church Funeral
1984
1
28
Drug Enforcement Administration
1977-1978
1
29
Intelligence Legislation
1976-1978
2
1
National Security Agency Legislation
1976-1977
2
2
Wiretap Legislation Articles
1975-1977
2
3
B1 Bomber and Intelligence Legislation
1976
2
4
Executive Order
1976-1978
2
5
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1977
1976-1978
2
6
National Security Agency Charter
1978
2
7
Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation
1976-1980
2
8
New Intelligence Legislation
1976-1977
2
9
National Intelligence Act
1977
2
10
Federal Bureau of Investigation Charter and National Intelligence Act
1976-1977
2
11
Intelligence Legislation and Federal Bureau of Investigation Charter Discussion
1977
2
12
Intelligence Agency Reform
1977-1978
2
13
House Intelligence Legislation
1977
2
14
Intelligence Budget Statement
1977
2
15
Intelligence Agency News Articles
1977
2
16
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1976
1976
2
17
Uganda
1977-1978
2
18
Paraguay Issue
1978
2
19
Paraguay Political Murders
1978
3
1
Israel Topic
1977
3
2
Israel Issue and Trip
1977
3
3
Foreign Travel and Meetings
1978
3
4
Israel Correspondence
1978
3
5
Bar-Ilan University in Israel
1978-1979
3
6
Out of State Special
1977-1978
3
7
1979 Legislation Proposed
1978-1979
3
8
Arms Sales 1
1978
3
9
Arms Sales 2
1978
3
10
Arms sales 3
1978
3
11
Arms Sales 4
1978
3
12
Artwork By Joel Filártiga
1977
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