Peter G. Torkildsen Papers

1965-1996

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Collection Summary

Creator:	Torkildsen, Peter G., 1958-
Title:	Peter G. Torkildsen papers
Dates:	1965-1996
Physical Description:	39 record cartons
Call Number:	OFFSITE STORAGE
Repository:	Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215 library@masshist.org

Abstract:

This collection consists of the papers of Peter G. Torkildsen, representative from the 6th Congressional District in Massachusetts to the 103rd and 104th Federal Congresses (1993-94 and 1995-96). Includes correspondence, press releases, clippings, administrative files, subject files, calendars, and photographs among other records.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of Peter G. Torkildsen, Dec. 2001.

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Restrictions on Access

Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.

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Summary Description of the Collection

This is a preliminary container list for the papers of Peter G. Torkildsen, representative from the 6th Congressional District in Massachusetts to the 103rd and 104th Federal congresses (1993-94 and 1995-96). The papers have been only minimally processed.


Carton	Barcode	Contents
		Loose-leaf notebooks, 1992-1996
Carton 1	SH 12PR E		Newspaper clippings (photocopies), Nov. 1992 - Feb. 1995 Arranged chronologically.
Carton 2	SH 12PS F		Newspaper clippings (photocopies), Mar.-Dec. 1995 Arranged chronologically.
Carton 3	SH 12PT G		Newspaper clippings (photocopies), Jan.-Sep. 1996 Arranged chronologically.
Carton 3	SH 12PT G		Press releases, 1993-1996 Arranged chronologically.
Carton 4	SH 12PU H		Newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1993-1994 Arranged topically, A-Z.
Carton 4	SH 12PU H		Legislative Activity Guide, 103rd Congress, 2nd Session, 1994
Carton 5	SH 12PV I		Newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1995 Arranged topically, A-G.
Carton 6	SH 12PW J		Newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1995 Arranged topically, H-S.
Carton 7	SH 12PX K		Newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1995 Arranged topically, T-Z.
Carton 7	SH 12PX K		House Committee on Small Business, 1995-1996
Carton 7	SH 12PX K		Legislative Activity Guide, 104th Congress, 1st Session, 1995
Carton 8	SH 12PY L		Newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1996 Arranged topically, A-Z.
Carton 9	SH 12PZ M		Campaign newspaper clippings (photocopies), Feb. 1993-July 1996 Arranged chronologically.
Carton 10	SH 12Q1 W		Campaign newspaper clippings (photocopies), Aug.-Dec. 1996 Arranged chronologically.
Carton 10	SH 12Q1 W		Peter G. Torkildsen invitations, Jan.-Sep. 1996
Carton 11	SH 12Q2 X		Chronological correspondence, Jan. 1993 - Dec. 1995
Carton 12	SH 12Q3 Y		Military and defense correspondence, 103rd Congress
Carton 12	SH 12Q3 Y		Congressional correspondence, 103rd Congress Arranged topically, A-Z.
Carton 12	SH 12Q3 Y		Congressional correspondence, 103rd Congress Arranged topically, E-W.
Carton 12	SH 12Q3 Y		House votes, 1993, 103rd Congress
Carton 13	SH 12Q4 Z		Completed flag requests, 1994-1995
Carton 13	SH 12Q4 Z		Congressional correspondence, 104th Congress, 1st session, 1995 Arranged topically, A-Z.
Carton 13	SH 12Q4 Z		Congressional correspondence, 104th Congress, 2nd session, 1996 Arranged topically, A-Z.
Carton 14	SH 12Q5 -		Medicare/ Medicaid, 1995
Carton 14	SH 12Q5 -		Legislative updates, 1995-1996
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		Loose files, 1965-1996
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Press releases, 1992-1996
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Correspondence
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Issues
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Reforms
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Hanscom AFB
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Defense
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Israel
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		NAFTA
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Joseph Vittori (ship naming)
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Small business
Carton 15	SH 12Q6 .		Immigrant City Archives
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Clara Tengberg scrapbook on Congressman William H. Bates, 1965-1969
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Newspaper clippings (photocopies), 1993
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Peter G. Torkildsen speeches, Apr. 1993
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Peter G. Torkildsen editorials and letters, Mar. 1993
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Peter G. Torkildsen resumes, 1990-1992
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Thank-you letters, 1993-1994
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Congratulations letters, 1993-1994
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Campaign 1994
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Recommendations
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Sympathy letters
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Constituent messages, June-Aug. 1993
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Cogliano, Joseph A.
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Jewish Community Relations Council
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		LoGrasso, Sal
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Lynn City Council
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		MIT
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Mori, Richard
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		New England Holocaust Memorial
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Rodriguez, Susan
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Salem City Council
Carton 16	SH 12Q7		Salem Parade
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $		1993-1994 (103rd Congress) files:
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Agriculture
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Banking
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			College debate booklet mailing
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			GATT press release
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Gays in Military
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			General Electric
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			George Peabody stamp proposal
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			[Salem Point Limited Partnership]
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Small Business
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Speech notes
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Telecomm.
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $		1995-1996 files:
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			[Appointments and recommendations]
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			[Congratulations on…]
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			[Constituent correspondence]
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Cook, Sharon
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Form letters from D.C.
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			High School sports, Fall
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			[House Small Business Committee]
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Kalentkowski recommendation
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Peter G. Torkildsen mentions, Mar. 1995 - Jan. 1996
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Russell, David
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Thank you letters
Carton 17	SH 12Q8 $			Williams & Associates, 6th District Survey, 20 Mar. 1996
Carton 18	SH 12Q9 /		Loose newspaper clippings (photocopies) in folders, 1993-1996 Arranged topically, B-M.
Carton 19	SH 12QA +		Loose newspaper clippings (photocopies) in folders, 1993-1996 Arranged topically, M-Z.
Carton 19	SH 12QA +		"Peter 93-94" (newspaper clippings, photocopies)
Carton 19	SH 12QA +		"Peter 95" (newspaper clippings, photocopies)
			Business issues, 103rd and 104th Congresses
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			Banking
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			Cable
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			[Certified Public Accountants]
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			Communications
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			Community Reinvestment Act
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			Credit Crunch
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			D'Oenche
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			[Economic Strategy Institute]
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			FASB
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			FCC
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			FDIC
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			Res. Trust C.
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			SEC
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			[Small Business Institute]
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			Velda Sue
Carton 20	SH 12QB %			HR 417, 462, 890, 1227, 1245, 2235, 2326, 2442, 2443, 3153
Carton 21	SH 12QC 0		Loose newspaper clippings, Jan.-Nov. 1994
Carton 21	SH 12QC 0		Press packet for President Clinton's visit to Northern Ireland, 1995
Carton 22	SH 12QD 1		Misc. subject files, 1992-1996
Carton 22	SH 12QD 1		Intern manual for 6th Cong. Dist., Aug. 1995
Carton 22	SH 12QD 1		Chronological correspondence files (photocopies), 1994-1995
Carton 22	SH 12QD 1		Chronological newspaper clipping files (photocopies), Sep.-Nov. 1996
Carton 22	SH 12QD 1		Press releases, 1993-1996
			Social and congressional issues, by topic, 1993-1994
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			AANA
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			AICUM
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Arts
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Catholic education
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Child immunization
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			College info.
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Committee on Policy for Racial Justice
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Common language
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Congressional Caucus for Children and Families
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Direct lending
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Education budget
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			English First
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Financial aid
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Higher education amendments
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Health care
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Hill Staffers for the Hungry and Homeless
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			H.R. 1068
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Human rights
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Indirect cost reimbursement
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Med. Tech.
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			NEA
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			National Right to Life Committee
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			News articles
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Newburyport library
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			NARAL
Carton 23	SH 12QE 2			Planned Parenthood
			Social issues, by topic, 1995-1996
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			Community development block grants
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			Community service block grants
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			Housing
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			HUD
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			Immigration
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			Issues - 6th District
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			LIHEAP
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			Massachusetts proposals
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			Older Americans
Carton 24	SH 12QF 3			Supplemental Security Income
Carton 25	SH 12QG 4			Education/ secondary education/ higher education
Carton 25	SH 12QG 4			Family Issues
Carton 25	SH 12QG 4			Flag Burning
Carton 25	SH 12QG 4			Older Americans Act
Carton 25	SH 12QG 4			Pension Issues
Carton 25	SH 12QG 4			Social Security
Carton 25	SH 12QG 4			Student loans
Carton 25	SH 12QG 4			Women's Issues
			Legislative issues, 104th Congress, 1995-1996
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			Appropriations Requests
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			BBA Downpayment Act II
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			[Budget]
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			COPS
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			[Crime Control]
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			Domestic Violence
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			[Election Results, 11/96]
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			[Grant Awards, 11/96]
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			[HIV - Military Policy]
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			Labor/ HHS
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			Medicare Media Kit
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			[Medicare]
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			NGA Proposals
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			[Sixth Cong. District], Town Committee Info.
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			Teen Smoking
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			Treasury/ Postal
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			Tuesday Lunch Bunch
Carton 26	SH 12QH 5			Votes/ Accomplishments Update
Carton 27	SH 12QI 6			Affirmative Action
Carton 27	SH 12QI 6			Child Support Enforcement
Carton 27	SH 12QI 6			Civil Rights
Carton 27	SH 12QI 6			Common Sense Legal Reform Act, HR 10, 988
Carton 27	SH 12QI 6			Group Legal Services, HR 540
Carton 27	SH 12QI 6			Judicial Issues
Carton 27	SH 12QI 6			Legislative Riders
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Aids
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Americans with Disabilities
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Breast Cancer
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Child Support Enforcement
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Children's Working Group
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Davis-Bacon
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Developmental Disabilities
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Drug Abuse
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Home Health Care
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Job Training
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Labor
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Military Health Care
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			OSHA
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Ryan White Care Act
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Teaching Hospitals
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Team Act, HR 743
Carton 28	SH 12QJ 7			Reproductive Rights
Carton 29	SH 12QK 8			NEA
Carton 29	SH 12QK 8			NEA/NEH (Interior)
Carton 29	SH 12QK 8			NEH
Carton 29	SH 12QK 8			POW/ MIA issues
Carton 29	SH 12QK 8			Public Broadcasting
Carton 29	SH 12QK 8			Rescissions '95
Carton 29	SH 12QK 8			Veterans
Carton 30	SH 12QL 9		Correspondence files, arranged by topic or person's name, 1995-1996
Carton 31	SH 12QM A		Misc. correspondence and office administration files, 1993-1996
Carton 32	SH 12QN B		Appointment calendars, 1992, 1993
Carton 32	SH 12QN B		Schedule files, Mar.-Dec. 1993
Carton 33	SH 12QP D		Appointment calendar, 1994
Carton 33	SH 12QP D		Schedule files, Jan.-19 Aug. 1994
Carton 34	SH 12QQ E		Schedule files, 20 Aug. 1994 - 19 May 1995
Carton 34	SH 12QQ E		Appointment calendar, 1995
Carton 35	SH 12QR F		Schedule files, 20 May-31 Dec. 1995
Carton 36	SH 12QS G		Schedule files, 1 Jan.-16 June 1996
Carton 37	SH 12QT H		Schedule files, 17 June-31 Dec. 1996
Carton 38	SH 12QU I		Grant awards, 6th Cong. Dist., alpha. by town, 1995
Carton 38	SH 12QU I		Grant support letters, 1995
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Carton 39	SH 12QV J	Photographs of Peter G. Torkildsen with constituents, etc.
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Carton 39	SH 12QV J	Photocopies of White House letters Originals returned to Peter G. Torkildsen, June 2001.
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Carton 40	SH 12S4 .	Campaign materials, 1992-1996 2 Loose-leaf notebooks and 3 bound reports, results of voter surveys conducted in the 6th Congressional District by Williams and Associates in 1992, 1994, and 1996

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Preferred Citation

Peter G. Torkildsen papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.


	Organizations:
		United States. Congress. House.


	Subjects:
		Politicians--Massachusetts.
		United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.

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