Gary Hart Papers, 1970-1987.
Senator Hart maintained offices in Washington, D.C. and in Colorado. With sizeable staffs in separate offices many files overlap. This is to be expected in large collections of Congressional papers and the object in organizing and arranging Senator Hart's Papers has been to facilitate access wi...
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| Format: | Kit |
| Language: | English |
| Donor: | Gift of Gary Hart, 1986-1987. |
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| Summary: | Senator Hart maintained offices in Washington, D.C. and in Colorado. With sizeable staffs in separate offices many files overlap. This is to be expected in large collections of Congressional papers and the object in organizing and arranging Senator Hart's Papers has been to facilitate access without trying to combine every file of like information which would have been long and costly. When doing research in these papers ALWAYS CONSULT EACH SECTION FOR WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR. Please note also that dates (i.e. 1982 84) are assigned to most folders. Many folders contain upwards of one hundred papers and the dates are intended only as a broad marker of the time period. Gary Hart (born in 1936), a graduate of Yale University's schools of Divinity and Law, first gained national visibility while directing George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign. Colorado voters elected Hart to the U.S. Senate in 1974 and narrowly re-elected him in 1980. He soon began a "dark horse" try for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, placing second to Walter Mondale in 1984. Hart retired from the Senate in 1986 to unsuccessfully pursue the 1988 nomination, disbanding the campaign organization by mid-1987. The collection includes Senate papers and records from Hart's Washington and Colorado offices, plus diverse materials generated for the Senator's Colorado and national election efforts. |
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| Physical Description: | 393 linear ft. (251 boxes) |
| Finding Aid: | Guide available in the Archives Dept. and online ; |