The Tom Steed Collection contains 413 cubic feet of material. Although the collection spans the period 1939-1980, most of the documents date from 1948-1980. The collection consists of the types of materials which one might expect to find in a modern congressional collection, including correspondence, legislation and reports, newspaper clippings, publications, memos, schedules, and invitations. Prominent topics found in the papers include Indian affairs, energy, military bases located within the state, soil conservation, water resource development, flood control, agriculture, and rural electrification. National issues such as civil rights, communism, education, gun control, public health, inflation, veterans, the Taft-Hartley law, Panama Canal, Vietnam, and tax reform are also well represented. The Steed Collection is approximately 413 linear feet plus oversize material. The majority of the documents date from 1948-1980, though there are some materials from earlier. The collection resembles more typical congressional collections with materials including correspondence, legislation, reports, clippings, publications, memos, schedules, and invitations. Because of the time period during which Steed served a variety of topics on the local, state, and national level are addressed in the collection. Some of the more prominent topics include Indian affairs, energy policy, conservation and resource development, agriculture, civil rights, tax reform, communism, education reform, and Vietnam.
Expression:
1934-1981
Type:
inclusive
Begin:
1934
End:
1981
Scope and Content:
The Tom Steed Collection contains 413 cubic feet of material. Although the collection spans the period 1939-1980, most of the documents date from 1948-1980. The collection consists of the types of materials which one might expect to find in a modern congressional collection, including correspondence, legislation and reports, newspaper clippings, publications, memos, schedules, and invitations. Prominent topics found in the papers include Indian affairs, energy, military bases located within the state, soil conservation, water resource development, flood control, agriculture, and rural electrification. National issues such as civil rights, communism, education, gun control, public health, inflation, veterans, the Taft-Hartley law, Panama Canal, Vietnam, and tax reform are also well represented.
Scope and Content:
The Steed Collection is approximately 413 linear feet plus oversize material. The majority of the documents date from 1948-1980, though there are some materials from earlier. The collection resembles more typical congressional collections with materials including correspondence, legislation, reports, clippings, publications, memos, schedules, and invitations. Because of the time period during which Steed served a variety of topics on the local, state, and national level are addressed in the collection. Some of the more prominent topics include Indian affairs, energy policy, conservation and resource development, agriculture, civil rights, tax reform, communism, education reform, and Vietnam.
