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| Size | 375.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 280,000 items) |
| Abstract | L. H. (Lawrence H.) Fountain (1913-2002) of Edgecombe County, N.C., served as a United States representative from 1953-1982 in North Carolina's Second District. The collection contains the professional papers of Fountain and include general correspondence; subject, legislative, committee, and district files; and speeches, newsletters, and radio broadcast scripts. The papers contain extensive information on social and economic conditions in North Carolina, including integration in the state's public schools. They also document Fountain's leadership of the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Government Operations Committee, which Fountain chaired from 1955 to 1982, and examined waste, inefficiency, and corruption in federal agencies, including material related to the Food and Drug Administration. Fountain's work on the Foreign Affairs Committee and related subcommittees is also documented. A significant portion of the collection is the subject and legislative files which document numerous topics and highlight prominent issues at local, national, and international levels during Fountain's career in Congress. |
| Creator | Fountain, L. H. (Lawrence H.), 1913-2002. |
| Language | English |
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Lawrence H. Fountain (1913-2002) of Edgecombe County, N.C., served as a United States representative from 1953-1982 in North Carolina's Second District. During Fountain's tenure, the district straddled the state's northern coastal plain and piedmont and included at one time or another sixteen different counties. For most of Fountain's congressional career, he served on the Government Operations Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee, where he also served as chairman of the Near East Subcommittee during the 1960s. In 1967 he was a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, and participated in the Security Council's deliberations on the Israel-Arab War, 1967. Fountain was also the chairman of the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Government Operations Committee from 1955-1982. On this committee he led investigations of waste, inefficiency, and corruption in various federal agencies, particularly the Food and Drug Administration. In 1959 he assisted in the establishment of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, which investigates and makes policy recommendations on various federal, state, and local government issues. In the mid-1970s he initiated legislation that established inspectors general for each of the executive departments.
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The collection contains the professional papers of United States Representative Lawrence H. Fountain (1913-2002) of North Carolina's Second District. The papers include general correspondence; subject, legislative, committee, and district files; speeches, newsletters, radio broadcast scripts, and invitations to functions. The papers contain extensive information on social and economic conditions in North Carolina, including integration in the state's public schools. They also document Fountain's leadership of the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Government Operations Committee, which Fountain chaired from 1955 to 1982, and examined waste, inefficiency, and corruption in federal agencies, including material related to the Food and Drug Administration. Fountain's work on the Foreign Affairs Committee and related subcommittees is also documented. A significant portion of the collection are the subject and legislative files which document numerous topics and highlight the significant issues at local, national, and international levels during Fountain's career in Congress.
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Series 1. Subject Files, 1953-1982.
Arrangement: chronological, then alphabetical by subject.
The subject files cover topics not directly related to current pending legislation, and chiefly consist of correspondence, reports, and related material from constituents, lobbyists, members of Congress, and government officials. Subject files often occur in multiple years, and are indexed here alphabetically with the relevant years.
Subjects A-C are abortion, 1973-1982; aging, 1979-1981; ACTION, 1973-1974; Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, 1973-1982; Agency for International Development, 1966-1978, 1980-1982; Spiro Agnew, 1969-1970; Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service, 1968-1982; Agricultural Stabilization Committee, 1953-1967; agriculture, 1953-1982; agriculture and crop disaster, 1971-1972; Agriculture Department, 1971, 1976, 1978-1982; Agriculture Department and school lunches, 1966-1967; air pollution, 1957-1958; airports, 1977-1979, 1981; Eastern North Carolina airport, 1953-1959, 1961, 1964; Alamance County, 1981; Alaska and Hawaii statehood, 1953-1958; Alaska Pipeline, 1974-1975, 1977; alcohol, 1965-1970, 1973, 1975-1976; American Agricultural Movement, 1978, 1980-1981; American-German Conference, 1974; American Legion, 1957-1958, 1961-1962; American Security Council, 1974; Americans for Constitutional Action, 1972, 1976; Angola, 1976; Apollo II, 1969; Appalachian Regional Council, 1979, 1981; appreciation of L. H. Fountain, 1982; Area Redevopment Administration, 1965; armories, 1957-1959, 1961, 1964; Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1963-1964; arts and humanities, 1966-1968, 1973, 1978, 1980-1981; Atlantic Christian College, 1957-1958, 1968-1973, 1978; atomic energy, 1964; Atomic Energy Commission, 1966, 1969-1975; banking, 1960-1966, 1969, 1971, 1974-1982; Battery ad-X2, 1953-1956; Bicentennial, 1972-1976, John Birch Society, 1967-1968; birth control, 1967, 1969-1970; Black Caucus, North Carolina, 1978; blackbirds, 1970; Blue Ridge Parkway, 1953-1958; Boy Scouts, 1953-1959, 1961-1962, 1964-1965; brown lung, 1977-1982; budget, 1966, 1969, 1971-1980, 1982; busing, 1974-1975; Butner Behavioral Center, 1972, 1975-1976; Lt. William Calley, 1971, 1973; Cambodia, 1970-1971; campaign reform, 1978; Cane Creek, 1980, 1982; Capitol offices and services, 1963, 1967-1969, 1978; Capitol officials, 1978, 1980; Carnegie Hero Award, 1953-1958; Jimmy Carter, 1976-1981; Caswell County, 1971-1976, 1979-1980; Democratic Caucus, 1977, 1980-1982; Rural Caucus, 1977-1982; Steel Caucus, 1978-1982; Textile Caucus, 1978, 1980-1981; Tourism Caucus, 1980-1981; miscellaneous caucuses, 1980-1981; census, 1953-1958, 1969-1974, 1976-1982; census workers, 1980, 1982; Central Intelligence Agency, 1975-1977, 1982; Chatham County, 1981; Cherry Blossom Festival, 1963, 1981-1982; China, 1969, 1978-1979; China and admission to the United Nations, 1971; L. H. Fountain's trip to China, 1978; Civil Aeronautics Board, 1953-1976, 1978-1980; civil defense, 1960-1965, 1968-1974, 1976-1978; civil rights, 1957-1958, 1962-1971, 1973, 1975-1977, 1979-1982; civil service, 1957-1959, 1964-1968, 1973, 1977-1978; Civil Service Commission, 1972; clemency and Richard M. Nixon, 1975-1976; closing office, 1982; Coalition for Peace through Strength, 1979; Coast Guard, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1981-1982; Coastal Plain Regional Commission, 1969-1972, 1975, 1977-1978, 1980; colleges and universities, 1974-1975, 1977-1978, 1980-1981; Commerce Department, 1961-1982; Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, 1979; Commission on Information and Facilities, 1976; committee assignments for L. H. Fountain, 1953-1958; Common Cause, 1974-1978; Common Market, 1962-1963; communications, 1971-1972, 1977-1980; Communism, 1959-1969, 1971-1975; community facilities, 1957-1959, 1961; Community Service Administration, 1975-1982; complimentary letters, 1957-1970, 1976-1980; Congressional Record inserts: L. H. Fountain statements, 1962-1982; Congressional reform, 1971, 1973, 1976; Congressional Rural Caucus, 1975-1976; Conservative Democratic Forum, 1981-1982; proposed Constitutional ammendments, 1979; Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1978; consumer protection, 1971-1976, 1978-1982; controversial issues, 1968-1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1982; United States Army Corps. of Engineers, 1953-1964, 1966-1971, 1973-1982; Corps of Engineers - Buckhorn Dam, 1969-1971; Corps of Engineers - Cane Creek, 1979-1981; Corps of Engineers - Roanoke Rapids, 1975-1978, 1981; Corps of Engineers - Kerr Lake, 1976; Corps of Engineers - New Hope Dam, 1972; Cost of Living Council, 1973-1974; cotton, 1957-1971, 1973-1978, 1981; Council of Governments, 1977-1979; Council on Wage and Price Stability, 1979-1980; county agents, 1953-1956; Courtesy of the Port, 1953-1968; crime, 1967-1971, 1973, 1975, 1978; crop disaster relief, 1953-1956; crop insurance, 1957-1958; Cuba, 1963-1965, 1967, 1979; Cyprus, 1974.
Subjects D-G are daylight savings time, 1974-1976; Defense Department, 1966-1978, 1980-1982; defense procurement, 1963-1964; Defense Production Act, 1953-1954; Democratic Caucus, 1971-1979; Democratic Congressional Campaign, 1975-1982; Democratic Executive Committee, 1966-1970, 1973-1976; Democratic leadership - House of Representatives, 1979; Democratic National Committee, 1953-1982; Democratic National Convention, 1956, 1964, 1975, 1980; Democratic Party, 1960-1961, 1963-1970, 1972, 1974-1978, 1981; Democratic Party of North Carolina, 1977, 1980-1982; Democratic Research Organization, 1973-1978; Democratic Women of Edgecombe County, 1969-1970; Democratic Women of North Carolina, 1970, 1972, 1979; demonstrations, 1967; District of Columbia, 1963-1965, 1967-1970; district office, 1960, 1963-1965, 1967, 1969, 1972-1982; district tours, 1964-1965, 1970, 1972-1981; drugs, 1969-1978; Durham County, 1982; East Carolina University, 1953-1956; Economic Development Administration, 1966-1982; economy, 1961-1982; Edgecombe County, 1965-1966, 1975-1976, 1979-1982; Edgecombe County Technical Institute, 1972, 1974; editorials - responses, 1968, 1972-1974, 1976-1977, 1980-1981; education, 1953-1982; education and busing, 1971-1974, 1976, 1978-1980; education - Freedom of Choice, 1968-1971; Education Department, 1978-1982; educational facilities, 1968, 1970; educational guidelines, 1966-1971; El Salvador, 1981; elderly, 1979, 1981; election reform, 1970; electoral vote, 1971; electric membership cooperatives, 1981; employment, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1976-1978, 1982; employment compensation, 1966; Employment Security Commission, 1957-1958, 1981-1982; energy crisis, 1973-1981; Energy Department, 1977-1982; Energy Research and Development Administration, 1977; Environmental Protection Agency, 1973-1982; Council on Environment Quality, 1977; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1977-1980; Equal Rights Amendment, 1977-1981; executive orders, 1963, 1967-1968; exports and imports, 1974-1978, 1981; Farm Bureau, 1953-1959; Farm Credit Administration, 1982; Farmers Home Administration, 1953-1982; Federal Aviation Administration, 1960-1982; Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1969-1960, 1962, 1964-1965, 1967-1972, 1974, 1976-1982; Federal Communications Commission, 1953-1982; Federal Election Commission, 1976-1982; Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1979, 1981; federal employees - right to work, 1969; Federal Energy Administration, 1974-1977, 1980-1982; Federal Highway Administration, 1976, 1978-1980; Federal Home Loan Bank, 1977-1980, 1982; Federal Housing Administration, 1953-1958; Federal Paperwork Commission, 1976-1977; Federal Power Commission, 1957-1958, 1960-1961, 1963-1966, 1968-1969, 1971, 1973-1977; Federal Reserve Board, 1974-1976, 1978-1982; Federal Trade Commission, 1953-1956, 1959, 1962-1982; President's Advisory Committee on Federalism, 1981-1982; Feldspar Corporation, 1979-1980; fire departments, 1959, 1978; firearms and gun control, 1957-1958; fish, 1953-1960, 1963; flood control, 1953-1958, 1961, 1963-1964; Food and Drug Administration, 1966-1982; food stamps, 1971-1972, 1974-1975, 1977-1982; Gerald R. Ford, 1973-1976; foreign affairs, 1957-1959, 1962-1970, 1973-1982; foreign aid, 1964-1971, 1974-1975, 1977-1981; forestry, 1953-1956; L. H. Fountain appreciation dinner, 1972; L. H. Fountain for Governor, 1967; L. H. Fountain statements, 1974-1977; picture frames, 1978-1982; Franking Commission, 1978; Franklin County, 1962, 1966, 1972, 1979, 1981; Franklin County schools, 1968-1969; fuel assistance programs, 1980; fuel shortage, 1973-1975; James C. Gardner, 1967; gas stations and self-service, 1972; gasoline conservation, 1979-1980; gasoline prices, 1977; gasoline tax, 1975, 1977, 1980; Gaston Dam, 1953-1960, 1963; General Accounting Office, 1974-1981; General Services Administration, 1962, 1964-1982; government contracts, 1959-1978; government departments, 1959-1965, 1967, 1969; Government Printing Office, 1969-1975, 1977, 1980-1981; grange, 1953-1958; grants, 1974-1979; Granville County, 1966, 1981; Greene County, 1966; Guyana, 1978.
Subjects H-M are Halifax County, 1963-1970, 1977, 1980-1982; Haliwa Native Americans, 1978; handicapped, 1978; Health and Human Services Department, 1980-1982; Health, Education and Welfare Department, 1966-1980; Health, Education and Welfare Department - Orange County comprehensive health care, 1975; Health, Education and Welfare Department - reforms and reorganization, 1978, 1981; Health, Education and Welfare Department - Title IX, 1974; Jesse Helms, 1964, 1966-1973, 1977-1980, 1982; Henderson, 1975, 1977-1978; Henderson-Oxford Airport, 1969; Heritage, Conservation and Recreation Service, 1978; highway beautification, 1966; historic properties, 1978-1980, 1982; hospitals and medical, 1953-1982; house recording studio, 1975-1977; housing, 1953-1960, 1962-1967, 1969, 1972, 1975-1976, 1978, 1982; Housing and Urban Development Department, 1966-1982; North Carolina Department of Human Resources, 1978-1979; human rights, 1978-1979; hurricane damage, 1953-1958, 1960; immigration and naturalization, 1957-1966, 1972-1979; impeachment and Richard M. Nixon, 1973-1974; inaugurations, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1964-1965, 1969, 1972-1973, 1976-1977, 1981; Indian Affairs, 1953-1956, 1974-1976, 1978-1980; industry, 1953-1961, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1972-1975, 1978; inflation, 1975, 1977-1981; inserts for Congressional Record, 1953-1961; insurance, 1976, 1979-1982; interest rates, 1969-1971; Intergovernmental Relations Advisory Commission, 1959-1970, 1972, 1975-1976; Interior Department, 1959-1982; Internal Revenue Service, 1953-1967, 1969, 1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1982; Internal Security Commission, 1971, 1973-1975; International Communication Agency, 1981; International Trade Commission, 1975-1976; interns - Congressional Office, 1966-1967, 1972-1982; Interparliamentary Union, 1982; Interstate Commerce Commission, 1957-1982; Iran hostage crisis, 1979-1981; Job Corps, 1969; Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1968; Johnson County, 1966-1968; Justice Department, 1966, 1968-1982; John, Robert and Ted Kennedy, 1963-1967, 1969-1970; Kerr Reservoir and Dam, 1953-1956, 1960-1961, 1968, 1971-1972; Kinston, 1953-1956; Henry Kissinger, 1975-1976; Kittrell College, 1968-1973; Korean War veterans, 1953-1954; Ku Klux Klan, 1966; labor, 1957-1967, 1969-1977; Labor Department, 1968-1982; land, 1963-1964; Laos, 1970-1971; law and order, 1969, 1971-1977; Law Enforcement Training Academy, 1966; League of Women Voters, 1957-1958; Howard Lee, 1974-1975; legal matters, 1962, 1969, 1975-1982; legal services, 1980-1981; Lenoir County, 1965-1968; Lenoir County Community College, 1968; libraries, 1963, 1969-1970, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979-1981; Library of Congress, 1953-1982; Louisburg College, 1969-1971, 1973-1976; lumber industry, 1962-1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1978; George McGovern, 1972; Medicare and Medicaid, 1966-1967, 1969-1971, 1973, 1975-1981; members of Congress, 1953-1982; metric system, 1975-1977; Mickey Michaux, 1982; Middle East, 1957-1958, 1966-1971, 1973-1974, 1976, 1978-1982; L. H. Fountain trips to the Middle East, 1966, 1970, 1976; military, 1953-1956, 1974, 1976-1982; minority issues, 1981; MIAs and POWs (prisoners of war), 1975-1982; missing persons, 1975; Moral Majority, 1981-1982; Moral Rearmament, 1957-1958; municipal officials, 1979; Edmund Muskie, 1971.
Subjects N-R are Ralph Nader, 1972; Nash County, 1967-1968, 1970, 1972-1973, 1977, 1980-1982; Nash and Edgecombe economic development,1978-1981; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968-1973, 1975, 1981; National Endowment for the Humanities, 1975-1982; National Federation of Independent Business, 1963, 1966-1981; National Guard, 1966, 1976-1979, 1981; National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1981; National Institute of Health, 1973, 1975-1977; National Labor Relations Board, 1969, 1971; National Park Service, 1965-1967, 1969, 1971-1972, 1977; National Science Foundation, 1976-1977, 1979, 1981; natural gas, 1977; natural resources, 1966; Natural Resources Advisory Commission, 1961; Neuse River Basin, 1966; New York City, 1975-1976; newsletter comments, 1968, 1971-1976, 1978-1982; newspapers, 1953-1956, 1966, 1968, 1970-1981; Richard M. Nixon, 1969-1974, 1976; Norlina, 1953-1956; North Carolina, 1962-1964, 1966-1982; North Carolina Bicentennial Commission, 1969; North Carolina Congressional Delegation, 1953-1982; North Carolina Democratic Club, 1963-1964, 1966, 1968-1980; North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee, 1968-1970, 1977-1979; North Carolina Democratic Party, 1973-1975; North Carolina Legislature, 1953-1956, 1971, 1973-1975, 1977, 1979, 1981; North Carolina sanitorium, 1953-1956; North Carolina society, 1957-1958, 1961; North Carolina State University, 1978-1980, 1982; North Carolina Wesleyan College, 1976-1977; Northhampton County, 1963-1964, 1977, 1980-1981; nuclear power, 1978-1981; Nuclear Power Regulatory Commission, 1979-1981; nutrition, 1978-1979, 1981; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1973-1981; Office of Economic Opportunity, 1965-1976; Office of Economic Opportunity - Community Action, 1966; Office of Economic Opportunity - Franklin, Vance and Warren Counties, 1968-1973; Office of Economic Opportunity - Headstart, 1965-1971; Office of Economic Opportunity - Job Corps, 1967-1968; Office of Economic Opportunity - North Carolina Fund, 1967; Office of Economic Opportunity - PACE Education Program, 1967; Office of Emergency Preparedness, 1971-1973; Office of House of Representatives, 1975-1977; Office of Management and Budget, 1973-1974, 1977-1982; office personnel, 1975-1982; Office of Personnel Management, 1979-1982; Olympic Games boycott, 1979-1980; Orange County, 1971-1974, 1977-1980, 1982; organizations, 1969-1971, 1974-1981; out of district matters, 1953-1982; Oxford Tobacco Research Station, 1967-1970, 1978; Panama Canal, 1967-1968, 1977-1979; patent lawyers, 1953-1965, 1967, 1969, 1971; patents, 1966, 1968, 1976-1977, 1979; patronage, 1957-1982; peace, 1957-1958, 1963, 1966; Peace Corps, 1961-1971, 1975-1976; peanuts, 1953-1982; Pearsall Plan, 1953-1956; "Pentagon Papers," 1971; Person County, 1968; personnel for L. H. Fountain office, 1953-1974; pesticides, 1970-1971, 1978; pictures of L. H. Fountain, 1953-1981; Piedmont Technical College, 1974-1975, 1977-1981; politics, 1957-1977; national politics, 1978, 1980; local and state politics, 1978-1980; pollution, 1970-1975, 1977-1978, 1980-1981; Poor People's March, 1968; population, 1972-1973; pornography, 1967-1975, 1977; Postal Service, 1959-1969, 1971, 1973-1980, 1982; poverty, 1964; Adam Clayton Powell, 1967; presidential campaign, 1960, 1975-1976; Price Commission, 1972; price freeze, 1973; prisoners of war, 1970-1974; public buildings, 1957-1958, 1964-1965; public health, 1953-1959, 1963-1964, 1967; publicity, 1957-1958, 1967; U.S.S. Pueblo, 1968-1969; questionnaires, 1953-1982; radio and television stations, 1953-1982; Radio Free Europe, 1971; railroads, 1963-1981; railroads and retirement, 1978, 1981-1982; recession, 1957-1958; North Carolina redistricting, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1970-1971, 1981-1982; refugees - "Boat People," 1979; refugees - Hungarian, 1953-1956; religious freedom, 1980-1981; Federal Government reorganization, 1971; Second District Republicans, 1981; Research Triangle Park, 1976-1979; revenue sharing, 1971-1980; Rhodesia, 1970-1971, 1978-1979; riots, 1967-1970; rivers and harbors, 1953-1958, 1960; roads, 1953-1980; Roanoke Rapids Airport, 1969; Roanoke River, 1953-1959, 1965, 1967, 1975; rock fish, 1953-1958; Nelson Rockefeller, 1974-1975; Rocky Mount, 1959; Rocky Mount Airport, 1969-1970, 1973-1975, 1977; Rocky Mount Civic Center, 1977, 1980; Rocky Mount County merger, 1979-1980; Rocky Mount fire and rescue squad, 1973; Rural Electrification Administration, 1953-1959, 1974, 1981; Rural Caucus, 1975.
Subjects S-Y are saccharin, 1977; St. Andrews College, 1975-1976; SALT II, 1980; Salvation Army, 1978; Terry Sanford for President, 1974-1976; school superintendents, 1967; Jesse M. Seaver, 1964-1966, 1968-1969, 1971-1973; Second District, 1960, 1963, 1966-1967, 1978; Securities and Exchange Commission, 1975-1976; segregation, 1953-1959, 1961-1962; Selective Service, 1964, 1967-1969, 1971-1967, 1980-1982; Small Business Administration, 1966, 1968-1973, 1975,1977-1982; small business loans, 1955-1959, 1962-1963, 1965-1967; Social Security, 1977-1982; social services, 1980-1982; soil and water conservation, 1963-1970, 1973-1977; Soil Bank, 1953-1958, 1960; solar energy, 1975-1977; Soul City, 1972, 1975-1982; soybeans, 1953-1956; space, 1959, 1961-1963, 1966; speaking engagements of L. H. Fountain, 1961-1973, 1975-1977; Stallings Air Force Base, 1953-1958, 1968; State Department, 1957-1982; statements of L. H. Fountain, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1970-1977; Adalai Stevenson, 1965; strikes, 1967-1974, 1978-1979; Sunbelt Council, 1981-1982; sunflower seeds, 1980; Supersonic Transport, 1971; Supreme Court, 1959-1960, 1962-1977, 1981; surplus property, 1957-1977; Tarboro, 1971, 1974; taxes, 1962, 1966-1967, 1969, 1971-1974, 1978-1982; television, 1968-1973, 1975-1977; Test Ban Treaty, 1963; textiles, 1961-1962, 1966-1969, 1971, 1973-1982; tobacco, 1953-1982; tobacco and cigarette controversy, 1969-1971; tobacco and inspectors, 1966, 1969-1973; tobacco and Tanzanian Loan, 1971; Tobacco Research Station, 1964; trade, 1977-1982; Transportation Department of North Carolina, 1978, 1980-1982; travel, 1968-1969, 1976-1977; travel of L. H. Fountain, 1953-1956, 1962, 1965-1966, 1968-1970, 1974-1975; Travel South Committee, 1978-1979; Treasury Department, 1959, 1963-1982; Tax Reform Imediately, 1978, 1980-1982; TRIS, 1977; Harry S. Truman visit to Wilson, 1960; Un-American activities, 1965-1967; labor unions, 1975-1980; United Nations, 1961, 1963, 1965-1968, 1970-1981; United Nations - L. H. Fountain delegate, 1967; United States Information Agency, 1967, 1969; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1973-1982; University of North Carolina Press, 1973-1978, 1980-1981; urban renewal, 1966; utilities, 1953-1956, 1963, 1965-1982; Vance County, 1962, 1966, 1980-1981; Vance/Granville Community College, 1975, 1978-1980; Veterans and Veterans Administration, 1953-1961, 1963-1967, 1970-1971, 1977-1982; vice, 1957-1958, 1961, 1973; Vietnam, 1965-1973; Vietnam War Memorial, 1982; district visitation, 1968-1971; visitors, 1953-1982; voter registration, 1965-1967, 1969, 1972; voting, 1960; voting age, 1970; voting record of L. H. Fountain, 1957-1962, 1964, 1966-1972, 1976-1982; Warren County - PCBs, 1982; water pollution, 1953-1958, 1968-1969; water resources, 1965; Watergate, 1973-1974; watershed projects, 1963-1974, 1977-1978; welfare, 1972-1973; Wesleyan College, 1968-1975; White House, 1971-1982; White House Conference on Aging, 1981; White House Conference on Children, 1970; White House Conference on Small Businesses, 1979; Wilson, 1953-1958; Wilson Chamber of Commerce, 1978; Wilson County, 1966, 1977, 1980-1982; Wilson County Technical Institute, 1971-1974, 1976, 1978; Wilson Industrial Council, 1968; woodland, 1953-1956; worker's compensation, 1978-1979; World's Fair - New York City, 1961-1965; Yemen, 1965; Young Democrats Club, 1953, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1978; Youth Corps, 1966-1967.
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Series 2. Legislative Files, 1953-1982.
This series contains the papers related to bills under consideration by Congress or recently passed acts, and includes general legislation files, legislation introduced or co-sponsored by Fountain, and papers related to Fountain's committee work.
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Subseries 2.1. General, 1953-1982.
Arrangement: chronological, then alphabetical by subject. Some bills are filed under the name of the committee in which they originated.
This subseries contains papers related to legislation not introduced by Fountain or considered by one of his subcommittees. The material is chiefly correspondence with constituents, lobbyist groups, and fellow members of congress. Also included are committee reports, transcripts of hearings, and drafts of bills under consideration. Legislative topics often occur in multiple years, and are indexed here alphabetically with the relevant years listed.
Legislative topics A-F are abortion, 1973-1982; abortion and the Hyde Amendment, 1975-1978; Select Committe on Aging, 1973-1982; agriculture appropriations, 1967-1982; agriculture and farm bills, 1965-1978, 1981-1982; Agriculture Committee, 1953-1982; airports, 1953-1954; Alaska and Hawaii statehood, 1957-1958; Alaska and native land claims, 1971-1972; Alaska Pipeline, 1973-1974; alcohol and advertising, 1955-1960; Amateur Athletics Act, 1977-1978; amnesty, 1973-1976; Appalachian Regional Development Act, 1965-1968; appropriations and presidential recissions, 1975-1982; Appropriations Committee, 1953-1982; atomic energy, 1953-1976; automobile "bootlegging," 1953-1954; automobile dealers, 1955-1956; automotive standards, 1975-1978, 1981-1982; banking, 1957-1982; Banking and Currency Committee, 1955-1974; Banking, Currency, and Housing Committee, 1975-1976; Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee, 1977-1982; Bankruptcy Act, 1977-1978, 1981-1982; Better Communities Act, 1973-1974; Bicentennial, 1971-1974; Black Lung Benefits, 1977-1978; Blue Ridge Parkway, 1959-1960; budget, 1957-1960, 1973-1974, 1977-1978; balanced budget, 1953-1954, 1979-1980; Budget Committee, 1973-1982; busing, 1971-1972, 1975-1982; Cambodia, 1973-1976; campaign reform, 1971-1972; Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, 1981-1982; census, 1973-1978; Child and Family Service Act, 1975-1976; Child Development Act, 1971-1972; chiropractors, 1969-1970; Chrysler and government loan guarantee, 1979-1980; civil rights, 1953-1960, 1965-1966; civil service, 1953-1954, 1959-1982; civil service and pay increase, 1957-1958, 1961-1966, 1971-1976; civil service and retirement, 1955-1962, 1969-1982; civil service and unionization, 1975-1978; Clean Air Act, 1975-1978, 1981-1982; commemorative date requests, 1975-1982; committee reform, 1973-1974; communications and AT&T, 1981-1982; congressional pay raises, 1953-1956, 1977-1982; proposed Constitutional Amendments, 1973-1978, 1982; construction and federal contracts, 1953-1956; Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1975-1976; cotton, 1957-1960, 1963-1966; crime, 1967-1970, 1973-1976, 1981-1982; crop insurance, 1955-1958; currency, 1971-1974; dairy, 1973-1974; daylight savings time, 1973-1974; defense, 1955-1956, 1969-1970, 1979-1982; defense appropriations, 1965-1966, 1973-1982; disaster insurance, 1955-1956; District of Columbia, 1959-1972, 1975-1982; District of Columbia home rule, 1965-1966, 1973-1974; Domestic Violence Assistance Act, 1977-1978; Wiliam O. Douglas, 1969-1970; draft, 1953-1954; drugs, 1961-1966; Economic Opportunity Act, 1963-1966, 1971-1972; Economic Stabilization Act, 1971-1974; economy, 1955-1960; education, 1959-1982; adult education, 1967-1968; education appropriations, 1965-1966, 1969-1972, 1975-1976; education and college loans, 1981-1982; education and federal aid, 1955-1958; education and Freedom of Choice, 1969-1970; education and Higher Education Act, 1971-1972; education and school lunches, 1969-1970, 1973-1982; Education and Labor Committee, 1961-1962, 1965-1982; Education Department, 1977-1982; El Salvador, 1981-1982; election reform, 1969-1970, 1973-1980; electric power companies, 1955-1958; emergency detention camps, 1971-1972; employment, 1973-1976; Employee Security Commission, 1965-1966; Endangered Species Act, 1977-1978; energy, 1977-1982; energy and Clinch River Breeder Reactor, 1977-1978, 1981-1982; energy and oil prices, 1975-1976; Energy and Commerce Committee, 1981-1982; Energy Conservation and Conversion Act, 1975-1976; energy crisis, 1973-1976; energy crisis and speed limit, 1973-1974; Energy Department, 1977-1978; Energy Research and Development Administration, 1977-1978; environment, 1971-1974, 1977-1982; environment and Outer Continental Shelf, 1977-1978; National Institute of Environmental Health Services, 1975-1976; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1971-1978; Equal Rights Amendment, 1953-1954, 1971-1982; Select Committee on Ethics, 1977-1978; exports and imports, 1975-1976; Fair Credit Billing Act, 1971-1972; Fair Labor Standards Act, 1953-1956; Fair Trade Act, 1959-1960; Farm Bureau, 1955-1956; Farm Credit Administration, 1953-1956; Federal Communications Commission, 1953-1954; Federal Highway Administration, 1953-1954; Federal Savings Institutions Act, 1967-1968; firearms and gun control, 1965-1982; flood control, 1953-1954; flood insurance, 1955-1956, 1973-1974; "Food for Peace," 1965-1966; food stamps, 1969-1982; foreign aid, 1953-1982; forest fire control, 1955-1956; forestry, 1971-1980; congressional tribute to L. H. Fountain, 1981-1982; Freedom of Information Act, 1973-1974.
Legislative topics G-P are gasoline prices, 1957-1958; gold, 1967-1968; Hawaii and statehood, 1955-1960; Health Care Act, 1971-1974; Health Department, 1971-1972; Health, Education and Welfare Department appropriations, 1953-1954, 1963-1982; health insurance, 1973-1980; Health Manpower Act, 1975-1976; health revenue sharing, 1975-1976; highways, 1955-1956, 1959-1962, 1969-1970, 1973-1978, 1981-1982; hijacking, 1969-1970; legal holidays, 1967-1968, 1971-1972; Hoover Commission, 1957-1958; hospital cost containment, 1979-1980; hospital employees and NLRA, 1973-1974; hospitals and medical, 1969-1982; House Administration Committee, 1963-1982; housing, 1955-1960, 1963-1964, 1967-1982; Housing and Urban Development Department, 1965-1966, 1969-1972, 1975-1976; Housing and Urban Development Department appropriations, 1977-1982; hurricane damage, 1955-1956; immigration and naturalization, 1953-1954, 1963-1966, 1979-1982; Impeachment of Richard M. Nixon, 1973-1974; imports, 1955-1978; no-fault insurance, 1971-1978; Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, 1961-1982; Interior Department appropriations, 1953-1954, 1969-1982; Interior Department and James Watt, 1981-1982; Internal Security Commission, 1969-1976; International Security and Scientific Affairs Subcommittee, 1979-1980; Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, 1963-1980; Interstate Commerce Commission, 1953-1960; Iran hostage crisis, 1979-1982; Judiciary Committee, 1959-1982; labor, 1953-1954, 1957-1982; labor appropriations, 1979-1980; Land Use Policy, 1973-1976; legal services, 1971-1974, 1981-1982; legislative action summarized, 1965-1966, 1969-1972; Legislative Reorganization Act, 1967-1968, 1971-1972; libraries, 1955-1960; lobbying, 1961-1962, 1977-1978; lumber industry, 1973-1974; Marine Mammal Protection Act, 1977-1978; Joseph McCarthy, 1953-1956; medical care, 1953-1954, 1959-1962; Medicare and Medicaid, 1963-1966, 1971-1982; Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, 1973-1974; metric system, 1973-1974; military, 1957-1982; military appropriations, 1971-1972, 1975-1980; military pay increase, 1963-1966; military retirement, 1967-1982; military training, 1953-1956; minimum wage, 1955-1962, 1965-1966, 1971-1982; mining, 1973-1978; miscellaneous legislation, 1953-1982; MIAs and POWs (prisoners of war), 1975-1976, 1979-1982; mosquito control, 1957-1958; Mutual Security Program, 1953-1954-1959-1962; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971-1972; National Federation of Independent Business, 1953-1956, 1959-1960; National Labor Relations Board, National Security Training Corps Act, 1953-1954; nerve gas, 1969-1970; New River, 1973-1976; Nicaragua, 1979-1980; nuclear freeze, 1981-1982; nuclear waste disposal, 1981-1982; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1967-1982; Office of Economic Opportunity, 1967-1968, 1971-1974; Office of Economic Opportunity and Headstart, 1967-1968; Opportunities Industrialization Center, 1973-1974; Panama Canal, 1963-1964, 1973-1974, 1979-1980; Peace Corps, 1961-1962; peanuts, 1953-1962, 1967-1970, 1973-1982; pension plans, 1953-1954, 1973-1974; pesticides, 1971-1972, 1975-1982; pornography, 1957-1958, 1969-1970; Postal Service, 1953-1956, 1959-1982; Postal Service pay raise, 1953-1958, 1961-1962, 1969-1970; Postal Service rate increase, 1953-1958, 1961-1962, 1969-1978; Postal Service reform, 1969-1970, 1973-1978; prayer in public school, 1967-1982; prisoners of war, 1969-1970; public buildings, 1957-1958; public health, 1953-1956; public housing, 1953-1954; Public Works appropriations, 1971-1974, 1977-1980; Public Works and Economic Development Act, 1965-1966; Public Works Committee, 1961-1966, 1969-1982.
Legislative topics R-Z are radio and television and political advertising, 1973-1974; railroads, 1953-1954, 1957-1958, 1961-1962, 1967-1982; railroads and retirement, 1955-1958, 1965-1966, 1973-1974, 1981-1982; North Carolina reapportionment, 1963-1966; reciprocal trade agreements, 1953-1964; Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1953-1954; Hungarian refugees, 1953-1954; Vietnmamese refugees, 1975-1976; Rehabilitation Act, 1973-1974; rent control, 1953-1954; Federal Government reorganization, 1953-1954, 1965-1966, 1977-1978; self-employed retirement, 1957-1960, 1973-1974; Retirement Benefits Act, 1971-1972; revenue sharing, 1969-1978; Nelson Rockefeller, 1973-1974; Rules Committee, 1959-1982; rural development, 1971-1972; Rural Electrification Administration, 1965-1974; Rural Telephone Act, 1953-1954; St. Lawrence Seaway, 1953-1954; Salk vaccine, 1977-1978; federal aid to school construction, 1955-1956; school lunches, 1953-1954; Science and Technology Committee, 1975-1982; Seabed Treaty, 1973-1974; Selective Service, 1957-1958, 1967-1972; Senate legislation, 1965-1982; seniority system in Congress, 1973-1974; separation of powers and executive privilege, 1973-1974; foreign sale of ships, 1971-1972; Small Business Administration, 1955-1958; Small Business Committee, 1973-1982; Social Security, 1953-1982; Social Service and Child Welfare Act, 1979-1980; soil and water conservation, 1961-1962; Soil Bank, 1955-1956; Standards of Official Conduct Committee, 1975-1982; states' rights, 1957-1960; Steering and Policy Committee, 1973-1976; strikes, 1965-1968; Joint Committee on Subversive Activities, 1953-1954; sugar, 1965-1966, 1973-1974, 1977-1982; Supersonic Transport, 1969-1972, 1975-1976; surplus property, 1961-1962; Taft-Hartley Act amendments repeal, 1953-1954, 1965-1966; tariff, 1953-1954; taxes and church school exemptions, 1981-1982; taxes and cigarettes, 1953-1954; cooperative taxes, 1953-1958; taxes and diesel fuel, 1955-1956; taxes and excess profits, 1953-1954; excise taxes, 1955-1958; taxes and gasoline, 1959-1962, 1975-1976; income tax, 1953-1956; taxes and interstate commerce, 1967-1968; taxes and theater admissions, 1953-1956; taxes and travel, 1967-1968; taxes and tuition credit, 1977-1978, 1981-1982; taxes, 1953-1982; television, 1955-1958; Tennessee Valley Authority, 1953-1954, 1959-1960; Tidelands Oil, 1953-1954; timber conservation, 1969-1970; tobacco, 1957-1982; tobacco and acreage allotments, 1955-1956; tobacco and cigarette controversy, 1969-1970; tobacco and price supports, 1953-1954; trade, 1961-1962, 1969-1970, 1973-1974, 1977-1982; transportation, 1953-1954, 1957-1982; transportation appropriations, 1981-1982; Transport Department, 1965-1966; Treasury Department, 1953-1954; trucks and size and weight limits, 1967-1976; tungsten, 1957-1960; Un-American Activities Committee, 1959-1968; unemployment, 1953-1962, 1971-1972; unemployment compensation, 1965-1966, 1969-1970, 1975-1976; United Nations, 1961-1966, 1971-1975; United Nations and Termination Act, 1981-1982; urban affairs, 1963-1964, 1977-1978; proposed Department of Urban Affairs, 1961-1962; Veterans and Veterans Administration, 1955-1982; veterans appropriations, 1953-1954; veterans and educational benefits, 1973-1978, 1981-1982; veterans and hospitals, 1953-1956, 1965-1966, 1969-1980; veterans and life insurance, 1961-1964; venterans and pensions, 1961-1982; Vietnam and Mansfield Amendment, 1971-1972; vocational education, 1953-1954; voter registration by post card, 1973-1978; voting age, 1971-1972; voting rights, 1965-1966, 1969-1970, 1975-1976, 1981-1982; wage and price controls, 1971-1972, 1975-1976; Washington, D.C., 1953-1954; water quality standards, 1971-1974; Ways and Means and Committee, 1961-1982; welfare, 1953-1954, 1977-1980; welfare reform, 1969-1970, 1973-1974; wildlife preservation, 1953-1954; Youth Camp Safety Act, 1975-1978.
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Subseries 2.2. Fountain Bills, 1961-1982.
Arrangement: chronological
Legislative bills represented in this subseries were either introduced or co-sponsored by Fountain. Most bills are filed individually with relevant correspondence and background material.
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Subseries 2.3. Committees, 1953-1982.
This subseries contains material related to the committees and subcommittees on which Fountain served. The papers on the Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Government Operations Committee contain material related to hearings and investigations of the activities of various government agencies. The subcommittee's name changes to the Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources Subcommittee in 1975. The papers consist of general files for each two-year Congress, and the papers of specific hearings, which include background material, testimony transcripts, and published reports.
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Series 3. District Affairs Files, 1953-1982.
This series contains materials relating to Fountain's constituents in the Second District. Material concerns Fountain's district office in Tarboro, N.C., public school integration, military academy appointments, post offices, community projects, and constituent casework files. There are also district and community files in Series 1.
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Subseries 3.1. District Office, 1967-1982.
Papers representing a sample of the types of work done in Fountain's district office in Tarboro, N.C. Papers include appointments, letters of congratulations or condolence sent to constituents, reference lists of various Second District officials, and memorandums sent to and received from his staff in Washington, D.C.
| Box 147 |
District Office #04304, Subseries: "3.1. District Office, 1967-1982." Box 147 |
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Subseries 3.2. Public Schools, 1969-1971.
Arrangement: alphabetical by county and city school systems.
Correspondence, reports, court records, and other materials chiefly relating to integration.
Public schools #04304, Subseries: "3.2. Public Schools, 1969-1971." Box 147 |
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Subseries 3.3. Military Academy Appointments, 1953-1972.
Correspondence and papers related to the application process, the number of openings available, and other general statistical data on Second District appointments to each of the four military academies.
| Box 148 |
Military academy appointments #04304, Subseries: "3.3. Military Academy Appointments, 1953-1972." Box 148 |
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Subseries 3.4. Post Office, 1953-1972.
Arrangement: alphabetical by community.
Papers related to Second District post offices including building construction, route changes, hiring personnel, and related matters.
Post offices #04304, Subseries: "3.4. Post Office, 1953-1972." Box 148 |
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Subseries 3.5. Community Projects, 1962-1979.
Arrangement: general files are chronological; community projects are arranged alphabetically by community.
Papers relating to grants and other federally funded projects in the Second District. Projects include housing, water and sewer systems, parks and recreational facilities, libraries, municipal buildings except for post offices, and historical preservation projects. Also includes papers concerning a proposed eastern North Carolina airport for which Rocky Mount, Wilson, and Greenville competed.
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Subseries 3.6. Casework, 1956-1981.
RESTRICTED: Use requires express written consent from L.H. Fountain's heirs. Please see staff for details.
Arrangement: general casework papers are chronological, then alphabetical by organization or topic within each year; military, employment, social security, social services, and veterans arranged by individual.
Papers relating to personal problems or inquiries of constituents for whom Fountain's office interceded with some federal agency or department. The papers are representative samples, and for the general casework papers, only material from every fifth year has been retained. The sample of military, employment, social security, social services, and veterans papers is every tenth individual.
| Box 152 |
General, 1956; 1961 #04304, Subseries: "3.6. Casework, 1956-1981." Box 152 |
| Box 152-153 |
General, 1966 #04304, Subseries: "3.6. Casework, 1956-1981." Box 152-153Box 152Box 153 |
| Box 153-154 |
General, 1971 #04304, Subseries: "3.6. Casework, 1956-1981." Box 153-154Box 153Box 154 |
| Box 154-156 |
General, 1976 #04304, Subseries: "3.6. Casework, 1956-1981." Box 154-156Box 154Box 155Box 156 |
| Box 157-158 |
General, 1981 #04304, Subseries: "3.6. Casework, 1956-1981." Box 157-158Box 157Box 158 |
| Box 159-160 |
Military #04304, Subseries: "3.6. Casework, 1956-1981." Box 159-160Box 159Box 160 |
| Box 161 |
Employment, Social Security, and Social Services #04304, Subseries: "3.6. Casework, 1956-1981." Box 161 |
| Box 162 |
Veterans #04304, Subseries: "3.6. Casework, 1956-1981." Box 162 |
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Series 4. Public Relations Files, 1952-1982 and undated.
This series consists of material related to Fountain's public statements and appearances, and contains speeches, newsletters, radio broadcast scripts, and invitations to social, business, and political functions accepted by Fountain.
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Subseries 4.1. Speeches, 1952-1982 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological
Chiefly speeches given by Fountain in the Second District and other locations in North Carolina. Statements made by Fountain on the floor of the House of Representatives are not included here, but retained in Series 1 under Congressional Record inserts.
Speech topics are Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1982; agriculture, 1956, 1962, 1982; busing, 1972; China, undated; common market, 1962; conservation, 1960, 1975; consumer protection, undated; Cuba, 1962; economy, 1974; education, 1959, 1969, 1975; environment, 1982; ethics in government, undated; Farmers Home Administration, 1971, 1982; Food and Drug Administration, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1975; foreign affairs, 1962, 1969, 1981; Government Operations Committee, 1965; Health, Education and Welfare Department, 1966, 1972-1973; Housing, 1974, undated; Indian Affairs, 1978; Inspectors General, 1979; Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee, 1967, undated; congressional investigations, 1960; Kennedy-Khruschev Summit Conference, 1962; freedom of the press, 1954; religious freedom, 1955; rural development, 1967; Soul City, 1979; tobacco, 1960, 1970-1973, 1975, 1980; United Nations, 1967; University of North Carolina Press, 1978; veterans, 1957, 1977; Vietnam, 1967-1968, 1972-1973; Watergate, 1974.
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Subseries 4.2. Newsletters, 1967-1982.
Arrangement: chronological.
Weekly newsletters expressing Fountain's opinion on various topics published in most newspapers in the Second District. The newsletters dealt with a wide range of topics including national and international issues, pending legislation, district concerns, his committee work, and other congressional activities. Responses to his newsletters from constituents are in Series 1 under Newsletter Comments.
Topics covered in the newsletters are Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1967-1968; agriculture, 1969-1976, 1978, 1980-1981; agriculture farm bills, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1980; Agriculture Department, 1982; Apollo 11, 1969; budget, 1973-1974, 1976, 1978-1980, 1982; balanced budget, 1978-1981; busing, 1968, 1970; Wiliam Calley, 1971; Cambodia, 1970, 1978; cancer research, 1971, 1974; Jimmy Carter, 1977, 1979; censorship, 1968; census, 1968; Central Intelligence Agency, 1975, 1980-1981; China, 1971, 1977-1979; civil defense, 1973, 1977-1978; common market, 1972; consumer protection, 1971, 1977-1978; cotton, 1976; crime, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974-1977, 1981-1982; Cuba, 1969, 1979, 1981-1982; Cyprus, 1976; Czechoslovakia, 1979; daylight savings time, 1974; defense, 1977-1978, 1980-1982; defense spending, 1969-1972; drugs, 1970-1973, 1982; education, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1978; Education Department, 1978-1979; Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1967, 1969; elderly, 1972-1973, 1975; election reform, 1969; employment, 1971, 1976-1978, 1982; energy crisis, 1973-1980; Energy Department, 1977; environment, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1982; Environmental Protection Agency, 1982; Equal Rights Amendment, 1982; exports and imports, 1972, 1979; Falkland Islands crisis, 1982; Farm Credit Administration, 1971, 1982; Farmers Home Administration, 1982; Federal Aviation Administration, 1967; Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1971; Federal Communications Commission, 1969; federal employees right to work, 1968, 1972; firearms and gun control, 1968-1969; Food and Drug Administration, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976-1978; food stamps, 1971, 1975; foreign affairs, 1977; foreign aid, 1967, 1972, 1980-1981; foreign investment in United States, 1979-1980; General Accounting Office, 1981; General Service Administration, 1981; Guyana, 1978; Health, Education and Welfare Department, 1967-1970, 1975-1976, 1978; highways, 1971, 1976; hospitals and medical, 1971-1972, 1976; housing, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1982; inauguration, 1981; inflation, 1970-1972, 1974, 1976-1979; Inspectors General, 1977, 1981-1982; insurance, 1976; Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, 1968; Interparliamentary Union, 1979-1980; Iran, 1979; Iran hostage crisis, 1979-1981; Japan, 1979; Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination, 1968; Latin America, 1980-1981; Medicare and Medicaid, 1971; Golda Meir, 1969; Middle East, 1967, 1969-1970, 1973-1975, 1978,1980, 1982; Middle East Peace Treaty, 1973, 1979-1980; MIAs and POWs, 1975; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967, 1969, 1972; Richard M. Nixon, 1968-1969; Nixon-Brezhnev Summit Conference, 1970; nuclear freeze, 1982; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 1975, 1977, 1981; Office of Economic Opportunity, 1967; Panama Canal, 1967, 1969, 1974-1975, 1977; peanuts, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1977, 1981; Pentagon Papers, 1971; pesticides, 1969, 1971; Poland, 1980; pollution, 1970-1972; Poor People's March, 1968; population, 1970, 1972, 1978; pornography, 1969; Postal Service, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1980; presidential campaign 1968, 1968, 1975; presidential war powers, 1973; prisoners of war, 1969, 1971, 1973; Pueblo, 1968; Radio Free Europe, 1971, 1974; Ronald Reagan, 1981; revenue sharing, 1971, 1975-1977, 1980; Rhodesia, 1970; riots, 1967-1968; Nelson Rockefeller, undated; saccharin, 1977; Salt II, 1979; school lunch program, 1971; Selective Service, 1967, 1969, 1971-1972; Small Business Administration, 1979; Social Security, 1967, 1970-1971, 1978; solar energy, 1974; Soviet Union, 1967, 1970, 1973-1975, 1979, 1982; Supreme Court, 1969-1970; Taiwan, 1979; taxes, 1967, 1969-1970, 1972-1973, 1975-1978, 1981-1982; terrorism, 1975, 1978; textiles, 1967; Margaret Thatcher, 1979; tobacco, 1967-1969, 1971, 1975, 1977-1982; Turkey, 1976, 1978, 1980; United Nations, 1967, 1971; urban development, 1970, 1972, 1979; Vietnam, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1979; Vietnam and My Lai, 1969; voting, 1968, 1978; voting rights, 1968; wage and price controls, 1971, 1973; water pollution, 1969; Watergate, 1976-1977; wildlife preservation, 1970.
| Box 167 |
Newsletters #04304, Subseries: "4.2. Newsletters, 1967-1982." Box 167 |
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Subseries 4.3. Radio Broadcast Scripts, 1967-1969.
Arrangement: chronological.
Taped weekly commentaries by Fountain to be broadcast on various radio stations in the Second District. The texts from 1967-1969 are different from the newsletters released during the same period.
| Box 168 |
Radio broadcasts #04304, Subseries: "4.3. Radio Broadcast Scripts, 1967-1969." Box 168 |
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Subseries 4.4. Invitations Accepted, 1955-1980.
Arrangement: chronological.
Invitations to social, business, and political functions accepted by Fountain. The invitations are a sample from every five years, and invitations declined by Fountain were not retained.
| Box 169 |
1955, 1960, 1965, 1970 #04304, Subseries: "4.4. Invitations Accepted, 1955-1980." Box 169 |
| Box 170 |
1975, 1980 #04304, Subseries: "4.4. Invitations Accepted, 1955-1980." Box 170 |
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Additions, 1946-1982.
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Addition of November 1989 (Acc. 89132), 1946-1982.
This collection contains additional materials that are not processed and are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.
This addition contains election campaign papers, subject files, the papers of Fountain's assistant Walter J. Pittman, newsletters, tapes of Fountain's weekly radio broadcasts, personal papers, and other materials.
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Election Campaign Papers, 1946-1982.
RESTRICTED: Use requires express written consent from L.H. Fountain's heirs. Please see staff for details.
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Subject Files, 1975-1982.
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Walter J. Pittman Papers
| Box 200-204 |
Source materials #04304, Subseries: "Walter J. Pittman Papers" Box 200-204Box 200Box 201Box 202Box 203Box 204 |
| Box 205 |
Special projects #04304, Subseries: "Walter J. Pittman Papers" Box 205 |
| Box 206 |
Subject files #04304, Subseries: "Walter J. Pittman Papers" Box 206 |
| Box 207 |
Campaign files #04304, Subseries: "Walter J. Pittman Papers" Box 207 |
| Box 208 |
Democratic Clubs #04304, Subseries: "Walter J. Pittman Papers" Box 208 |
| Box 209-211 |
Elections, 1953-1979 #04304, Subseries: "Walter J. Pittman Papers" Box 209-211Box 209Box 210Box 211 |
| Box 212 |
Miscellaneous #04304, Subseries: "Walter J. Pittman Papers" Box 212 |
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Casework
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Speech Material
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Newsletters
| Box 215-217 |
Newsletters #04304, Subseries: "Newsletters" Box 215-217Box 215Box 216Box 217 |
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Press Coverage
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Audio-Visual Material
| Box 219-236 |
Audio-visual material #04304, Subseries: "Audio-Visual Material" Box 219-236Box 219Box 220Box 221Box 222Box 223Box 224Box 225Box 226Box 227Box 228Box 229Box 230Box 231Box 232Box 233Box 234Box 235Box 236 |
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Personal
| Box 237-241 |
Personal #04304, Subseries: "Personal" Box 237-241Box 237Box 238Box 239Box 240Box 241 |
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Church and St. Andrew's College
| Box 242-244 |
Church and St. Andrew's College #04304, Subseries: "Church and St. Andrew's College" Box 242-244Box 242Box 243Box 244 |
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Expenses
| Box 246-246 |
Expenses #04304, Subseries: "Expenses" Box 246-246Box 246 |
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Card Files
| Box 247-253 |
Card files #04304, Subseries: "Card Files" Box 247-253Box 247Box 248Box 249Box 250Box 251Box 252Box 253 |
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Items Separated
Oversize papers (OP-4304/Folder 1), cassette (T-4304/1).
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, February 2011
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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