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White House Press Corps, 1929-2012 (continued)
BOX 16 Lewinsky affair, 1997-1999
(2 folders)
BOX 16 Miscellany, 1994-1998
BOX 16 Press packets, 1994-1999
BOX 16 Press pool reports, 1992-2000
BOX 16 Press releases, 1993-2000
(1 folder)
BOX 17 (7 folders)
BOX 17 Printed matter, 1998-2000
BOX 17 Programs, 1993-2000
(1 folder)
BOX 18 (1 folder)
BOX 18 Selected speeches, 1996-1997
BOX 18 White House acquisitions, 1993-1997
BOX 18 Whitewater, 1996
BOX 18 George W. Bush administration
BOX 18 Bolton, John, 2005
BOX 18 Christmas at the White House, 2007
BOX 18 Miscellany, 2004-2006
BOX 18 National Day of Reason, 2003 May 1
BOX 18 Press releases, 2001-2005
BOX 18 Programs and invitations, 2001-2007
BOX 18 Schedules, 2006-2007
BOX 18 Miscellany
BOX 18 Air Force One flights, undated
BOX 18 Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 1962-1976, 1990
BOX 19 Employees, undated
BOX 19 First ladies, 1961-1998, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 19 Invitations, undated
BOX 19 Notes and article fragments, circa 1960-1970
BOX 19 Notes and notebooks
BOX 19 circa 1974-circa 1988
(3 folders)
BOX 20 circa 1989-circa 2008
(4 folders)
BOX 21 circa 2008-circa 2010, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 21 Press conference tally, circa 1999
BOX 21 Press passes, 1964-2010, undated
(4 folders)
BOX 22 Rockefeller, Nelson A. and Happy, 1964-1968
BOX 22 Secret Service, 1958-1970
BOX 22 Smith, Margaret Chase, 1964-1964
BOX 22 United Press International
BOX 22 Manual, 1929
BOX 22 UPI (The Greatest), by Richard H. Growald, 1973
BOX 22 Women of the Republican party, 1967-1968
BOX 22-34 Speeches and Events, 1960-2013
Material documenting events at which Thomas was honored, served as a speaker, or attended. Functions represented in this series are largely related to the many professional associations of which Thomas was a member and include the National Press Club, White House Correspondents' Association, Women’s National Press Club, Washington Press Club Foundation, and especially, the Gridiron Club. Remarks and lectures delivered by Thomas form a large part of this series, though they are often undated and incomplete. Where possible, complete speeches were dated and filed chronologically. Programs, schedules, and logistic material related to the events at which Thomas spoke are sometimes included. Scripts, programs and invitations from annual Gridiron Club dinners are contained in this series, as are documents reflecting the many honors, awards, and honorary degrees bestowed upon Thomas. Photographs, clippings, and the program associated with Thomas’s winning of the National Press Club’s Fourth Estate Award and material documenting her election as the first female president of the Gridiron Club are also included in this series. For video and audio files depicting Thomas at various events, including Gridiron Club dinners, researchers should consult the digital files.
Programs, speeches, invitations, clippings, notes, photographs.
Arranged alphabetically by material type or topic and chronologically thereunder.
BOX 22 Chronological file See also Photographs
BOX 22 1960-1979
(6 folders)
BOX 23 1980-1992 See also Container OV 2, Arkansas Travel awards
(11 folders)
BOX 24 1993-1995
(7 folders)
BOX 25 1996-1999
(8 folders)
BOX 26 1999-2002
(7 folders)
BOX 27 2002-2004
(7 folders)
BOX 28 2004-2008
(9 folders)
BOX 29 2008-2013, undated
(8 folders)
BOX 30 Undated
(1 folder)
BOX 30 Schedules, 1987-2009
BOX 30 Speech fragments
BOX 30 circa 1970-circa 1990
(6 folders)
BOX 31 circa 1990-circa 1997
(7 folders)
BOX 32 circa 1996-circa 2007
(8 folders)
BOX 33 circa 2008-circa 2009, undated
(8 folders)
BOX 34 Undated
(6 folders)
BOX 34-42 Writings, 1960-2011
Articles and material related to books authored by Thomas. Copies of Thomas’s many newspaper articles comprise the bulk of this series. Articles date between 1960 and 2011, though the vast majority range between 2000 and 2011, when Thomas worked as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers. Material concerning books usually include proposals and drafts. Thomas’s 2006 publication Watchdogs of Democracy? : The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Publicis the most comprehensively documented titled, followed by Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times. In some cases, only promotional material related to a publication is included. Not all of Thomas’s books are chronicled in this collection.
Newspaper articles, drafts, proposals, and marketing material.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
BOX 34 Articles
BOX 34 1960-1979
(3 folders)
BOX 35 1980-2003
(10 folders)
BOX 36 2003-2004
(7 folders)
BOX 37 2004-2005
(7 folders)
BOX 38 2005-2006
(9 folders)
BOX 39 2006-2008
(7 folders)
BOX 40 2009-2011, undated
(3 folders)
BOX 40 Books
BOX 40 Dateline: White House, 1975
BOX 40 Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times
BOX 40 Correspondence, 1997-1998
BOX 40 Drafts, circa 1997
(3 folders)
BOX 40 Press, 1999
BOX 40 Proposal and outline, circa 1996
BOX 40 The Great White House Breakout, 2008
BOX 40 Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do, 2008
BOX 40 Proposals and miscellaneous, 1996-circa 2008
BOX 40 Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House
BOX 40 Chapters, circa 2001
BOX 41 Drafts, circa 2001
(3 folders)
BOX 41 Watchdogs of Democracy? : The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public
BOX 41 Agreement, 2003
BOX 41 Book launch, 2006
BOX 41 Drafts, 2005
(3 folders)
BOX 41 Foreward, 2005
BOX 41 Proposal, outline, correspondence, 2004-2005
BOX 42 Notes, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 42 Foreward in Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House, by Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson, 2009
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