Reagan Administration, 1980 - 1984

File — Box: 81, Folder: 28, subfolder: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection consists of research materials compiled by William Martin, Rice University professor of sociology, during the course of his research on the Christian religious right in the United States, as well as fundamentalists, fundamentalist education, evangelists such as Billy Graham, and other aspects of conservative Christian organizations. The materials consists of correspondence, notes, videos, transcriptions of video interviews, pamphlets, and books.

Oral history interviews on videotape and transcribed into print form make just over half of the collection. The video was recorded by Lumiere Productions in New York City in 1995 - January 1996, and transcribed primarily by Wordprint Studios largely as research material for Martin's book With God on Our Side.

Dates

Creation: 1980 - 1984

Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research. Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Extent

From the Collection: 130 Linear Feet (130 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Folder includes scanned news articles from New York Times and the Washington Times and the political nature of Moral Majority. There is also a report card of the Family Policy Advisory Board on the first term of Reagan. There is also information organizing Conservative Political Action Committee’s and a newsletter from the Leadership Action. There was also a number of newspaper scans from 1982 and a magazine article from The Christian Century “Reagan and the Evangelicals: The Making of A Love Affair.” There was also a transcript of Reagan’s remarks to the National Association of Evangelicals in 1983, remarks of George H. W. Bush at Liberty College in 1983, and article from the 1991 Church and State “California Dreamin.” Finally there is information about National Endowment of the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities and censorship, some original newspaper, and a report for People for the American Way.