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Rita Crocker Clements Personal Papers
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1979 Inauguration - January, 1979

Sample letters from the Private Victory Party committee to prospective donors seeking funds to pay for inaugural activities, invitations, list of out-of-town guests invited to the inauguration, clippings from Dallas newspapers of January 17-18 and 21, January 16 issue of The Texas Advocate published by the Republican Party of Texas about the upcoming inauguration, and an article about Governor Clements titled “A Mustang in the Mansion: Governor William P. Clements, Jr.” from the Winter 1979 issue of The Mustang published by the alumni association of Southern Methodist University

1987 Inauguration

Clippings mostly from the Park Cities, memos about seating at the swearing-in ceremony and the prayer service, lists of potential members of the Travis County Inaugural Committee and persons to be seated in the VIP section at the swearing-in ceremony, notes by Mrs. Clements, and a note about and words and music to a ragtime song titled “The Rita Rag” written by Tom Dixon and Jack Johnson of Dallas

1987 Inauguration - January 20, 1987

Samples of invitations to inaugural events, tickets to major inaugural events, and programs for the Inauguration Ceremony, Inauguration Prayer Service, A Salute to the Texas Arts, and the inaugural evening events including the Texas Inaugural Galas at various locations and the All Texas Celebration

1987 Inauguration - January, 1987

Agenda package for a meeting of the Inaugural executive Committee meeting of January 7, a report by the chairman Mrs. C. Frederick Weisend and co-chairmen Mrs. George Harris and Mr. William B. King on activities on January 19 and 20 and in general the remainder of the month including searching for furnishings for the private quarters in the Mansion and the Governor’s Office, a 1987 Inaugural Program, list of guests with addresses invited for lunch at the Governor’s Mansion on January 20, list of SEDCO employees invited to the inauguration, and the text of Governor Clements’ inaugural Speech, January 20

Action - 1987

Biographical information about Donna M. Alvarado, Director of the program, fact sheets about activities of the program, and letter from Ms Alvarado

Activities, Republican

Letters, notes, and telegrams to Rita Crocker Clements about her services to the national, state, and local Republican Parties including one from Barbara Bush, one from George Bush, one from Gerald Ford on White House stationary, one letter and one telegram from Barry Goldwater, three letters from Richard Nixon on White House stationary, and three letters from John Tower; a signed 8 X 10 black and white photograph of Congressman George Bush leaving the Capitol and letters and notes from many other individuals; and badges for the Republican National Conventions in San Francisco in 1964 and Miami Beach in 1972; and ribbons and badges as a member of the Goldwater Staff and a delegate to the Texas State Republican Party convention in 1968

Advertising - 1978

Memo concerning placement of media advertisements, texts of television advertisements, campaign brochure, estimate of media costs for the 1978 primary election, schedules for television advertisements during April and May, clippings of newspaper advertisements, and a copy of the August-September 1978 issue of The Texas Spectator published by the Clements campaign

Alabama

Leadership and Training Handbook prepared by the Alabama State Republican Executive Committee and Why Not Victory? Candidate Canvass for Votes notebook prepared by the Alabama State Republican Executive Committee

Alabama - 1964

Letters, memo, flyers, brochures, clippings, photograph of John Grenier, Republican National Committee Executive Director, and Mrs. Rita Crocker Clements, head of the door-to-door canvass division, state canvass tally, reports, organization plan of the United Republican Fund of Alabama, report Let’ Face Facts: An Analysis for Future Republican Growth by Thomas H. Brigham and Manyon M. Millican, Insurance Policy for Good Government kit, and telephone and couples survey kits

Alzheimer's Unit Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Eastern Hills Convalescent Center - July 14, 1987

Letters, schedule for Mrs. Clements, background information on Alzheimer’s disease including a copy of an article on Rita Hayworth originally from the January 1983 issue of Ladies Home Journal and a report to the 70th Legislature on Long-Term Care Needs for Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders from the Senate Committee on Health and Human Resources, and a copy of Mrs. Clements’ remarks at the ribbon cutting ceremony in Austin

American Cancer Society - 1987

Letter, memo, news releases about the 1987 breast screening project, list of television stations that had agreed to air a program about the project, a summary of the Texas Poll Questions on breast cancer for the Texas Division of the American Cancer Society

Aquarium, Texas State, in Corpus Christi - 1987-1989

Correspondence about Mrs. Clements assisting in promoting the aquarium and assisting in obtaining a grant from the Meadows Foundation, draft press release about that activity, clippings, a brochure and three newsletters of or about the aquarium, and draft of proposal to be used in raising funds

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