This collection consists of various items from or relating to NecronomiCon Providence, a biennial convention and academic conference centered on the work of H.P. Lovecraft and on Weird Fiction more generally. It is always held in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft's home, and generally held in late august, close to Lovecraft's birthday.

Note and letter from Governor Charles Thone about the Governor’s Mansion in Nebraska include funding for and use of the facility

Letters, canvass tally sheets, list of delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention, and reports of the Nebraska Federation of Republican Women

This collection contains the publications of Neal M. Randolph, some of which were co-authored by Richard B. Eads, R. S. Berger, B. B. Gillespie, Weldon Newton, George W. Doering, W. J. Klement, R. D. Chisholm, H. W. Dorough, and G. H. Wimbish among others. Many of the publications are reprints from journals or have been published in reports with topics including insects affecting vetch seeds, the spotted alfalfa aphid, the pea aphid, sunflower moths, sugarcane rootstock weevils, chinch bugs, sugarcane borers, and many other insects that affect agricultural crops.

This collection contains the manuscript Slightly Off Center by Neal Barrett, Jr. with an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. Advance Proof Copy, perfect bound. Austin, TX: Swan Press, 1992. 155 p.

This collection contains photographs taken by members of the 166th Signal Corps as well as the Associated Press just after the liberation of the concentration camps from the Nazis in 1945.

"A harrowing array of images, including 26 silver gelatin prints, each approx. 8" x 9 3/4", all stamped on verso with detailed captions and other information (some stamped "confidential"), as well as 30 smaller scale photographs (image sizes approx. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2") printed on larger paper stock (6 3/4" x 5") with type-written captions under the image, almost all of the images documenting Nazi horrors perpetrated in several concentration camps, as well as an envelope in which a member of the signal corps sent some of the images home to the USA. Germany 1945. Taken by photographers accompanying the troops that liberated the camps, these images provide detailed and unflinching documentation of the extreme horrors endured in Buchenwald, Ohrdruf, Hergenhein, and Schwartenxenfield and other camps. There are many images of dead bodies in various states, both individual and in masses, barely living survivors, mutilations, images of the structure of the camps themselves, civilians being forced to transport and bury the dead, and, for some reason particularly horrifically, a photo of a decorative tattoo that was skinned off a body and used as a decoration on the wall [of] the Nazi SS quarters at Buchenwald. An envelope from S/Sgt V. Amoroso to Mrs. Amoroso, which apparently contained the smaller images, is also present."

"Follow Captain Clark in Search of the Beached Whale" by J.D. Brown. 2 pages.

"A Few Miles Short of Wisdom: A New Appreciation for the Battle of the Big Hole" by Kim R. Stafford. 4 pages.

"Monumental America" by Ron Schick. 5 pages.

Winter 1988. "The Naturalist Review"

"Results of Archaeological Test Excavations at Canoe Camp, near Orofino, Idaho, May 1988 and May-June 1990" by Lee Sappington, Priscilla Wegars from the Alfred W. Bowers Laboratory of Anthropology

"LCTHF Annual Meeting Promises Exciting and Informative Speakers" by James J. Holmberg

"The Bird's-Eye View of Lewis and Clark" by Ken Walcheck. 4 pages.

"Trailing Lewis and Clark on the Missouri" by Dayton Duncan. 4 pages.

September 6, 1992. "Used, abused Columbia River marks 200 years of struggle" by Nicholas K. Geranios. "The Bryan-College Station Eagle."

"Layer-Cake Geology" by Sam Curtis. 2 pages. 1 original and 2 copies.

"Lewis and Clark: The Spirit of Discovery"

"Wild and Whitewashed: Cutting Through the Myths in Search of Lewis and Clark's America" by Daniel Duane. 7 pages.

Letter requesting a tour of the Governor’s Mansion by a group 40 from the National Society on tour and 30 from the Board of Colonial Dames in Texas. Has a note that Mrs. Clements approved but that there was no commitment for her to be present.

Letters [including one from Barbara Bush], memos, notes, agendas, schedules, 1988 annual report of the Association, special conference issue of the organization’s newsletter, and press release version of Mrs. Clements’ remarks to the group during a reception and dinner at Southfork Ranch near Dallas. Mrs. Clements also served as honorary chairman of the conference.

A collection of pamphlets, maps, and advertisements for national parks, trails, battle sites, and reservations that have a connection to the Lewis and Clark expedition.

A collection of pamphlets, maps, and advertisements for national parks, trails, battle sites, and reservations that have a connection to the Lewis and Clark expedition.

A collection of pamphlets, maps, and advertisements for national parks, trails, battle sites, and reservations that have a connection to the Lewis and Clark expedition.

A collection of pamphlets, maps, and advertisements for national parks, trails, battle sites, and reservations that have a connection to the Lewis and Clark expedition.

A collection of pamphlets, maps, and advertisements for national parks, trails, battle sites, and reservations that have a connection to the Lewis and Clark expedition.

A collection of pamphlets, maps, and advertisements for national parks, trails, battle sites, and reservations that have a connection to the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Letters, memos, notes, agendas, minutes of meetings, lists of members of the board of directors of the State Committee of the NMWA, financial reports, invitations, brochure, and clipping relating to the activities and operations of the museum and the Texas State Committee

Letters, memos, notes and invitations about planning and organizing the museum and its grand opening as well as and exhibit of Texas women in the arts and about the activities of the Texas State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts and its board of directors, lists of members of the board of the museum and the Texas State Committee, agendas for and minutes of the meetings and financial reports of the Texas State Committee, and clippings

Letters to Mrs. Wallace (Wilhelmina Cole) Holladay concerning establishing a national museum of women artists, list of women artists whose works are included in the Holladay collection, other letters, memos, notes, brochure, bylaws and articles of incorporation of the Texas Committee of The National Museum of Women in the Arts, record of contributions to fund certain rooms or fixtures of such a museum, list of members of the Texas Board of Directors of the State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, list of corporate and foundation supporters of the museum, timetable for assembling and installing an exhibit of Texas artists in the museum, Internal Revenue Service certification of the tax exempt status of the museum, invitation from Governor and Mrs. Clements to an exhibit of Texas women artists at the Laguna Gloria Art Museum in 1989, and articles titled Women’s Art to Get a Home in the Washington Post of November 4, 1982 and Great and Overlooked Art by Women in an uncertain issue of Junior League Review

The Personal and Political Challenges of Growing Healthy Families in the Nineties, Notebook and supplementary material about the conference in Columbus, Ohio

Letters, memos, schedules, Mrs. Clements’ identification badge, and booklets, and pamphlets some of which provide information for departing governors and their spouses for the conference in Mobile, Alabama

Mailings from wives of governors who apparently chaired the meetings (including one from Hillary Rodham Clinton), a sample information booklet for governors and spouses attending NGA meetings, a questionnaire completed by Mrs. Clements on Dallas for the spouses’ travel book, a directory of arts agencies in each state, outlines of presentations on General Literacy Activity of the First Lady by Jeannie Baliles of Virginia, The Spouse with a career by Kitty Dukakis of Massachusetts, and the Many Roles of the Governor’s Spouse by Jane Sinner of North Dakota, and one issue of the Governors’ Spouses’ Bulletin

Correspondence memos, notes, clippings, and preliminary and final schedules about planning for the conference

Lists of living former governors of all the states and governors’ spouses between 1979 and 1989, and a Statistical Handbook of Former Governors’ Spouses all of which appear to have been compiled for or as the result of the conference

Correspondence with and registration forms from First Ladies of many of the states and list of participants in the conference

List of and information about the women attending who participated in a press conference at the conference

Various materials that apparently were used in assisting to plan the conference

National Governor's Association Meetings
7/1: Cincinnati, OH, August 1988
Report titled Restoring the Balance: State Leadership for America’s Future

7/2: Cincinnati, OH, August 1988
Governor’s briefing book containing information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes and separate reports from Governor Clements’ staff

7/3: Washington, DC, February 1988
Communications from the National Governors’ Association including a registration form and a schedule for the conference, a brief report on the impact of AIDS on correctional institutions, and letters from the governors of Minnesota and South Carolina

7/4: Washington, DC, February 1988
Packet from the NGA’s Office of State Services including a report from the Committee on Energy and Environment titled Federalism and the Exclusive Economic Zone: Restoring the Balance, State Leadership for America’s Future and a second report titled Managing the Performance of Gubernatorial Appointees, a report titled Executive Education 1988 by the Governor's Center at Duke University, and two flyers about publications and seminars offered by the NGA

7/5: Washington, DC, February 1988
Information from other states including a tourism promotional book about Maine, a packet of information about conferences and children and education issues in Arkansas with a cover letter from Governor Bill Clinton, and a packet about the Communities for a Drug-Free Colorado

7/6: Washington, DC, February 1988
Governor’s briefing book with information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/7: Traverse City, MI, July 1987
Mailings from the NGA prior to the conference including a registration form and a program, letters from the governors of New Jersey and Oklahoma, memos and notes from Governor Clements’ staff, and a schedule for Governor Clements

7/8: Traverse City, MI, July 1987
Report of the NGA titled Jobs, Growth, and Competitiveness: Productive People, Productive Policies

7/9: Traverse City, MI, July 1987
Tourism literature about the city and the state

7/10: Traverse City, MI, July 1987
Governor’s briefing book with information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/11: Washington, DC, February 1987
Mailings from the NGA prior to the conference including a registration form and a program, press release containing the text of the remarks by President Ronald Reagan, list of participants in a round table discussion, and notes on key issues for Governor Clements to discuss with several key officials in Washington

7/12: Washington, DC, February 1987
Governor’s briefing book with information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/13: Chicago, IL, July 1989
Mailings from the NGA prior to the conference including a registration form, a galley proof of the program, final program, proposed policy changes, a questionnaire regarding a proposed educational summit with President George Bush, a report by the Texas Adjutant General’s Department on changes in State Headquarters Staffing for Selective Service System, and a schedule for Governor and Mrs. Clements

7/14: Chicago, IL, July 1989
Reports of task forces on International Education, Foreign Markets, and International Frontier

7/15: Chicago, IL, July 1989
Program for the Fourth International Technical Innovation & Entrepreneurship Symposium "Winning in the Global Marketplace" and a promotional packet about the United State of Ohio on Linking Technology, Education and Enterprise

7/16: Chicago, IL, July 1989
Governor’s briefing book with information on special issues, descriptions of changes to policy resolutions, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/17: Washington, DC, February 1990
Mailings from the NGA prior to the conference including galley proofs of the program, the final program with a registration form, news release from the Department of Energy, notes on policy issues, proposed changes in policy, briefing notes for Governor Clements, and clippings

7/18: Mobile, AL, July 1990
Correspondence, clippings, press releases of the NGA relating to the conference actions and appointments as committee members and chairs, and galley proofs of final program

7/19: Mobile, AL, July 1990
Governor’s briefing book with information on policy positions, amendments, and resolutions showing proposed changes

7/20: Mobile, AL, July 1990
Cover letter, press release, and report titled The Statehouse Effect: State Policies to Cool the Greenhouse by Daniel A. Lashof and Eric L. Washburn published by the Natural Resources Defense Council

7/21: Mobile, AL, July 1990
Governor’s briefing book for the meeting of the Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation

7/22: Committee on Justice and Public Safety, 1989
Letter with names and addresses of two members appointed to the committee and memo with questionnaire on drug abuse

7/23: Committee on Legal Affairs, 1990
Info Letter dealing with two cases recently decided by the U. S. Supreme Court addressing the constitutional requirements for the refund of taxes that are later ruled unconstitutional involving a truck tax case and an alcoholic beverage tax preference case

7/24: Committee on Energy and Environment, 1987
Memos, letters, agendas, press release, clippings, and proposed policy changes

7/25: Committee on Energy and Environment, 1988
Letters, memos, agendas, request for appointment to committees forms, and proposed policy changes

7/26: Committee on Energy and Environment, 1989-1990
Letters, memos, agendas, press release, report titled From crisis to Commitment: Environmental Cleanup and Compliance at Federal Facilities, proposed policy changes, Oversight Report of the Congressional Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries titled Coastal Waters in Jeopardy: Reversing the Decline and Protecting America’s Coastal Resources, draft federal facility agreement, and background information on a conference on Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Protection

7/27: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation
Letters, memos, agendas, list of members of the committee and of the staff advisory council, report on housing needs, and background information for a discussion by the staff advisory council on Federalism

7/28: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, January-June 1988
Letters, memos, agendas, request for appointment to standing committees form, list of members of the committee and the Staff Advisory Committee, printouts of the visuals used by Dr. Alan Lushness of the National Science Foundation in his presentation "The Life Cycle of an ISF/ERC," copy of a paper presented by Dr. Don Johnson of the National Bureau of Standards presentation "New Programs and Directions of the National Bureau of Standards," proposed changes in policy, report by Mark Penn and Douglas Schoen on hostile takeovers of American corporations, newsletters, brochures, conference committee report on the omnibus trade and competitiveness act of 1988 before congress, a request for appointment to standing committees form, copy of the testimony of Governor Edward D. Diprete before the Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management of the U. S. Senate Committee on Finance on extension of the mortgage revenue bond and targeted job tax credit programs, brief reports on housing issues and needs, and report on the research agenda of the NGA Center for Policy Research

7/29: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, June-December 1988
Letters, memos, agendas, press releases, drafts of an NGA Housing Policy Statement, notes of a report on Housing for Special Needs Population, lists of members of the committee and of the staff advisory committee, proposed changes in policy, newsletters, background paper on The States and National Housing Policy, and report titled State-Supported SBIR [Small Business Innovation Research] Programs and Related State Technology Programs

7/30: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, 1989
Letters, memos, agendas, lists of members and of the Staff Advisory Committee, congressional conference committee report on the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, copy of Public Law 101-73 to reform, recapitalize, and consolidate the Federal deposit insurance system, copies of articles on the insurance and financial industries, a section-by-section summary of the committee print of Senate Bill 566 the National Affordable Housing Act, copy of reform amendments to Title XI-Real Estate Appraisal, fact sheet on President George Gush’s Hope Initiative Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere, a legislative action plan for the Senate Democratic Task Force on Housing, testimony of Timothy J. Masanz of the Committee before the U. S. House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development Committee on Banking, Finance & Urban Affairs on H.R. 1180 on the Housing and Community Development Act of 1989, and statement of Raymond C. Scheppach before the U. S. House Committee on Ways and Means on Enterprise Zones

7/31: Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, 1990
Memos, press release, newsletter, and reports titled Excellence at Work: Principles and Options for State Action and Excellence at Work: The Issues

7/32: Southern Governor's Association - Louisville, KY, 1987
Letters, memos, notes, and governor’s briefing book for the conference titled Main Street 21st Century: Leadership Challenges for the South Today

Relocations of Companies to Texas
7/33: Alcoa Announcement, January 2, 1990
Correspondence, memos, and fact sheets about Alcoa Composites relocating its divisional headquarters from Santa Ana, CA to San Antonio, TX and an application by the Aluminum Company of America for a subzone grant in the Calhoun/Victoria Foreign Trade Zone #155 for its plant located in Point Comfort, TX

7/34: American Airlines Announcement, June 7, 1989
Correspondence, memos, fact sheet, press release, clipping, maps, minute order of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation regarding highway 170 between I-35W and State Highway 114 in Dallas, and cost estimates regarding American Airlines using Alliance Airport as its maintenance facility and its acquisition of TWA’s Chicago to London Service and Eastern Airline’s Central and South American route system

7/35: Applied Materials Inc., June 1990
Clippings about plans to build a new manufacturing and research center in Austin

Letters, memos, schedule for Mrs. Clements, registration information, various versions of the programs for governors and for governors’ spouses, report of the Task Force on Children titled America in Transition, and clipping

Letters, memos, registration forms, schedules for seminars for various levels of assistants to governors’ spouses, brochure, and scripts for public service announcements about combating illiteracy featuring Barbara Bush and governors’ spouses

Letters and programs for Governors’ wives during the conference in Washington, DC

Spouses’ Resource Book, Notebook dated November 1986 containing sections on Seminar Materials, Forms and Background Information, Managing the Executive Residence: A summary of State Activity, Governors’ Spouses Interests: 1985 Survey Results, Practical Protocol Guide, Spouses’ Bulletin Issues, and the Statistical Handbook described in the previous folder

Annual meeting program book, informational notes, schedules for various types of activities for Governors and Governor’s spouses and children, schedule for Governor and Mrs. Clements, notes, descriptions of activities schedules for Governor’s spouses and children/youth, and notebook containing information on issues and resolutions for the meeting in Chicago