Search

Series IV. Audiovisual Materials contains moving images that document issues related to disabilities in Georgia and across the United States. Many of the items are commercially produced recordings that were purchased or recorded from a television broadcast.

This series contains audio and video recordings documenting protests (including ADAPT actions), the 1989 Speak and Be Heard Forum, broadcasts of the 1996 Paralympic Games held in Atlanta, events where Mark Johnson spoke, promotional videos produced by the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, disability rights songs, short films about persons with disabilities, and a four part documentary series produced by National Public Radio, Beyond Affliction: The Disability History Project.

Series IV. Audiovisual Materials include 5 videocassettes dating from 1988-90 during Peevy's last term as a Georgia state senator. The tapes document legislative activities and campaigns. The series also includes an oral history of Peevy conducted by the Senate Oral History Project in 2012.

Series IV. Audiovisual Materials includes video of Smith and other activists discussing visitability, anti-euthanasia and right-to-die, and other issues on news and public affairs shows, programs produced by Concrete Change and other groups, and documentation of actions and meetings, notably with HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros.

Series IV. Bates Index contains the index created by Weekes & Candler staff for the portion of this collection (approximately 50%) that is stamped with Bates numbers. Bates numbers are a sequential number that is stamped onto each page or group of pages in the collection as a way to track the documents. The index is organized by Bates number and has a page of information about each document. That information can include the title, author, date, description of the document and why it was important to the case, the name of the case it was for, and if it was used in evidence.

Series IV. Campaigns and Elections contains campaign records for state and national offices. This series dates from 1980 to 1995 and contains 9 linear feet of material. Subseries A. Campaign Files contains general political campaign files, strategic planning for statewide campaigns, and files on democratic opponents. Campaign files included are from Billy Lovett's race for Insurance Commissioner in 1990 and Bill Flaherty's race for Commissioner of Labor in 1992. Subseries B. Campaign Finances includes financial records related to specific campaigns, donor lists, and election disclosure reports. Subseries C. ORViS (Optimum Republican Voting Strength) contains the statistical analysis of election results of the ORViS program implemented by the Georgia Republican Party in 1987. The ORViS materials date from 1987 to 1994 and document election targeting for state congressional and senatorial districts as well as national elections.

Series IV. Chairman, Metropolitan Atlanta Olympic Games Authority documents Berry's tenure as MAOGA Chairman and his work heading up governmental and financial oversight for the management of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Includes correspondence, reports, board materials, audiovisual materials, memorabilia and photographs.

Series IV. Committees and Conventions is a combined series that reflects the use of the records by the party as convention materials were intermixed with committee files. Subseries A. Mixed Files are arranged chronologically and include state party convention proceedings, national convention materials related to the state party, voting records for counties and districts and state committee and state convention meetings. Records of the various committee and convention meetings were mixed with some administrative records from Marge Thurman's Chairmanship (1975-1982) and have been preserved in arrangement. Subseries B. 1988 Democratic National Convention- Atlanta contains the records of the state party as it was involved with the national Democratic convention which met in Atlanta in 1988. The materials are arranged in two sections. Convention Preparation and Working Files contains materials related to the planning of the convention and political materials related to the presidential nominees. The Candidacy and Pledge Files contain delegate selection plans and delegate vote tallies. Materials in this subseries date from 1987 to 1988.

The majority of this series is made up of issue mail, which consists of correspondence containing information on constituents' views and questions about current events or public issues. Each issue was arranged by a computer-assigned number. A staff member then would code replies by subject(s) for entry into a computer-based correspondence management system.

Series IV documents Campbell's career as an agricultural consultant, first for Gold Kist (1975-1979) and then independently. The series includes correspondence, meeting materials, and research materials.