6. Elizabeth Nisbet, 1980-1992
- Extent:
- 22 box(es) and (11 linear feet)
- Scope and content:
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Elizabeth Nisbet joined Rowland's staff as a staff assistant in 1989 (101st Congress) and became a legislative assistant 1990 through 1991 (101st to 102nd Congress). Her staff assistant files, which are project and case files, are filed in Series III. Constituent Services.
Elizabeth's files are organized alphabetically by topic and/or committee. Within each topic, files are arranged in two groupings: circa 1987 to 1990 and 1991, and generally alphabetical within each grouping. Files contain legislative mail from constituents with Rowland's reply and legislative research materials, such as notes, news clippings, memoranda, and background materials. Of note are Elizabeth's Foreign Affairs files, which include topics such as human rights issues abroad, the opening of the former Soviet-bloc countries after the end of the Cold War, and constituents' opinions on the Persian Gulf War. Also of interest are her files on gun control (filed in Judiciary), especially after a shooting at Atlanta's Perimeter Mall in 1990, and on veterans' affairs which document Rowland's continued interest in veterans' health issues, such as agent orange and the long-term effects of nuclear agents on World War II military personnel ("atomic veterans"). Elizabeth's files also document Rowland's work on the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, and the Congressional Arts Caucus, as well as his sponsorship of the National Health/Education Consortium, held in Macon, Georgia, in June 1991. Many of Elizabeth's topics were transferred to Cynthia Purkiss after Elizabeth left the staff in 1991.
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