Register of the Shumway (Norman D.) Congressional Papers, 1977-1991

Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library, University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA 95211

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Register of the Shumway (Norman D.) Congressional Papers, 1977-1991

Collection number: Mss241

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University Library

University of the Pacific

Contact Information

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
University Library, University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Phone: (209) 946-2404
Fax: (209) 946-2810
URL: http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections.html

Processed by:: Don Walker
Date Completed:: 1991
Encoded by:: Don Walker

Descriptive Summary

Title: Shumway (Norman D.) Congressional Papers,

Date (inclusive): 1977-1991

Collection number: Mss241

Creator: Norman D. Shumway

Extent: 100 linear ft.

Repository: University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

Stockton, CA 95211

Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Shumway (Norman D.) Congressional Papers, Mss241, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Biography

Norman David Shumway was born in Phoenix, Arizona on July 28, 1934. After moving to California in 1939, he was educated in the Stockton public school system, graduating from Stockton High School in 1952. He received an A.A. degree from Stockton (now San Joaquin Delta) Community College in 1954. An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mr. Shumway served as a missionary to Japan from 1954 to 1958. Upon his return from the Orient, Mr. Shumway enrolled at the University of Utah from which institution he received a B.S. in Political Science in 1960. Mr. Shumway completed his legal education with a J.D. degree from the University of California's Hastings College of Law in 1963.

Prior to assuming public office, Mr. Shumway was a partner in a Stockton law firm. From 1970 through 1976, he was a Bishop of the Latter-day Saints Church. In 1974, then-Governor Reagan appointed him to the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors. Later in the year, he was elected to the same position, and was re-elected in 1976. He served as Chairman of the Board in 1978.

In November 1978, Mr. Shumway, a Republican, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 14th District, which includes: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, San Joaquin, Tuolumne, and portions of Mono, Sacramento, and Stanislaus counties. He was re-elected in 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988, thus serving in the 96th through 101st Congresses. While in the House of Representatives, Congressman Shumway was a member of the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs; the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; and the House Select Committee on Aging.

As a member of the House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Mr. Shumway served as the ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. He was also a member of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance and the Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy. As a member of the House Committee on Merchant Marine & Fisheries, Mr. Shumway served as the ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on Oceanography. He was also a member of the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and the Sucommittee on the Panama Canal and Outer Continental Shelf.

Congressman Shumway's district encompasses important agricultural and forested areas. The Congressman had a special interest in farming and environmental legislation. He is largely responsible for the creation of Mono Lake National Monument. Congressman Shumway endorsed many of the views of President Ronald Reagan and other conservative Republicans of the 1980s. He favored reductions in government spending on social programs, a strong national defense, and diminished government regulation of business and financial institutions. He was a supporter of legislation mandating a balanced Federal budget. He opposed across-the-board, equal reparations to Japanese

Americans who had been interned during World War II because he felt that some had suffered more than others and that restitution should reflect these differences. Mr. Shumway introduced resolutions limiting U.S. Representatives to six terms and designating English the official language of the United States. Shumway announced his retirement from Congress in March 1990. In 1991, he was appointed to the California State Public Utilities Commission.

Scope and Content

The Shumway Collection is divided in four record groups as follows: I: Issues and Legislation; II: General & Omnibus Materials; III: Printed Background Materials; IV: Non-print Materials.

The first record group consists chiefly of correspondence, memos, notes, reports, bill analyses, studies, and clippings pertaining to single issues or concomitant legislation. The second record group consists of NDS' speeches, testimony, press releases, and other public statements; correspondence, memos, and notes of a general or multi-contextual nature (such as "thank you" or congratulatory notes); and, work schedules, briefing books, job applications, legislative digests, and other office miscellany. The third record group consists of bill texts, committee reports, monographs, articles, pamphlets, and maps pertaining to various legislative issues. The fourth record group consists of photographs and computer disks. Holt Atherton Special Collections maintains an on-site folder-level finding aid for this collection.

CONTAINER LIST

RECORD GROUP I:1 : FINANCIAL ISSUES

Series A: Banks, etc.

BOX 1. . . . .H.R. 1278; FIRREA #1 (1989)

BOX 2. . . . .H.R. 1278, etc. (1989-90)

BOX 3. . . . .Lincoln S & L Hearings (1987-89)

BOX 4. . . . .H.R. 27 & 28 (1987)

BOX 5. . . . .Resolution Trust Corp., etc. (1989-90)

BOX 6. . . . .Banking Miscellany (1979-90)

BOX 7. . . . .Finance Corp. of America (FCA) (1987-88)

Series B: Balanced Budget, Government Waste

BOX 1. . . . .Miscellany (1979-90)

Series C: International Trade

BOX 1. . . . .Miscellany (1979-90)

BOX 2 . . . . Task Force: International Competitiveness, etc. (1990)

Series D: U.S. Economic Development & Stability

BOX 1 . . . . Miscellany (1979-86)

BOX 2 . . . . Legislation, 99th-101st Congress (1985-90)

BOX 3 . . . . Miscellany (1986-90)

Series E: Taxation

BOX 1 . . . . Miscellany (1979-90)

Series F: Other Financial Issues

BOX 1 . . . . Product Liability Insurance

BOX 2 . . . . Money Laundering, etc.

RECORD GROUP I:2 : FOREIGN AFFAIRS ISSUES

Series A: Human Rights

BOX 1 . . . . Miscellany (1979-90)

Series B: Relations w/ specific countries and regions

BOX 1 . . . . Europe, Middle East, Africa (1979-90)

BOX 2 . . . . Central America

Series C: Foreign Aid

BOX 1 . . . . Miscellany (1979-90)

Series D: Other Foreign Affairs Issues

BOX 1 . . . . Disarmament, Terrorism, Communism, etc.

RECORD GROUP I:3 : ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Series A: Water

BOX 1 . . . . New Melones Dam

BOX 2 . . . . Auburn Dam

BOX 3 . . . . Other District 14 Dams & Projects

BOX 4 . . . . 96th Congress, Miscellany (1979-80)

BOX 5 . . . . 97th-101st Congress, Miscellany (1981-90)

Series B: Recreation

BOX 1 . . . . Miscellany (1979-90)

Series C: Land Use & Development

BOX 1 . . . . South Lake Tahoe (incl. H.R. 7306) (1977-85)

BOX 2 . . . . Mono Lake (1979-84)

BOX 3 . . . . RARE II [Roadless Area Review & Evaluation] (1979-82)

BOX 4 . . . . Roads & Bridges (1979-88)

BOX 5 . . . . 96th Congress, Miscellany (1979-80)

BOX 6 . . . . 97th Congress, Miscellany (1981-82)

BOX 7 . . . . 98th-99th Congress, Miscellany (1983-86)

BOX 8 . . . . 100th-101st Congress, Miscellany (1987-90)

Series D: Energy

BOX 1 . . . . Miscellany (1979-90)

BOX 2 . . . . Natural Gas

Series E: Other Environmental Issues

BOX 1 . . . . Miscellany (1979-90)

RECORD GROUP I:4 : SOCIAL ISSUES

Series A: Housing

BOX 1 . . . . Housing (1979-90)

Series B: Health Care

BOX 1 . . . . Health Care (1979-87)

Series C: Minorities

BOX 1 . . . . Asians (1979-87)

BOX 2. . . . .Native Americans (1979-90)

Series D: Veterans' Affairs

BOX 1 . . . . Veterans' Affairs (1983-86)

Series E: Seniors

BOX 1 . . . . Seniors (1979-86)

Series F: Transportation

BOX 1 . . . . Transportation (1979-85)

Series G: Immigration

BOX 1 . . . . Immigration (1979-88)

Series H: Other Social Issues

BOX 1 . . . . 96th-97th Congress, Miscellany (1979-82)

Abortion & Women's Issues

Alternative Lifestyles

Animals

Bilingualism

Children

Civil Rights

Community Services

Consumer Affairs

Disabled & Handicapped

Disaster Relief

Education

Government Affairs

Gun Control

Labor

Law Enforcement

BOX 2 . . . . . 96th-97th Congress, Miscellany (1979-82) #2

Peacetime Military Draft

Social Security

Television

Welfare

Other

BOX 3 . . . . . 98th-101st Congress, Miscellany (1983-90)

Children

Civil Rights

Disaster Relief

Education

Government Operations

Telephone Service

Television & Electronic Media

Welfare

BOX 4 . . . . 98th-101st Congress, Miscellany (1983-90) #2---Other

RECORD GROUP I:5 : AGRICULTURAL ISSUES

BOX 1 . . . . Import-Export Issues, etc. (1979-84)

BOX 2 . . . . 96th-97th Congress, Miscellany (1979-82)

BOX 3 . . . . 98th-100th Congress, Miscellany (1983-88)

RECORD GROUP I:6 : DEFENSE

BOX 1 . . . . Budget, Personnel, Weapons Systems, etc. (1979-86)

BOX 2 . . . . Arms Control, Outer Space (1979-86)

RECORD GROUP I:7 : CONSTITUENT PROBLEMS W/ GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

BOX 1 . . . . 96th Congress (1979-80)

BOX 2 . . . . 97th Congress (1981-82)

BOX 3 . . . . 98th-101st Congress (1983-90)

RECORD GROUP I:8 : MERCHANT MARINE & FISHERIES

Series A: Merchant Marine

BOX 1 . . . . 96th-97th Congress (1979-82)

BOX 2 . . . . 98th Congress (1983-84)

Series B: Fisheries

BOX 1 . . . . 96th-101st Congress (1979-90)

RECORD GROUP I:9 : OTHER LEGISLATIVE ISSUES

BOX 1 . . . . Miscellany (1979-90)

Goodwill Industries

Government Ethics & Spending

Library & Information Services

Political Campaigns

Post Office practices

Term Limitations

BOX 2 . . . . Supersonic Super Collider (SSC) (1987)

RECORD GROUP II: GENERAL & OMNIBUS MATERIALS

Subgroup 1 : Public Statements

Series A : Statements, Floor Remarks, Testimony, etc.

BOX 1 . . . . 96th-97th Congress (1979-82)

BOX 2 . . . . 98th-100th Congress (1983-88)

Series B : Press Releases

BOX 1 . . . . 96th-97th Congress (1979-82)

BOX 2 . . . . 98th Congress (1983-84)

BOX 3 . . . . 99th-101st Congress (1985-90)

Series C : Speeches

BOX 1 . . . . 101st Congress (1989-90)

Subgroup 2 : Constituent Correspondence

Series A : Opinions, Queries, Requests, etc.

BOX 1 . . . . 96th Congress (1979)

BOX 2 . . . . Do. (1979-80)

BOX 3 . . . . Do. #2 (1979-80)

BOX 4 . . . . 97th-98th Congress (1981-84)

BOX 5 . . . . 99th Congress (1985-86)

BOX 6 . . . . 99th-100th Congress (1985-88)

BOX 7 . . . . Do. #2 (1985-88)

BOX 8 . . . . 100th-101st Congress (1987-90)

Series B : NDS' Form Letter Replies

BOX 1 . . . . 96th Congress (1979)

BOX 2 . . . . 96th-98th Congress (1979-84)

BOX 3 . . . . 98th-99th Congress (1984-86)

BOX 4 . . . . 100th Congress (1987-88)

Series C : Miscellaneous Correspondence

BOX 1 . . . . 96th-99th Congress (1979-86)

Subgroup 3 : OFFICE MISCELLANY

Series A : Miscellany

BOX 1 . . . . 96th Congress (1979-80)

BOX 2 . . . . 97th-98th Congress (1981-84)

BOX 3 . . . . 99th-100th Congress (1985-88)

Series B : Legislative Information Profiles

BOX 1 . . . . 97th-101st Congress (1981-89)

Series C : Legislative Digests w/ Indices

BOX 1 . . . . 99th Congress (1985-86)

Series D : Briefing Books, District Work Schedules

BOX 1 . . . . 98th-100th Congress (1983-87)

BOX 2 . . . . 99th-101st Congress (1985-90)

Series E : Hearings, Reports, etc.

BOX 1 . . . . 99th-101st Congress (1986-90)

RECORD GROUP III: PRINTED BACKGROUND MATERIALS

Series A: Bill Texts, etc.

BOX 1 . . . . 96th Congress (1979-80)

BOX 2 . . . . 97th Congress (1981-82)

BOX 3 . . . . 98th Congress (1983-84)

BOX 4 . . . . 99th-100th Congress (1985-88)

BOX 5 . . . . 101st Congress (1989-90); California Legislation; Legislation Predating NDS tenure

Series B: Monographs, Periodicals, Reports, etc.

BOX 1 . . . . Financial & Foreign Affairs Issues

BOX 2 . . . . Water Issues

BOX 3 . . . . Recreation; Land Use & Development

BOX 4 . . . . Energy

BOX 5 . . . . Miscellaneous Environmental Issues

BOX 6 . . . . Social Issues

BOX 7 . . . . Agricultural Issues

BOX 8 . . . . Defense; Merchant Marine; Other Issues

BOX 9 . . . . Maps

BOX 10 . . . .Miscellaneous Clippings

RECORD GROUP IV: NON-PRINT MATERIALS

BOX 1 . . . . Photographs

BOX 2 . . . . Computer Disks

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