GERRY SIKORSKI:

An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Sikorski, Gerry, creator.
	Title:	Gerry Sikorski papers.
	Dates:	1971-1995 (bulk 1976-1992).
	Language:	Materials in English.
	Abstract:	Papers of a Stillwater Democrat who served three terms in the Minnesota state senate and five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. The collection is perhaps strongest in its documentation of environmental issues and legislation.
	Quantity:	32.90 cubic feet (34 boxes), 1 master video file: MOV (10.8 GB), and 1 user video file: MP4 (243 MB).
	Location:	See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Gerry (Gerald E.) Sikorski was born on April 26, 1948, and grew up in Breckenridge, Minnesota. He received a bachelor's degree (1970), with majors in political science and social welfare, and a law degree (1973) from the University of Minnesota.

Sikorski was elected to the state senate in 1976, where he represented District 51 (encompassing most of Washington County) until 1982. His committee assignments included Commerce; Health, Welfare and Corrections; Judiciary; Transportation; and Governmental Operations. He also chaired the Health, Welfare and Corrections Subcommittee of the Finance Committee.

Sikorski was elected to Congress in 1982, and for five terms (1983-1992) represented the Sixth Congressional District, a crescent-shaped area stretching around the northern half of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, including Anoka and Washington counties and portions of Hennepin, Wright, and Sherburne counties. His committee assignments in Congress included the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, and the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families.

Sikorski lost his House seat in November, 1992 to Republican challenger Rod Grams in the wake of the so-called House Bank Scandal. In 1993 he went to work as a lobbyist in the Washington, D.C. office of Opperman, Heins and Paquin, a Minneapolis law firm.

Sikorski married Susan Jane Erkel on August 24, 1974. The couple had one daughter, Anne.

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SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection is strongest in its documentation of environmental issues, including acid rain, clean air legislation, hazardous waste disposal, and "community right-to-know-more" legislation.

The papers include bills, committee hearing transcripts, constituent correspondence (1977-1982), subject files (1976-1982), selected case files, audio and video recordings, newspaper clippings, and a few newsletters, press releases, and speeches. The bulk of the collection consists of legislative assistants' files (1983-1992), which contain material documenting Sikorski' legislative initiatives and activities while in Congress. There is information about and correspondence with congressional colleagues; election opponents and other politicians; elected officials at the federal, state, and local levels; and officials of corporations, government agencies, and other groups and organizations.

State Legislative Files:

Committee Files reflect Sikorski's work as chair of the Subcommittee on Health, Welfare and Corrections, and as a member of the Senate Health, Welfare and Corrections Committee (files relating to the two are intermixed). Issues dealt with include health care, welfare programs, juvenile justice, and cuts in spending for social programs proposed by the governor of Minnesota, Republican Al Quie. Constituent Correspondence (which has been heavily sampled) revolves around such issues as education, repeal of a mandatory helmet law for motorcyclists, mandatory deposit on beverage containers, hand gun control legislation, and taxes. Subject Files include information about such issues as the expansion of Afton State Park, the preservation of agricultural land in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, hazardous waste disposal, landfills, the construction of a highway overpass at Cottage Grove, and a state trail that was proposed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for an abandoned railroad grade along the St. Croix River in southern Washington County.

Congressional Files:

This portion of the collection in large part reflects Sikorski's work as a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and some of its subcommittees, including the subcommittees on Health and the Environment, Oversight and Investigations, and Transportation and Hazardous Materials.

Committee Files consist of hearing transcripts and miscellaneous reports related to acid rain, clean air legislation, and depletion of the ozone layer of the atmosphere.

Legislative Assistants' Files include correspondence and memoranda, reports and background information, and other material containing information about environmental, medical, health care, and women's and children's issues and legislation. There is information about Sikorski's efforts (in concert with congressional colleagues) to win permission for "refuseniks," especially Soviet Jews, to emigrate from the Soviet Union. Legislative assistants' files also contain material relating to congressional investigations into allegations of mismanagement in the Reagan-era Environmental Protection Agency and at the Defense Department, including a scandal involving defense contractor General Dynamics.

Newspaper Clippings follow Sikorski's years in Congress, and include stories about his legislative activities and his local appearances and town meetings in the Sixth District. They also contain information about Sikorski's stand on the abortion issue, his election and re-election campaigns, and his involvement in the so-called House Bank Scandal.

TV and Radio Files include election campaign spots, recordings of Sikorski's appearances on radio talk shows, debates with election opponents, and television coverage of Sikorski speaking on the House Floor.

Selected casework apparently originated in Sikorski's district office in Minnesota and relates to such local environmental issues as landfills and the filling of wetlands, refuse derived fuel, and marinas and boat launches on the St. Croix River. There is also some material from the district office that relates to the development of business ties between Minnesota and the People's Republic of China, including information about a Governor's China Task Force on which Sikorski served and correspondence with officials of the Midwest China Center in St. Paul.

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ARRANGEMENT

These papers are organized into the following sections:


	State Legislature files, 1976-1982
		Personal/political/official records
		Legislative records
		Constituent service records
		Subject files, 1976-1982
	Congressional files (1983-1992)
		Personal/political/official records
		Legislative records
		Constituent service records
		Press relations/media activities records
		Office administration records
		District office records

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Gerry Sikorski Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 13,164; 14,530; 14,931

Processing Information:

Processed by: David B. Peterson, March 1995

Digital video transferred from the master videocassette by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes (October 2021).

Catalog ID number: 990017314000104294

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

STATE LEGISLATIVE FILES, 1976-1982

Personal/Political/Official records

Location

Box

149.I.9.1B

Biographical file, 1977-1982.

Legislative records

Location

Box

149.I.9.1B

Bill files:

1977:

Unidentified file.

Automobile insurance.

S.F.35: Minimum Reading Standards. 3 folders.

S.F.56: New Home Warranty. 2 folders.

1979:

S.F.48-1557. 4 folders.

S.F.82: Search Warrants.

S.F.120: Open End Credit.

S.F.214: Domestic Abuse.

S.F.320: Banks and Financial Institutions.

S.F.423: Public Employees: Nursing Homes.

S.F.503: Actions and Proceedings: Tort Liability.

S.F.624: New Interest Index (Usury).

S.F.670: Courts - Procedures: Penalties: Prostitution.

S.F.671: Juvenile Court Jurisdiction.

S.F.744: Automobile Insurance: Regulating Auto Damage. 2 folders.

S.F.993: Appropriations Relating to Health and Fitness.

S.F.1098: Corrections: Claims Against the State.

S.F.1191: Insurance, Health: Regulation of Funding, etc.

S.F.1366: Establishing an Occupational Information System.

S.F.1370: Retaining Child.

S.F.1428: Chemical Dependency: Hospitalization and Commitment.

S.F.1597: Agricultural Land Preservation.

Location

Box

149.I.9.2F

1980:

S.F.1664-2377. 2 folders.

S.F.1325: Health Maintenance Organizations: Promoting Competition.

S.F.1883: Public Welfare: Nursing Home Rate Reimbursement.

S.F.1954: Relating to Health Registration of Nursing Pools.

S.F.2078: Energy: Legislative Energy Policy.

S.F.2149: Juveniles: Amending Criteria/Adult Courts. 2 folders.

1981:

S.F.13-1334. 2 folders.

S.F.220: Sunset Bill.

S.F.247(?): Prison Employee Difficulties.

S.F.442: Employment Agencies: Search Firms Exempt.

S.F.518: Cable-TV Privacy.

S.F.697: Subdivision Sales.

S.F.834: Catastrophic Health Expense Protection Plan (CHEPP) Eligibility.

S.F.842: Gas Set-Aside.

S.F.1031: Environmental Response and Liability Act.

Miscellaneous papers.

1982:

S.F.1459-2196.

S.F.1563-1565: Grandfather Levy: School Districts.

S.F.1569: Children: Custody and Support: Creating a Preference for Joint Custody.

S.F.1769: Mental Health Clinics and Centers.

S.F.2054: Regulation of Community Action Programs and Agencies.

S.F.2064: Correcting Minnesota Statutes.

Committee files:

Senate Finance Committee. Subcommittee on Health, Welfare and Corrections.

Sikorski chaired this subcommittee. Interspersed in various places throughout are some materials related to the Senate Health, Welfare and Corrections Committee, on which Sikorski served.

Adult day care, 1981-1982.

S.F.579.

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), undated, 1981.

Budget Bill, March 1982.

H.F.2190.

Budget information, 1979-1982. 2 folders.

Location

Box

149.I.9.3B

Chemical abuse, 1980-1981.

Children's day care sliding scale experimental program, 1980-1981.

Community Social Services Act, 1980-1981.

Conference Committee Report, December 21, 1981.

H.F.14.

Corrections, 1980-1982.

Correspondence and memoranda, 1980-1982.

County shifts, 1981.

Department budget recommendations, 1981-1982.

Department of Economic Security, 1981-1982.

Department of Health, 1980-1981.

Department of Public Welfare:

Correspondence and memoranda, 1980-1982.

Reports and issues papers, 1980-1982.

Welsch vs. Noot and miscellaneous items, 1981.

Miscellaneous papers, undated, 1981.

Effect of 1981 DPW changes and federal changes.

Family planning grants, 1981.

Forsythe Proposal, 1981.

Governor Quie's proposed budget, undated, 1981-1982.

Governor's Health Care Task Force:

General file, 1981-1982. 2 folders.

Final report, 1981.

Governor's Omnibus Welfare Bill, 1981.

Health, Welfare and Corrections Bill:

Governor's Recommendations, 1981. 3 folders.

Governor's Recommendations: Subcommittee questions, 1981.

Health, Welfare and Corrections Subcommittee:

1982 Session.

Lobbyists, 1979.

Health care facilities, undated, 1981.

Intergovernmental Task Force on Mental Health and Drug Programs, 1981.

Juvenile justice, 1979-1980.

Sikorski chaired Senate Select Committee on Juvenile Justice.

Location

Box

149.I.9.4F

Juvenile justice, 1980.

Legislative Review Report (selected actions), 1981.

Medical Assistance, 1980-1981.

Memoranda:

Health, Welfare and Corrections, 1981-1982.

Special Session, 1981-1982.

Mental health and retardation, 1981-1982.

Miscellaneous legislative bills regarding public welfare and miscellaneous items regarding Health, Welfare and Corrections Subcommittee, 1982.

National Conference of State Legislatures: State-Federal Assembly (Washington, D.C.), April 1981.

Nursing homes, undated, 1980-1981.

Reagan's Medicaid swapping proposal, 1982.

Rochester State Hospital closing, 1981-1982. 5 folders.

Rule 49: Per Diem Rates for Nursing Homes, 1979-1982.

Sikorski proposed legislation, 1980-1981.

Statements and testimony (misc.), 1981-1982.

Subcommittee testimony, 1981. 2 folders.

Wattman files (Lois Wattman, Sikorski's administrative assistant):

Conference Committee material, 1981.

General information: Budget bill, 1981.

Proposed language changes: Budget bill, 1981.

Third Special Session:

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Cuts, 1981-1982.

Appropriations Bill: Session Garbage Bill, 1981.

Appropriations Bill No. 2, 1982.

County shifts, 1981.

Final Conference Committee Report, January 11, 1982.

Governor's Health Care Task Force, 1981.

Location

Box

149.I.9.5B

Miscellaneous papers, 1981.

Miscellany, 1981.

Miscellany, undated, 1977-1981.

Constituent Services records

Location

Box

149.I.9.5B

Constituent correspondence:

Issues, March 1977. 2 folders.

Education and related issues; equal rights amendment; motorcycle helmet repeal; mandatory deposit on beverage containers; sexual preference (gay rights); and miscellaneous issues.

Issues, April 1977. 2 folders.

Educational issues; hand gun legislation; mandatory deposit on beverage containers; taxes, pay raises, and per diem; stadium, capitol mall, fuzz busters; and miscellaneous issues.

Issues, May 1977.

Hand gun legislation, S.F.781; Omnibus tax bill, S.F.1457; usury bill, S.F.668 and H.F.500; workmen's compensation; and miscellaneous issues.

Issues, 1978.

Motorcycle legislation: Mandatory helmet law; chiropractic legislation; tax exemptions; and private schools.

Issues, 1979. 2 folders.

Taxation of retirement income; township government letters; form letters, D.C.; retirement: Department of Corrections; juvenile justice, S.F.671; lower class size, K-3; family planning, S.F.479.

1980. 5 folders.

Location

Box

149.I.9.6F

1981. 9 folders.

Omnibus Welfare Bill, January-May 1981. 5 folders.

1982. 4 folders.

Subject files, 1976-1982

Location

Box

149.I.9.7B

Administrative Procedures Act.

Afton State Park.

Agricultural lands.

Agricultural meeting, March 14, 1977.

Battered women.

Belden Boulevard (Cottage Grove).

Overpass over U.S. highways 10 and 61.

Big Marine Lake.

Boundary Area Commission.

Brainerd State Hospital Adolescent Chemical Dependency Program.

Business and tax climate.

Civil Administration/Regulatory Reform. 2 folders.

Comprehensive Health Insurance Act.

Consumer services.

Corrections:

Prison.

School bus rebuilding.

Miscellany.

Cottage Grove: Housing Bonds.

Credit.

Department of Public Welfare: Rule 49.

Senate Subcommittee on Welfare.

Dutch elm disease.

Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).

Education: '79 Article.

Energy Association.

First Banks.

Move of credit card operations to South Dakota.

Formaldehyde.

Gasoline Tax: Local.

Gay rights.

Grey Cloud Island annexation.

Group homes.

Location

Box

149.I.9.8F

Hand guns.

Hazardous waste. 2 folders.

Includes information about a chemical waste landfill facility proposed for Cottage Grove.

Health: Mandated coverage.

Highway Right-of-Way.

Initiative and referendum.

Juvenile Justice (Select Committee on). 2 folders.

Laetrile.

Landfill: May Township.

Liquor price ad.

Livestock Sanitary Board.

Majority research reports: Miscellaneous, 1979-1980.

Mental health.

Metropolitan Council.

Minnesota Education Association (MEA).

Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium. 2 folders.

Includes audiocassette.

Minority Set-Aside Program.

Mortgage registry tax.

Nursing homes.

Parks.

Pay raise for state legislators.

People of Polish Descent (POLES).

Pre-school screening.

Pro-life.

Public pension taxation.

Public utility regulations.

St. Croix River Trail.

Relates to a rail line along the river to be abandoned by the Milwaukee Road and to local property owners' opposition to a proposal by the Minnesota DNR to acquire and transform it into a trail for walkers and bicyclists.

Location

Box

149.I.9.9B

St. Paul Park toll bridge.

Scandia Water Company.

Scenic Resources, Inc.

St. Croix River Trail controversy.

Sikorski for Congress, 1978.

First Congressional District.

Sikorski for Senate Volunteer Committee, 1981.

Sludge dump.

Proposed for various sites in Washington County.

State Hospital facilities: Anoka.

Taxes. 2 folders.

Taxes: Omnibus Tax Bill, 1981.

Teachers' retirement.

Unemployment Compensation.

Veterans: Response to editorials.

Vikings.

Office and training facilities for Minnesota Vikings professional football team.

Washington County Board.

Washington County demolition landfill.

Washington County information fair.

Washington County legislative delegation.

Washington County Prison Road.

Waste: Solid and hazardous. 3 folders.

Waste and mismanagement. 2 folders..

Waste disposal plant petition: Cottage Grove, St. Paul Park.

Opposing construction of any chemical disposal plant in the CG-SPP area.

Watercraft decibel limits.

Wholesale liquor.

S.F.1076.

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CONGRESSIONAL FILES, 1983-1992

Personal/Political/Official records

Location

Box

149.I.9.10F

Activities:

Commissioning of submarine U.S.S. Minneapolis-Saint Paul, 1984.

Sieben Bridge dedication (Cottage Grove, Minnesota), 1987.

Activities summaries: Sixth District, 1983-1992.

Biographical file, undated, 1990-1992.

Representative's correspondence: Miscellaneous, 1983-1991.

Legislative records

Location

Box

149.I.9.10F

Bill files:

Bills: 101st Congress, 1989-1990. 5 folders:

H.R.99: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1989, January 3, 1989.

H.R.2323: Clean Air Restoration Act of 1989, May 11, 1989.

H.R.2585: Air Toxics Control Act of 1989, June 8, 1989.

H.R.3030: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1989, July 27, 1989.

"As Introduced - pre-Lent".

H.R.3030: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1989, November 9, 1989.

Committee print.

H.R.3030: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, approximately May 17, 1990.

Report No. 101-490, Part 1; committee print.

(H.R.3030:) Report Submitted by Mr. Rostenkowski From the Committee on Ways and Means to Accompany H.R.3030, May 21, 1990.

Report 101-490, Part 2.

(H.R.3030:) Report Submitted by Mr. Anderson From the Committee on Public Works and Transportation to accompany H.R.3030, May 21, 1990.

Report 101-490, Part 3.

S.1630: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, May 23, 1990.

"Ordered to be printed as passed by the House of Representatives".

S.1630: An Act to Amend the Clean Air Act to provide for Attainment and Maintenance of Health Protective National Ambient Air Quality Standards, and for Other Purposes, November 15, 1990.

Public Law 101-549.

Bills: 102nd Congress, 1991-1992. 1 folder:

H.R.1210: Desert Storm Reservist Family Fairness Act of 1991, February 28, 1991.

H.R.1387: To Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Allow Federal Employees to Take Parental Leave.., March 12, 1991.

H.R.1388: Family Education Leave Act, March 12, 1991.

H.R.1408: Environmental Marketing Claims Act of 1991, March 12, 1991.

H.R.2270: Senior Executive Service Improvement Act, May 8, 1991.

H.R.2586: To Amend Title 31, United States Code, to Allow the General Accounting Office to Procure.., June 7, 1991.

H.R.2880: Community Right-To-Know-More Act of 1991, July 11, 1991. 2 documents.

H.R.3123: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Authorization Act of 1991, July 31, 1991.

H.R.3149: Federal Employees Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1991, July 31, 1991.

H.R.3939: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle for America Act, November 26, 1991.

H.R.4384: To Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Provide That Employees of the Veterans Health Administration.., March 4, 1992.

H.R.4385: To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.., March 4, 1992.

H.R.5528: The Department of Defense Overseas Educators Act, July 1, 1992.

H.R.5886: To Reauthorize the Office of Special Counsel Through Fiscal Year 1994, August 12, 1992.

Legislative profiles:

Cumulative lists of all legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Sikorski during these congresses.

1983-1984.

98th Congress.

1991-1992.

102nd Congress.

Location

Box

149.I.10.1B

Briefing books:

Acid rain, October 1990.

Farm Credit Bill (H.R.3030), 1987. 2 folders.

Human Rights Forum (May 15, 1988), 1986-1988.

Recycling, 1988-1991. 3 folders.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA):

Reauthorization Options I, undated, 1989-1991. 3 folders.

Reauthorization Options II, undated, 1991. 2 folders.

Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program, 1985.

Location

Box

143.F.11.9B

Committee files:

House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Hearing transcripts and miscellaneous reports:

98th Congress, 1983-1984:

98-114: Acid Rain Control, Part 1, December 1 and 9, 1983; February 10, 1984.

H.R.3400; Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

98-115: Acid Rain Control - Part 2, February 17 and March 5, 1984.

H.R.3400; Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

Clean Air Act Reauthorization:

H.R.3400 and H.R.5084; Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

98-124: Part 1, March 20, 1984.

98-125: Part 2, March 22, 1984.

98-126: Part 3, March 29 and 30, 1984.

98-X: Acid Rain: A Survey of Data and Current Analyses, May 1984.

Report prepared by the Congressional Research Service for Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

100th Congress, 1987-1988:

100-6: Clean Air Standards, February 19, 1987.

Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

100-7: Ozone Layer Depletion, March 9, 1987.

Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

100-130: Clean Air Act Amendments - Part 2, September 28 and 30, 1987.

H.R.2521, H.R.3054, and H.R.3196; Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

101st Congress, 1989-1990:

101-6: Clean Air Standards, February 28, 1989.

Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

101-8: Air Pollution and Alternative Fuels, January 11, 1989.

House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

101-25: Acid Rain Proposals, April 6, 1989.

H.R.144 and H.R.1470; Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

101-87: Ozone Layer Depletion, May 15, 1989.

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

101-100: Clean Air Act Amendments, Part 1, May 23, 1989.

H.R.99 and H.R.2323; Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

101-101: Clean Air Act Amendments, Part 2, May 24, 1989.

Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

101-116: Clean Air Act Amendments, Part 3, June 22 and July 24, 1989.

Toxic Air Pollutants, H.R.4 and H.R.2585 and Administration Amendments; Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

101-118: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion, January 25, 1990.

H.R.2699; Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

101-490, Part 1: Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, May 17, 1990.

Report of the Committee on Energy and Commerce on H.R.3030, together with additional, supplemental, and dissenting views.

Location

Box

143.F.11.10F

Legislative assistants' files:

98th Congress, 1983-1984:

Acid rain:

Alliance for Clean Energy, 1983.

American Public Power Association, 1984.

American Studies, undated, 1980-1984.

Analysis of Waxman-Sikorski Bill (H.R. 3400) by ICF Inc. for the Environmental Protection Agency, 1984.

Boise Cascade issue and position statement, 1983.

Canada, 1981-1984.

Canoe magazine, 1982-1983.

Clippings, 1982-1984.

Cogeneration, undated, approximately 1984.

Durenberger, David, 1983-1984.

Republican senator from Minnesota.

Eckart visit, 1984.

Congressman Dennis Eckart.

Environment: 1984 Campaign, 1984.

Environmental Protection Agency: Duluth Lab, 1982-1984. 2 folders.

Forests, 1983-1984.

General Mills, 1983.

Governor's proposal, 1984.

Minnesota governor Rudy Perpich.

Hamline University Conference, 1984.

Hearing in St. Paul (1983), 1983-1984.

Lime, undated, 1982-1984.

Limestone Injection Multi-Stage Burner, undated, 1980-1983.

"Matrix": Interview on Acid Rain, 1983-1984.

Television program produced by the University of Minnesota.

Minnesota Association of Commerce and Industry, 1983.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 1981-1984.

Minnesota Power and Light, 1984.

National Acid Deposition Control Act of 1983 (H.R.3400), 1983-1986. 2 folders.

New England, 1983.

Northern States Power Company, 1983-1984.

Ohio Acid Rain Hearing, 1983-1984.

One-minutes and extensions, 1983-1984.

Op/Ed pieces, undated, 1983-1984.

Organization support, 1981-1984.

Proposed revision of Ambient Air Quality Standards, 1981.

Reagan Administration, 1983-1984.

Sikorski report on acid rain, 1983.

Sikorski/Waxman Acid Rain Control Proposal (H.R.3400), 1982-1984.

Analysis by Office of Technology Assessment.

Southwest, 1983-1984.

Sportsmen, undated.

Location

Box

143.F.12.1B

Studies and reports:

EPA Duluth Lab, 1983-1984. 4 folders.

EPA Duluth Lab. Correspondence, 1982-1983.

Subcommittee Hearings on H.R.3400, 1983-1984.

Summary and questions, undated, 1984.

Town Hall: Symposium, 1983.

Town Hall Meeting, 1983.

United Power Association/Cooperative Power Association, 1983-1984.

Vento compromise acid rain proposal, 1983-1984.

Wisconsin: Tall Stacks, 1983.

Miscellany, 1983-1984.

Bankruptcy bill and bankruptcy-union problem, 1983-1984.

Cambodian refugees, 1983.

Children, Youth and Families:

Advisory Committee, 1983-1984.

Background letters, 1983.

Town Meeting: Protecting Our Children, 1983-1984.

China, 1982-1984.

Dear Colleague letters, 1984.

El Salvador, 1983-1984.

Foreign Affairs, 1983-1984.

Immigration, 1983.

International Monetary Fund, 1983.

Israel, 1983-1984.

Labor: Ratings and questionnaires, 1983-1984.

Lebanon, 1983.

Oversight and investigations:

EPA investigation:

Clippings, 1982-1984.

Correspondence and documentation, 1982-1984.

Reilly Tar and Chemical Company site clean-up, 1981-1984. 2 folders.

St. Louis Park, Minnesota.

Landfills, 1983-1984.

Philippines, 1983.

Poland, 1983-1984.

Soviet Jewry, 1983-1984.

Superfund Expansion and Protection Act of 1984 (H.R. 5640), 1984.

Veterans, undated, 1983.

Women's issues:

(General file), 1983-1984.

Comparable worth, 1983-1984.

Location

Box

143.F.12.2F

Equal Rights Amendment, 1981-1984.

99th Congress, 1985-1986:

Acid rain:

American studies, 1985-1986.

Canada, 1984-1986.

Clippings, 1985-1986.

Energy and commerce: Miscellany, 1983-1985.

H.R.4567: Acid Rain Deposition Control Act of 1986:

Economic analysis, 1986.

Lobbying: Grass roots, 1982-1986.

Markup and amendments, undated, 1985-1986. 2 folders.

Net costs and benefits of acid rain abatement legislation, 1987.

Opposition information, 1986-1987. 2 folders.

Sikorski statements, 1985-1986.

Working file/Pre-introduction, 1983-1986.

International Council on Acid Rain, 1985.

International studies, conferences, and policy, 1983-1985. 3 folders.

Minnesota editorials, 1985-1986.

Other acid rain legislation, 1985.

Reagan Administration, 1985-1986.

U.S.-Canadian Special Envoy Report on Acid Rain, 1986.

Advisory Boards, 1983-1985.

Alcohol labelling, 1985.

Location

Box

143.F.12.3B

American Medical Association - General issues, 1984-1986.

Animal rights, 1981-1986.

Asbestos, 1986.

Austria: Waldheim Affair, undated, 1985.

Central America, 1983-1986.

Chemical releases:

Bhopal (India) and Institute, West Virginia. Press Coverage, 1984-1986.

Field hearing at Institute, West Virginia (1984), 1976-1985.

Joint hearing (March 26, 1985), 1984-1985. 2 folders.

Union Carbide, 1983-1985.

Children, Youth and Families:

Advisory Board: Hearing in St. Paul (February 22, 1985), 1984-1985.

Approval of rules, 1985.

Child abuse: Minnesota, 1984-1985.

Child sexual abuse hearing (February 22, 1985):

Testimony, 1985.

Transcript, 1985.

Child support enforcement, 1983-1985.

Missing children, 1984-1985.

Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 1983-1985.

Speeches and statements, 1983-1985.

Subminimum wage legislation, 1985.

Testimony before CYF Subcommittee, 1984-1985.

Testimony before CYF Subcommittee: Not printed, 1984-1985.

Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1985.

Dear Colleague letters, 1985-1986.

Location

Box

143.F.12.4F

Defense: Spare parts/military waste:

Background and briefing materials, 1982-1985.

Clippings, 1982-1985.

Correspondence and memoranda, 1983-1985.

Legislation, undated, 1984-1985. 2 folders.

Statements and testimony, 1985.

Miscellany, 1982-1985.

Democratic Task Force on Energy and the Environment, undated, 1984-1986.

Drunk driving, 1983-1985.

El Salvador, 1985-1986.

Energy and commerce: Issues other than acid rain and the EPA, 1983-1985.

Foreign Affairs, 1984-1986.

General Dynamics Investigation (defense contractor scandal):

Clippings, etc., 1984-1985. 3 folders.

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing transcript, Feb. 28, 1985.

Guatemala, 1985.

Hostage compensation, 1980-1985. 2 folders.

Human rights violations: USSR: Volkov, 1986.

Immigration, 1986.

Israel, 1985-1986.

Libya, 1986.

Long term health care:

Background and other information, 1983-1986. 2 folders.

Location

Box

143.F.12.5B

Hearing (October 18, 1985), 1981-1986.

Insurance testimony, 1985-1986. 2 folders.

Malpractice/background, 1984-1986.

Medicaid: Facilities safety, 1985.

Medicare: Graduate medical education reimbursement, 1985.

Medicare/Medicaid:

Budget reconciliation (FY 1987), 1986.

Equipment costs, 1985.

Mentally ill: Protection and advocacy, 1985.

Military Reform Caucus, 1984-1985.

MX Ballistic Missile, 1983-1985.

Nicaragua, 1985-1986.

Nuclear freeze, 1983-1985.

Nuclear issues: Radiation research project: Breaking through the floodgates, 1986.

Nuclear waste siting process hearing (October 15, 1985), 1985.

Oversight and investigations:

Biotechnology, 1984-1985.

Nuclear facilities, 1982-1985.

SEC and the Accounting Profession, 1983-1985.

Concerns the failure of ESM Government Securities, Inc.

Sulfites, 1984-1985.

Poland, 1985-1986.

Postal facilities, 1985-1986.

Refugees: Southeast Asia, 1985-1986.

Reye's Syndrome, 1983-1985.

Saudi Arabian arms sales, 1984-1985.

South Africa, 1985-1986.

Soviet Jewry:

(General file), 1985-1986.

Scharansky, Anatoly, 1983-1986.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), 1979-1985.

Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Program:

Chemical companies, 1983-1985.

Clippings, 1981-1986.

Community Right-to-Know Amendment notebook, 1985.

Ron Apter, D.C. staff.

Location

Box

143.F.12.6F

Dear Colleague letters from other members, speeches, etc., 1984-1985.

Extension, 1985.

Floor, 1984-1985.

Florio Hearing (December 20, 1985), 1985-1986.

Congressman Jim Florio, D-New Jersey.

Legislation, 1984-1985.

H.R.2022.

Letters:

Environmental Protection Agency, 1984-1986.

General correspondence, 1984-1985.

Preparation materials, memoranda, etc., 1985. 2 folders.

Reference:

Congressional Research Service, 1983-1985.

States, 1985.

Ron's notes, 1985. 2 folders.

Apparently refers to Ron Apter of Sikorski's D.C. staff.

Sendings from GES' Office, 1984-1985.

"Dear Colleagues," speeches, etc.

Superfund Expansion: GES' Bill (H.R. 2022), 1984-1985.

Taiwan, 1985-1986.

Tobacco:

General information, 1975-1986.

Smokeless tobacco, 1985-1986.

Veterans, 1986.

Women's issues:

(General file), 1985-1986.

Equal Rights Amendment, 1985-1986.

Pay Equity Bill (H.R.3008), 1984-1985.

World Bank letter, 1986.

Regarding poverty-oriented development lending.

Location

Box

143.F.12.7B

100th Congress, 1987-1988:

Acid rain:

(General file), 1987-1988.

Canadian trip, 1987.

Cartoons, 1983-1988.

Citizens for Sensible Control of Acid Rain, 1986-1987.

Mailings to kids, 1987-1988.

Armenia, 1986-1987.

Asbestos, 1985-1988. 2 folders.

Central America, 1988.

Chicago and North Western Railroad labor dispute, 1988.

Child care: U.S. House of Representatives Child Care Center, Inc., 1987-1988.

Children, Youth and Families: American Families in Tomorrow's Economy, 1987.

Civil Liberties Act of 1987 (H.R.442), 1987.

Involves issue of compensation for internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Congressional Committee to Support Writers and Journalists, 1988.

Dear Colleague letters, 1987-1988. 3 folders.

Eastern Europe/U.S.S.R., 1987.

Environmental issue summaries, 1986-1988.

Food Safety Act Amendments, 1987-1988.

Waxman.

Foreign Affairs: Miscellany, 1987.

Foreign Aid, 1987-1988.

Germany: St. Paul speech, 1987.

Human rights:

Amnesty International, 1986-1988.

Congressional Human Rights Caucus, 1988.

Forum on International Human Rights, 1988.

Panel discussion held on May 15, 1988 at the St. Paul Jewish Community Center and moderated by WCCO-TV news anchorman Dave Moore. Included refusenik Yuri Druzhnikov.

Profile, 1987.

Speech (1988): Background materials, 1986-1988.

Iran-Contra Affair, 1986-1988.

Israel:

(General file), 1988.

Political Action Committees (PACS):

American Israel Public Affairs Committee, 1983-1987.

Hudson Valley Political Action Committee, 1984-1987.

National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, 1988.

Nicaragua, 1987-1988.

Nuclear issues: Radiation research project: Sauter Sheep Case, 1987.

Concerns nuclear fallout from weapons testing in the 1950s that killed sheep of farmer Joseph August Sauter near Farwell, Minnesota.

Location

Box

143.F.12.8F

Nuclear waste siting process, 1985-1987.

Ozone depletion, 1986-1987.

Pesticide Monitoring Improvements Act: 1987 Legislation, 1987.

H.R.3504.

Pfohl, Richard T. notes, 1987-Aug. 8, 1988.

Pfohl was a Sikorski legislative assistant. Spiral-bound stenographer's notebooks in 3 folders. Notebooks continue in box 18.

Philippines: Gary King Congressional Record Insert, 1988.

Pipelines:

Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Act, 1987.

Williams Pipe Line Blast in Mounds View, Minnesota (1986), 1986-1987.

Poland, 1987-1988.

Postal facilities, 1987.

Price-Anderson Act, 1987.

Attorney's fees.

Radio Free Europe and Voice of America, 1987.

Safe drinking water, 1985-1987.

Saudi arms sales, 1987.

Short Line Rail, 1987.

South Africa, 1986-1988.

Soviet Jewry:

Background information, 1983-1987.

Case files:

Blatnoi, David, 1987-1988.

Braun, Svetlana, 1987-1988.

Bukhan, Mikhail Abramovitch, 1988.

Charny, Ben and Family, 1987-1988.

Dashevsky, Vladimir, Tatiana, and Family, 1987-1988.

Druzhnikov, Yuri, 1971-1988.

Furman, Lev and Marina, 1987.

Grechanovsky, Yevgeny, 1988.

Lifshitz, Boris, 1986-1987.

Lifshitz, Vladimir, 1986-1987.

Meiman, Naum and Inna, 1985-1988.

Wallenberg, Raoul, 1988.

Swedish diplomat missing since World War II.

Zieman, Yuri, 1988.

Miscellaneous, 1986-1988.

Community plea for Soviet Jewry, 1987-1988.

Dear Colleague letters, 1984-1987. 4 folders.

Location

Box

143.F.12.9B

Dear Colleague letters, 1988.

Freedom Sunday and community plea: Background information, 1986-1987.

GES trip to U.S.S.R., 1987.

Jewish issues accomplishments, 1986-1987.

Overview/Backgrounders, 1985-1987.

Slepak Foundation, 1987.

Student Lobby for Soviet Jewry: Speech (February 1987), 1987.

Summit Sunday (December 6, 1987), 1987.

Events in Washington, D.C. on the day before the start of a summit meeting between U.S. President Reagan and Soviet President Gorbachev.

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews Annual Meeting (September 1987), 1985-1987.

Yemelyan Kerstan Case, 1987.

Miscellany, undated, 1987.

Veterans, 1987-1988.

Women's issues, 1986-1988.

101st Congress, 1989-1990:

Acid rain:

Alliance for Acid Rain Control, 1987-1989.

Bruce Bill, 1989.

H.R. 2909.

Canada, 1985-1989. 2 folders.

Catholic Bulletin: GES Statement, 1983-1989.

Center for Clean Air Policy, 1989.

Clean Air Working Group, 1989.

Clean coal technology, 1986-1989. 2 folders.

Miscellany, 1988-1989.

Budget reconciliation:

Additional views on reconciliation, 1989.

Medicare, 1989.

Medicare: Miscellaneous provisions in reconciliation, 1989.

Senate provisions, 1989.

Clean Air Act:

Acid rain:

Acid Deposition Control Act of 1989, 1986-1989.

Alliance for Acid Rain Control, 1990.

Location

Box

143.F.12.10F

Background information, 1988-1990. 2 folders.

"Dictionary," undated.

Emissions trading hearing, 1989.

Talking points/Markup, 1988-1989.

Alternative fuels, 1989-1990.

Amendments of 1989: Section-by-section analysis, 1989.

EPA.

Bus emissions: 3M/Donaldson Co., 1989-1990.

Bush's Explanation of Administration Acid Rain Proposal, 1989.

Conference Committee:

Acid rain deposition control, undated.

Air toxics: Incinerator provisions, 1990.

Amendments of 1990: Statement of Managers, 1990.

Background information and briefing materials, 1990.

CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), 1990.

Clean Diesel (3M Company), 1990.

Clippings, 1990.

Comparison of S.1630 and House Amendments, 1990.

Vol. 1, Titles I and II.

Dear Colleague letters, 1990.

Dear Colleague letters and letters ignored, 1990.

Dingell/Waxman/Lent Offer: Title II: Mobile sources talking points, 1990.

GES file, 1990.

Internal memoranda and other documents, 1990.

Location

Box

143.F.13.1B

Internal memoranda and other documents, 1990.

Letters received, 1990. 5 folders.

Letters received: Run by GES, 1989-1990.

Minnesota Cooperative Power: Credit for early reduction, 1990.

Proposals, offers, and counter offers, 1990:

Chronologically-ordered.

Senate proposals: CFCs/permits. July 13, 1990.

House offer: Titles I and II, July 25, 1990.

Senate proposal: Title III (Air Toxics), July 25, 1990.

Senate offer on permits. August 30, 1990.

House response: Permits, September 4, 1990.

House counter offer: Permits. September 5, 1990.

House offer on NOx, September 8, 1990.

House offer on Title II: Response to Senate: Alternative fuels. September 26, 1990.

Senate offer: Mobile sources, air toxics, and acid rain, September 27, 1990.

Title II: Dingell/Waxman offer: Mobile sources, September 27, 1990.

Senate offers: Title II, III, and V, September 27, 1990.

Senate offer: Title II: Alternative fuels, reformulated gas, urban buses, October 6, 1990.

House offer: Title II: Alternative fuels, reformulated gas, urban buses, October 7, 1990.

Senate counter offer: Reformulated gas and Section 177, October 8, 1990.

House offer: Acid rain (counter to Senate), October 17, 1990.

Sections 306-310 of S.1630, 1986-1990.

Air toxics: Title III: Incinerator provisions.

Location

Box

143.F.13.2F

Sections 306-310 of S.1630, 1986-1990.

Air toxics: Title III: Incinerator provisions.

Sikorski statements, 1990.

Title I, 1990.

Title II: Alternative fuels, 1990.

Title II: Mobile sources, 1989-1990.

Urban bus emission standards, 1990.

3M Company.

Congressional Research Service reports, 1989.

Energy and Power Subcommittee Hearing on Allowances and Background, 1989-1990.

Full Committee Markup: Title I, 1989-1990.

Health and the Environment Subcommittee Markup:

Acid rain, 1989. 2 folders.

Air toxics, 1989-1990.

Alternative fuels, 1989.

General, 1989.

Great Lakes Amendment, 1989.

Other acid rain bill summaries, 1989.

Post-health and environment markup information, 1989. 2 folders.

Sharp Amendment: Title V of H.R. 3030, 1990.

Sikorski-Green Warranty Amendment to H.R.3030:

General file, 1990. 2 folders.

Location

Box

143.F.13.3B

Briefing materials, 1990.

GES folder, 1990.

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness Subcommittee: National Recyclable Commodities Act, 1989-1990. 2 folders.

H.R.4942.

Environmental mailing material, 1989.

Environmental recommendations, 1988-1989.

Food safety:

Background information and Daminozide letter to Reilly, 1989.

Food Safety Amendments of 1989, 1986-1989.

Health and Environment Subcommittee:

AIDS and other epidemics of infectious diseases, 1988-1989.

Development and use of practice guidelines in assuring quality care, 1988-1989.

Markup: Trauma Care (H.R.1602 and H.R.1359), 1989.

Medicaid infant mortality initiative, 1989.

Medicare physician payment reform, 1989.

H.R.2629.

Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act of 1989, 1989.

Lead contamination:

Lead Exposure Reduction Act, Sikorski/Waxman, 1989-1990.

Safe drinking water, 1989-1990.

Medicare reimbursement for psychologists, 1988-1989. 2 folders.

H.R.774.

Oversight and investigations:

Adequacy and effectiveness of the FDA program to inspect food imports, 1989.

FDA Food Imports Subcommittee staff reports, 1988-1989.

FDA generic drug approval, 1989.

Generics (Young's final testimony as Commissioner), 1989.

Location

Box

143.F.13.4F

Great Lakes air and water quality, 1987-1989. 2 folders.

Scientific fraud, 1987-1989.

Pfohl, Richard T.: Notes, October 12, 1988-July 30, 1990. 5 folders.

Pfohl was a Sikorski legislative assistant. Spiral-bound stenographer's notebooks.

Postal Facilities, 1989-1990.

Veterans, 1989-1990.

Women's issues:

General file, 1989-1990.

Child care, 1989.

102nd Congress, 1991-1992:

Clean Air Act:

Acid Rain: "Sikorski's Favorite Acid Rain File," 1983-1991.

Environmental law classes, 1987-1991. 2 folders.

University of Minnesota.

Clean Air Act Implementation:

Acid rain: Proposed regulations, 1990-1992.

Health and Environment Subcommittee Hearing (November 14, 1991), 1991.

Urban buses: Proposed regulations, 1991.

Miscellany, 1991-1992.

Location

Box

143.F.13.5B

Community Right-to-Know-More Act, 1986-1992. 2 folders.

Lead contamination:

Lead Contamination Control Act, 1991.

Lead Contamination Control Act: Amendments, 1991.

Lead Exposure Reduction Act: Committee markup, 1990-1992.

Sikorski statement on safe drinking water, 1987-1992.

Sikorski/Waxman statement on Bush Administration anti-lead initiatives, 1991.

National Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Management Act (H.R.3865):

Full committee markup, 1991-1992. 4 folders.

Subcommittee markup, 1992. 2 folders.

Oversight and investigations:

Groundwater policies and competitive council, 1992.

Hearings:

EPA's criminal enforcement: DOJ undercutting, 1990-1992.

EPA's mismanagement of contracts, 1992.

Duluth Lab.

Status of Clean Air Act Regulations, 1991-1992.

Postal facilities, 1991-1992.

Veterans, 1991-1992.

Constituent services records

Location

Box

143.F.13.6F

College of St. Thomas Engineering Program, 1983.

Gun control letters, 1988.

St. Paul Veterans Administration Data Processing Center closing, 1985.

Miscellaneous constituent services records, 1991.

Press relations/Media activities records

Location

Box

143.F.13.6F

Newspaper clippings:

January 1982-March 1984. 18 folders.

Location

Box

143.F.13.7B

April 1984-July 1986. 21 folders.

Location

Box

143.F.13.8F

August 1986-September 12, 1992. 18 folders.

Location

Box

143.F.13.9B

September 13, 1992-November 1995. 7 folders.

Newsletters (miscellaneous), 1986-1991.

Press releases and statements (miscellaneous), undated, 1986-1992.

Specialized mailings (miscellaneous), undated, 1988-1992.

Speeches (miscellaneous), 1987-1991.

TV and radio files:

Audio cassettes:

Undated:

Congressional Agenda (September 5)/Superfund (September 27), undated.

Gerry Sikorski for Congress, undated.

1982:

Dick Pomerantz Show, August 23, 1982.

1983:

Dick Pomerantz Show, August 30, 1983.

1984:

Sikorski for Congress, October 3, 1984.

Campaign spots.

1986:

Minnesota Public Radio: Debate with Barb Sykora (Republican election opponent), 1986.

KSTP-AM: Jeff Charles Show on teen pregnancy with GES, February 19, 1986.

1989:

Acid rain legislation introduced, March 16, 1989.

Pesticides hearing, March 16, 1989.

Air toxics: April 6: Acid rain statement and Refusenik hearing, March 22, 1989.

KSTP Radio "ITV" (GER Bear with Scot and Tony), March 18, 1989.

Location

Box

143.F.13.10F

Videocassettes:

Undated:

Campaign spot (environment), undated. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Congressman Gerry Sikorski. (Nuclear Freeze Seminar/Seminar on Aging/C-SPAN speech on unemployment/health bill), undated. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Sixty Minutes. (CBS "news magazine" television show), undated. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Town Meeting Tape. (WCCO Acid Rain Series/Skip L. Story on Canadian Summit/GES Tax Reform Speech) (WCCO reporter Skip Loescher?), undated. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Volunteerism. (Youth Service Forum), undated. 1 videocassette (VHS).

1982:

Campaign spots?: Jobs and neighbors/Sikorski 4B, 1, 3/Carpetbagger, 1982. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

1984:

Campaign spots: Truth/Annie/Statehouse/Perpich/Counterpunch, 1984. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Trueman Tax commercial, 1984. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Campaign spot 1: Bedtime/Family #1/Family #2/Acid rain/ Children #1/ Perpich, September 26, 1984. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Campaign spot 6: Not a pretty picture, October 18, 1984. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Sikorski-Trueman debate, October 21, 1984. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Campaign spot 2: Record #1/ Record #2/ Washington, October 25, 1984. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

1985:

Sikorski excerpts, General Dynamics, February 28, 1985. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

1986:

GES interview on acid rain, January 8, 1986. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Requiem or recovery? March 20, 1986. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Campaign spots: Friends and Congressman Sikorski (#1), October 13, 1986. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Campaign spots: Congressman Gerry Sikorski ("Final"), October 13, 1986. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

1987:

Soviet dissident release/Consumer protection: airplane fares, September 28, 1987. 1 betacam cassette (Beta).

Minnesota Economic Summit, December 12, 1987. 1 videocassette (VHS).

1988:

Sikorski for Congress, October 24, 1988. 1/2 inch videocassette and 1 videocassette (VHS).

1989:

"Nightline" and "60 Minutes" clips, February 26, 1989. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Pesticides, 6-1/"A is for Apple," 2-26/ Security clearances, 3-22.

C-SPAN call-in show, March 15, 1989. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Interactive TV, May 19, 1989. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Location

Internet

Global warming, July 6, 1989. 1 master video file (24 minutes, 25 seconds): MOV (10.8 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (243 MB).

Digital video

Location

Box

143.F.13.10F

Performance Review Boards (PRBs)/H.R.2986: GES on House Floor; Sept. 19: GES Floor statement regarding Exxon, September 12, 1989. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Clean Air: C-SPAN interview with Sikorsk, October 1989. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Regarding Waxman-Dingell Compromise.

Blind Applicant for Diplomatic Post (CNN news clip)/Nov. 6: Due Process: GES on House Floor, October 26, 1989. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Minnesota Economic Development Conference, November 10, 1989. 2 videocassettes (VHS).

Hosted by GES.

1990:

Clean Air Conferees, October 22, 1990. 1 videocassette (VHS).

1991:

Stillwater levee wall, October 1991. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Capital agenda, November 20, 1991. 1 videocassette (VHS).

1992:

Highway 610 Crosstown, January 1992. 1 videocassette (VHS).

House Floor coverage, June 30, 1992. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Sikorski for Congress: Compare, September 2, 1992. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Sikorski for Congress: Represent, September 10, 1992. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Campaign spots: Guns/One candidate, October 28, 1992. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Campaign spots: Three reasons, October 29, 1992. 1 videocassette (VHS).

Office Administration records

Location

Box

143.F.13.10F

List of staff, 1983-1992.

Compiled by cataloger from materials in the collection. Includes both D.C. and District Office personnel.

Office policy memoranda, undated, 1988-1989.

Miscellany, undated, 1990.

District Office Records

Location

Box

143.F.14.1B

Constituent services records:

Casework (selected):

Local environmental issues:

Andover Wetland filling, 1987-1988.

Bayport Marina, undated, 1987.

Berglund Land Exchange, 1985-1987.

On Burntside Lake near Ely, Minnesota.

Forest Lake: Dumping by David Winnick, 1987.

Ham Lake Wetlands: Burton and Gloria Kraabel, 1986-1987.

Hugo gravel pit, 1981-1988.

Lake Charlotte flooding problems, 1987. Wright County.

Lake Elmo (Minn.) landfill, 1986-1988.

Maple Grove Golf Course/Peterson, 1986-1987.

Mound: Water Rights, 1987.

North Stillwater DNR boat launch controversy, 1983-1984.

Oak Grove Township landfill, undated. Anoka County.

Pipeline construction, 1987-1988.

Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF): Anoka County Waste-to-Energy Project:

Environmental impact statement, project description, and permit, 1985-1986. 2 folders.

GES action summary, 1986.

Opponents/other citizens, 1986.

Press: Elk River, 1984-1988.

Recent developments, 1986-1988.

St. Croix beachfront petition, 1988.

Erosion control issues.

Stillwater Bridge across St. Croix River, undated, 1983-1987.

China:

Especially trade issues and possibilities.

Business dealings with China, 1982-1984.

Includes the 3M Company.

Governor's Advisory Committee on International Trade, 1983.

Sikorski was the Minnesota congressional delegation's representative on this committee.

Governor's China Task Force:

An ongoing subcommittee of the Governor's Advisory Committee on International Trade; Sikorski was chair of the Task Force; the governor was Democrat Rudy Perpich.

General file, undated, 1978-1984.

Meeting of September 9, 1983.

First meeting.

Membership, 1983-1984.

Midwest China Center (St. Paul), 1982-1984.

Located on campus of Luther-Northwestern Theological Seminary.

Minnesota World Trade Center, 1983-1984.

Protocols, 1983.

People's Republic of China Taiwan issues, 1980-1984.

Report of Energy and Commerce Delegation visit to Japan, PRC, and Hong Kong, 1983.

Issue mail:

Form letters received opposing Federal takeover of Teamsters Union, 1987-approximately 1988.

Random sample of an original 1.0 cubic feet of such letters.

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CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Abortion.; Acid rain -- Law and legislation.; Environmental law.; Hazardous wastes -- Law and legislation.; Jews, Soviet.; Medical care -- Law and legislation.; Political campaigns.

Persons:: Burford, Anne M. (Anne McGill), 1942-; Dingell, John D., author.; Erdahl, Arlen Inglof, 1931-; Grams, Rod, 1948-2013.; Sieben, Mike (Michael R.), 1946- , author.; Waxman, Henry A., author.; Weber, Vin.

Organizations:: Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.; Midwest China Center (Saint Paul, Minn.), author.; Minnesota. Legislature. Senate.; United States. Congress. House.; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce, author.; United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, author.; United States. Congress. House -- Bank Scandal, 1991.

Places:: Minnesota -- Politics and government -- 1951-

Document Types:: Audiocassettes.; Bills (legislative records); Case files.; Video recordings (physical artifacts).

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