John H. Chafee Senatorial Papers, Providence Office (Msg 115.1)

The Senatorial Papers of John H. Chafee (1976-1999) are divided into three sub-groups: Providence Office, Washington Office, and Multi-Media. The Providence Office sub-group provides series descriptions and folder title listings for the records of Senator Chafee and his staff from his Providence office. The collection also includes records that date to earlier years when Chafee was Governor of Rhode Island, 1963-1969, Secretary of the Navy, 1969-1972, and as a Rhode Island law firm partner, 1973-1975. These records were used as research materials during his Senatorial years and therefore are kept in this collection.

The senatorial papers contain 1,929 boxes of records and occupy approximately 1,088 linear feet of shelf space. The Providence Office, sub-group 1, contains 220 boxes of records and occupies 155 linear feet of shelf space. The Washington Office, sub-group 2, contains 1,642 boxes of records and occupies 873 linear feet of shelf space. Multi-Media, sub-group 3, contains 67 boxes of records and occupies 60 linear feet of shelf space.

The records from the Providence Office consist of constituent case work files, memoranda, speeches, notes, bills, correspondence, publications, news articles, and photographs. The records also include citations, certificates, trophies, paintings, campaign bumper stickers, and buttons.