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Register of the papers, 1972-1994

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Register of the Ed Clark papers, 2002C2 1 1972-1994 Register of the Ed Clark papers, 1972-1994

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Collection Summary Title: Ed Clark papers Dates: 1972-1994 Collection Number: 2002C2 Creator: Clark, Ed, 1930- Collection Size: 12 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 1 film reel (5.26 linear feet) Repository: Hoover Institution Archives Stanford, California 94305-6010 Abstract: The collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, press releases, clippings, election campaign literature, polling data, minutes, financial records, video tapes, sound recordings, and photographs related to Libertarian Party electoral activity, especially in the presidential election of 1980. Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives Languages: The collection is in English. Access Collection is open for research. The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Ed Clark papers, 1972-1994, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2002. Accruals Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid. Related Materials Williamson Evers papers, Hoover Institution Archives June R. Genis papers, Hoover Institution Archives Karl Peterjohn papers, Hoover Institution Archives Lawrence Samuels collection, Hoover Institution Archives 1930 May 4 Born, Middleboro, 1952 B.A. in international relations,

Register of the Ed Clark papers, 2002C2 2 1972-1994 1952-1954 Lieutenant (junior grade), gunnery officer and destroyer escort, Navy 1954-1965 Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve 1957 Graduated from 1970 Married Alicia Garcia Cobos 1972- Founding state chair of the Libertarian Party of New York State 1972-1974 Vice chair, Libertarian Party 1972-1978 Member, National Committee, Libertarian Party 1974, circa Elected state chair of the Libertarian Party of California 1974- Attorney for Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), specializing in anti-trust law 1977 Elected to area governing council of the Health Systems Agency in County 1978 Candidate for , nominated by the Libertarian Party of California 1980 Candidate for president of the United States on the Libertarian ticket 2000 Received Thomas Jefferson Award from Libertarian Party Scope and Content of Collection Ed Clark was the Libertarian Party candidate for governor of California in 1978 and for president of the United States in 1980. His papers, which predominately document these two campaigns, include correspondence, speeches and writings, press releases, clippings, election campaign literature, polling data, minutes, financial records, video tapes, sound recordings, and photographs. In his gubernatorial campaign, Clark received more than 5 percent of the popular vote. Although he campaigned as a Libertarian candidate and was the nominee of the Libertarian Party of California, Clark appeared on the ballot as an independent candidate. Important issues in his campaign included education, taxes, and job growth. He supported Proposition 13, which sought to limit property taxation, and campaigned against Proposition 6, also known as the , a proposition that would have limited gay and lesbian rights. The California gubernatorial campaign of 1978 file, which documents Clark's campaign, includes his correspondence and statements on issues. In 1980, Clark campaigned for president of the United States as the Libertarian Party candidate. He appeared on the ballot in all fifty states and received more than 1 percent of the popular vote. In his campaign, Clark argued for curbing inflation, reducing taxes, and providing tax credits for education. He supported a non-interventionist foreign policy and opposed the draft and energy subsidies. The campaign ran national television advertisements that were largely funded by Clark's running mate, . The United States presidential campaign of 1980 file includes a clippings scrapbook covering Clark's campaign; correspondence between Clark and David Nolan, who was the founder of the Libertarian Party; and files of Alicia Clark, who campaigned for her husband, Ed Clark. The Audiovisual material includes a sound recording of Clark's speech upon accepting the presidential nomination as the candidate for the Libertarian Party, as well as other sound recordings and films related to his presidential campaign. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Libertarian Party. --United States. Presidents--United States--Election--1980. Free enterprise. Videotapes Phonotapes

Box: 1-2 California gubernatorial campaign of 1978 file 1972-1981 Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence, speeches, and printed matter related to Clark's campaign for governor of California. Arranged alphabetically by format.

Box/Folder: 1 : 1 Buttons, circa 1978 Box: 1 Correspondence Box/Folder: 1 : 2-5 General, 1978-1979 Scope and Content Note Includes post-election correspondence

Register of the Ed Clark papers, 2002C2 3 1972-1994 California gubernatorial campaign of 1978 file 1972-1981

Box/Folder: 1 : 6 Koch, Charles, 1978 Box: 1 Forms Box/Folder: 1 : 7 Form 720: statement of economic interests, 1977-1978 Scope and Content Note Includes instruction manual

Box/Folder: 1 : 8 Nomination forms for independent candidate, 1978 Box/Folder: 1 : 9 Libertarian Party News newspapers, 1978 Box/Folder: 1 : 10 Pamphlets, circa 1978 Box/Folder: 1 : 11 Speeches, 1978, undated Scope and Content Note Statements on issues

Box: 1-2 Subject file Box/Folder: 1 : 12 Advertisements, circa 1978 Box/Folder: 1 : 13 Analysis of the vote, 1978 Box/Folder: 1 : 14 Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), 1977 Box/Folder: 1 : 15 California politics, 1972-1978, undated Box/Folder: 1 : 16 Contributors, 1978-1979, undated Box/Folder: 1 : 17 Election laws, 1974-1978 Box/Folder: 2 : 1 Finance Committee, 1974-1978, undated Box/Folder: 2 : 2 Fundraising, 1977-1978 Scope and Content Note Includes MacBride for President materials

Box/Folder: 2 : 3 Gay rights, 1977-1978 Box/Folder: 2 : 4 Organization of campaign, 1977-1981 Scope and Content Note Includes statements and campaign proposal

Box/Folder: 2 : 5 Political Strategy Committee, 1977 Box/Folder: 2 : 6 Proposition 13, 1977, undated Box: 2-10 United States presidential campaign of 1980 file 1975-1982 Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence, clippings, speeches, press releases, campaign literature, scrapbooks, and files of Alicia Clark related to Clark's campaign for president of the United States as the Libertarian candidate. Arranged alphabetically by format.

Box: 2-3 Alicia Clark file Box/Folder: 2 : 7 General, 1980, undated Box/Folder: 2 : 8 Biographical summary, undated Box/Folder: 2 : 9 Campaign literature and drafts in Spanish, 1980, undated Box/Folder: 2 : 10 Certificate, 1980 Box/Folder: 2 : 11 Clippings, 1980-1981 Box/Folder: 2 : 12 Correspondence, 1980 Box/Folder: 2 : 13 Itineraries and calendar, 1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 1 Press releases, 1980, undated Box/Folder: 3 : 2 Ballot status report (map), undated Box/Folder: 3 : 3 Biographical summary of Clark, undated Box/Folder: 3 : 4 Briefings, 1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 5 Campaign book A New Beginning by Ed Clark, 1980 Scope and Content Note Includes introduction by Eugene McCarthy

Box/Folder: 3 : 6 Campaign critique by David Nolan, 1980 Box/Folder: 3 : 7 Campaign literature, undated

Register of the Ed Clark papers, 2002C2 4 1972-1994 United States presidential campaign of 1980 file 1975-1982

Box/Folder: 3 : 8 Clippings, 1979-1981 Box: 3-7 Clippings scrapbooks Box/Folder: 3 : September-December 1979 9-11 Box/Folder: 3 : 12 December 1979-January 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 1-2 February-March 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 3 April 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 4 April-May 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 5 May-June 1980 Box/Folder: 4 : 6 July 1980 Box/Folder: 5 : 1 July 1980 (Contd.) Box/Folder: 5 : 2 August 1980 Box/Folder: 5 : 3-4 August-September 1980 Box/Folder: 5 : 5 September-October 1980 Box/Folder: 6 : 1 September-October 1980 (Contd.) Box/Folder: 6 : 2-4 October 1980 Box/Folder: 6 : 5 November 1980 Box/Folder: 6 : 6 November-December 1980 Box: 7 Correspondence Box/Folder: 7 : 1-2 General, 1979-1981 Scope and Content Note Includes letters to or from Edward Crane, Milton Friedman, Eric O'Keefe, Roger MacBride, and

Box/Folder: 7 : 3 Nolan, David, 1978-1980 Box/Folder: 7 : 4 Declarations of candidacy for Clark and Koch, 1980 Box/Folder: 7 : 5 Financial documents, 1979-1981 Scope and Content Note Includes balance sheets

Box/Folder: 7 : 6 Invitations to Clark, 1980 Box/Folder: 7 : 7 Interview of Ed Clark by Bob Clark and James Wooten, 1980 Box/Folder: 7 : 8 Interview of Ed Clark for Update, typescript, undated Box/Folder: 7 : 9 Letterhead, undated Box/Folder: 7 : 10 Memoranda, 1980 Box/Folder: 7 : 11 Miscellany, 1980, undated Box/Folder: 7 : 12 Newsletters, 1980 Scope and Content Note Internal campaign newsletter The Insider

Box/Folder: 7 : 13 Notes, undated Box/Folder: 7 : 14 Press kit, 1980 Scope and Content Note Includes annotated speeches and notes

Box/Folder: 7 : 15 Press releases, 1980 Scope and Content Note Includes statements of Clark

Box/Folder: 7 : 16 Printed matter, 1975-1981 Box/Folder: 8 : 1-3 Photographs, 1979-1980, undated Scope and Content Note Includes images of Clark campaigning, the KYW-TV studio in , a portrait of Clark, and a photograph from Al [Weiney]

Box/Folder: 8 : 4 Research and statistics on issues, 1980

Register of the Ed Clark papers, 2002C2 5 1972-1994 United States presidential campaign of 1980 file 1975-1982

Box: 8 Reports Box/Folder: 8 : 5 "Marketing and Promotional Strategy for the Libertarian Party in 1980" by David Nolan 1980 Box/Folder: 8 : 6-8 "Public Attitudes Toward Current Political Issues" study by Opinion Research Corporation, 1980 Scope and Content Note Includes public attitudes survey

Box: 8-9 Scrapbooks Box/Folder: 8 : 9 1979 Box/Folder: 9 : 1 1979 (Contd.) Box/Folder: 9 : 2 1979-1981 Box/Folder: 9 : 3-4 1980-1981 Box: 9 Speaking engagements and events file Box/Folder: 9 : 5 Flyers and programs, 1980, undated Box/Folder: 9 : 6 Invitations, undated Box/Folder: 9 : 7 Itineraries, 1980 Box/Folder: 9 : 8 Press releases, 1980, undated Box: 9-10 Speeches Scope and Content Note See also press releases and press kit

Box/Folder: 9 : 9 "Acceptance Speech," 1979 Scope and Content Note Clark's speech accepting presidential nomination at the Libertarian Party presidential convention

Box/Folder: 9 : 10 "Banquet Speech," circa 1979 Box/Folder: 9 : 11 "New Jersey Statement," 1980 Box/Folder: 9 : 12 "Speech #1," undated Box/Folder: 9 : 13 "Speech #2 (Business)," undated Box/Folder: 9 : 14 "Speech #3 (Liberals)," undated Box/Folder: 9 : 15 Speech about Reagan Administration, circa 1981 Box/Folder: 9 : 16 Speech about education, undated Box/Folder: 9 : 17 Speech given in , undated Box/Folder: 9 : 18 Speech given in London, 1980 Box/Folder: 9 : 19 Speech given in Los Angeles, undated Scope and Content Note Fragment

Box/Folder: 10 : 1 Speech outline, undated Box/Folder: 10 : 2 "Statement of Ed Clark," 1979 Box/Folder: 10 : 3 Statement of Ed Clark given in Des Moines, 1979 Box: 10 Subject file Box/Folder: 10 : 4 Bergland for Senate campaign, 1980 Box/Folder: 10 : Delegates to Libertarian Party conventions, 1978-1979 5-6 Box/Folder: 10 : 7 Fundraising, 1980, undated Box/Folder: 10 : 8 Media contacts, 1978-1982 Box/Folder: 10 : 9 Television advertisements, undated Scope and Content Note Includes script

Box/Folder: 10 : White papers, undated 10

Register of the Ed Clark papers, 2002C2 6 1972-1994 Libertarian Party file 1972-1988

Box: 10-11 Libertarian Party file 1972-1988 Scope and Content Note Includes materials related to the campaigns of Dan Dougherty and Gene Burns, correspondence of Alicia Clark, and Libertarian Party pamphlets.

Box/Folder: 10 : Alicia Clark workshops, 1988 11 Box/Folder: 10 : Dan Dougherty campaign for governor, 1982, undated 12 Box/Folder: 10 : Gene Burns presidential campaign, draft booklet, circa 1983 13 Box/Folder: 11 : 1 Libertarian Party national convention, 1987 Scope and Content Note Includes correspondence of Alicia Clark

Box/Folder: 11 : 2 Libertarian Party pamphlets, undated Box/Folder: 11 : 3 Libertarian Party platform, 1972 Box/Folder: 11 : 4 Speakers Bureau manual, undated Box: 11-13, film Audiovisual material, 1979-1994, undated shelf Scope and Content Note Includes video tapes, compact sound cassettes, sound disc, and motion picture film. Includes sound recording of Clark's acceptance speech at the Libertarian Party convention after being nominated as the presidential candidate. Descriptions are transcribed from labels on media; accuracy may vary.

Box: 11-12 Video and film Box: 11 Betamax tapes Box/Folder: 11 : 5 "Clark and Issues. Clark and News. Good Morning AM, Sun. Morning, Jim Berns," undated Box/Folder: 11 : 6 "Jim Berns, Barishni Kov, and Ed Clark. CBS News," undated Box/Folder: 11 : 7 "Jim Berns," undated Film shelf 16mm motion picture film Film shelf "Clark for President," undated Box: 12 U-matic video tape Box: 12 "Project Flex, Ed Clark for President," 1994 Box: 12 Two-inch video reels Box: 12 Reel from the American Broadcasting Company, undated Box: 12 Reel #2, Ed Clark, undated Box: 12-13 Sound recordings Box: 12 45 RPM sound disc Box: 12 "Cane Creek Song. Blackberry Brambles," with Phil Busby and Steve Gronback, 1979 Box: 13 Compact sound cassettes Box: 13 Alicia Clark. Children's songs and games in Spanish, undated Box: 13 Bill Hunscher presidential nominee campaign speech at the Libertarian Party convention, 1979 Box: 13 "Ed Clark. 1988: What Was Accomplished & Learned," California/Nevada Libertarian Party, Las Vegas, 1989 Box: 13 Ed Clark acceptance speech at the Libertarian Party convention, 1979 Box: 13 "Ed Clark Acceptance Speech. Libertarian Party National Convention," 8 September 1979 Box: 13 "Ed Clark Address to Commonwealth Club in ," 1981 Box: 13 "Ed Clark, LBT, KOY," 3 August 1979 Box: 13 "For President Vote Clark. Ed Clark Is the Man. Craig Franklin Is the Man," 29 July 1980 Box: 13 "ISI Interview. Portland, Oregon," undated

Register of the Ed Clark papers, 2002C2 7 1972-1994 Audiovisual material, 1979-1994, undated

Box: 13 "Libertarian Spots," undated Scope and Content Note Includes note from Craig Franklin

Box: 13 Radio show in Dallas, Texas, 30 July 1980 Box: 13 "Vote Clark," undated

Register of the Ed Clark papers, 2002C2 8 1972-1994