Texas Southern University Digital Scholarship @ Texas Southern University Series 15: The ickM ey Leland Staff iF les, 1978 - Mickey Leland Archives 1989 Spring 2-10-2016 2016 Mickey Leland Center Archives at Texas Southern University Finding Aid Addendum TSU The ickM ey Leland Papers & Collection Addendum. (Texas Southern University, 2016) [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalscholarship.tsu.edu/mla_mlsf Recommended Citation 2016 Mickey Leland Center Archives at Texas Southern University Finding Aid Addendum This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Mickey Leland Archives at Digital Scholarship @ Texas Southern University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Series 15: The ickM ey Leland Staff iF les, 1978 - 1989 by an authorized administrator of Digital Scholarship @ Texas Southern University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Mickey Leland Papers & Collection Addendum Preservation and Digitization (2012 – 2016) Mickey Leland Papers & Collection Addendum Copyright © 2016 Mickey Leland Archives at Texas Southern University All rights reserved. For information contact The Mickey Leland Archives and Library Collection Texas Southern University 3100 Cleburne Street Houston, Texas 77004 www.tsu.edu 713‐313‐7370 First Printed 2015 United States of America A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The Mickey Leland Center at Texas Southern University is an extensive collection that details the legacy and life of service of a dedicated congressman. Our late alumnus was a champion of health care and equity‐related services for the less‐fortunate for six years in the Texas House of Representatives and 11 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Center, housed in the School of Public Affairs, is critical to one of the tenets of TSU’s academic mission: to accurately preserve our past so that we can prepare our students for a successful future. Congressman Leland believed in the power of intellectual curiosity and education to further society. He was a strong and eloquent statesman, yet rooted in his desire to serve TSU students and the Houston community. Leland believed that all citizens should be full and contributing members of society and he pushed TSU students to conquer, no matter the odds that they faced. The Mickey Leland Archives and Library is a repository of congressional papers and letters that will inform research scholars as well as TSU faculty, staff and students for generations to come. This Center is a living example of the democratic process and showcases Leland’s fearless challenge to systems designed to control and oppress poor and elderly people in the United States. The Center is also the home of the Mickey Leland Center On Hunger, Poverty and World Peace which details his advocacy for national and international equity issues, as well as caring for the homeless and eradicating hunger in Africa and across the globe. Texas Southern University is proud of its role in preserving and perpetuating the political, social and cultural largess of a great man. This work will have a definitive impact on the state, national and global academic stage. John M. Rudley CONTENTS Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. i ‐ ii Series Descriptions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. iii ‐ vi Series 1: Legislative Files, Texas, 1973‐1978…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Series 2: Legislative Files, Washington, 1978‐ 1989………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Series 3: House Committees, Texas, 1973‐ 1978…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 41 Series 4: House Committees, Washington, 1978‐1989……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 42 Series 5: State Government, 1973‐1989…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 93 Series 6: Federal Government, 1979‐1989……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 101 Series 7: Texas (Speeches, Articles, Interviews, Press Statements, Press Releases, Demonstrations, Trips, Meetings, Invitations) 1972 – 1989………………………………………………………………… 138 Series 8: Political Campaigns…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 146 Series 9: Political Affairs……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 154 Series 10: Public Relations……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 206 Series 11: Speeches, Articles, Trips and Meetings…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 321 Series 12: Administration…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 452 Series 13: Personal……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 500 Series 14: The Mickey Leland Audio Visual Collection: Photos………………………………………………………………………………………………. 507 Series 14: The Mickey Leland Audio Visual Collection: Video and Audio………………………………………………………………………………. 540 Series 15: The Mickey Leland Staff Files………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 557 THE MICKEY LELAND PAPERS & COLLECTION Introduction The Mickey Leland Center On Hunger, Poverty and World Peace formerly known as the Mickey Leland Center on World Hunger and Peace, at Texas Southern University preserves the papers, photographs, artifacts, and audio visual materials documenting the career of Congressman George Thomas “Mickey” Leland III (1944‐1989). George Thomas “Mickey” Leland, III was born in Lubbock Texas on November 27, 1944, to Alice and George Thomas Leland, II. He grew up in Houston and graduated from Phyllis Wheatley High School in 1964. In 1970, Leland graduated from Texas Southern University’s School of Pharmacy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy. He served in the Texas House of Representatives (1973‐1978) representing Houston’s 88th District, and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1978, succeeding the retiring Barbara Jordan. A champion against hunger, homelessness and poverty, he co‐authored legislation that convinced Congress to establish the House Select Committee on Hunger and led efforts to secure $800m in funding for drought stricken areas of the Sudan and Ethiopia. On August 7, 1989 Congressman Mickey Leland and members of his legislative staff died tragically in a plane crash while on a humanitarian mission to Ethiopia. Alison Walton Leland donated Congressman Leland’s congressional papers to Texas Southern University on November 16, 1989. In 1994, James Sheldrew Ph.D., completed the collection processing and provided researcher’s access via The Mickey Leland Papers. In 1998, an addendum to this guide, The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection was released supported by a database to the collection’s inventory/shelf list. The collection details Leland’s early activism at Texas Southern and chronicles his six years in the Texas House of Representatives (1973‐1978) and eleven years (1978‐1989) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Over 1,200 linear feet of original materials comprising correspondence, newspaper clippings, speeches, photographs, library materials, audio and video recordings are arranged into 15 Series (17,155 folders in 1,100 archival boxes) with box, folder and item level descriptions. The materials document Mickey’s Leland’s visionary leadership and advocacy in shaping domestic and international human rights policy initiatives. The records also provide a unique political perspective on the history and culture of Houston, and cover a variety of topics: health care rights for the poor, prison reform, police harassment and brutality, racial discrimination, affirmative action, budget discrimination in higher education, labor legislation, infant mortality, minority rights in business, health education, parks and recreation for the indigent, apartheid and racial discrimination issues worldwide, third world development, emergency shelters for the homeless, nutrients for the malnourished and food security for victims of hunger. From 2012‐2016 staff completed remedial preservation work on 75% of the collection and restored access to the detailed inventory by entering data from the file folder labels, to reconstruct the shelf list in a spreadsheet and transferring the data to Digital Commons. With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Texas Treasures and Texas Archive of the Moving Image, over 4,000 items have been preserved in digital formats and the complete collection inventory restored with physical locations of videos, photographs and documents now available at Texas Southern University’s Mickey Leland Archives and Collection Digital Scholarship web site. Researchers should review The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection Guides (1994 & 1998) prior to searching this 2016 Finding Aid Addendum. Dr. Denae W. King, Interim Associate Director Dr. Anthony M. Rodriquez, IT/GIS Manager Mr. Jew Don Boney, (Former) Associate Director Ms. Brenda Billips Square, Senior Archivist Mr. Patriccus Fortiori, Digital Media Specialist / Sr. Docent Ms. LaNisha Patterson, Graduate Assistant Mr. David Funchess, Undergraduate Assistant © Copyright 2016 Mickey Leland Archives at Texas Southern University www.tsu.edu email: [email protected] 713‐313‐7370 SERIES DESCRIPTIONS Series 1: Legislative Files, Texas, 1973‐1978 9 Boxes in Series 29 Folders Congressman Leland’s Legislative files from his years as a Texas Representative in Austin, Are arranged by subject. The Legislative files from Texas will consist of correspondence, memoranda, clippings, testimonies, and studies pertaining to proposed state legislation or regulations. As of the date of printing the first Summary Guide to the Papers & Guide to the Papers