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Record Group 1, Subgroup I, City Council, Mayoral and Early Congressional
Papers
This series primarily contains clippings pertaining to Foglietta's service on Philadelphia City Council and his election campaign for mayor in 1975. In addition, there are scrapbooks of the funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco as well as a scrapbook on the death and funeral of John B. "Jack" Kelly, Jr., a member of City Council and Princess Grace's brother.
Of particular interest in this series
is the letter to Foglietta from his cousin on the eve of his mayoral election
loss in 1975. In this poignant letter, she expresses her dismay and disappointment
over the situation as well as her hopes for his future. The series also
contains a telegram expressing sorrow over the election loss and two memorabilia
items. Record Group 1, Subgroup II, Later Congressional Papers
This series is comprised of staff 'subject
files.' The name subject file is something of a misnomer since the files
contain incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, staff notes as
well as pertinent studies, reports, draft legislation, hearing testimony
as well as other background information. The files in Series 1.1, PNSY
are the most comprehensive. This subseries contains general information
on PNSY along with materials pertaining to BRAC hearings on base closure,
the decision to finally close PNSY, the impact of the BRAC decision, and
reactions in the public and private sectors. It also includes materials
on reuse, reinvestment, conversion efforts, and worker retraining. In
addition, this subseries contains materials pertaining to the bankruptcy
of Baldt Anchor & Chain, even though the company is located in Chester,
Pa. These files were located with staff files on PNSY perhaps because
the issue was viewed as part of reuse and reinvestment efforts. For this
reason, the Baldt Anchor files were left as found. Other useful materials
in the subject files section can be found in the subseries on the Persian
Gulf War, Logan/Roxborough neighborhoods, Southwark Plaza/Redevelopment,
Ports of Philadelphia, Independence National Historical Park/Washington
Square, and Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities.
This series is comprised primarily of
congratulatory letters for reelection to Congress along with birthday
greetings. Notable in this series are letters of appreciation from the
son of Kim Dae-Jung (South Korea) and Jean-Bertrand Aristide (Haiti).
In addition, this series contains Foglietta's personal file of notes and
thoughts expressing his concerns over U.S. involvement in the Persian
Gulf War as well as the exorbitant costs.
This series contains Foglietta's speeches
from 1988-1995.
This series is comprised primarily of
press releases along with a summary of press coverage statistics from
1991-1996.
This series contains newsletters, 1983-1996.
There is also an 'annual report' as well as several 'achievements' memoranda
which provide useful, detailed summaries of legislative activities and
accomplishments.
This series includes a few files pertaining
to Foglietta's early Congressional campaigns along with information on
his voting records. Of particular interest in this series is the material
related to Foglietta's efforts to gain a seat on the powerful House Appropriations
Committee.
This series is comprised of newsclippings
of Foglietta's Congressional activities as well as his election campaigns
and meetings with constituents.
This series contains notebooks and reports
that focus primarily on BRAC activities, PNSY closure, and reinvestment
and reuse efforts. The notebooks have been left as found and contain correspondence,
memoranda, notes, as well as background information and reports. These
materials augment and at times duplicate items found in Series 1.1, PNSY.
In addition, there is a staff departure memorandum which gives an excellent
summary of legislative issues, agenda items important to Foglietta, and
suggested courses of action.
This series includes approximately 60
photograghs of Foglietta with constituents and other elected officials
and dignitaries. There are also photos detailing a trip to the Berlin
Wall and Prague in 1989. Not all of the photographs have been identified. Record Group 2, Art, Artifacts, Memorabilia, and Books is comprised of approximately 400 items acquired by Foglietta during his service as U.S. Representative from the First District of Pennsylvania and as U.S. Ambassador to Italy. Preliminary inventories have been compiled although there is incomplete information for many items. References "Arrivederci." [editorial] Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1997, A16. Barone, Michael, and Grant Ujifusa. Almanac of American Politics. Washington,
D.C.: National Journal U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. Congressional Staff Directory.
Washington, D.C.: Govt. Subjects Foglietta, Thomas M. (Thomas Michael), 1928-
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