PRELIMINARY INVENTORY
Date Prepared: February 7, 2003

William R. Pitts was Mr. Michel’s Floor Assistant, operating out of the Minority Leader’s Office.  These files arrived at The Center in a disorganized state.  Staff ordered the materials alphabetically by subject.

The bulk of the materials date from the 1980s.  There is strong subject coverage of the federal budget and, to a lesser extent, House Republican operations and House procedures.  Pitts’s files are unusually rich in staff memoranda and analysis.  They also contain remnants of other staff files, intermingled with Pitt’s own.

A caveat is in order for the budget files:  dates for folder titles were applied inconsistently, sometimes referring to the fiscal year budget, other times referring to the date of creation of the files.  In other words, a researcher looking for information about the FY1982 budget should look in files labeled “Budget 1981” and “Budget 1982.”

Box 1

Albosta Subcommittee Investigation, 1984
Altered Hearings Transcripts, 1983
Amateur Sports Act 1978
Armed Services, 1981
Baltimore Conference, 1983
Banking, 1981
Bankruptcy, 1984
Brand, Stanley
Budget, no date
Budget, 1973-74
Budget, 1975-76
Budget, 1977 (3)
Budget, 1978
Budget, 1979
Budget, 1980
Budget, 1981 (1-4)

Box 2

Budget,1981 (5-22)

Box 3

Budget, 1982 (2)
Budget, 1983 (2)
Budget, 1984 (3)
Budget, 1985 (5)
Budget, 1986 (3)
Budget , 1987 (1-7)

Box 4

Budget , 1987 (8-9)
Budget, 1987. Senate
Budget, 1988
Budget, 1989
Budget, 1990 (5)
Budget Impoundment, 1980-83
Campaign 1982 (4)
Capitol Building (2)
Civil Rights Commission 1983-84 (2)

Box 5

Correspondence, 1981 – 1982
Crime Legislation, 1984 (2)
Crime Legislation, 1989
“Debate-Gate,” 1983 (2)
Debt Ceiling Extension, 1983
Defense Department, 1989-90
Democratic Caucus. Rebuilding the Road to Opportunity, 1982
Democratic Rules Package, 1981
Democratic Study Group. Deficit ,1983
District of Columbia, 1981
Drugs, 1986
Economic Policy, 1981
Education and Labor, 1981
Emergency Disputes Act 1969 (2)
Emergency Expenditures to Meet National Needs, 1982-83
Emergency Public Interest Protection Act of 1971 (3)
Emergency Remedies Act of 1980
Entitlements
Equal Rights Amendment ,1983-84
Farm Bill 1985-86
Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments 1978 (2)

Box 6

Federal Pay Recommendations, 1980-81
Ferraro, Geraldine, 1984
Flag Desecration, 1990
Foreign Ownership Disclosure Act, 1989
Gorsuch, Ann, Contempt Citation, 1982-83
Grove City Civil Rights Bill,1985-88
Health Insurance for Unemployed ,1983
Homeless Assistance, 1987
House Clerk, 1983
House Committees 1979-80 (3)
House Drug Investigation, 1983
House Page Board
House Procedures. T.V Broadcasting, 1981-84
House Rules, 1973-83 (3)
House Voting Analysis, 1981

Box 7

Housing Legislation, 1982
Illinois Brick and Anti-Trust, 1980
Invitations/Meetings, 1981
Invitations/Meetings, 1982 (2)
Invitations/Meetings, 1983
Invitations/Meetings, 1984
Ireland, Andy, 1984
Keogh Retirement Plans, 1984
Korean Airliner, 1983
Labor Reform Act, 1976-77(2)
Latta-Gramm Amendment, 1981
Lebanon, 1983-84
Legislative Procedure Guide, 1980 (3)
Legislative Veto, 1981-83
McCormack Award, 1982
McIntyre. Background, 1984-85 (2)

Box 8

McIntyre. Correspondence/Memos, 1984-85 (2)
McIntyre. Governors, 1985
McIntyre. Letters from Around the Nation, 1985
McIntyre. Press Releases, 1984-85
McIntyre Resolutions. Floor & GOP Conference, 1985
Michel-Lott Impoundment Act, 1984
Mock Session of Congress, 1980-81
Mondale Budget, 1984
National Gas Marketing, 1983
National Governor’s Association, 1983
National Republican Congressional Committee, 1981-82
New Member Orientation, 1982-84
Nicaragua, 1983-89 (1-9)

Box 9

Nicaragua, 1983-89 (10-13)
Nuclear Freeze, 1982-83 (2)
Nuclear Test Ban, 1985
Obey Commission, 1977
Opening Day Protocol, 1976-83
Panama Trip
Persian Gulf Resolution, 1987
Personal, 1981-84 (2)
Personnel, 1982
Presidential Spending Power, 1981
Presidential Support Scores, 1981
Private Bills, 1973-75 (2)
Private Bills 93rd Congress (5)

Box 10

Private Bills 94-1 Thru 94-23
Private Bills 94-24 Thru 94-59
Private Bills 94-60 Thru 94-80
Private Bills 94-81 Thru 94-110
Private Bills 94-111 Thru 94-141
Private Bills Calendars, 1975-76
Product Liability, 1985-86
Program Review by Senate Committees, 1978
Reagan State of the Union, 1982
Republican Cloakroom, 1972-77
Republican Committee on Committees, 1974-85 (4)
Republican Conference, 1982-84 (2)
Republican Job Task Force, 1983
Republican Members, 1981
Republican National Convention, 1980
Republican Rules Report, 1983
Republican Study Committee, 1984
Rescissions, 1987
Senate Finance Committee, 1982
Sine Die Adjournment, 1984
Social Security, 1981-87 (2)

Box 11

Stone, Jackie.  Files, 1981
Tax Legislation, 1981-88 (1-6)

Box 12

Tax Legislation, 1981-88 (7-12)
Tidewater Conference, 1983
Unemployment, 1982
War Powers Resolution, 1983
West Front of Capitol, 1983
Women’s Issues, 1983