Lynn Martin Papers, 1977-92 | University of Illinois Archives

Description: Papers of Lynn Martin (Judith Lynn Morley Martin) (1939- ), BA '60, Illinois State Representative (1977-79), State Senator (1979-81), U.S. Representative (1981-91), and U.S. Secretary of Labor (1991-93), including correspondence, notes, reports, legislation, appointment books, guest books, newspaper clippings, books, magazine articles, press releases, speeches, campaign and office records, newsletters, photos, artifacts and videotapes concerning Martin's tenure in the Illinois House and Senate, including nursing home reform; her campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives, including finances, election returns, and advertising; her tenure in the U.S. House, including casework, project assistance, legislative and constituent services, letters signed, candidates for the Republican Conference vice chairmanship (1984), the Republican Policy Committee Chairmanship (1987), and the House Republican Conference Chairmanship (1988-89), speech seconding George Bush's nomination at the Republican National Convention (1984), efforts to reform the rules of Congress and to extend civil rights laws to congressional employees, women's issues, labor issues, the federal budget, educational reform, and seminars and conferences; campaign for U.S. Senator (1989-90), including planning, organization, fundraising, finances, advertising, and debates; tenure as Secretary of Labor, including confirmation hearings, swearing in, and the Glass Ceiling initiative on removing barriers to women and minorities in corporations; photographs with Ronald Reagan and George Bush; and trips to Eastern Europe (1989-90) and Italy (ca. 1991).