MC 670

Inventory to the Andrew Maguire Papers

By Mitchell Greenberg

March 1987

Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

Finding aid encoded in EAD, version 2002 by Tara Maharjan and Ian Grayson, March 2021

Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University received an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.

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Administrative Who's Who

The following alphabetical list includes virtually all staff members who were mentioned in or were partially responsible for creating the documents in the Andrew Maguire collection. They are divided into three Groups: General Staff, Campaign Staff and Interns, though certain staff members may be included in more than one list. The letter (W) stands for the Washington office, and (P) for the Paramus, NJ district office. A fourth group, Volunteers, may be found through the computer codes to the MAILING LISTS.

Some of the staff information was garnered from the Congressional Staff Directory of various years, but most was present within the collection itself.

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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The records of Andrew Maguire, accession 3380, date 1969 to 1983, with the bulk of the documents falling between 1974 and 1982. Included in the records are documents generated primarily by his Congressional office in Washington, D.C. and secondarily by his district office in Paramus, New Jersey. Scattered earlier records relate to certain pre-Congressional activities.

When given to Rutgers University in 1986 by Congressman Maguire, the records filled approximately 42 record center cartons. With reboxing and the segregation of publications, duplicates, memorabilia and personal files, the volume was reduced to 35 cartons.

Because of the short duration of each Congressional term (two years), much of the records are devoted to campaign activities, even increasingly so as the 1980 and 1982 electoral losses approached (see BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY). However, many aspects of the collection reflect strong legislative and issue-related activities during his three elected terms (1975-1980 inclusive), with particular emphasis on health and environment. Also strongly represented are his interests in energy policy, Congressional reform, South Africa, and public policy concerning children's health and the rights of senior citizens. A concern for local New Jersey issues, particularly the extension of route I-287. the imminent closure of a large Ford plant in Mahwah, the emission of electromagnetic radiation from power lines in Rutherford, and certain questionable activities on the part of sewer authorities in Bergen County, are also well represented.

Exclusively legislative activities are well documented in the collection, particularly in SPONSORED AND COSPONSORED BILLS and SUBJECT FILES, the latter containing many reference materials relating to the former,, Passing reference to legislation is made in SPEECHES, ROBO LETTERS, CONSTITUENT NEWSLETTERS, PRESS RELEASES and NEWSCLIPPINGS.

Aspects of campaign activities that are reflected in series other than CAMPAIGN FILES are found in PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, CONSTITUENT NEWSLETTERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, NEWSCLIPPINGS, AUDIO RECORDINGS, MAILING LISTS and the miscellany following SUBJECT FILES.

Issues relating exclusively to New Jersey's seventh congressional district (most of Bergen County) are documented in the SUBJECT FILES and "Maguire Wire" newsletters in CONSTITUENT NEWSLETTERS, as well as in the ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT'S FILES and NEWSCLIPPINGS (by subject.)

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ARRANGEMENT NOTE

The documents in the Andrew Maguire papers fall into two subgroups, the first of primarily Washington office papers and the second of those belonging to Bruce B. Maguire, his father, who directed campaign funding operations while in New Jersey. The former subgroup required a sizeable amount of foldering, refoldering, and the segregation of duplicates and publications, while the latter required little if any.

When received in April of 1986, most of the documents were contained within a variety of folders, envelopes and binders. When appropriate (i.e., with clearly labeled headings), these items were retained, and usually kept in their original position in the collection. However, many series were enhanced or rendered complete by photocopying of shifting various documents to them, i.e. SPEECHES and NEWSLETTERS, both of which series were created from out of larger series. One larger series which was repeatedly drawn upon was SUBJECT FILES, a scheme elaborated upon in its respective series description. In addition to the aforementioned two smaller series, ROBO LETTERS and CAMPAIGN FILES were enhanced by selected SUBJECT FILES.

Particular rearrangements were as follows:

Approximately seven cubic feet of materials were removed from the Maguire collection during processing: about five cubic feet of books, magazines and Congressional Record publications, and an additional two feet of various pre- and post-Congressional papers, music and religious audio cassettes, maps, personal objects and personal papers.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Andrew Maguire Papers, MC 670, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.

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Detailed Description of the Collection/Container List

This section provides descriptions of the materials found within each series. Each series description is followed by a container list, which gives the titles of the "containers" (for example, folders, volumes, or cassettes) and their locations in the numbered boxes that comprise the collection. The availability of any digital items from a container is indicated with a hyperlink.