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Gerald R. Ford Library1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2114www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov |
PAUL A. THEIS
Director of Public Relations for
Republican National Congressional
Committee.
Executive Director, White House Editorial Staff.
Papers, (1949) 1960-1975 (1990 )
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Primarily printed materials related to GOP congressional and presidential campaigns of the 1960s and early 1970s. Includes RNC and RNCC publications, training seminar manuals, polls and research reports, commercial advertising packets, newsletters, candidate pamphlets and correspondence. Also included are 1975 White House Weekly Presidential Mail Sample Reports.
QUANTITY
8.4 linear feet (ca.16,800 pages)
DONOR
Paul A. Theis (99-NLF-011)
ACCESS
Open.
COPYRIGHT
Paul A. Theis has donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain.
Prepared by Donna Lehman, October 1999
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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
PAUL A. THEIS
1948 Received
a B.A. degree in journalism from the University of
Notre Dame
1949 Received
a B.S. degree in foreign service from
1950‑53 Reporter,
Fairchild Publications
1953‑54 Correspondent,
"Newsweek"
1955‑57 Executive
assistant to Congressman Oliver P. Bolton, Ohio
1958‑60 Radio
and television director, Republican Congressional Committee
1960‑74 Director
of public relations, Republican Congressional Committee
1974‑75 Executive
editor, White House Editorial Office
1976‑77 Deputy
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional and
Public Affairs
1977‑81 Staff
consultant, U.S. House of Representatives
1981‑ President,
Headliner Editorial Service
INTRODUCTION
The Paul A. Theis Papers are mainly a collection of materials accumulated during Theis’ 1960-74 tenure with the Republican National Congressional Committee where he served first as director of the radio-television division and subsequently as Director of the Division of Public Relations. Paul Theis served as Executive Editor in the White House Editorial Office from August, 1974 until January, 1976. The work of this office is better represented in the Theis-Orben Files.
The Republican National Congressional Committee was originally founded in 1866. Through the present time, the group’s primary purpose was to help elect Republicans to the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Theis led his department in studies of political issues and trends and developed techniques for reaching the electorate in an effective manner. Specifically, the Division of Public Relations produced the committee’s publications such as the weekly Newsletter, Speech of the Week, Issue of the Day, the Daily News Digest, and radio and television scripts. In addition, this division operated the Republican Telephone News Service which provided daily voiced statements by party leaders on current issues for broadcast use. The department conducted seminars for Representatives and helped candidates prepare press and campaign literature.
The bulk of the collection consists of campaign management and training literature dated from 1960 to 1974, although there is earlier and later material (much of the material is undated). It is a varied set of pamphlets, brochures, broadsides and workbooks that cover a broad range of topics dealing with the election of local, state and national candidates. Much of the material comes from the Republican National Committee. The American Medical Political Action Committee is also well represented in the papers. Most of the collection is notable as evidence of common techniques for campaign management during the era. Many items, however, are also interesting for conveying the perception of women’s role in the Republican Party of the 1950s and 1960s as well as the emerging role of African-Americans in party politics.
The Newsletter, in its modern iteration, was established while Mr. Theis headed the Public Relations Department. The format was revised and improved and came to be recognized as one of the most effective Party vehicles for communicating the Republican message. This collection includes copies of the Newsletter from 1965 to 1968.
The Theis papers also include miscellaneous correspondence and a complete set of the Weekly Presidential Mail Sample Reports that Mr. Theis received while on staff at the White House.
Related
Materials (October 1999):
The Theis papers differ from most Ford Library collections in that they provide little information specific to the Ford Administration. President Ford was closely involved with the RNCC while a congressman, however, and continued to participate in their campaign and fundraising drives while Vice President and during his Presidency. Materials documenting his role are found in the Ford Congressional Papers and the Ford Vice Presidential Papers. The Hartmann Papers include several boxes of material from the RNCC, including issues of the Newsletter not found in the Theis Papers, as well as other RNCC publications and press releases.
Series Descriptions
1 Correspondence
File, 1966-75. (0.1 linear feet)
Routine, miscellaneous correspondence including several letters from President Ford.
Arranged chronologically.
1-5 Campaign Management & Training Literature,
undated.
(1.5 linear feet)
Printed materials related to political campaigns including brochures, pamphlets, commercial advertising packets and training manuals.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
5-15 Campaign
Management & Training Literature,
(1949) 1960-1974 (1990). (4.4 linear feet)
Printed materials related to political campaigns including
brochures, pamphlets, commercial advertising packets and training manuals.
Arranged chronologically.
16-18 Newsletter
of the Republican National Congressional Committee
1964-74. (1.0 linear foot)
The collection is continuous from 1965-1968.
Arranged chronologically.
18-21 White
House Weekly Presidential Mail Sample Reports, 1974-76
(1.4 linear feet)
Samples of mail sent by the electorate to President Ford expressing opinions, pro and con, regarding current national issues.
Arranged chronologically.
Container List
1966-1975 Miscellaneous Correspondence
1967-1968 Correspondence from President Ford
Campaign Management and Training
Literature (undated)
21 Ways to Get More Votes
25 Winning Ideas for Political Advertisers
Advanced Political Data Survey
Advertising Agencies
Agriculture
American Medical Political Action Committee (AMPAC) pamphlets
Automation
Ballot Security Organizers Guide
Blueprint for Victory
Boiler Room Operation
Bring the Office to the People
Broadcasting in a Political Campaign
A Building Speaks
Camp David (Map)
Campaign Management and Training notes
Campaign Management and Training Literature (Miscellaneous)
Campaign Manager’s Guideline
Campaign Organizational Charts
Campaign Research
The Campaign Scheduler
Campaign Technique Manual
The Candidate’s Announcement
The Candidate’s Support Committee (AMPAC)
Citizen’s Honest Elections Foundation Report Form
Committee for the Re-election of Congressman Matthew V. Champion
Decision Making Information (DMI) – Computer Telegram & Letters Materials
Derouinian for Congress
Election Day Instructions
Establishing a Ticket Price – Republican Fund Raising Dinner Guide
Facts About Political Campaign Secrets…
For Women Only – A Recipe for Inflation
President Gerald Ford and WIN: The Voluntary Anti-Inflation Campaign
Fund Raising by Mail
Go Creative Advertisers Newspaper
GOP/Ford Cartoon
Graphics and Politics
Graphics, Inc
A Handbook of Basic Techniques in the Art of Smearing…
Harris and Gallop Poll
Have You Written to Your Congressman Lately
The House and the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
How to Campaign Among Nationality Groups
How to Elect the President and Vice President
How to Organize a Leadership Training School
How to Raise Funds for a Congressional Campaign
How to Respect and Display Our Flag (USMC)
How to Use Outdoor Advertising in a GOP Political Campaign
Information on Reports Required From Candidates
Is Your Image Showing? 10 Ways to Make Sure
It’s a Long Story…
Mr. Johnson Promises to Pay
Join the GOP Rebellion
The Liberal Papers – Blueprint for Surrender
Maxwell for Congress
Meet Jim Dunn
Meet George Kelley
Memo on the 1970 Campaigns
Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
Mississippi Senator James O Eastland
Mother Goose Goes to Washington
Neighbor to Neighbor Annual Drive – Any County, USA
Official Publicity Manual – Republican National Committee (RNC)
Opposition Research – RNC
Organization for Victory
The Party That Cares – The Democrats Care
Photograph – Nixon/Agnew Campaign
Photographs – Campaign Memorabilia
Political Campaign Fund Raising
Precinct Power
Professional Campaign Techniques
The Public Relations of a Political Campaign
Public Relations Society of America
Public Relations Tools…
Q&A on Video Tape vs Film
Raising Money for Politics
Reaching the Young Voter
Recommended Schedule for a Congressional Campaign
The Redistricting Decision
Re-Elect Congressman John A. Race
Remarks at the Republican Candidates Conference – Television
Republican Broadside – We’ve Had Enough
Republican Candidates Campaign Literature
Republican Candidate’s Wives Manual [women in politics]
Republican Congressional Committee – Congressional Candidate Questionnaire
A Guide for Activity Among Nationality Groups – RNC
Republican Worker’s Manual – Work and Win
Republicans Speak on Vital Problems
The Win Rockefeller Story
Rules of the House of Representatives – First Session, 95th Congress
Sample Budget for Non-Incumbent
Scheduling or Making the Most of a Candidate Visit to your County
Phyllis Schlafy for Congress
Seminars in Campaign Management – Manual for Campaign Managers (1)-(4)
Seminars in Campaign Management – Manual for Campaign Managers - annotated (1)-(4)
Seminars in Campaign Management – District X Materials
Seminars in Campaign Management – Miscellaneous Materials
Seminars in Campaign Management – Miscellaneous Materials
Senior Citizen Campaign Checklist
“A Sense of Mission” – by Rogers C. B. Morton
A Study on the Effects of Mid-Term Elections on Marginal Congressional Candidates
Tag Factors: The Incumbent
Telephone Tips
Telling the Story: A Guide to Better Press Relations
The Ten Commitments
There is a Difference
John Tower Campaign Literature
TV Radio Handbook for Political Candidates
Typical Budget for a Non-Incumbent Congressional Candidate
Unusual Things About Richard Nixon
The Victory Road
John Wald for Congress
Who Me? A Politician?
Why You Should Be Active in Politics
Win With Advertising Specialties – MacDonald Associates
Women in Politics – Study and Action Programs [women in politics]
Work and Win
“You” Series Pamphlets 1 –7 Women’s Division Republican National Committee (1)-(2)
Campaign Management and Training
Literature (dated)
11/30/49 – Public Relations in Municipal Government
1952 – The Official Manual of the Democratic National Convention
1954 – Blueprint for Victory
1958 – A Guide to Your Television Appearance
1958 – Republican Speakers Handbook
1959 – The ABC’s of Politics
1959 – Women in the Public Service
1/13-21/59 – School for Freshman – Orientation for New Members of Congress
1/22/59 – A Road to Victory
1960 – “The Meaning of Communism to America” by Richard Nixon
1960 – Meeting the Challenges of the Sixties
1960 – Nixon and Lodge Campaign Literature
1960 – An Open Letter to Republican Neighborhood Workers
1960 – Republican Platform
1960 – What’s Happening to Your Money
1960 – Who Me? A Politician
1960 – Why You Should Go Into Politics
1960 – Why You Should Vote Republican
1960 – Worried About Old Age – Kennedy for President
1960 – A Young Republican Project for GO-Power
2/4/60- Women in Politics
8/24/60 – Battle Line
9/19/60 – Battle Line
1961 – Are You a Shadow Voter
1961 – Mobilization of Republican Enterprise
1961 – The Negro Voter and the Republican Party (unidentified remarks) [role of African-Americans]
2/26-3/7/61 – News Release-Republican National Committee
3/1/61 – Battle
Line
3/1/61 – “Tom Kitten”
3/5-7/61 – Ninth Annual Republican Women’s Conference [women in politics]
3/7/61 – How I Won an Industrial District
1962 – A Fact Book for Republican Campaigners
1962 – How To Use TV in a Political Campaign/Radio as a Political Instrument
1962 – Just One Vote
1962 – Precinct Education Program (1)-(2)
1962 – Publicity Handbook-A Guide for Publicity Chairmen
1962 – “The Ted Kit” Election Materials-Bruinsma for Congress
1962 – Young Republicans National Federation Campaign Ideas
2/62 – Selling the GOP
4/62 – FCC Letter re: Equal Time
4/22/62 – Anatomy of a Victory-How Rumsfeld Won Out
5/29/62 – Eisenhower Letter to Gil Robinson
9/62 – From One Older American…To Another
1963 – The Republican Clubwomen’s Leadership Manual
1963 – What Government Should Know About Advertising
1/14-21/63 – Seminars for New Members of the 88th Congress
4/30/63 – Media Fact Book for the Republican National Committee
1964 – FAIR Memo-Republican National Committee
1964 – Goldwater Campaign Literature
1964 – How to Win: A Handbook for Political Education
1964 – Political Broadcasting: What’s It’s Impact on Elections?
1964 – Precinct Action Course
1964 – Radio Scripts and Production Notes
1964 – Republican Convention Telephone Directory
3/64 – The Reporter of Direct Mail Advertising
7/14/64 – Republican Party Platform
8/64 – Marketing a Political Candidate
10/25-31/64 – Liberty Week Speakers Kit
1965 – Campaign Literature for John Lindsay
1966 – Absentee Voters Kit
1966 – Campaign Communications: AT&T
1966 – Campaign Management
1966 – Campaign Record Making Kit (1)-(2)
1966 – Confidential: For Republican Ears Only
1966 – Democratic Route to Victory: Registration and get Out the Vote Material
1966 – Every One Counts: The Democratic Handbook
1966 – The GOP Leader’s Manual
1966 –
How to Organize a Political
1966 – How to Win: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education
1966 – Is Politics Your Job?
1966 – The Knoxville Journal Broadside – Profit Out of Poverty
1966 – Miscellaneous Campaign Materials
1966 – National Association of Manufacturers: Precinct Power Seminar
1966 – Natl Assoc of Manufacturers: New Tax Restrictions on Political Fund Raising
1966 – So You Want Political Power
1966 – Trends in Public Opinion
1966 – What Happens in Off Year Elections
1966 – When to Register and Vote
1966 – Why Should Negroes Vote for Republicans Not Democrats [role of African-Americans]
1966 – Why Vote? The ABC’s of Citizenship
1966 – Women’s National Republican Club
1966 – Women’s National Republican Club School of Politics [women in politics]
1/31/66 – Factual Campaign Information
3/66 – Republican Campaign Management Seminar – New Haven, Connecticut
3/1/66 – More Ways to Win
4/1/66 – Campaign Tips: Announcing the Campaign
5/66 – Republican Organization Manual: Precinct Organization Guide
5/66 – Republican Women’s Conference
6/21/66 – Electronic Data Processing and Politics
7/66 – Senator Bob Griffin Reports
7/10/66 – Where the Votes Are
9/66 – How to be a Successful Candidates Wife
9/16/66 – National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman’s Bulletin
10/30/66 – The Washington Post – A Primer for Candidates
12/66 – Meetings and Conventions: Meeting Manual
1966-1968 – Fund Raising Letters
1967 – Chamber of Commerce of the United States Campaign Material
1967 – Fair Opportunities…Go to the Fair – It’s Fun
1967 – The Ten Outstanding Public Relations Case Histories of the Year
1967 – United Republicans of America
1967 – Ways to Win
1/17/67 – The Republican Answer
3/6/67 – A History of the Democratic Party
5/67 – The Art of Winning Elections (1)-(2)
5/67 – Seminar: A Political Electronic Data Processing System
6/3-4/67 – AMPAC National Workshop
6/16/67 – Electronic Data Processing Training Conference
6/16/67 – Total Political EDP System
1967-1968 – Seminars in Campaign Management: Schedules and Procedures
1967-1968 – Seminars in Campaign Management: The Manual (1)-(2)
1967-1968 – Seminars in Campaign Management: The Exercises
1967-1968 – Seminars in Campaign Management: The District (1)-(3)
1967-1968 – Seminars in Campaign Management: Misc. Worksheets and Notes
1967-1973 – Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles
1967 – Advertising Ideas
1968– Beware the Witching Hours
1968 – Campaign Communications Institute of America
1968 – Campaign Research Techniques
1968 – Cartops Campaign Products
1968 – Democratic Campaign Material: Democratic Fact Book
1968 – Democratic Campaign Material: Democratic National Committee
1968– Democratic Campaign Material: Hubert H. Humphrey Remarks
1968 – Democratic Campaign Material: Miscellaneous
1968 – Democratic Campaign Material: Nixon
1968 – Democratic Campaign Material: Operation Support (1)-(2)
1968 – Focus Magazine Excerpts
1968 – Life Magazine Political Advertising
1968 – Nixon-Agnew Advertising Campaign Materials
1968– Nixon-Agnew Campaign Materials
1968 – Nixon-Agnew Campaign Pamphlets
1968 – Political Campaign Advertising
1968 – “Polling” Articles
1968 – Spring Catalog of Republican Campaign Materials
1968 – Women For a Republican Congress
2/68 – In ’68 Communicate
2/16/68 – Campaign Organization: Public Relations Director
2/19/68 – Nixon News
3/9-10/68 – AMPAC Nat’l Workshop: 1968 As Seen by the Press
3/9-10/68 – AMPAC Nat’l Workshop: Candidate Support Committees
3/9-10/68 – AMPAC Nat’l Workshop: The Congressional Challenge
3/9-10/68 – AMPAC Nat’l Workshop: Political Public Relations
3/9-10/68 – AMPAC Nat’l Workshop: Remarks by Samuel Lubell
3/9-10/68 – AMPAC Nat’l Workshop: Supporting Candidates
3/15/68 – Political Success: Press Relations
5/10/68 – Public Relations Seminar- Chicago, IL
5/15/68 – Gallop Poll on Political Attitudes of Young People
6/68 – District X Training Document
6/20-23/68 – GOP Republican Candidates Conference
6/20-23/68 – GOP Republican Candidates Conference: Win it With Youth Power
6/21/68 – You’re In It – Let’s Win It
7/68 – District X Congressional Study Training Document
8/1/68 – Roll Call – Political Publicity
8/8/68 – Richard Nixon Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech
1968-1969 – Votes Unlimited Campaign Specialties
1969 – Generations Apart: CBS Reports
1969– Mid-west Advertising
1969 – The
3/4-11/19/69 – The California Poll
10/69 – Research Techniques for Republican Campaigns
1970 – The Bush Bandwagon
1970– Campaign Communications Institute of America
1970 – Campaign For A Candidate’s Wife [women in politics]
1970 – A Congressional Candidate’s Urban Issues Portfolio
1970 – Congressman John Roussilot Campaign Literature
1970 – Financing Campaigns for Congress
1970 – Women For A Republican Congress
1/70 – Cost of Education Index 1969-70
4/15-18/70 – Republican Leadership Conference
5/1/70 – Campaign Management: Expertise Brings Dollars
6/70 – Decision Making Information: District X Survey
6/70-1/71 – Campaign Insight
6/8-11/70 – Republican Candidates Conference
9/25/70 – Campaign ’70 Newsletter
11/70 – The Robert Lynn Report
11/25/70 – Fair Campaign Practices
12/14/70 – Republican Governor’s Meeting
1971 – Gallop Poll: Attitudes of Youth
1971– Harvesting Machine For Ideas: Memory Hooks and Creativity Prods
1971 – Our American Government
1971 – Participation in the Presidential Election of 1960, 1964 and 1968
1971 - Politeia
1971 – Where High School Youth Stand on Current Issues
1/71 – A Report on the Public’s Reaction to Political Advertising
2/71 – Behind the 1970 Elections
2-5/71 – Department of Commerce News
3/71 – Campaign Finances
3/3-8/71 – Population Characteristics
5/71 – Party Platforms as National Plans
6/7/71 – The Executive Letter
7/23/71 – RNC Delegates and Organization Comm: Delegate Selection Procedures
8/18/71 – 18 to 20 Year Old Vote
9/14/71-1/4/72 – Politics Today
11/5/71 – Population Change and Congressional Representation
12/71 – Characteristics of New Voters: 1972
12/71 – PR in Washington
1972– Administrative Obstacles to Voting
1972 – Alf Adams for Congress
1972 – Candidates Conference: Wives and Family Panel
1972 – Election 1972: The Encyclopedia Americana
1972 – Federal Regulation of Campaign Finance: Some Constitutional Questions
1972 – Benjamin Gilman for Congress Campaign Literature
1972 – Handbook for Democratic Candidates
1972 – Politeia
1972 – Political Campaign Advertising and Advertising Agencies
1972 – A Politician’s Guide to the Art of Self-Defense
1972 – Reapportionment:Law, Politics, Computers
1972 – Republican National Convention: Process of Delegate Selection
1972 – Selection of Delegates and Presidential Preference Primaries
1972 – Special Report From the Democratic Natl Comm: The Nixon Presidency
1972 – Where the Voters Are
1/72 – Characteristics of American Youth: 1971
1/72 – Election Guide 1972
1/72 –
Nomination and Election of the President & Vice
President of the
1/72 – Political Mood of the Nation at the Start of the 1972 Campaign
1/2/72 – New ’72 Voter: Single, Working Girl [women in politics]
3/72 – Challenge
3/72 – Projections of the Population of Voting Age For States: November 1972
3/31/72 – Media Relations Instructors Manual
6/72 – Campaigning on TV
6/72 – Is Your Hat in the Ring?
6/26/72 – Four Votes for the President
6/29-7/2/72 – GOP Candidates Conference
8/72 – Financial Management System for Political Campaigns
8/3/72 – Attribution on Political Pamphlets and Literature
11/5/72 – Last Straws for the Grasping Voter
1973– How to Make Our Democracy Work by 1976
1973 – Trends in Campaign Spending in California 1958-1970
1/73 – Professional Telephone Politics
11/73 – If You Want Air Time
1974– Photographs of Gerald R. Ford
1974 – Republican Congressional Committee Speech Kit
1974 – U.S. House of Representatives: Broadcasting House and Senate Proceedings
2/74 – Factual Campaign Information
6/25-28/74 – Republican Candidates Conference: Debating Techniques
1975– U.S. House of Representatives: A Clear Message to the People
6/20/75 – The Vanishing Voter
1976– Congressional Budget Office Responsibilities and Organization
1976 – U.S. House of Representatives: Automated Information Resources
1976 – U.S. House of Representatives: The Feasibility of a Congressional Staff Journal
1976 – Volunteer Handbook
4/76 – The Campaign Letter
4/76 – Manual on Legislative Procedure in the U.S. House of Representatives
7/76 – Congressional Oversight
8/19/76 – President Gerald Ford’s Acceptance Speech
11/12/76 – Heritage Group’s Report to the President
1977– U.S. House of Representatives: Computer Terminal Equipment
1977 – U.S. House of Representatives: Contracting Support Information Services
1977 – U.S. House of Representatives: Electronic Voting System
1977 – U.S. House of Representatives: House Information Systems
1977 – U.S. House of Representatives: Televising the House
1977 – The White House
8/14/77 – The Washington Post: How Civil Servants Undercut Presidential Appointees
1/9/78 – Ford’s Shadow Government
1/23/78 – Bryce Harlow
1980 – How Our Laws Are Made
3/80 – How to Testify Before Congress
1981 – Pictorial Guide of the United States Capitol
1985 – The Daily Mirror: VE Day Commemorative
1988 – 25 Ways to Lose an Election
7/90 – A Mason Meets Solidarity
12/1/90 – House of Representatives in Changing Times – House Parliamentary Procedures
Republican Congressional Committee
Newsletter
July 31, 1964
January – May 1965
June – November 1965
January – May 1966
June – September 1966
January – April 1967
May – August 1967
September – December 1967
January – December 1967
January – April 1968
May – September 1968
August 12, 1974 and September 9, 1974
Weekly Presidential Mail Sample
December 6, 1974 – Correspondence
January 10, 1975
January 17, 1975
February 14, 1975
February 21, 1975
February 28, 1975
March 7, 1975
March 14, 1975
March 21, 1975
March 25, 1975
April 4, 1975
April 11, 1975
April 18, 1975
April 25, 1975
May 2, 1975
May 10, 1975
May 16, 1975
May 23, 1975
June 6, 1975
June 13, 1975
June 20, 1975
June 22, 1975
June 27, 1975
July 4, 1975
July 25, 1975 (1)
July 25, 1975 (2)
July 25, 1975 – outgoing
August 8, 1975
August 15, 1975
August 22, 1975
August 29, 1975
September 1975
September 12, 1975
September 19, 1975
September 26, 1975
October 3, 1975
October 10, 1975
October 17, 1975
October 24, 1975
October 31, 1975
November 7, 1975
November 14, 1975
November 21, 1975
November 28, 1975
December 12, 1975
December 19, 1975
January 9, 1976
January 12, 1976 – Memo “1975 Presidential Correspondence”