WHORM State Governments

State Government   (1.8 ft; Box 1-5)
This primary subject category contains material regarding federalism; federal and state regulation; state taxes; state lotteries; state governments’ fiscal condition and financial structure; offshore and seabed boundary agreements; coastal protection; White House Southwest Border States Project; Rio Grande Valley Initiative; Fifty States Project; border interdiction; meetings of the National Governors’ Association, the National Conference of Lieutenant Governors, and Intergovernmental Leaders; and the Council of State Governments Innovative Transfer Program.

Alabama (0.2 ft; Box 5)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to redistricting; Presidential election delegate selection process; the Alabama Heritage Trust Fund; and the super conducting super collider.

Alaska (02 l.ft.; Box 6)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Alaska Statehood Commission; the Alaska Municipal League; mining; amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; federal intervention; and the 1867 Convention boundary line between the Soviet Union and Alaskan islands.

Arizona (1 Folder; Box 6)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the appointment of Arizonan Sandra Day O’Connor to the Supreme Court; Governor Mecham; and federal appointments.

This subject category has been digitized in full and can be viewed here. 

Arkansas (1 Folder; Box 6)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to a bill on the conveyance of land interests in Arkansas.

California (0.6 l.ft.; Box 6-8)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to mining; restoration of the state capitol; state appointments; state unitary tax; employment; foreign trade; Medi-Cal; the California state budget; California state parks; the Democratic Party; hazardous and toxic wastes and tort reform.

Colorado (1 folder; Box 8)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Colorado Arts Loan Fund; the Upper Colorado River Commission; and the super conducting super collider.

Connecticut (1 folder; Box 8)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Fifty States Project; the Connecticut Blue Book; a briefing on Connecticut politics and elections; balanced federal budget resolution; and the Connecticut House Republican Caucus.

Delaware (1 folder; Box 8)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to education; state appointments; small businesses; prison sentencing reform; and transportation.

Florida (1 Folder; Box 8)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to refugees; drugs and drug trafficking; crime; and the federal payroll tax.

Georgia (1 Folder; Box 8)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the State Drug Enforcement Alliance; and to state appointments.

Hawaii (0.2 l.ft.; Box 8-9)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Native Hawaiian Land Trust Study Commission; the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act; federal appointments; the Native Hawaiian Task Force; the Ironman Triathlon; land claims; the Hawaiian Federal Selection Commission; national parks and health care.

Idaho (1 Folder; Box 9)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Bureau of Land Management; water rights; the Fifty States Project; the National Park Service; and the Idaho Departments of Health and Welfare.

Illinois (0.1 l.ft.; Box 9)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Illinois Commission on Atomic Energy; the Illinois Commerce Commission; comparable worth; health services; a briefing on Illinois politics and elections; the Illinois Department of Economic Security; and agriculture.

Indiana (0.1 l.ft.; Box 9)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Governor Orr; enterprise zone legislation; the steel industry; the economy; federal appointments; and reapportionment.

Iowa (0.1 l.ft; Box 9)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Clean Air Act compliance; the state economy; sentencing reform; Iowa Supreme Court standards; agriculture; and federal disaster declarations.

Kansas (Empty)
The White House Office of Records Management did not transfer any material within this secondary subject category to the Library

Kentucky (1 Folder; Box 9)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to medical licensing; and the coal industry.

Louisiana (1 Folder; Box 9)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to coastline erosion; and civil rights.

Maine (1 Folder; Box 9)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Maine state economy.

Maryland (1 Folder; Box 9)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Maryland state economy; the Private Sector Initiatives Task Force; and Governor Mandel.

Massachusetts (0.1 l.ft.; Box 10)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Human Services; the Vocational Educational Act; the Massachusetts’ state economy; transportation; a child support bill; radio officer applications; and the food stamp program.

Michigan (0.1 l.ft.; Box 10)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Michigan state economy; a balanced budget amendment; state elections; Uncle Sam; the Michigan Wilderness Heritage Act; and the Michigan Dominant Mineral Act.

Minnesota (1 Folder; Box 10)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to education for the handicapped; federal funding for state projects; the Minnesota state economy; the environment; and minority businesses.

Mississippi (1 Folder; Box 10)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Mississippi state economy; and nuclear waste.

Missouri (0.1 l. ft; Box 10)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Human Services; the Job Training Partnership Act; a proposed resolution regarding a presidential line item veto; agriculture; federal disaster declaration; Governor Bond; and welfare reform.

Montana (1 Folder; Box 10)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the bill, “Montana: the People Speak”; the placement of MX missiles; rural electrification; and the Montana Natural Resources Protection and Utilization Act of 1988.

Nebraska (0.1 l.ft.; Box 10)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to civil rights; Faith Baptist Church Christian school jailings; the Nebraska Job Service; agriculture; and Governor Orr.

Nevada (1 Folder, Box 10)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to transportation; nuclear energy; defense; radioactive waste; natural resources; public lands; air services; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; waste water treatment; health care; the Internal Revenue Service; and Governor Bryan.

New Hampshire (1 Folder; Box 10)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to welfare; enterprise zones; and acid rain.

New Jersey (0.1 l.ft.; Box 10-11)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Division of Youth and Family Services; affirmative action; the environment; the Job Training Partnership Act; Governor Kean; a statewide missing persons’ bureau; health care cost control ; the Governor’s Management Improvement Program; the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; state appointments; and welfare reform.

New Mexico (0.1 l. ft; Box 11)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to MX missile deployment; and the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office.

New York (0.1 l. ft; Box 11)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the New York state economy; the state budget; the Westway project; reapportionment; the New York State Law Enforcement Council; state taxes; a briefing on New York politics and elections; Governor Cuomo; and the Palestine Liberation Organization.

North Carolina (1 Folder; Box 11)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Governor Hunt; Governor Martin; a briefing on North Carolina politics and elections; and the late Congressman Robert K. Doughton.

North Dakota (1 Folder; Box 11)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Governor’s Employment and Training Forum; the North Dakota - Saskatchewan Boundary Advisory Committee; and the North Dakota state economy.

Ohio (1 Folder; Box 11)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to school desegregation; education; a briefing on Ohio politics and elections; federal regulation; state taxes; and mental and state correctional facilities.

Oklahoma (1 Folder; Box 11)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Farmers’ Home Administration loans; state taxes; and the Oklahoma state balanced budget law.

Oregon (0.1 l.ft; Box 11)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Oregon state economy; affirmative action; the Federal Drug Administration; Rajneeshpuram; and a history of the line item veto for the Governor of Oregon.

Pennsylvania (0.2 l.ft.; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the dedication of the state capitol; unemployment compensation; the Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania; a briefing on Pennsylvania politics and elections; Governor Thornburgh; the state budget; prison sentencing; and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Heritage Preservation Committee.

Rhode Island (1 Folder; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Rhode Island state economy; Naragansett Electric; Rhode Island Secretary of State Susan Farmer; the state budget; and the environment.

South Carolina (1 Folder; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Task Force on Critical Human Needs; and the Small Business Administration.

South Dakota (1 Folder; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the “South Dakota Federal Regulation Review.”

Tennessee (1 Folder; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Governor Alexander; and to a briefing on Tennessee politics and elections.

Texas (0.1 ft; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council; the War on Drugs; the Texas state economy; redistricting and civil rights; the Texas-Mexico border; the Rio Grande River Valley; and a briefing on Texas politics and elections.

Utah (1 Folder; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Utah Senator Orrin Hatch.

Vermont (1 Folder; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Proposition 1; the federal budget; federalism; and Governor Snelling.

Virginia (1 Folder; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Virginia Employment Commission; the Virginia Municipal League; the Virginia state economy; and Virginia State University.

Washington (0.2 l.ft.; Box 12)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Washington State Initiative #394; energy; the Bonneville Power Administration; Washington Public Power Supply System; the Washington state economy; taxes; and the Governor’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped.

West Virginia (1 Folder; Box 13)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to crime; Medicaid; the West Virginia state economy; and a briefing on West Virginia politics and elections.

Wisconsin (1 Folder; Box 13)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Wisconsin IMPACT Plan; private sector initiatives; the insurance industry; and Governor Thompson.

Wyoming (1 Folder; Box 13)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the environment; federal funding; federal budget; and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Territories and Islands (1.2 l.ft.; Box 13-16)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Northern Mariana Islands; American Samoa; the Marshall Islands; Wrangell Islands; Bikini Island; federal appointments; territorial policy; food stamps; Compact of Free Association with Micronesia; Continental Airlines; ocean thermal energy conversion; Executive Order 11030 applying certain US laws to citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands; a report on the Northern Mariana Islands Commission on Federal Laws;  the Omnibus Territories Bill; financial assistance; military land leases; the Territorial Development Bank; discrimination; the Farmers’ Home Loan Administration; the National Conference of State Historic Preservation; termination of U.S. trusteeship; telecommunication; education; nuclear free zones; nuclear testing and an Executive Order on the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.

Guam (0.4 l.ft.; Box 16-17)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to Guam’s political status; Commonwealth status; a Taiwan Trade and Cultural Affairs Office; the homeporting of naval vessels; the Guam economy; federal appointments; utilities; the Guam Memorial Health Plan; the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 19849; the National Guard; land claims; the National Governor’s Association; water system; war crimes and reparations; Omnibus Territories legislation; Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Anti-Terrorism Act of 1986; the Children’s Justice and Assistance Act of 1986; the Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1978; posse comitatus; and education.

Puerto Rico (0.4 ft; Boxes 17-18)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to the Puerto Rican economy; self-determination; political status; statehood; taxes; Internal Revenue Service section 939 tax exemptions - Possessions Tax Credit; New Federalism; minimum wage; Enterprise Zone Tax Act; education; local elections; the Caribbean Basin Initiative; Japan; Cuba; corruption; and federal appointments.

Virgin Islands (0.4 ft; Box 18)
This secondary subject category contains material relating to a resolution regarding a Virgin Island constitution; crime and law enforcement; the Non-Immigration Adjustment Act; the watch industry; taxes; manuals on personnel, property and procurement procedures for the Virgin Island Legislature; the rum industry; the Caribbean Basin Initiative; Cuba; the British Virgin Islands; Puerto Rico; the Republican Party; corruption; Water Island; and the National Guard.