Newt Gingrich papers, 104th and 105th Congresses
Collection
Identifier: POL-0001-10
Scope and Content
This represents one portion of the overall Newt Gingrich papers which are divided into sections by congressional session, and by pre-congressional materials and so forth. This portion of the Newt Gingrich papers relates to his time in the 104th and 105th Congresses (1995–1999). The boxes number 2019 through 2278.
Materials include articles, bills, calendars, campaign files, correspondence, news releases, photographs, videos, and other sources of information.
Materials include articles, bills, calendars, campaign files, correspondence, news releases, photographs, videos, and other sources of information.
Dates
- 1984-2000
Creator
- Gingrich, Newt (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Restricted; select materials open for public use. Please contact Special Collections for instructions on access. Boxes 2187 through 2210 have been marked as sensitive and are not open for use. Box 2025 contains a file regarding the Page Board that is restricted until 2048.
User Restrictions
Rights retained by Newt Gingrich.
Biographical Note
Republican Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich (1943- ) represented Georgia's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979-1999, and served both as the House Minority Whip from 1989-1995, and as the 58th Speaker of the House from 1995-1999.
Newt Gingrich was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1943. His father, U.S. Army Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Gingrich, was a veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. His family moved to Europe in 1956, living in Orleans, France, and Stuttgart, Germany. In 1960 the family moved to Fort Benning, Georgia during his junior year in high school. He graduated from Baker High School in Columbus in 1961 and earned a B.A. in history from Emory University in Atlanta in 1965. Gingrich graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, receiving his M.A. in 1968 and a Ph.D. in European History in 1971.
Dr. Benjamin Kennedy, then chairman of the History Department at West Georgia College, offered Gingrich an assistant professorship in March 1970, and Gingrich began teaching World History surveys in the fall quarter of that year. In the 1972 Student Handbook, Brave, Gingrich encouraged students to take a more proactive role on campus, writing "Don't live down to the weakest aspects of your world. Instead, encourage and help your world to live up to the finest in you. You receive this campus as the achievement of past generations. You will leave it as the gift to future generations."
While Gingrich moved to the Geography department in 1974 and ultimately left the college to pursue a career in politics in 1978, he was remembered for his efforts at encouraging his students to critically engage the material they studied. One such example is an apocryphal story from the History department, in which Gingrich began teaching a survey course with erroneous information in the hopes that one of his students would challenge him and show that they had pursued their required studies.
Newt Gingrich went on to transform the Republican Party and politics in the U.S. across his career in Congress. He retired from an active role in government in 1999, returning to the political arena to pursue the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination. After withdrawing from the race, Gingrich returned to a life of political and social commentary, speaking out on religious expression in the public sphere, education reform, and policies surrounding off-shore and inland oil-drilling, taxation, and health-care reform. He joined the re-launched version of CNN's Crossfire as a panelist in 2013.
Newt Gingrich was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1943. His father, U.S. Army Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Gingrich, was a veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. His family moved to Europe in 1956, living in Orleans, France, and Stuttgart, Germany. In 1960 the family moved to Fort Benning, Georgia during his junior year in high school. He graduated from Baker High School in Columbus in 1961 and earned a B.A. in history from Emory University in Atlanta in 1965. Gingrich graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans, receiving his M.A. in 1968 and a Ph.D. in European History in 1971.
Dr. Benjamin Kennedy, then chairman of the History Department at West Georgia College, offered Gingrich an assistant professorship in March 1970, and Gingrich began teaching World History surveys in the fall quarter of that year. In the 1972 Student Handbook, Brave, Gingrich encouraged students to take a more proactive role on campus, writing "Don't live down to the weakest aspects of your world. Instead, encourage and help your world to live up to the finest in you. You receive this campus as the achievement of past generations. You will leave it as the gift to future generations."
While Gingrich moved to the Geography department in 1974 and ultimately left the college to pursue a career in politics in 1978, he was remembered for his efforts at encouraging his students to critically engage the material they studied. One such example is an apocryphal story from the History department, in which Gingrich began teaching a survey course with erroneous information in the hopes that one of his students would challenge him and show that they had pursued their required studies.
Newt Gingrich went on to transform the Republican Party and politics in the U.S. across his career in Congress. He retired from an active role in government in 1999, returning to the political arena to pursue the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination. After withdrawing from the race, Gingrich returned to a life of political and social commentary, speaking out on religious expression in the public sphere, education reform, and policies surrounding off-shore and inland oil-drilling, taxation, and health-care reform. He joined the re-launched version of CNN's Crossfire as a panelist in 2013.
Extent
110.67 Linear feet (273 boxes)
Language
English
Overview
Materials relating to Gingrich's time in the 104th and 105th Congresses (1995–1999).
Arrangement
Arranged as received. Materials are described at box and folder level.
Provenance
Newt Gingrich, 1983 and later
Processing Information note
In accordance with the U.S. House of Representatives records retention schedule pertaining to Pages, content from the following boxes or box/folders were securely destroyed on February 17, 2016: Boxes 2022, 2023, 2029, 2030, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038; B2019/F1: School Year Pages (1 of 2), 1993-1994, B2019/F2: School Year Pages (1 of 2), B2019/F10: Summer Pages (1 of 3), 1994, B2019/F11: Summer Pages (2 of 3), 1994, B2020/F1: Summer Pages (3 of 3), 1994, and B2025/F2: 98/99 School Year Page Appointments.
Creator
- Gingrich, Newt (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Newt Gingrich papers, 104th and 105th Congresses 1984-2000 POL-0001-10
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Written by Julie Bogle
- Date
- © 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
- Sponsor
- Finding aid converted with funds from a UWG FY14 Presidential Assistance Grant.
Repository Details
Part of the University of West Georgia Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Special Collections, Ingram Library
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton GA 30118-2000 United States
special@westga.edu
Special Collections, Ingram Library
University of West Georgia
1601 Maple Street
Carrollton GA 30118-2000 United States
special@westga.edu