Missouri State Archives
Finding Aid 552.8
Office of Secretary of State
Legislator Papers - JAMES L. MATHEWSON, 1975-2005
Abstract: Papers (1981-2004) of Missouri State Senator James L. Mathewson (1938- ), including appointment books, correspondence, financial records, photographs, speeches, subject files, and historical files of the Academy of Missouri Squires (1960-2003).
Extent: 7.2 cubic ft. (18 Hollinger boxes)
Physical Description: Paper, photographs
Location: MSA Stacks 43A/3/8 and 54B/3/2
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Access Restrictions: No special restrictions.
Publication Restrictions: Copyright is in the public domain for state publications and for correspondence to and from Mathewson in his official capacity. Researchers bear sole responsibility for following applicable copyright laws.
Acquisition Information: Accession 2000-0051 and 2004-0294.
Processing Information: Processing completed by Mary Kay Coker on April 12, 2004. Laura Jolley processed the photograph series, which was then incorporated into this collection. Accession 2004-0294 completed by Mary Kay Coker on July 6, 2007.
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Born March 16, 1938, in Warsaw, Missouri, James L. Mathewson served as a Democrat in the Missouri House of Representatives (1975-1981) and in the Missouri Senate (1981-2005). In the latter, he was floor majority leader (1985-1988) and served several terms as president pro tem (1989-1996). In 1996, Mathewson was inducted into the Academy of Missouri Squires and became its secretary in 1998. In early 2005, his legislative career came to end with the institution of term limits.
SERIES
The papers of James L. Mathewson are broken down into the following series: :
- Appointment Books, 1988-1993
- Correspondence, 1982-2004
- Financial Records, 1981-1997
- Missouri Squires Files, 1960-2003
- Photographs, 1987-1997
- Speeches, 1984-1998
- Subject Files, 1985-2002
APPOINTMENT BOOKS, 1988-1993
[ Back to series list ]Extent: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 Hollinger box)
Arrangement: Chronological
Scope and Content
Appointment books for Senator Mathewson, including daily appointment books (1988, 1990-1993) and social calendars (1990-1993). This period includes his early years as president pro tem.
| Location | Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43A/3/8 | 1 | 1 | Daily Appointment Book, 1988 |
| 43A/3/8 | 1 | 2 | Daily Appointment Book and Social Calendar, 1990 |
| 43A/3/8 | 1 | 3 | Daily Appointment Book and Social Calendar, 1991 |
| 43A/3/8 | 1 | 4 | Daily Appointment Book and Social Calendar, 1992 |
| 43A/3/8 | 1 | 5 | Daily Appointment Book and Social Calendar, 1993 |
Correspondence, 1982-2004
[ Back to series list ]Extent: 0.8 cubic ft. (1 Hollinger box and 2 partials)
Arrangement: Chronological
Scope and Content
The early correspondence in this series contains little legislative content, much of it consisting of social engagements with fellow legislators and correspondence with constituents. From 1999, the issues are more substantive, including tobacco settlement, same-sex marriage, religious displays on public property, Medicaid costs, collective bargaining, puppy mills and concealed carry. In December 2000, there is a letter conveying a constituent’s impressions of Iraq before the war.
| Location | Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 1 | Correspondence, 1982-1989 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 2 | Correspondence, 1990 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 3 | Correspondence, 1991 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 4 | Correspondence, 1992 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 5 | Correspondence, 1993 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 6 | Correspondence, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 7 | Correspondence, 1995 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 8 | Correspondence, 1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 9 | Correspondence, 1997 |
| 54B/3/2 | 8 | 1 | Correspondence, 1999 |
| 54B/3/2 | 8 | 2-5 | Correspondence, 2000 (Photos) |
| 54B/3/2 | 8 | 6-7 | Correspondence, 2001 (Parts 1-2) |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 1 | Correspondence, 2001 (Part 3) |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 2-3 | Correspondence, 2002 |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 4 | Correspondence, 2003 |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 5 | Correspondence, 2004 |
Financial Records, 1981-1997
[ Back to series list ]Extent: 0.2 cubic ft. (1 partial Hollinger box)
Arrangement: Alphabetical
Scope and Content
This series contains financial records relating to his duties as a senator, including quarterly allowance summaries, telephone charges, wages, mileage and per diem reports, and statements of assets. Also includes some miscellaneous files as to senate property, costs of computer networking, and expenditures of the Democratic party for redistricting commissions.
| Location | Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 10 | Allowance Summaries, 1981-1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 11 | Capitol Complex Network Costs, 1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 12 | District Office Inventory, 1996-1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 13 | Friends of Senator Jim Mathewson, 1992 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 14 | Mileage and Per Diem Reports, 1989-1998 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 15 | Redistricting Expenditures, 1991 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 16 | Senate Wages, 1989-1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 17 | Statements of Assets, 1982-1987 |
| 43A/3/8 | 2 | 18 | Telephone Charges, 1990-1997 |
Missouri Squires Files, 1960-2003
[ Back to series list ]Extent: 3.4 cubic ft. (8 Hollinger boxes and 1 partial)
Arrangement: Chronological
Scope and Content
This series includes files of the Academy of Missouri Squires, which was organized in 1960 under Governor James T. Blair, Jr. (For a complete historical listing of all Missouri Squires, see the latest official state manual.) In October 1998, James L. Mathewson was elected as secretary of the academy and inherited the historical files of the organization. Previous secretaries included Tilghman R. Cloud, Gerald Massie, James A. Finch, James Kirkpatrick, Flavius B. Freeman, and Judge Floyd R. Gibson.
Although some credit Governor Blair’s assistant Robert W. Crawford as the inspiration for the academy, according to Crawford himself the original idea belonged to Ken Postlethwaite and was based on the long-running French Academy (Academie Francaise). From its inception, women have been included, starting with educator Adah Peckenpaugh. The first African-American to be inducted was state senator and labor leader Theodore D. McNeal in 1967.
According to a letter dated November 16, 1977, from Burleigh Arnold, the squires almost ended with Governor John Dalton, who saw it as the "Blair Crony Club." Others showed disquiet when Governor Hearnes came on board. Because all past and current governors are automatically inducted as squires, sometimes there were resignations or absences at the yearly luncheon because of political differences. For instance, Warren Hearnes resigned when his wife Betty decided to run against then-governor John Ashcroft.
The original ten candidates were chosen by the governor and were thereafter elected by the academy. Nominations could come from anyone in Missouri, though most came from the squires themselves. The nomination list was winnowed down by a small committee of squires in consultation with the governor and took into account both regional and national recognition. The life-time honor came with a scroll, lapel pin, and cane plus an invitation to the yearly luncheon meeting at the governor’s mansion. A small yearly fee from each squire covered these costs, although some squires such as Thomas Hart Benton objected to this practice.
Not all those elected to become squires accepted the honor. One of the first to decline was Walter Cronkite, who was born in Missouri, because he would not belong to what he could not participate in. In 1992, Richard Gephardt initially refused because he had been criticized for belonging to a group without women or African-Americans but Ike Skelton persuaded him to remain a member, as both were in fact members of the group or had been in the past. Resignations at first were not accepted but later that changed, mostly because squires had moved out of state, could not attend meetings, or had political differences with the current governor.
Although initially conceived strictly as an honorary organization, the squires did take on a few projects, including putting a list of each class of squires on bronze plaques in the capitol building, honoring schools with certificates of merit, restoring the Victorian drawing room in the governor’s mansion, placing Mrs. Carnahan’s book on the mansion in various libraries, and underwriting the cost of gubernatorial portraits by Gilbert Early and Paul Jackson.
In reaction to a comment from an "old squire" that the organization no longer served a useful purpose, Stuart Symington had this to say in a letter dated October 5, 1998: "Unless one is interested in public recognition because it helps him or her make money, all that an organization like the Squires does is recognize true service regardless of business, baking, legal, or political affiliation."
Correspondence may include acceptances; resignations; exchanges with suppliers of squire pins, canes, and scrolls; memorials; obituaries; and dues notices. Meetings may include an agenda, invitation, luncheon attendees, minutes, statement of dues, and financial report. Photographs may include a collage of individual photos for the press release, the individual photos submitted for the same, and a group photograph of attendees at the yearly luncheon meeting. Occasionally a photo may be found of the class inducted that year. Other smaller groups of squires, particularly in the early years, include Harry S. Truman and Stan Musial. Photographs both group and individual, end in 1987, although correspondence indicates that group pictures were still taken by Wright and Childress studios and sent to individual squires.
| Location | Box | Folder | Date | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 6 | Audio reel tape labeled "Master Tape of Testimonial Dinner" | |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 7 | Squire Wreath: Photographic negatives (black & white and color) of a funereal wreath with the squire emblem | |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 8 | 1960 | Biographies: Thomas Hart Benton, Clarence Cannon, Tilghman R. Cloud, Michael Kinney, Adah Peckenpaugh, Roy A. Roberts, Ethan A. H. Shepley, Francis Smith, Harry S. Truman |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 9 | 1960 | Certificates (blank) |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 10 | 1960 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 11 | 1960 | Organizational Documents |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 12 | 1960 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 13 | 1960 | Photographs: group, small groups (including Stan Musial and Harry S. Truman), Tilghman R. Cloud |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 14 | 1960 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 15 | 1961 | Bylaws |
| 54B/3/2 | 9 | 16 | 1961 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 1 | 1961 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 2 | 1961 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 3 | 1961 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 4 | 1961 | Photographs: group, small groups (including Governor Dalton and Gerald R. Massie), William L. Bradshaw, Arthur V. Burrowes, August A. Busch Jr., John M. Dalton, Russell L. Dearmont, Elmer Ellis, Don Faurot, Albert L. Reeves, Floyd C. Shoemaker, and Stuart Symington |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 5 | 1961 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 6 | 1962 | Articles of Incorporation |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 7 | 1962 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 8 | 1962 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 9 | 1962 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 10 | 1962 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 11 | 1962 | Photographs: group, Richard H. Amberg, David R. Calhoun, E. L. Dale, W. True Davis, James G. Conzelman, Joyce C. Hall, Charles Kimball, Samuel S. Mayerberg, James S. McDonnell Jr., Sterling Price Reynolds |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 12 | 1962 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 13 | 1962 | Resolution re: Death of Governor Blair |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 14 | 1963 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 15 | 1963 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 16 | 1963 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 17 | 1963 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 10 | 18 | 1963 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 1 | 1963 | Photographs: group, Edwin M. Clark, James A. Finch Jr., Robert M. Good, James M. Kemper Sr., Dillard A. Mallory, John I. Rollings, Ruth Seevers, Leif J. Sverdrup, Roy D. Williams |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 2 | 1963 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 3 | 1964 | Bylaws |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 4 | 1964 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 5 | 1964 | Finalists (includes list back to 1960) |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 6 | 1964 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 7 | 1964 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 8 | 1964 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 9 | 1964 | Photographs: group, Mrs. (Ruth) G. Baird Fisher, James P. Hickok, Laurance M. Hyde, Edward V. Long, Morton D. May, J. Wesley McAfee, Frederick A. Middlebush, L. Mitchell White, Rex M. Whitton, Mrs. (Virginia) Raymond A. Young |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 10 | 1964 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 11 | 1965 | Bylaws |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 12 | 1965 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 13 | 1965 | Financial Records |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 14 | 1965 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 15 | 1965 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 16 | 1965 | Photographs: small groups (including Governors Dalton, Hearnes, Donnell and Stark), Howard Adams, Frank P. Briggs, Lester E. Cox, Warren E. Hearnes, William B. Massey, Franc L. McCluer, William A. McDonnell, Mrs. Holton R. Price Jr., Charles A. Thomas |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 17 | 1965 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 18 | 1965 | Resolutions re: deaths of William L. Bradshaw, James M. Kemper Sr., Samuel S. Mayerberg, and Leander Mitchell White |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 19 | 1966 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 20 | 1966 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 21 | 1966 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 22 | 1966 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 23 | 1966 | Photographs: group, Sam C. Blair, Thomas H. Eliot, Jacqueline Grennan, Fred Heinkel, William F. James, Lue C. Lozier, Arthur Mag, Paul C. Reinert, Sidney Salomon, Clem F. Storckman |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 24 | 1966 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 25 | 1967 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 26 | 1967 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 27 | 1967 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 28 | 1967 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 29 | 1967 | Photographs: group, Henry D. Bradley, Ernest R. Breech, Richard S. Brownlee, Stanley R. Fike, Leonard Hall, Edmund I. "Mike" Hockaday, Paul C. Jones, Arthur Clay Magill, Theodore D. McNeal, Raymond R. Tucker |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 30 | 1968 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 11 | 31 | 1968 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 1 | 1968 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 2 | 1968 | Photographs: group, Proctor N. Carter, Edwin P. Coleman Jr., Richard M. Duncan, Oliver B. Ferguson, Henry C. Haskell, James C. Kirkpatrick, Isaac A. Long, L. E. Meador, Howard A. Rusk, Sidney E. Souers |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 3 | 1969 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 4 | 1969 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 5 | 1969 | Photographs: group, (possible group), Maurice R. Chambers, Earl B. Dawson, Thomas F. Eagleton, Harry F. Harrington, Robert Hyland, James H. Meredith, H. Lang Rogers, John W. Schwada, Charles W. Schwartz, Joseph C. Welman |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 6 | 1969 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 7 | 1970 | Bylaws |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 8 | 1970 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 9 | 1970 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 10 | 1970 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 11 | 1970 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 12 | 1970 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 13 | 1970 | Photographs: group, Charles L. Bacon, H. Roe Bartle, Duncan Bauman, Dan Devine, A. J. Drinkwater Jr., Richard Ichord, Earl B. Jewell, Jack Matthews, Jack Stapleton Sr., Elliot Stein |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 14 | 1970 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 15 | 1971 | Bylaws |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 16 | 1971 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 17 | 1971 | Financial Records |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 18 | 1971 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 19 | 1971 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 20 | 1971 | Photographs: group, John R. Cauley, D. Howard Doane, D. W. Gilmore, C. Brice Ratchford, Jane Froman Smith, Leonor K. Sullivan, Robert M. White II |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 21 | 1971 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 22 | 1972 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 23 | 1972 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 24 | 1972 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 25 | 1972 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 26 | 1972 | Photographs: group, William H. Danforth, Betty Cooper Hearnes, Everett Keith, M. C. Matthes, Fred R. Weber Jr. (and polaroids of his "shrine") |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 27 | 1972 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 28 | 1973 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 29 | 1973 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 30 | 1973 | Special Class (Christopher S. Bond) |
| 54B/3/2 | 12 | 31-33 | 1974 | Bronze Plaque at Capitol Building (records from 1972-77, including correspondence with squires and with Usona Manufacturing, sketch of insignia, blueprints, and photograph of plaque) |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 1 | 1974 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 2 | 1974 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 3 | 1974 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 4 | 1974 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 5 | 1974 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 6 | 1974 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 7 | 1975 | Bylaws |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 8 | 1975 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 9 | 1975 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 10 | 1975 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 11 | 1975 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 12-13 | 1975 | Nominations (includes geographical listing of squires, procedures to follow for election, and list of nominating committee members from 1968 to 1976) |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 14 | 1975 | Photographs: group, photographic negatives of individual portraits (not identified) |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 15 | 1975 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 16 | 1976 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 17 | 1976 | Governor’s Mansion Library: the Book Collection (booklet) |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 18 | 1976 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 19 | 1976 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 20 | 1977 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 21 | 1977 | Drawing of Seal for Squire Pin (includes correspondence with Herff Jones and 1961 version of the drawing with incorrect wording) |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 22 | 1977 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 23 | 1977 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 24 | 1977 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 13 | 25-26 | 1977 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 1 | 1977 | Photographs: group |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 2 | 1977 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 3 | 1978 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 4 | 1978 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 5 | 1978 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 6 | 1978 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 7-8 | 1978 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 9 | 1978 | Photographs: group, W. Robert Aylward, William L. Hungate, James L. McHugh, James C. Olson, Albert M. Spradling, Jr. |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 10 | 1979 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 11 | 1979 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 12 | 1979 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 13 | 1979 | Photographs: group |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 14 | 1980 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 15 | 1980 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 16 | 1980 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 17 | 1980 | Photographs: group |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 18 | 1981 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 19 | 1981 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 20 | 1981 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 21 | 1981 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 14 | 22-23 | 1981 | Nominations (Parts 1-2) |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 1 | 1981 | Nominations (Part 3) |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 2 | 1981 | Photographs: group, Clarence C. Barksdale, August A. Busch III, Jay B. Dillingham, Charles F. Knight, Herbert Schooling, James I. Spainhower, Avis Green Tucker, William H. Webster |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 3 | 1981 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 4 | 1982 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 5 | 1982 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 6 | 1982 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 7 | 1982 | Photographs |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 8 | 1982 | Press (clipping on Jacqueline Grennan Wexler) |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 9 | 1983 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 10 | 1983 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 11 | 1983 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 12 | 1983 | Meetings (includes procedures for selecting Annual School Award and Annual College Award) |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 13-16 | 1983 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 17 | 1983 | Photographs: group, bronze plaque, Flavius B. Freeman, James M. Kemper Jr., Sanford N. McDonnell, Marlin Perkins, James W. Stephens |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 18 | 1983 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 15 | 19 | 1984 | Citation for Merit in Education (Camdenton R-III School System) |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 1 | 1984 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 2 | 1984 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 3 | 1984 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 4 | 1984 | Miscellaneous Duties of the Secretary of the Academy |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 5 | 1984 | Photographs: group |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 6 | 1985 | Citations of Merit for Education (Jefferson College, Clayton School System, William Woods College, and the Columbia Public School District) |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 7 | 1985 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 8 | 1985 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 9 | 1985 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 10 | 1985 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 11 | 1985 | Photographs: group |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 12 | 1985 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 13 | 1986 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 14 | 1986 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 15 | 1986 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 16 | 1986 | Photographs: group |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 17 | 1987 | Bylaws |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 18 | 1987 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 19 | 1987 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 20 | 1987 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 21 | 1987 | Photographs: group and nominees Vincent J. Bommarito and James W. Goodrich |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 22 | 1988 | Bronze Plaque (2nd in Capitol Rotunda) |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 23 | 1988 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 24 | 1988 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 25 | 1988 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 16 | 26 | 1989 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 1 | 1989 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 2 | 1989 | Meetings (includes information from Robert Crawford on the inception of the academy) |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 3-4 | 1989 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 5 | 1989 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 6 | 1990 | Bylaws |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 7 | 1990 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 8 | 1990 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 9 | 1990 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 10-11 | 1990 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 12 | 1991 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 13 | 1991 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 14 | 1991 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 15 | 1992 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 16 | 1992 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 17 | 1992 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 18 | 1993 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 19 | 1993 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 20 | 1993 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 21 | 1993 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 17 | 22 | 1993 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 1 | 1993 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 2 | 1994 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 3 | 1994 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 4 | 1994 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 5 | 1994 | Restoration of the Victorian Drawing Room (Squires Room) at the Missouri Governor’s Mansion |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 6 | 1995 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 7 | 1995 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 8 | 1996 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 9 | 1996 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 10 | 1996 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 11 | 1996 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 12 | 1996 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 13 | 1997 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 14 | 1997 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 15 | 1997 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 16 | 1998 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 17 | 1999 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 18 | 1999 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 19 | 1999 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 20 | 1999 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 21 | 1999 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 22 | 1999 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 23 | 1999 | Resolution re: Judge Floyd R. Gibson |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 24 | 2000 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 25 | 2000 | Governors’ Portraits (project to commission portraits for the capitol building from artists Gilbert Early and Paul Jackson for the following governors: Teasdale, Bond, Ashcroft, Carnahan, Wilson) |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 26 | 2000 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 27 | 2000 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 28 | 2001 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 29 | 2001 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 30 | 2001 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 31 | 2002 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 32 | 2002 | Finalists |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 33 | 2002 | Mailing List |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 34 | 2002 | Meetings |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 35 | 2002 | Nominations |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 36 | 2002 | Press |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 37 | 2003 | Correspondence |
| 54B/3/2 | 18 | 38 | 2003 | Meetings |
Photographs, 1987-1997
[ Back to series list ]Extent: 0.4 cubic ft. (1 Hollinger box)
Arrangement: Chronological
Scope and Content
The majority of the photographs in this collection are of Senator Mathewson in his official capacity, presiding over the Missouri senate, visiting with constituents, attending bill signings, and emceeing various events, including the inauguration of Governor John Ashcroft. Also included are several portrait shots taken during his years as a state senator.
| Location | Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 1 | Photographs, 1987-1988 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 2 | Photographs, 1989 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 3 | Photographs: Ashcroft Inauguration, January 9, 1989 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 4-6 | Photographs, 1990 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 7 | Photographs, 1991 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 8 | Photographs, 1992 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 9 | Photographs: Gubernatorial Appointments, Hearings, and Bill Signings, 1992 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 10 | Photographs: Visitors, 1993 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 11 | Photographs, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 12 | Photographs, 1995 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 13 | Photographs, 1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 3 | 14 | Photographs, 1997 |
Speeches, 1984-1998
[ Back to series list ]Extent: 0.3 cubic ft. (1 partial Hollinger box)
Arrangement: Chronological
Scope and Content
This series includes speeches on a variety of topics that Senator Mathewson gave from 1984 through 1998. Some speeches are not dated. Also, not all of the folders contain actual speeches but may instead include background material, correspondence, talking points, and articles.
| Location | Box | Folder | Date | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 1 | Background Material | |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 2 | CBS News Interview re: Webster Decision | |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 3 | Commencement Address | |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 4 | Future of Higher Education | |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 5 | 03 Jul 1984 | American Businesswomen’s Association |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 6 | 02 Mar 1987 | Quotes re: Lottery Revenues |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 7 | 25 Apr 1987 | Jackson Day Speech |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 8 | 04 Jan 1989 | Opening Address to Missouri Senate |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 9 | 10 Jan 1989 | Notes for ESN Broadcast |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 10 | 14 Nov 1989 | Tort Reform Video |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 11 | ca. 1990 | Summary of 1990 Legislative Session for Radio Show |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 12 | Jan 1990 | Senate Scene re: Legislative Agenda |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 13 | 03 Jan 1990 | Opening Address to Missouri Senate |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 14 | 11 Jan 1990 | Article for Jefferson City News Tribune |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 15 | 18 Jan 1990 | Notes on Higher Education |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 16 | 15 Feb 1990 | Missouri Chamber of Commerce |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 17 | 17 Feb 1990 | League of Women Voters |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 18 | 07 Mar 1990 | Leadership St. Louis |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 19 | 15 Mar 1990 | DARE Graduation, Colecamp Elementary |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 20 | 26 May 1990 | E.W. Thompson State School Graduation |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 21 | 05 Apr 1990 | Legislative Forum |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 22 | 07 Apr 1990 | Association of University Professors |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 23 | 26 Apr 1990 | Missouri Chamber of Commerce |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 24 | 18 Jun 1990 | Missouri Restaurant Association |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 25 | 21 Jun 1990 | Girls’ State Address |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 26 | 18 Oct 1990 | Legislative Action Seminar |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 27 | 08 Nov 1990 | Veterans Memorial Groundbreaking |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 28 | 09 Jan 1991 | Opening Address to Missouri Senate |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 29 | 04 Mar 1991 | Support Our Troops Rally (Desert Storm) |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 30 | 11 Nov 1991 | All Soldiers Memorial Dedication |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 31 | 11 Jan 1992 | Election Statement |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 32 | 06 Jan 1993 | Opening Address to Missouri Senate |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 33 | 18 Jun 1993 | Highway Patrol Graduation |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 34 | 02 Nov 1993 | Video Conference re: Telecommunications in State Government |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 35 | 05 Jan 1994 | Opening Address to Missouri Senate |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 36 | 04 Jan 1995 | Opening Address to Missouri Senate |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 37 | 03 Jan 1996 | Opening Address to Missouri Senate |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 38 | 25 Mar 1996 | Student Governments, Spring Lobbying Conference |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 39 | 15 May 1998 | Tribute to Senator Bill McKenna |
Subject Files, 1985-2002
[ Back to series list ]Extent: 1.3 cubic ft. (3 Hollinger boxes and 1 partial)
Arrangement: Alphabetical
Scope and Content
This series contains a variety of subject-related materials culled from the original unorganized files. Substantive material can be found on abortion, administration committee requests, economic development trips, education funding, inaugural procedure, natural gas price hikes, and surveys of his views on current issues as well as the views of his constituents.
A large number of newspaper and article clippings concerning Senator Mathewson, many from the Sedalia Democrat, were photocopied from the originals and arranged chronologically.
| Location | Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 40 | Abortion Facts, ca. 1989-1991 |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 41 | Administrative Rules Court Case, 1992 |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 42 | Attitude Research Corporation (Political Survey), 1987 |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 43 | Biographical Information, 1995 |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 44 | Campaign Flyers, no date |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 45 | Capitol Police Reorganization, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 46 | Capitol Security Proposal, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 47 | Clippings, no date |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 48 | Clippings, 1985 |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 49 | Clippings, 1986 |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 50 | Clippings, 1987 |
| 43A/3/8 | 4 | 51 | Clippings, 1988 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 1 | Clippings, 1989 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 2 | Clippings, 1990 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 3 | Clippings, 1991 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 4 | Clippings, 1992 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 5 | Clippings, 1993 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 6 | Clippings, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 7 | Clippings, 1995 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 8 | Clippings, 1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 9 | Clippings, 1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 10 | Constituent Survey, 1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 11 | Division of Facilities Management Reorganization, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 12 | Economic Survival Act of 1991 (Education Funding) |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 13 | Governor Carnahan’s Staff, ca. 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 14 | Governor’s Partnership on the Transition from School to Work, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 15 | Griffin, Speaker Bob, 1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 16 | Gulf War, 1991 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 17 | Hall, Joyce C., 1991 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 13 | Higginsville Habilitation Center, 1999-2001 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 18 | Inauguration, 1989 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 19 | Inauguration, 1993 |
| 43A/3/8 | 5 | 20 | Invitations, 1989-1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 1 | Japanese and Korean Delegation, 1989 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 2 | Jones, Senator A. Clifford, 1988 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 3 | Leake, Representative Sam, 1995 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 14 | Legislative Intern Program (includes intern handbook, tour scripts for capitol building, capitol flyer, mock session memo), 2000-2002 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 4 | Legislator Survey (AP), 1992 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 15 | Lincoln University, 2001-2002 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 5 | Manford, Judge Don, 1991 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 6 | Mathewson Birthday Fundraiser, 1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 7 | Mathewson Re-Election, 1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 8 | Mathewson Report, 1992, 1996-1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 9 | Mathewson’s Weekly Report, 1992, 1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 10 | Missouri Community Service Commission, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 11 | Missouri Senate Candidate Questionnaire, ca. 1990 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 12 | Missouri Senate Miscellany, 1987-1995 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 13 | Missouri State Fairgrounds Charette, 1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 16 | Natural Gas Rate Increases, 2000-2001 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 14 | Ozark Mountain High Road, no date |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 15 | President Pro Tem’s Office Suite, 1985 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 16 | Press Releases, 1989-1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 17 | Programs for Events, 1990-1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 18 | Senate Administration Committee Requests, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 19 | Sponsored Bills, 1996-1997 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 20 | Staples, Senator Danny, no date |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 21 | Trips: Korea, December 1988 |
| 43A/3/8 | 6 | 22 | Trips: Japan and Korea, June 1989 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 1 | Trips: Miscellaneous, 1989-1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 2 | Trips: Alaska, September 1989 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 3 | Trips: Europe, October 1989 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 4 | Trips: Europe, August 1990 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 5 | Trips: Thailand and Korea, November 1992 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 6 | Trips: China and Japan, October 1993 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 7 | Trips: Hyannis Port, 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 8 | USS Jefferson City, no date |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 9 | USS Missouri (Memorial to Congress), 1996 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 10 | Visit of Korean Trade Delegation, 1990 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 11 | Visit of Russian Duma (Parliament), 1994 |
| 43A/3/8 | 7 | 12 | Webster, Senator Richard M., 1990 |