Call Number:

MC200

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Public Policy Papers

Extent:

• 1141 boxes
• 1 folder

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Bill Bradley papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1959-1999 (inclusive)

Creator:

Bradley, Bill (1943-)

Form:

Correspondence., Legislative records., Office files., and Speeches.

Abstract:

Bill Bradley (1943- ) was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1979 to 1995. His papers document his career in the United States Senate and include subject files, copies of his speeches and testimony, press releases, his schedules and appointments, and awards he received. The papers also include the files of members of his legislative, administrative, and state office staff.

Bill Bradley (1943- ) was a United States Senator from New Jersey from 1979 to 1995, when he chose not to run for a fourth term. A Democrat, he became a leading spokesman for the "neoliberal" trend of that party. In the Senate, one of his major accomplishments was the 1986 restructuring of income tax law, and he was also regarded as an expert on energy-related issues and Soviet affairs. Bradley was also a candidate in the 2000 Democratic presidential primaries. Prior to his career in politics, Bradley was a basketball star, playing with the New York Knickerbockers for 10 years.

Bradley's papers document his career in the United States Senate and include project and issue files, copies of his speeches and testimony, press releases, his schedules and appointments, and awards he received. The papers also include the files of members of his legislative, administrative, and state office staff.

This collection has been arranged to reflect different records creators at different times in Bradley's career, and also by format. Photographs, A/V materials, electronic records, microfilm and memorabilia each have their own series. Records created during the course of Bradley's senate career are divided between legislative aids' records, administrative records, press relations records, state office records and Bradley's own records. Bradley's personal records, mostly from his time at Princeton and as a basketball player, also have their own series.