Senator Paula Hawkins Collection
Title
Senator Paula Hawkins Collection
Description
The Paula Hawkins Collection is a part of our Winter Park History and Archives Online Collection. The main emphasis of the Paula Hawkins Collection is her service in the United States Senate. Included is correspondence from various political figures (state and national), records of her legislative activities, letters, ephemera, photographs, awards, and materials from her various senatorial campaigns. The Collection measures 294 cubic feet.
The majority of the materials were generated by Hawkins (from her official and public duties and business) and can provide the researcher with both a survey of Florida's political environment in the 1970's and 1980's, and a profile of Senator Hawkins as a politician.
On a broader scale, the Collection contains a look into the activities and issues that were of interest to the Florida Congressional Delegation during Senator Hawkins' terms in the Senate (1980 - 1987). Issues include the Cross-Florida Barge Canal, immigration, the citrus industry/agriculture, foreign trade, and illegal drugs.
In summary, the Collection contains, when used in conjunction with other sources (papers of political and historically important figures), a comprehensive picture of Florida's political climate during a period of political conservatism and reemergence of the Republican Party in state politics.
The majority of the materials were generated by Hawkins (from her official and public duties and business) and can provide the researcher with both a survey of Florida's political environment in the 1970's and 1980's, and a profile of Senator Hawkins as a politician.
On a broader scale, the Collection contains a look into the activities and issues that were of interest to the Florida Congressional Delegation during Senator Hawkins' terms in the Senate (1980 - 1987). Issues include the Cross-Florida Barge Canal, immigration, the citrus industry/agriculture, foreign trade, and illegal drugs.
In summary, the Collection contains, when used in conjunction with other sources (papers of political and historically important figures), a comprehensive picture of Florida's political climate during a period of political conservatism and reemergence of the Republican Party in state politics.
Collection Items
Senator Paula Hawkins, U.S. Senate (Florida)
1981-1987
Official Senatorial Portrait of Paula Hawkins. U.S. Senator representing Florida 1981-1987.
Collection Tree
- Senator Paula Hawkins Collection