The Providence Journal–Brown University Public Affairs Conference was first held in March 1980. Participants in the first conference on “The American Political System” with keynote speaker Daniel Yankelovish, John Gardner of Common Cause, Vernon Jordan of the National Urban League, and Harold Williams of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Subsequent conferences have been on the subjects: “Mass Media and the Elections” (1981), Who Will Save the American City?” (1982), “The “The American High School” (1984), “Cost vs. Care: America’s Health Care Dilemma (1985), “Keeping America at Work” (1986), “Crime in America” (1987), “Ethics is American Public Life” (1988), “The Changing American Family” (1989), “Our Fragile Earth: Strategies for Survival (1990), “Free Expression after 200 Years” (1991), and “Who Will Save the American City?” (1992).
The Public Affairs Conference Files contain research, correspondence, and conference materials relating to the Providence Journal-Brown University Public Affairs Conference series. The files date from 1980 to 1999.
Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.
There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.
Public Affairs Conference Files, OF-1ZPAUR-3, Brown University Library.
This collection is arranged in one series.