John O. Pastore (1907 – 2000) was an attorney and politician from Rhode Island. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in various capacities within the Rhode Island State Legislature from 1934 to 1944. In 1945, Pastore became the 61st governor of Rhode Island, a position he held until 1950. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served from 1950 to 1976. Pastore was the first Italian American elected to the Senate. He was appointed to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy where he supported the peaceful use of atomic energy. As a member of the Senate Commerce Committee Communications Subcommittee, he sponsored the Communications Satellite Corporation Act of 1962 and the establishment of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 1967. Pastore retired from office in 1976 and subsequently donated his papers to Providence College. On July 15, 2000, John O. Pastore passed away due to health complications.
This collection consists of correspondence, legislative materials, news clippings, reports, campaign and election materials, public speeches, press releases, audiovisual materials, and photographs.
Providence College Archives and Special Collections owns the property rights to this collection. Consideration of the copyrights is the responsibility of the researcher.
This collection is open to researchers.
Author Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. Title or description of material. Day month year. John O. Pastore collection, Box number, Folder number. Providence College Archives and Special Collections, Phillips Memorial Library. URL if applicable.
This collection is currently arranged in ten series, though minimilally processed. Please contact the archives for a copy of our working draft inventory. The series include: Congressional records, roll call votes, elections, news clippings, selected correspondence, speeches, subject files, photographs, memorablia, personal and biographical materials.
Donated to the Providence College Archives in 1976 by John O. Pastore.
No accruals are expected.
Unrelated and general books, publications, etc. were removed and added to the Rare and Non-Circulating Book collection.