Special Collections Research Center
Jeffrey B. Trammell Papers
Trammell, Jeffrey B.
UA 5.154
/repositories/2/resources/8741
5.60 Linear Feet
1995-2001, 2007
1998-2000
English
Biographical Information:
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Acquisition Information:
Acc. 2011.638 was hand delivered to the SCRC by the donor on 10/20/2011.
Processing Information:
Acc. 2011.638 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in October 2011. This collection was processed by Ashley Dean, SCRC intern, from February-March 2014.
Separated Materials:
Materials separated from 2011.638 on October 21, 2011, include Gore 2000 bumper stickers and buttons and "John Kerry for President" stickers (2004). "United Against United" stickers (UA 2011.638.01) were separated from the same collection on March 5, 2014. They a are now housed in the University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13).
Appraisal Information:
Documents in folders and binders were rehoused in acid free folders and boxes. Duplicates of materials, including literature, contact lists and newspaper articles were removed, as were documents containing sensitive information, such as copies of donor checks.
Conditions Governing Use:
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Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Jeffrey B. Trammell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Related Materials:
See also the University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection (UA 10), University Archives Photograph Collection (UA 8), University Archives Oral History Collection (UA 43), and the University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13) for more material related to Jeffrey Trammell.
"Gore 2000" bumper stickers and buttons, "United Against United" stickers (UA 2011.638.01), and "John Kerry for President" stickers from 2004 have been pulled from this collection and are now housed in the University Archives Artifact Collection.
Arrangement of Materials:
This collection has been arranged into six series: Series 1: Correspondence; Series 2: Internal Documents; Series 3: Directories and Donor Lists; Series 4: Endorsements; Series 5: Literature; Series 6: News Articles.
Scope and Contents
Jeffrey B. Trammell's papers document his work as National Chair of Business Outreach and liaison for gay and lesbian constituents for the Al Gore/Joe Lieberman presidential campaign of 2000. The collection does not contain information regarding Jeffrey Trammell's personal life or his time serving as College of William and Mary's Rector.
Correspondence between Trammell and his colleagues demonstrate the role he played in fundraising for the Gore campaign, as well as his political activism regarding equal rights for gay and lesbian citizens. Newspaper and magazine articles collected by Jeffrey Trammell depict public opinion on the Gore campaign and LGBTQ issues, while campaign literature focuses on Gore's stance of equal rights for the LGBTQ community.
Internal documents, such as campaign business and fundraising planning documents, agendas, manuals, speeches, research notes on LGBTQ rights, donor lists, and endorsements, provide insight into what goes on behind-the-scenes in a presidential campaign and the work conducted by Jeffrey Trammell in an effort to elect Gore for president. Handwritten notes by Trammell are included, largely consisting of 'To-Do' lists, campaign plans, and business contacts.
Memorabilia has been removed from the collection, including Gore campaign buttons and bumper stickers, as well as "John Kerry for President" stickers and added to Artifacts collection.
Gay rights--United States--History--20th century
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Students and Alumni
Political Campaigns—United States
Presidents--United States--Election--2000
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
Gore, Albert, 1948
Series 1: Correspondenceid229915/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683191997-2001, 2007Scope and ContentsSeries 1 includes correspondence sent and received by Jeffrey B. Trammell in regards to planning the Gore 2000 campaign, primarily consisting of printed e-mails from colleagues, internal facsimiles and memorandums, as well as requests from organizations for Gore to speak at fundraisers and "Thank-you" letters to campaign donors. The series is arranged chronologically.
Correspondenceid229917/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683251997 August-1998 October11Correspondenceid229924/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683261998 November-1999 January12Correspondenceid229925/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683271999 February 1-413Correspondenceid229926/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683281999 February 5 - March14Correspondenceid229927/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683291999 March - April15Correspondenceid229928/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683301999 May - June16Correspondenceid229930/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683311999 June21Correspondenceid229931/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683321999 July 1-1922Correspondenceid229932/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683331999 July 20-3023Correspondenceid229933/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683341999 August24Correspondenceid229934/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683351999 September25Correspondenceid229935/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683361999 October26Correspondenceid229937/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683371999 November31Correspondenceid229938/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683381999 December32Correspondenceid229939/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683392000 January - February33Correspondenceid229940/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683402000 March - April34Correspondenceid229941/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683412000 May - June35Correspondenceid229942/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683422000 July - September36Correspondenceid229944/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683432000 October - December41Correspondenceid229945/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683442001 January - 2007 October42Series 2: Internal Documentsid229919/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683201996-2000Scope and ContentsSeries 2 contains internal documents created and collected by Jeffrey Trammell for the Gore 2000 campaign. The series consists of materials related to Clinton/Gore 1996 campaign research, Business Outreach Committee, National Gay and Lesbian Committee, fundraising events, the Democratic National Convention Delegate selection, and brief instructions for the Florida ballot recount. The majority of these are planning documents, some of which are handwritten notes by Jeffrey Trammell. Research files collected by Trammell consist of literature, news articles, and legislation on LGBTQ issues. Documents and literature sent from White House staff to Trammell are also included.
Clinton/Gore 1996 Campaign Research Notesid229950/repositories/2/archival_objects/368345199643Clinton/Gore 1996 Campaign Research Notesid229951/repositories/2/archival_objects/368346199644Clinton/Gore 1996 Campaign Research Notesid229952/repositories/2/archival_objects/368347199645Clinton/Gore 1996 Campaign Research Notesid229953/repositories/2/archival_objects/368348199646Clinton/Gore 1996 Campaign Research Notesid229955/repositories/2/archival_objects/368349199651Clinton/Gore 1996 Campaign Research Notesid229956/repositories/2/archival_objects/368350199652Business Outreach Committee Documentsid229957/repositories/2/archival_objects/36835153Business Outreach Committee Documentsid229959/repositories/2/archival_objects/36835254Business Outreach Committee Documentsid229960/repositories/2/archival_objects/36835355Business Outreach Committee Documentsid229961/repositories/2/archival_objects/36835456Business Outreach Committee Documentsid229962/repositories/2/archival_objects/36835557Gore National Gay/Lesbian Committee Documentsid229965/repositories/2/archival_objects/36835661Gore National Gay/Lesbian Committee Documentsid229966/repositories/2/archival_objects/36835762Gore Campaign Fundraising Eventsid229967/repositories/2/archival_objects/36835863Gore Campaign Fundraising Eventsid229968/repositories/2/archival_objects/36835964Gore Campaign Fundraising Eventsid229969/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836065Democratic National Convention Delegate Selection and Florida Recountid229970/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836166Research Filesid229972/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836271Research Filesid229973/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836372Research Filesid229974/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836473Research Filesid229975/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836574Research Filesid229976/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836675Research Filesid229977/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836776Research Filesid229980/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836881Research Filesid229981/repositories/2/archival_objects/36836982Research Filesid229982/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837083White House Documentsid229983/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837184White House Documentsid229984/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837285Series 3: Directories and Donor Listsid229986/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683211996-1999Scope and ContentsSeries 3 contains lists of donors to the Gore campaign, as well as directories of business contacts and potential supporters, including LGBTQ elected officials across the United States. The series is arranged in the order the creator sent the items.
Directories and Donor Listsid229988/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837386Directories and Donor Listsid229991/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837491Directories and Donor Listsid229992/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837592Directories and Donor Listsid229993/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837693Directories and Donor Listsid229994/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837794Directories and Donor Listsid229996/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837895Directories and Donor Listsid229998/repositories/2/archival_objects/36837996Directories and Donor Listsid230001/repositories/2/archival_objects/368380101Directories and Donor Listsid230002/repositories/2/archival_objects/368381102Directories and Donor Listsid230003/repositories/2/archival_objects/368382103Directories and Donor Listsid230004/repositories/2/archival_objects/368383104Directories and Donor Listsid230005/repositories/2/archival_objects/368384105Directories and Donor Listsid230006/repositories/2/archival_objects/368385106Directories and Donor Listsid230008/repositories/2/archival_objects/368386111Series 4: Endorsementsid230009/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683222000Scope and ContentsSeries 4 consists of individual pledges of endorsement for the Gore/Lieberman campaign. It is arranged by groups who endorsed Gore, including Gay and Lesbian Lawyers for Gore, Gays and Lesbians for Gore, and predominantly Business Leaders for Gore.
Gay and Lesbian Lawyers for Goreid230011/repositories/2/archival_objects/368387112Gays and Lesbians for Goreid230012/repositories/2/archival_objects/368388113Business Leaders for Goreid230013/repositories/2/archival_objects/368389114Business Leaders for Goreid230014/repositories/2/archival_objects/368390115Business Leaders for Goreid230015/repositories/2/archival_objects/368391116Business Leaders for Goreid230016/repositories/2/archival_objects/368392117Business Leaders for Goreid230018/repositories/2/archival_objects/368393121Business Leaders for Goreid230019/repositories/2/archival_objects/368394122Series 5: Literatureid230020/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683231999-2000Scope and ContentsSeries 5 consists of voting handouts, as well as Pro-Al Gore, Anti-George Bush and Anti-Bill Bradley candidate campaign literature.
Pro-Gore Literature and Campaign Handoutsid230022/repositories/2/archival_objects/368395123Pro-Gore, Anti- Bush and Anti-Bradley Literatureid230023/repositories/2/archival_objects/368396124Series 6: News Articlesid230024/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683241996-2001 and UndatedScope and ContentsSeries 6 contains newspaper and magazine articles, some of which are printed, full and partial newspapers, and press releases discussing Gore's campaign and current LGBTQ issues. The series is arranged by type and then chronologically.
Printed Articlesid230027/repositories/2/archival_objects/368397October 1996 - 1999 May125Printed Articlesid230028/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683981999 May - June126Printed Articlesid230030/repositories/2/archival_objects/3683991999 July - December131Printed Articlesid230031/repositories/2/archival_objects/3684002000 January - October132Printed Articlesid230032/repositories/2/archival_objects/368401undated133Magazines and Newslettersid230033/repositories/2/archival_objects/3684021998-1999134Magazines and Newslettersid230034/repositories/2/archival_objects/3684032000135Magazines and Newslettersid230035/repositories/2/archival_objects/3684042000136Newspaper Clippingsid230037/repositories/2/archival_objects/3684051999-200014Newspapersid230039/repositories/2/archival_objects/3684061999-200115Scope and ContentsBox 15 contains whole and partial newspapers, mostly from The Washington Blade, a popular news resource for the LGBTQ community.