Congressman Dave Weldon M.D. Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of papers from the 104th Congressional session (1995) through the 110th Congressional session (2008). The collection houses bills Weldon proposed and supported,correspondence files, research pertaining to bills, research into the Columbia accident and the future of the space program. There is extensive research into family planning and AIDS as well as different defense projects. The Teri Shaivo case is represented here along with right to life research. A sampling of invitations sent to the congressman, his daily calendar, a register to log visitors into his offices as well as re-election information are all represented in the physical collection.
Dates
- 1995-2008
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
David Weldon was born in 1953 in Amityville, New York. Dr. Weldon joined the army and went to medical school on the Army Health Professions Scholarship. He served six years active duty and eight years Army Reserve. In 1987 Dr. Weldon went into private practice in Melbourne Florida. In 1994 he successfully ran for Congress for the first time; he served a total of seven terms from 1995-2008.
Extent
34 Cubic Feet (21 boxes, 5 binder units, 6 AV units, 350 folders)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection holds the material collected and created during Dr. Dave Weldon’s tenure in the United States Congress. Dr. Weldon held his seat from 1995 until 2008. The collection contains information on the space program, AIDS, family planning, 9/11, the Columbia accident, and defense. The collection has bills that were signed by Weldon as well as much of the research that went into developing these bills. Within the collection are also many letters to and from Dr. Weldon from other lawmakers as well as others within the government such as the President of the United States.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Accruals
There is a possiblility of further accruals.
- Republican National Convention
- 9/11
- Abortion
- Abstinence
- Africa
- Airlines
- American Heritage Rivers
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Anesthesiologists, Anesthetists
- Assisted Suicide
- Autism
- Brevard County (Fla.)
- Cape Canaveral (Fla)
- China
- Cloning
- Education
- Everglades (Fla)
- Fetal cord blood
- HIV/AIDS
- HPV, Papilloma Virus
- Human Rights
- Immigration
- Intercoastal
- International Space Station
- Israel
- Kennedy Space Center
- Kissimmee (Fla)
- Libya
- Magnetic Levitation, MAGLEV 2000
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Military
- Morning After Pill, Emergency Contraceptives
- Nanotechnology
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Security
- Pelican Island (Fla)
- Polk County (Fla)
- Port Canaveral (Fla)
- Religion
- Right to Life
- Sexually transmited disease
- Short wave radio, High frequency radio
- Space Shuttle, Columbia, Disaster
- Spina Bifida
- St. Cloud (Fla)
- Stem Cell
- Tax, Taxes
- Technology
- Telecommunication
- Terrorism
- Uganda
- Vaccine
- Vaccine, Nasal Vaccine
- Vero Beach (Fla.)
- War on Terror
- White, Ryan
Creator
- Weldon, Dave, Dr., Congressman (David) (Person)
- Brink, Debbie (Person)
- Clinton, Bill, President (William) (Person)
- Brophy, Susan (Person)
- Glickman, Dan (Daniel Robert) (Person)
- Cuomo, Andrew (Person)
- Bilirakis, Michael (Person)
- DeParle, Nancy-Ann (Nancy-Ann Min ) (Person)
- Sutin, Anthony (Person)
- Shalala, Donna (Person)
- Young, Bill (C.W. Bill Young) (Person)
- Boehner, John (John Andrew) (Person)
- Powell, Colin, General (Colin Luther Powel) (Person)
- Gerberding, Julie Louis, Dr. (Person)
- Calio, Nicholas E. (Person)
- Scully, Thomas (Person)
- Thompson, Tommy G. (Person)
- McClellan, Mark B. (Person)
- Kelly, Paul V. (Person)
- McLouth, Malcolm E. (Mac) (Person)
- Wolff, Candida P. (Person)
- Leavitt, Michael (Person)
- Burns, Stuart (Person)
Source
- Department of Defense (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid of Congressman Dave Weldon M.D. Papers
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Theresa Hooker
- Date
- 10/19/16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
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