Guide to the Gordon Lee Weil Papers, 1954-2013 (bulk 1970-1974, 1986-2000)
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Gordon Lee Weil Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Gordon Lee Weil was born in Mineola, New York, on March 12, 1937. He was graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin in 1958 and received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1961. Weil has served in both the government and private sectors at international, national, state, and local levels. He was executive assistant to Senator George McGovern, Maine commissioner of business regulation, Maine state energy director, chair of New England Regional Transmission Organization negotiations, president of Standard Energy Corporation, and advised the U.S. Department of Energy on emergency planning. Weil has been a licensed power broker and energy consultant representing customers in Maine, across the United States, and Canada. He is the author of numerous books including The Long Shot: George McGovern Runs for President (1973) and Blackout: How the Electric Industry Exploits America (2006).
Professional papers of Gordon Lee Weil (Bowdoin 1958), documenting his roles in Senator McGovern's presidential campaign (1970-1972) and as a consultant (Weil and Howe, Inc.) in Maine energy/utility matters (1986-2000). Also included are items relating to courses Weil taught in 1973-1974 as a visiting professor in Bowdoin's government and legal studies department. Materials include correspondence, clippings, press releases, position papers, travel schedules, interview transcriptions, and speeches.
Material documenting Weil's service as McGovern's executive assistant and campaign press secretary, organized in the following subseries: Campaign Correspondence, Memorandum, and Notes; Campaign Subject Files; Speeches, Publicity, and Media Material; Campaign Schedules, Contact Information, and Call Slips; Publications and Newsclippings; Images and Ephemera; Audio Recordings; Miscellaneous Materials.
Correspondence documenting both internal campaign communications and consultation with outside experts on a variety of policy issues. Memoranda consist primarily of internal McGovern campaign communications and statements of policies and procedures. Also included are handwritten notes by Weil on a range of topics.
Alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.
Campaign Diary
Correspondence: 1970
Correspondence: 1970 (circa)
Correspondence: 1971
Correspondence: 1972 Jan-Jul
Correspondence: 1972 Aug-Sept
Correspondence: 1972 Oct-1977 Jul
Correspondence: n. d.
Memos: 1970-1971
Memos: 1972 Jan-1972 Nov
Memos: n.d.
Notes
Notes
Files containing position proposals/papers and background materials used to research campaign issues.
Arranged alphabetically.
1970 Campaign Fund
Anti-Trust
Connecticut Campaign
Debates
Delegates and State Coordinators
Democratic Central and National Committees
Democratic Nomination Campaign
Democratic Nomination Campaign
Democratic Policy Council
Eagleton, Tom
Economic Conversion
Economy
Education
Evangelicals
Fiscal Policy
Foreign Policy
Illinois Campaign
International Trip, 1971
International Trip, 1971: Background
Israel/Jewry
Kent State University
Legislative Record
Maine Campaign
Massachusetts Campaign
National Council for Indochina Deadline
New Hampshire Campaign
Nutrition
Opponents
Positions
Positions
Project Acquisition 1972
Public Opinion Polls
Regional Campaigns
Senate
Senate
Tax and Welfare Reform
Tax and Welfare Reform
Tax and Welfare Reform
Tax and Welfare Reform--Critiques and Expert Opinions
Tax and Welfare Reform--Memos
Tax and Welfare Reform--Proposals
Tax and Welfare Reform--Proposals
Tax and Welfare Reform--Speeches
Tax and Welfare Reform--Statistics and Calculations
Topical Tours
Third Party
Vietnam Disengagement Act
Voter Registration
Weil Reports and Speeches
Westside Housing Coalition
Youth of All Nations
Includes campaign press releases; text of speeches delivered by McGovern; interview transcripts; and, publicity material used by the campaign.
Arranged alphabetically.
Campaign Appearances
Form Letters
Interviews, Transcripts
Media Monitoring
"The O'Brien Letter: Weekly Commentary for the McGovern-Shriver Campaign"
Press Kits and Campaign Publications
Press Releases
Press Releases
Press Releases
Press Releases
Press Releases
Speeches
Speeches
Speeches
Speeches
Speeches
Speeches
Speeches about McGovern
Speeches; General Address
Includes travel schedules, address and contact information for individuals associated with the McGovern campaign, and notifications of calls made to Weil.
Alphabetical by material type.
Business Cards
Call Slips
Contact Information
Contact Information
Guest Lists
Schedule, 1970 Mar-Dec
Schedule, 1971 Jan
Schedule, 1971 Feb
Schedule, 1971 Mar-Apr
Schedule, 1971 May
Schedule, 1971 June
Schedule, 1971 July
Schedule, 1971 Aug
Schedule, 1971 Sept
Schedule, 1971 Oct
Schedule, 1971 Nov
Schedule, 1971 Dec
Schedule, 1972 Jan
Schedule, 1972 Feb
Schedule, 1972 Mar
Schedule, 1972 Apr
Schedule, 1972 May
Schedule, 1972 Jun
Schedule, 1972 Jul-Aug
Schedule, 1972 Sept
Schedule, 1972 Oct
Schedule, 1972 Nov
Schedule, n.d.
Newsclippings about the McGovern campaign, and published material used by Weil during his campaign activities.
Arranged by material type.
Publications
Publications
Publications
Publications--Legislative Reports
Publications--News Digest
Publications--Magazine Clippings
Publications--Magazine Clippings, 1972
Publications--Magazine Clippings, 1973
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Clippings
Images of Weil, McGovern, and various campaign events and activities, as well as ephemera collected by Weil during McGovern's presidential campaign.
Arranged by material type.
Photographs--CBS News, Face the Nation
Photographs
Photographs
Photographs
Art/messages from children, n.d.
Ephemera
Ephemera
Poster, McGovern as Robin Hood, n.d.
Audio recordings of McGovern and Weil media appearances and McGovern campaign advertisements.
Arranged by material type.
"To End the War," NBC, May 12, 1970. [1/4" reel to reel]
McGovern and economists, June 23, 1971. [audio cassette]
Loeb interview with Anson/Weil, July 19, 1973. [Interview used by Weil and Robert Sam Anson as the basis for an article published on Loeb] [2 audio cassettes]
Radio messages for "The Amendment to End the War Committee," n.d. [1/4 reel to reel]
Senator George McGovern, 1972 Democratic Presidential Candidate, "Together We Can Win" b/w "The Story of George McGovern's Career by Noted Commentator Frank Mankiewicz," n.d. [flexidisc]
Summary of and book chapter drafts for an untitled book Weil was writing on his work for the McGovern presidential campaign.
Miscellaneous items acquired by Weil during the McGovern presidential campaign.
Misc. Material
Misc. Material
Misc. Material
Drafts, communications, and filings relating to the Northern Maine Independent System Administrator/NM Work Group. Weil was the principal advisor on the creation of this Regional Transmission Group, one of several established after electric industry restructuring.
As received from donor.
Northern Maine ISO
Northern Maine - Minutes of Meetings
Case files relating to the Long Falls Dam and Central Maine Power lease litigation. Weil served as the expert for the State of Maine in determining the lease fee to be paid under an agreement to negotiated by Governor Percival Baxter.
As received from donor.
Long Falls Dam/Hydropower
Case files relating to the Town of Madison, Maine, Electric Works rate litigation. Weil arranged the first open market power purchase transaction in the United States after the restructuring of the electric utility industry pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
As received from donor.
Madison Department of Electric Works
Madison Department of Electric Works
Madison Department of Electric Works
Madison Department of Electric Works
Drafts, communications, and filings concerning the New England Power Pool. Weil chaired the negotiations to create a single integrated electric transmission system in New England.
As received from donor.
Regional Transmission Group and New England Regional Electric Transmission (NEPOOL)
Regional Transmission Group and New England Regional Electric Transmission (NEPOOL)
New England Power Pool
NEPOOL Agreement
Course syllabi, student evaluations, teaching notes, correspondence, and memoranda related to the 1973-1974 academic year when Weil served as an assistant professor in Bowdoin's Department of Government and Legal Studies and taught courses in international politics. Also included are syllabi and expense accounts from Weil's student days at Bowdoin.
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
Exams and teaching notes, 1973-1974, n.d.
Memoranda, correspondence, and miscellaneous materials, 1970-1974
Notebooks kept by Gordon Weil's mother with Weil's student expenses at Bowdoin, 1954-1958
Student evaluations of Government courses taught by Weil (students not identified), 1973-1974
Syllabi, 1956, 1973-1974, n.d.
Reports concerning electric power prepared by Gordon Weil for the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Arranged chronologically in one folder.
Reports for the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, 2003-2013