Richard Licht Rhode Island Senatorial Papers (Mss. Gr. 163)

Series 1. 1988 Campaign
The series contains audio and audiovisual records from Richard Licht's 1988 campaign against Senator John H. Chafee including television advertisements and interviews. In addition to advertisements, there are recordings of news conferences on Rhode Island's local television channel 10. The news conferences in tapes 33 - 35 consist of Senator Chafee speaking about the election and of his then opponent Richard Licht. There are also five television commercials of Chafee's as well. The Chafee videos and the audio recordings consist of campaign commercials as well as audio recordings of Licht and Chafee advertisements and endorsements. The audiovisual materials are recorded on VHS tapes and the audio tapes are recorded on cassette tapes.

The records are arranged according to format and in alphabetical order within the format.

Series 2. 2000 Campaign
The series contains VHS video documenting Licht's bid for the state Democratic party nomination for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the late John Chafee in 2000. The records include television interviews of Licht and his opponent, Robert Weygand. Political commercials depicting the candidates positions on the issues of affordable healthcare and prescription drugs. The tapes in this series were given in a separate accession, among them are VHS tapes dating from the 1988 campaign. Also in this series is a VHS tape of a testimonial given by Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis at Gov. Frank Licht's funeral. There is one audio cassette tape of an interview of Robert Weygand in which he expresses his views on the importance of healthcare, housing, and the economy.

The audiovisual materials are recorded on VHS tapes and the audio tapes are recorded on magnetic cassette tapes. They are arranged by format and in alphabetical order within each format.