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Record Group Number: 000104
Series/Collection Number: .S 1134
Creator: Florida. Governor (1979-1987 : Graham)
Title, Dates: Special Assistant for International Affairs Joseph Thomas subject files, 1979-1986 (bulk 1983-1986)
Amount: 4.00 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: Arranged by subject.
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Biographical/Historical:     Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham was the thirty-eighth Governor of Florida, serving two terms from January 2, 1979 to January 3, 1987. Graham was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1966 and then to the state Senate in 1970.  Governor Graham's Special Assistant for International Affairs aided the governor on matters related to international affairs and Florida's immigrant residents. The Special Assistant additionally coordinated programs on education, travel, commerce and licensing with foreign nations, specifically in the Caribbean and Central America.

Summary:     Subject files of Joseph Thomas, Governor Bob Graham's Special Assistant for International Affairs, primarily document Cuba, the Caribbean, and Central America.  The series includes reports on cooperative education and commercial development between Florida and Venezuela, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Caribbean. Other topics include the proposed English-language state constitution amendment and the Governor's Advisory Council on Farm-workers Affairs. Also included are letters from U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
Finding Aids: Folder list. 0
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Subject Access Fields: Thomas, Joseph.
Florida. Council on Foreign Relations.
Florida. Governor's Advisory Council on Farmworker Affairs.
Diplomacy.
Inter-American relations.
International relations.
Language policy Florida.
English-only movement Florida.
Foreign trade promotion Florida
Farm workers.
Migrant labor Florida
Florida Foreign relations
Added Entries Thomas, Joseph.
Graham, Bob, 1936-