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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	N2000- 9
	Creator:	Askew, Reubin O'D., 1928-
	Title, Dates:	Reubin Askew photographs and audio/visual materials, 1941-1999.
	Amount:	9.75 cubic ft.
	Medium Included:	photographs audiotapes videotapes motion pictures
	Organization/Arrangement:	Arranged by record type, then chronological
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	Biographical/Historical:	Reubin O'Donovan Askew, the 37th Governor of Florida, served from 1971 to 1979. He served in the Florida House of Representatives and State Senate before his successful run for governor in 1970, defeating incumbent Claude Kirk. Askew won reelection in 1974, becoming the first governor in state history elected for a second, successive full term. As Governor, Askew was primarily involved in tax reform, especially in the increase of homestead exemption, and passage of the "Sunshine Amendment" which called for full financial disclosure by public officials and candidates. Askew ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1984. In 1987, Askew declared his candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat, but he withdrew in 1988.
	Summary:	This collection consists of photographs and audio/visual material maintained by Reubin O'D. Askew during the many different phases of his political career. It consists primarily of photographs taken during Askew's service in the Air Force ROTC, his years in the Florida House and Senate, his two terms as governor, and from his position as U.S. Trade Representative under President Jimmy Carter. Also included are recordings of interviews and addresses, gubernatorial campaign advertisements, and documentary programs produced during and after his retirement from public office.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Askew, Donna Lou. Askew, Reubin O'D., 1928-2014. Electioneering Florida Governors Florida Governors' spouses Florida Photographs. aat Slides. aat Negatives. aat Videocassettes. aat Video recordings. aat Audio cassettes. aat Audio tapes. aat Motion pictures. aat
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