The Don J. Pease papers, 1960-2010, document the thirty-year career of a journalist turned leader in state and national politics. Consisting of 188.25 linear feet of records, the papers contain correspondence, legislative files, reports, bills, clippings, campaign literature, audio-visual material, and other files generated during Congressman Pease’s service in the Ohio General Assembly (1964-66, 1968-76) and as a United States Representative from the 13th Ohio District (1977-92). Although the collection documents both his career in the Ohio General Assembly (Senate and the House of Representatives) and his work in the U.S. Congress, the collection’s bulk centers on his eight terms in the U.S. Congress...

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The first installment of papers of Don J. Pease was received beginning in 1971. The final installment was received in 2010. In all, there were forty-two (42) installments of papers recorded under thirteen (13) accession numbers. Archivist William E. Bigglestone received the first installment. This lot consisted of eight inches of correspondence documenting Pease’s career as an Ohio State Representative (elected 1968, 1970, and 1972) and Ohio State Senator (elected 1964 and 1974). As Archivist, Bigglestone had a special interest in the Pease papers. He was an Oberlin neighbor of Don J. Pease and served as the Treasurer of Pease’s final campaign for the Ohio State Senate in 1974.

When Don J. Pease was elected to U.S. Congress in 1977 the deposit agreement negotiated with the College Archives was continued. In 1980 the first major installment of 37 cartons was received. When Roland M. Baumann succeeded William E. Bigglestone as Archivist in 1987, the deposit agreement was reviewed and continued. After the announcement of Pease’s resignation in 1991, the Archives began to receive accumulations of records in earnest. By the time the installments were received in 1993, the volume of the Pease papers stood at over 350 linear feet. Before processing began the Pease papers consisted of 305 record cartons, including over 5,000 files and well over 200,000 individual documents.

Additional installments arrived in 2000 and 2002 from Pease and in 2003 and 2010 from William Goold, Pease’ former administrative assistant as state senator and congressman. After significant review and file reduction, the final volume of the collection now stands at 188.25 linear feet.