Pastor: Chronological File, 1982 January-June

The Ed Pastor Papers house correspondence, reports, and budgeting records dating from 1977 to 1992 that Ed Pastor compiled during his time on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and as a representative from Arizona in the United States Congress. The collection has been divided into five series.

Series I: Maricopa County Board of Supervisors consists of political correspondence generated during Pastor's terms as Councilman for District 5. These letters contain information about the county's administration and document Pastor's lobbying efforts. Series II: Personal Papers is composed of Pastor's personal correspondence with his constituency.

Series III: Research on Foreign Affairs houses information regarding the elections of 1988 in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Pastor compiled during several fact-finding trips that he took as a representative of the National Association of Counties and the Southwest Voter Registration Institute. These documents include reports compiled by the prospective agencies; various articles on U.S. foreign policy in Central America; a copy of El Exportador, a Nicaraguan labor union paper; and transcripts from La Gaceta, a Nicaraguan radio broadcast of election results. Also included are articles on human rights policy in Mexico; Punto Critico, a magazine examining Mexican political movements; a journal on political prisoners in Mexico; and a journal by Pastor entitled Travels with Saul in which he details his personal experience traveling through Guatemala and El Salvador.

Series IV: Research on Domestic Issues includes files containing Pastor's research on the North American Free Trade Agreement, health care reform, and budget reform. The materials from the John F. Kennedy School of Government Program for Newly Elected Members of Congress provide an overview of the issues confronting a congressman in addition to biographies of newly elected members and of the speakers present at the conference. Also included are files showing issues affecting Pastor's district, including reports and correspondence from the Southwest Voter Registration Project; a report from the Select Committee on Educational Reform dealing with better schools for Arizona; and a Phoenix Gazette article on the Mexican-American community in Phoenix titled The Neighborhood/Mi Barrio. Finally, this series houses several plaques and other honors conferred upon Pastor for his community service.

Series V: Appointment Books contains Pastor's appointment books dating from 1984 to 1990.