01048.xml Emily Anne Staples Tuttle: An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Alex Kent. National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Alex Kent April 2012 Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Tuttle, Emily Anne Staples. Emily Anne Staples Tuttle papers. 1958-circa 2000. Materials in English. Campaign and legislative activities files documenting Tuttle's political activities, especially as a member of the Minnesota State Senate (1977-1980), and a candidate for the nomination for lieutenant governor with Mike Hatch (1990). Also includes correspondence and reports of numerous boards, committees, and organizations on which Tuttle served. Tuttle was involved in, among others, issues concerning education, arts, gender equality, a United Way adoption bill. 2.75 cubic feet (3 boxes, 1 oversize folder in partial box, and 2 items in reserve). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Adoption -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota. Arts -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota. Campaign literature -- Minnesota. Discrimination -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota. Educational law and legislation -- Minnesota. Equal rights amendments -- Minnesota. Political campaigns -- Minnesota. Small business -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota. Women -- Political activity. Persons: Hatch, Michael A. Organizations: Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Emily Anne Staples Tuttle was born May 3, 1929, in Minneapolis to Frank and Emily (Dunn) Mayer. She was awarded a B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1950 and an M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Initially involved in Republican Party politics, she switched to the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in 1973, ran unsuccessfully as the DFL endorsed candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1974, and was elected to the Minnesota State Senate from District 43 (suburban Hennepin County) in 1976. She served in the Senate until 1981. She ran unsuccessfully for the DFL nomination for Lieutenant Governor with Mike Hatch in 1990.

Tuttle served on numerous national, state and local boards and commissions and was an elected member of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners from 1993 to 1995.

In 1954 she married Loring M. Staples, Jr. who died in 1988. In 1995 she married Gedney Tuttle.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions:

Access to or use of reserve materials requires the curator's permission.

 Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Tuttle, Emily Anne Staples. Emily Anne Staples Tuttle Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,628

 Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Processed by: Alex Kent and Carol Kussmann.

Catalog ID number: 007506154

 DETAILED DESCRIPTION Campaign files 129.A.1.1B 1 General, 1970s-1980s. 2 folders.

Includes correspondence, clippings, flyers.

Literature, 1970s-1980s. 3 folders.

Campaign materials including flyers, printed materials, clippings.

Candidate material, 1974. DFL campaign workbook, 1974. Finances, 1974. General, 1974. 2 folders. Volunteer headquarters work, 1976. Congratulations, 1976. Endorsement letters, 1980. 1980 campaign, 1980s. 3 folders. Lawsuit, 1980s. Lieutenant Governor campaign with Mike Hatch, 1990. 3 folders. Expenditures, 1992-1994. Hennepin County Commissioner race, 1994. Pre-legislative activities

May include some overlap with legislative and post-legislative activities files.

 129.A.1.1B 1 Republican State Convention, 1958. Minnesota Citizens for Court Reform, 1966-1969. 2 folders. Second Minnesota Citizens Conference on Courts, 1969-1970. 2 folders. Minnesota Coalition to Ratify the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment), 1972-1973. Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1970s. Hennepin County Bicentennial Planning Commission, 1975-1976. Legislative activities

Spans 1970s-1980s and includes some overlap with pre- and post-legislative activities.

129.A.1.2F 2 Adoption bill, May 1971. Art: National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1978-1980. Bill lists, 1977-1980. Cartoons, 1970s-1980s. Clippings, 1960s-1990s. 4 folders. Correspondence, 1975-1980. 10 folders. General, 1976-1990. 2 folders. Invitation to President Carter's Inaugural, 1977. List of legislation introduced by Senator Emily Anne Staples, 1977-1978. National committees, 1977-1978. National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL): Arts task force, 1978-1980. 3 folders. Subcommittee on aging, 1978-1979. 2 folders. Final report task force on gender equality, 1979. State-Federal assembly, December 5-7, 1979. National Health Insurance Advisory Committee meetings, 1977. 129.A.1.3B 3 Minnesota constituent briefing day, November 14, 1979. Minnesota State Senate member cards, undated. Minnesota women's political caucus, 1971-1982. Notice of nomination and appointment, 1980, 1987. Photographs, 1970s-1990s. 129.F.3.8F-1 Scrapbook, 1976. 1 oversize folder.

Includes newspaper clippings and photographs related to Tuttle's 1976 state Senate campaign.

 129.A.1.3B 3 Senate majority research files, 1980. Woman's issues, 1970s-1990s. Working files, 1978. Post-legislative activities 129.A.1.3B 3 Printed materials, 1980s-2000s.

Includes information on activities after 1985, consisting of awards, meetings, publications, flyers, clippings and related materials.

Upper Midwest Women's Leadership Conference on National Security, 1983. Minnesota conference on women, November 1984. Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, 1990-1994. 2 folders. Invitation to President Clinton's Inaugural, January 1993. Transition Team for Governor Ventura, 1998-1999. Tuttle Group: Human services redesign, 1999.

Under Governor Ventura.

[0.6 cubic feet empty, letter]

 Reserve items

Access restricted

 Reserve 145 Jimmy Carter to Senator Emily Staples, February 21, 1978. TLS.

Regarding her contribution to the White House Conference on Balanced Growth and Economic Development. Photocopy available in the Legislative Activities correspondence file.

Digital version

 Walter F. Mondale to Emily Ann[e], February 24, 1978. TLS.

Regarding her trip to Washington. Photocopy available in the Legislative Activities correspondence file.

Digital version