Mapcase folder DD-25

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Memorabilia, plaques, degrees, awards and recognitions, appointment books, scrapbooks, speech transcripts, biographies, flyers, clippings, photographs, audio and video tapes documenting the career of Samuel R. Pierce from his Treasury Board appointment in 1970 to his later years as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Includes correspondence relating to his legal career, Treasury papers and HUD records. Also court case studies, academic publications,...

Scope and Contents Copy of the act that provided for the amendment of the 1968 Civil Rights Act to revise procedures for the enforcement of fair housing, and for other purposes. The frame also includes a photo of President Reagan with Pierce. The back states that this was presented to Pierce for his eight years of leadership in the campaign to guarantee equal housing opportunities for all Americans. It is from and signed by J. Michael Dorsey, John J. Knapp, Judith Y. Brachman, Antonio Monroig, Thomas D. Casey,...