Talk Shows, 1988

This series documents how a presidential campaign functions. The office files document the Campaign's records management, from producing propaganda and raising funds to purchasing advertising and hiring speech writers. The series consists of office files from the Dukakis campaign headquarters, including advertising transactions (Box 1, Folders 5-18), guidelines and invitations to fund-raising events, and information on various staff duties (Box 3, Folder 144). There are also reports from the different regional campaign offices and the campaign headquarters in Boston. There are press releases generated by Governor Dukakis and weekly reports from staff members (Box 3, Folder 156). Brochures, leaflets, and mailers produced by the campaign committee show how the campaign staff molded Dukakis' image to appeal to different regions. The series contains records of his prior gubernatorial campaigns.