David Buhler (1957-) is a Utah politician and professor of Political Science. Buhler worked on campaigns for Orrin Hatch and Norman Bangerter in the 1980s and in 1994 won a seat in the Utah State Senate. This collection contains photographs of Buhler's career in politics and photographs of his family.

The Pat Shea papers (1976-1994) contain correspondence, fax transmissions, articles, newsletters, pamphlets, brochures, notebooks, legislation materials, U. S. Senate materials, term reports, and news clippings related to the politics of Utah and the United States. Shea graduated from Harvard Law School, practiced law and served as counsel to the Foreign Relations Committee in the U.S. Senate. He ran as the Democratic candidate for governor of Utah in 1992.

The Ted Wilson papers (1976-1988) document the tenure of this Salt Lake City mayor (1976-1985) and his campaign for the U. S. Senate against Orrin Hatch in 1982. His mayoralty papers are concerned with administrative activities, boards and committees, the city council, correspondence, city departments, personnel, politics, speeches, and other topics.