Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Lightner, Candy
topic: label: Topic
content: Lobbying
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Candace Lightner of Port Orange, Florida in 2012.
creator: label: Creator
content: Lightner, Candy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection contains materials related to the founding and activities of Mother Against Drunk Driving (MADD.) and Candace Lightner from 1980 to 1992.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Candace Lightner (born 1946-) is the founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Lightner founded the organization after her daughter, Carime Lightner, was killed in a motor accident in 1980 by Clarence Busch, who was drunk at the time of the crash. During her time with MADD, they lobbied for stricter drunk driving laws and raising the legal drinking age. They achieved their goals within the first few years, with many states raising their legal drinking age and creating laws to help fight drunk driving. President Ronald Reagan also signed a law that raised the legal drinking age nationwide to 21 in 1984, thanks in part to MADD. Candace Lightner recieved many awards for her work with MADD., including the  Jefferson Award for Public Service in 1983 and an honorary doctorate from Kutztown University in 1987.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.5 Cubic feet (15 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980-1998, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1262
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into four series:

Series 1: Materials Relating to the Death of Carime Lightner, 1980-1992 

Series 2: Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Organization, 1980-1990 

Series 3: Media and Publications, 1980-1990, undated

Series 4: Lightner Family, 1985-1998
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Andrea Bishop, intern, 2018. Supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection primarily documents the founding of MAD.D. by Lightner and its growth through the 1980s. Contains administrative papers, promotional material, newspaper and magazine articles, VHS tapes and DVD of television appearances, and photographs of MADD. events and Candace Lightner. The goal of the organization was to enact tougher legislation against drunk driving. There are also materials relating to the death of Carime Lightner, the impetus for founding MADD.