Composing the bulk of the collection, the Political Activities series is further divided into the following subseries: Initiative Petitions, Statements, Gubernatorial Campaign, 1982, Ron Paul Campaign Correspondence, U.S. Senatorial Campaign, 1988, Non-Campaign-Related Materials, State Senate/Gubernatorial Campaigns, 1990, and Congressional Campaign, 1992. Within the Initiative Petitions subseries, there are four folders containing material documenting Jacobs's role in writing and promoting Robert Tisch's proposed state tax reduction amendments and later his own version of a tax reduction amendment. The Statements subseries contains Jacobs's views on such topics as the state of American democracy, the need for and future of the Libertarian Party, and Michigan's economy.
Material from Jacobs's five political campaigns make up the remaining subseries. These are arranged chronologically by campaign: Gubernatorial, 1982; U.S. Senatorial Campaign, 1988; State Senate/Gubernatorial Campaigns, 1990; and Congressional Campaign, 1990. Highlights of the material include a folder of miscellanea from the 1982 gubernatorial effort that contains unlabeled photographs of Jacobs greeting people on the campaign trail. This folder also contains Jacobs's political literature, sample ballots, and documents pertaining to the election results.
Also of special interest is the correspondence in the subseries, State Senate/Gubernatorial Campaigns, 1990, which conveys the opinions of Jacobs's Libertarian counterparts toward his temporary switch to the Republican party and his personal rationale behind the change. Records from the 1992 congressional campaign include a folder of surveys and questionnaires that Jacobs completed during the campaign. Due to several undated materials in this folder, they are arranged alphabetically by the name of the organization that sent them. Other documents of note include a folder of Jacobs's political statements and campaign-related notes, arranged chronologically, as well as several undated statements.
Another folder includes correspondence and other material generated by Jacobs in support of Libertarian candidate Ron Paul's 1988 presidential campaign. A folder of material from 1989, which is not related to any of his campaigns, includes correspondence documenting Jacobs's ballot initiative regarding the development of a school-voucher system and a property tax reduction initiative, his support of salary cuts for federal officials, and the creation of a Michigan citizens' organization to stage petition drives. These records are arranged chronologically.
