A collection of letters, memorandums, memos, postal cards, news clippings, newsletters & other items. These are not filed in consecutive order and cover items from Jan. to Dec. 1959. Examples are: a stapled packet containing letters & a memorandum (Mar.-May 1959) re/ the complications for Wilson and his staff in obtaining a birth certificate for constituent Robert Lewis Reyburn (born in Maryland in 1891); letters (May-July 1959) re/ Wilson’s assistance to Emilo J. Stanley (Dept. of Geography, SDSC) in obtaining Army Map Service technical manuals for Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia & other items; letters & office note (6/59) re/ failed attempt of the San Diego County Tuberculosis and Health Association’s 1959 Christmas Seal Sale for our San Diego Zoo; a letter (6/5/59) from Chula Vista constituent Bert Smith (VFW) & Wilson’s reply (6/12/59) re/information for a sports column was needed from Wilson, who replied that he was “probably the poorest athlete that ever climbed Capitol Hill;” letters (Apr.-May 1959) re/ La Jolla High School student Marilyn Lee’s question as to qualification for president if the person lives in Alaska – yes they qualify; a letter (5/22/59) from Warren C. Heyer (Librarian, San Diego City College) & Wilson’s reply (6/13/59) re/ “Our psychology instructors have a need for the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research Symposium on Physiological Psychology, report number ACR-1 -- Wilson sent Heyer a copy of the proceedings of the Second Symposium; letters (5/59) re/ a constituent sends Wilson a “framed flag design, together with the poem Old Glory by Mrs. Vera Whitbey; “ letters & S.D. County Library information newsletter (Apr.-May 1959) re/ County Librarian Frances Anna Hahn’s request for an Authorization Card to inspect and select books from the surplus collection of duplicates at the Library of Congress was successful; letters (Mar.-May 1959) re/ two queries from students (a 9th grader from Alpine and a 8th grader from La Mesa) – one seeking information for a term paper on American law and the other requesting negative information on the topic of Federal aid to Education (Murray-Metcalf legislation) for a speech class debate – Wilson responded to both and as expected sent anti-aid commentaries from the Chamber of Commerce and the Nation’s Business; 2 letters (5/59) re/ Wilson sends 6 copies of Veterans Preference forms for 10% disability to constituent Wm. C. Hall; postal card & letter (4/59) re/ Republican politics; letters and news clippings (4/59) re/ conservative constituent’s concerns about subversives in government and “the filth which our youth are being subjected to daily” in magazines and in films in local theaters; other items in this folder cover: Wilson’s responses to requests for a copy of “Establishing and Operating a Restaurant;” a copy of the House report on “Communist Legal Subversion;” sending three of the new Lincoln pennies; a copy of the Congressional Cook Book; sending a Chula Vista constituent his Honorable Discharge Certificate; a stapled packet (Feb.-Mar. 1959) containing letters and 2 copies of the Serviceman’s Crusader re/ the Christian Servicemen Centers; Wilson’s assistance in helping the SDSC library obtain a complete set of the second edition of Hinds’ Precedence of the House of Representatives of the United States; sending copies of pamphlets on education from HEW to a constituent; response to Rev. Joseph Doan (Christian Forum) for information on proposed veterans legislation; response to a constituent’s request for a copy of Carl Sandburg’s address before the Joint Session of Congress on February 12; response to request from Jennifer Brown, an eighth grade student at Pacific Beach Junior High, for a report on the Lincoln Memorial; response to a request from Sparky MacArthur (A.S.B. Pres. Coronado) for information on 86th and earlier congresses; response to a request from Charles T. Johnson (Naval Electronics Laboratory employee) for publications on space exploration; sending a constituent two of the new Lincoln pennies; response of Wilson to La Jolla constituent, Helen Watts, re/ information on George Sementovsky, musical genius; sending one Lincoln penny to David Pitman of El Cajon; sending constituent Bernard S. Robboy a copy of the Ninety-Fourth Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the United States; response to request from Dr. Edward H. Corwin for “information on Federal laws pertaining to the manufacture and classification of distilled spirits” – especially whisky; sending information on the Constitution to eighth grade students, Hyatt Baker & Joan Walters of El Cajon; response to inquiry from Kenneth L. Bird for information on the Santa Ana Army Air Base; negative response to request from Library Dir., USD for topographic & cartographic U.S. Geological Service documents – these were out of print; response to query from Sergeant Audrey Peterson re/ sending information about the correct rank for officers and non-commissioned officers of the four services; a letter (11/13/59) from Ralph Phillips (V.P., SDG&E) to Leon W. Parma (Admin. Asst.) re/ “Your kindness in collecting and sending me the additional information from the Library of Congress on the subject of nuclear ship propulsion. . . .”