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Public Relations, 1961 January-July

 File — Box: 113, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5

Scope and Contents

A collection of letters, office notes, lists, telegrams, pamphlets, news clippings & other items. These are filed from July 1961 back to Dec. 1960. Examples are: letters (7/61) re/ a query from New York resident Mrs. Young results in Wilson sending her “my autograph which you requested;” a request from Lemon Grove resident Miss Linda Slaton results in Wilson’s office requesting Miss Rosemary Woods (Los Angeles) send Miss Slaton a photo of Richard Nixon; 4 single page letters from Wilson to various constituents; a get well card & letters (6/61) from constituent Mrs. K.S. Hovanesian & Wilson’s reply re/ his recent hospitalization; telegram and invitation card re/ retirement of City Engineer Major R. A. Floyd from the City of Chula Vista; response of Wilson & the Library of Congress for information on the color blue in the American Flag to constituent Mrs. Wayne Taylor; R.A. Learnard (V.P. Aluminum Co. of America) sends Wilson “statement about Alcoa’s facilities and skills” related to defense needs; stapled packet containing letters from Chula Vista constituent Jay H. Wagner, Wilson & the Library of Congress re/ Mr. Wagner’s interest in tracing his lineage back to Thomas G. Masaryk of Czechoslovakia; letters & 2 copies of Immigrant’s “America” (1961) by Adolf G. H. Kreiss re/ his search for authorization to publish this song which was based on the original patriotic hymn America (1831) – it was now in the public domain; Wilson responds to letter from constituent Dr. Douglas D. McElfresh re/ memory book being prepared for retiring City Council member Chet Schneider; Wilson responds to El Cajon constituent Mrs. J. L. Alman’s need to obtain a birth certificate for her son who wishes to join the Air Force; the Falcon Travel receives assistance from Wilson in obtaining a hotel reservation for Mrs. & Mr. Royal Lovell so Mr. Lovell can attend a reunion of his Annapolis class; constituent requests interview with Wilson for friend Mr. Stuart Innerest; news clipping and Wilson letter to Dr. Abraham Nasatir re/ his being named Citizen of the Year by Jewish War Veterans Post 185; news clipping & letter re/ Neil Morgan column praising one who found money and returned it to the owner; responses from several government departments and Wilson to inquiry from Honolulu resident George W. Bergstrom, Jr. as to obtaining a copy of Major General William S. Graves’ report on the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia; Wilson and the Library of Congress respond to inquiry from constituent Mrs. Carlton Passenheim re/ “breeding, training, and showing of pedigreed Dachshunds:” office note from Maggie to Marge, memo to the Boss from Marge, letters from the Library of Congress & attached listing of Booksellers of America re/ questions about the authenticity of a copy of the Declaration of Independence and its value are sent to the owner, a Service Manager at Grihalva Buick; a letter from Thomas W. Sefton to Wilson re/ interest in license plate collection including “inaugural plate;” telegram from Tom Sefton and Wilson’s reply re/ illness of staunch Republican Dr. Albert Anderson; Wilson and the Office of the Secretary of Defense respond to inquiry from Silvergate Productions re/ displaying an “Air Car” in the International Autorama and Boat Show in April; “Grand Reenactment The Battle of First Manassas” brochure and “Seating Policy” for the reenactment to be held July 22-23, 1961; Wilson sends several booklets to 5th grade student David J. Leroy who was attending a U.S. Air Force Dependent School in Madrid, Spain; constituent Mrs. Shirley Williams receives two booklets from Wilson regarding G.I. educational benefits; information on the San Diego County Heart Association’s HEART-A-THON & KFMB’s “61 hours for the Heart Fund;” Major General V. H. Krulak (Commanding General, MCRD) thanks Wilson “for the beautiful parchment reproduction of Lincoln’s great quote.; letters (12/60-2/61) re/ Wilson sends Paul Ecke a color photograph showing his “beautiful Poinsettia” being delivered to Jack Anderson, administrative assistance to President Eisenhower; item on Republican politics and the Copley Press; a letter (1/23/61) from James O. Duncan (Dist. of Columbia Baptist Convention) to Wilson re/ meeting with members of Congress; Wilson & the Dept. of State respond to request from La Mesa constituent Patrick Henry for material on Government expenditures abroad in 1960; a letter from Robert Smith (S.D. Convention and Tourist Bureau) to Wilson re/ “Thank you for sending me the sample badges produced by Jack-Bilt Corporation in Kansas City;” letter, resume and photo of La Jolla constituent Richard G. Capen, Jr. (The William L. Aldrich Co.); Wilson responds to request from Glenn A. Dowdy (Ex. Sec., Associated General Contractors of America) for photo of President Eisenhower – “Ike was evidently deluged with requests and they cut off all autographing entirely in the closing days of his administration;” news clipping and letter praising Wilson and his personal help to the Fergusons on the day of North Park Toyland Parade; Wilson forwards a letter to Santa from Elizabeth, June, Sandor and Joy Aleman of San Diego – their parents were “very poor;” Wilson sends one of his cook books to Mrs. F. W. Short of Norfolk, VA; letters & news clipping (Nov.& Dec. 1960) re/ Dr. Robert W. Young’s appointment to the National Research Council. As President of the Acoustical Society of America and an employee at the Navy Electronics Laboratory since 1946, Dr. Young was concerned government inefficiency.

Dates

  • created: 1961 January-July

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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