Public Relations, 1963
Scope and Contents
A collection of letters, cards, news clippings, newsletters, telegrams, postal cards, memos and speeches. These are not filed in consecutive order. Examples are: a letter (10/31) from Biehl P. Clarke (President, Civic Affairs Associates) to Wilson re/ appreciation for those who helped him cope with a serious illness; letters (Oct.-Nov.) from Senior Economics major Miss J. Kirk Palmer (Connecticut College), Wilson & Fred M. Whitton (Federal Highway Administrator, U. S. Dept. of Commerce) re/ need for material on the controversy of Federal Aid to Highways; letters (11/63) from Peter Wesland (Hampden Dubose Academy, Florida) & Wilson re/ biographical sketch send to Mr. Wesland; letters (11/63) re/ Wilson sends Savings Bond information to a constituent; letters & memos (11/4 & 11/20) re/ information on government sent by Wilson to Miss Collette Paderewski and Mrs. L. E. Fitchett; letters & listing of Govt. Printing Office publications (11/63) re/ as requested by El Cajon constituent William F. Adcock seeking information on various careers; letters (July & Oct.) re/ response to request of constituent Mrs. Lorraine Carter Parr for information on her great grandfather Private John W. Carter, Company E, 27th Georgia Infantry, CSA; letters (11/63) re/ Wilson praises Leonard Carmichael for his performance as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; letter (11/18/63) from Atlas Hotels owner Charles Brown to Wilson re/ having dinner with Wilson on the 16th and “I sympathize completely with you and our other elected officials in coping with the problems and making decisions with which you are faced daily in Washington;” letters (11/63) re/ Wilson sends his signature to El Cajon constituent James Hermanson – a collector of signatures of noted personalities; letters (11/63) re/ Wilson sends information on Operation Water Moccasin, Arms Control, etc. as requested by constituent Ray F. Wilson, Jr.; letters (Oct. & Nov.) re/ Wilson requests his secretary Marge O’Donnell visit a “little ole lady” who was a resident at the Edgemoor Hospital; copy of letter (11/29/63) from A.F. Kitchin to the Honorable John Raymond Ferchak, Second Secretary of Embassy of the U.S., Tokyo, Japan re/ Kitchin’s commentary on his visit to Japan and various corporations; letter s (Nov.-Dec.) re/ Wilson sends an autograph picture to a collector from Harrogate, TN; letters (Nov.-Dec.) - Wilson sends memorandum from the Library of Congress to a constituent regarding “Prayers in Congress;” letters (12/63) re/ “Clint Potter’s relocation to my district” and his engraving company on E St.; news clipping & letter (12/63) re/ Assemblyman Richard Donovan (R-Chula Vista) “Has Brain Surgery;” letters (12/63) re/ La Jolla constituent Edmund H. Woolrych (Woolrych and Beaupeurt) opposes S. 1914 & S. 1942 to give federal charters to the Catholic War Veterans and Jewish War Veterans; letters (7/63) re/ Wilson thanks El Cajon constituent Thomas C. Smith for his friendship and support; letters (7/63) re/ Foreign Claims Settlement Commission report to Congress is sent to Predrag Mitrovich (1st Nation Bank); letters (June & July) re/ Mrs. Dale D. Baker’s concern over the Supreme Court’s recent decision on prayer and Bible reading in public schools & Wilson’s agreement; packet of correspondence including newsletters and cartoons from the San Diego Southern Baptist Assoc. of California (May-July) re/ tape of Astronaut Cooper’s address to Congress & information on lotteries; letter & news clippings (7/633) re/ photos of Mrs. Jean Wilson and Congressman Wilson and commentary on the 1964 Republican convention to be held in San Francisco; letters (June-July) re/ constituent J. L. Goss seeks to obtain a copy of the House Un-American Committee’s Report on the Southern California District of the Communist Party; postal card and letter (June & July) re/ Wilson sends two copies of the Congressional Record for May 13, 1963, “Potential Power of Moderates,” to Mrs. William F. Sager, Secretary for Parents Committee for Civic Responsibility, Walnut Creek, CA; letters & news clipping (JuneJuly) re/ criticism of the Kennedy Administration as to Cuba; letters (June-July) re/ San Jose State College student Dave Kempton seeks information on the U.N. and specifically the Congo and Katanga; memo & telegram (6/63) re/ search for location of John B. Sherman III who “defected from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography Vessel, Argo, on May 14th at Bangkok” – he turned up in Macao; letters & speeches (6/63) re/ “What Americans Think of the British as Observed by Congressman Bob Wilson” & NBC President Leroy Collins’ “What Americans Think of the British” to be considered at the Ditchley Foundation Conference in England; letters (MayJune 1963) re/ Wilson responds to request from F. Hodge O’Neal (School of Law, Duke University) for “anecdotes and stories that judges, legislators, and lawyers tell;” notes & letters (June-July 1962 & June 1963) re/ Wilson’s office is finally able to send to John Murphy (San Diego Union) & Sid Gillman (Chargers) “the enclosed photograph which bears a reproduction of his [JFK] signature. They apparently hope this will suffice in lieu of a personally autographed picture” as requested by Gillman and Murphy in 1962; Thank you card to Wilson from Georgia Taylor thanking Wilson and his wife for “the lovely arrangement of flowers;” letters (May-June 1963) re/ constituent Mrs. Mary Francis Reid receives help from Wilson as to her interest in establishing contact with the American Ambassador in Stockholm, Sweden – Reid was a convert from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party; letters (5/63) re/ local resident Earl D. Allison receives a recruit training special award from the MCRD Commanding General; letters (6/63) re/ Wilson sends information to Charles Burkholder (General Dynamics/Astronautics) on “the hearings before the Committee on Science Astronautics, which you requested by phone today;” letters (5/29 & 6/6/63) re/ Paul A. Bailly (President, Bear Creek Mining Co., Salt Lake City, Utah) sent Wilson a 3 page letter outlining his position on Wilderness Bill, H. R. 930 – as expected, Bailly believed “strongly that the entire public domain should remain open to exploration in the spirit of the mining laws of 1872;” letter & note card (6/63) re/ Wilson thanks to Mrs. Helen C. Stafford (Utah Hotel, Salt Lake City) for her “kind words about my work for the Republican National Campaign Committee;” letters (5/63) re/ Wilson tells constituents George and Adele Fay to “Keep up the good work with Republican Associates;” telegram (5/16/63) from Wilson re/ congratulation to representatives from the San Diego College for Women and the Convent of the Sacred Heart in El Cajon who were attending the AASH convention in Washington, D.C.; letters (5/63) re/ Wilson corrects a misinterpretation by a constituent as to the Walter E. Heller Company; letters (5/63) re/ brief personal item on illness of a friend; office note & letter (4/63) re/ Graphic Trades Service promotion for “Personal Presentation Plaque;” letters (4/63) re/ Mrs. Donald Martin was moving to San Diego and requested information from Wilson as to locating a place to live; copy of letter (5/2/63) from Wilson to B. F. Raynes (Rohr Aircraft Corp., Chula Vista) re/ Wilson helps employee traveling to Germany for business and pleasure – “Anytime you have member of the firm travelling internationally, please let me know so that we may be of similar service to them.”
Dates
- created: 1963
Creator
- From the Collection: Wilson, Robert (Wilson, Robert Carlton) (1916-) (Person)
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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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