This is a large collection of letters, cards, brochures, bulletins, telegrams & other items. Most of this material is filed in chronological order from January to December, but note exceptions below. Selected examples are: letters & card re/ personal information related to Gay, Bonnie & Linda Cowie – a singing trio; “Your Capital Guide” – a pictorial brochure from Congressman Richard M. Simpson (18th Dist. PA) & accompanying “Bulletin No. 1 Capital Guide;” letters (1/26 &1/31) re/Chula Vista constituents Mr. and Mrs. Devault L. Brown congratulate Wilson on his appointment to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs;” Wilson letter (1/30) to Lt. Gen. Roscoe C. Wilson thanking him for a trip and a chat about the Air Force; several letters in January re/ USO’s eighteenth birthday, a constituent’s grandbaby (Wilson donated to help win a baby contest) & Ramona constituent William H. Silk congratulates Wilson’s reelection and discusses other topics; 3 letters (Oct, & Dec. 1958) re/ personal information from the Herbert Heyn family, Margaret M. Young’s note that she was now in the San Diego office & a letter from the National Small Business Men’s Association; stapled packet containing a number of letters (4/59) re/ Wilson and Foreign Service Consulate help to “valued constituents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Lynds and Mr. and Mrs. H. Hadley Johnson” visit France, Italy and Spain; letters (5/59) re/ a proposal from Philip C. Brown of Fallbrook for the 50 star flag; 3 letters (10/59) re/ query from a student as to General Douglas MacArthur’s Medal of Honor; letters (7/18 & 7/24) re/ drowning at Rosarito Beach, riptides and acts of heroism; letters (10/1 & 10/12) re/ Student Nurses’ Assn. needs 25 copies of a booklet entitled “Common Human Needs;” news clipping & Wilson telegram (7/25) re/ “my best wishes to my fellow Calexico residents at the annual picnic;” letters (10/12 & 10/22) re/ Lemon Grove constituent Joseph H. Payson (SDSC political science major) requested information on Wilson’s views as to banning nuclear weapons. Wilson was in Mexico on business and vacation so could not reply, but Admin. Asst. Leon W. Parma did sent Payson literature on the subject; office notes & 7 Congressional Honorary Member Navy football tickets to games from Sept. to Nov.; a folder containing Herman Spieker’s design for 50th star flag for Hawaii, several letters & lists of the names and addresses of those supporting his design. He had it on display at Sear’s & Roebuck and at the Zoo entrance; a letter (9/21) from Neil Morgan to Wilson re/ personal comments on his daughter Jill; letters (10/15 & 10/22) re/ error of constituent in thinking that Congress was getting rid of the spittoons; Wilson letter (11/1) to Vice Adm. A. E. Jarrell, USN (ret) - “Having just returned from an extended trip to Mexico, I learned of your retirement after thirty-eight years of service to the Navy and to our county;” a letter (10/2) from Richard P. Godwin (Nuclear Projects Officer, Maritime Adm., U.S. Dept. of Commerce) to R.J. Phillips, SDG&E re/ comments on Mr. Phillips’ topic at Osaka, Japan of “Problems Facing Seaports in the Atomic Age” & the SAVANNAH project; letters (11/16) re/ the State Department’s answers to “The Ugly American;” letters (Oct. & Nov.) re/ Wilson & the Library of Congress respond to request for information on the Medal of Freedom; letters (Sept. & Oct.) re/ 17th anniversary of the Investors League & information on Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge; letters (10/19 & 10/22) re/ Leon Parma responds to Helix High student Cheryl Meyer’s query to Wilson about political and worldwide issues; letters (Nov.) re/ information booklets on the Capitol are send to constituents; letters (11/4 & 11/16) re/ Wilson responds to request from eight grade student Suzanne Wilson of Coronado for information to help on paper she was writing on “American Trails” for a DAR contest; letters (11/3 & 11/17) re/ Wilson’s secretary Margaret Young responds to request from constituent Frank Adams by sending him “signatures of our President and Vice President for your son;” letters (Oct. & Nov.) re/ Civic Productions of San Diego, Inc. &their interest in the Army’s experimental flying car; Tribune news clipping & letter (12/10) re/ USS Arizona memorial service in Tucson; letters (12/12 & 12/17) & a Wilson Annual Legislative Questionnaire re/ Republican constituent Henry Lippitt’s views on political and economic issues; letters (Nov. & Dec.) re/ U.S. Naval Repair Facility, San Diego, retirement of Commanding Officer Captain Albert K. Romberg & his employment by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co.; postal card & letter (11/25 & 12/29) re/ PR campaign by Foster and Kleiser with 52 billboards in San Diego featuring “Religion in American Life” as a public service at an estimated value of $2,706.00; letters (12/2 & 12/23) re/ Chula Vista constituent & PTA member discusses home rule for Washington D.C. & Flag Holidays – Wilson supported home rule for D.C.; letters (Dec.) re/ National Science Foundation and Wilson’s support for Mr. James W. Shipman and his essay on the “Structure of the Cosmos;” letters (12/8 & 12/18) re/ Wilson responds to query from Ronald Paul Weiss (SDSC) preparing a political science term paper on “A.M.A. – Power, Purpose and Politics in Organized Medicine.”