Corresp., news clippings, reports & maps. Examples are: Copy of “Public Notice of Report on San Diego River (Mission Valley), California, For Flood Control 31 March 1964” & corresp. of Brig. General Arthur H. Frye, Jr. & Congressman Wilson (Mar.-Ap. 1964); misc. corresp., office notes, copy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, “Public Announcement San Diego River, California” & copy of “Army Board for Rivers and Harbors Recommends Civil Works Projects--May 8, 1964” with estimated federal cost, S,D, River, of $16,500,000; corresp., map & listing of interested addressees from Col. Earl G. Peacock, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (7/1/63) re/ proposed meeting 8/17/63 regarding “feasibility of constructing flood-control improvements in the Mission Valley area of the San Diego River;” corresp. of Col. W.T.Bradley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2/28/61) & “a Copy of Notice Public Hearing on San Diego River (Mission Valley) for Flood-Control Improvements dated 3 March 1961” & map; copies of corresp. of Col. W.T. Bradley, Corps of Engineers (2/6/61), “Notice of Initiation of Investigation” (2/6/61), map of S.D. River drainage area & mailing list for notice of inititation of investigation (dated 2/61); office notes, corresp. & newsclippings (Mar.-May 1960) re/ flood control & tidal study; corresp. Congressman Wilson (3/24/60), S.D. City Manager George E. Bean (3/10/60 & 4/4/60), copy of S.D. City Council Resolution No. 159404 plus exhibit maps (3/4/60) & copy of “Statement By Congressman Bob Wilson San Diego River Basin Mission Valley Flood Control Project” (4/5/60) re/ requests for “Congressional approval for a cooperative Federal, State and City Flood Control Project on the San Diego River from Morena Boulevard to Murphy Canyon Road;” 2 copies of “Exhibit 2, Mission Valley Plan March 1958 (Preliminary Report)--Planning Department of San Diego, California;” stapled copy of corresp. from Mr. George W. Markam, copy of newsclipping (Frank McComber--Copley Press Bureau) & Congressman Wilson’s responses (6/59) re/ Markam & McComber complaints about taxpayer dollars & how used; corresp. of Senator Thomas Kuchel & Congressman Wilson (6/59) re/ feasibility study of Mission Valley flooding and Senator Kuchel’s comment that “I am dubious that a last-minute request, such as yours, will be very favorably received” by the House Committee on Public Works; corresp. of Mr. A.B. Harris & copies of Congressman Wilson’s edited response (June-July 1959) re/ Mr. Harris’s complaints about unnecessary Corps of Engineers flood control expenditures; misc. corresp. & office memos such as S.D. Mayor Dail to Congressman Wilson (4/17/59) re/ need for clarification on S.D. River Flood Control Program; news clippings (6/4/59 & 6/29/59) re/ “Wilson Presses Mission Valley Flood Survey” & “Mission Valley Fund Blocked;” letter of Congressman Wilson (3/26/59) re/ “A very critical problem exists with respect to potential flood in this valley;” small stapled packet of corresp. of Assist. S.D. City Manger E.W. Blom, Congressman Wilson, Mr. Guilford Whitney & newsclippings (Dec. 1957-Mar. 1959) re/ concerns about flooding as a “deterrent for an even more rapid growth and development of Mission Valley” contrasted to the fears of Mr. Whitney that Mission Valley’s new shopping center project may “come close to being a death blow to downtown merchants.”