Corresp., reports, newsclippings & Congressional Reports. Examples are: copy of S.D. County Floodplain Technical Committee’s “Examination of the Meteorological Assumptions Underlying the Dervivation of the Standard Project Flood for the San Diego River, October, 1972;” copy of letter of S.D. County Supervisor Jack Walsh (7/27/70) questioning the need for a Corps of Engineers proposal for “a 20 feet deep concrete channel 6 1/2 miles long and up to 1300 feet in width . . . because of a 1943 rainstorm two hundred miles north” to be constructed in Mission Valley; copy of “Testimony of Congressman Bob Wilson Before the House Public Works Appropriations SubCommittee June 9, 1969;” copy of “Statement of Congressman Bob Wilson Before the House Public Works Committee, April 30, 1968; corresp. of Harry Woodward, Annette A. Henderson (S.D. Realty Board) & Harvey Miller (2/65-3/66) re/ reducing Mission Valley flooding hazards; copy of newsclipping (S.D. Tribune, 1/24/66) re/ $22.3 million “S.D. Flood Project Left Out of Budget;” corresp. of Dept of the Army Chief of Engineers (5/21/65) & Bureau of the Budget (6/8/65) re/ San Diego River flood control channel with an estimated first cost of $22,300,000 & subsequent modifications; pages 1, 2, 10, 11 & 12 of the “Fiscal Year 1966 Appropriation by Congress for the Civil Works Functions of the Army Corps of Engineers is $1,309,955,500, [which is] a new all-time high;” copy of Dept. of the Army, Office of the Chief of Engineers Technical Liaison Office, “New Civil Works Authorizations . . . (1965 Omnibus Act)” 10/29/65, 11 pages; corresp. of Mr. Hal Smith, Col. John A.B. Dillard & Congressman Wilson (Sept.-Oct. 1965) re/ Smith’s concern about “the timetable for the Mission Valley Flood Control construction project;” corresp. of Mr. Ralph M. Brody, chairman, Calif. Water Commission (9/23/65) with “tabulation of the flood control and reclamation program for 1966-1967;” “Memo To Boss From Ed” (9/20/65) re/ support for amendment to H.R. 2300 & contacting other Republican members; copy of letter of Congressman William C. Cramer (8/11/65) acknowledging Wilson’s support for the Omnibus Flood Control Bill; newsclippings (June & Sept. 1965) re/ fundings for Mission Valley Channel; copy of S.2300, “In the House of Representatives, Report No. 973, July 28, 1965, An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, and other purposes;” copy of River and Harbor, Beach Erosion, Flood Control Projects, and Water Supply -- Report of the Committee on Public Works (89th Cong., 1st Sess. -- House Report No. 973) the “Grand total, projects---144---$1,970,228,000;” copy of letter from Edgar Gillenwaters to Mrs. Adele C. Fay (12/27/65) re/ “you are running competition with Pearl Mista” & emphasis on City Manger Tom Fletcher’s plans for working with Wilson on flood control; “Memorandum To Maggie From Ed” (6/21/65) “I am trying to beat Van Deerlin out of scooping us on our own project;” small, stapled packet of corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Major Gen. Jackson Graham, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Hotaling & Lt. Col. E.R. Preston (July-Aug. 1965) re/ assessment of property bordering Mission Valley flood control project; “Memo To Boss From Ed” (7/28/65) re/ $22 million Mission Valley Flood Control Project in Senate draft of Public Works Omnibus Bill, contact “Bill Cramer the ranking Republican on the [House PW) Committee” & copy of letter from Congressman Wilson to the Honorable William C. Cramer (8/4/65); stapled packet of corresp. & memos from Edgar Gillenwaters, Louise Lynch, Major Gen. Jackson Graham (Dir. of Civil Works), Lt. Gen. W.K.Wilson, Jr. (Chief of Engineers) & Warren A. Barney (County of S.D.) (Ap.-June 1965) re/ the $22 million flood control project and rivalry between Wilson & Van Deerlin over public reporting on the project.