A collection of letters, memos, reports, journals & Congressional bills. Examples are: Copies of corresp. from Congressman Wilson & Robert J. McPherson (10/73) re/ Mr. McPherson’s letter to President Richard M. Nixon in support of estalishing a “Western Aerospace Branch of the Smithsonian Institution” in San Diego instead of in Los Angeles -- “that smog-ridden excuse for a city!;” copies of corresp. between Congressman Wilson & Col. E. F. Carey, Jr. (USAF,Ret. -- Pres. of the Board, IAHF) (9/12 & 10/22/73) re/ IAHF Honors Ceremony with featured speaker Pete Conrad (NASA); stapled copies of notice of Bd. of Dir. meeting for 8/23/73 & minutes of Bd. of Dir. meeting for 7/27/73; 1 letter from Col. Owen F. Clarke (USAF, Ret., Executive Dir., S.D. Aerospace Museum) to Congressman Wilson (2/7/73) re/ thanking Wilson for his membership contribution; large, stapled packet containing postal card with photo of B-36, corresp. (1972 & 1973) & photocopies of materials related to the attempts to get permission to fly a restored B-36 -- Examples are 2 newspaper articles -- “Ex-Test Pilot Offers to Fly Restored B-36” & “Money Top Priority for Bomber After Successful Pilot Appeal” Fort Worth Star Telegram (2/23 & 2/26/73), letter from Bill Clements (Dep. Sec. of Defense) [regarding the Peacemaker Foundation], letters from Paul Tsompanas (Admin. Asst. to Wilson), Meyers K. Jacobson (Publisher), Congressman Wilson & Col. James J. Shepard (Chief, Cong. Inquiry Div., Office of Leg. Liaison, USAF) & photocopies of “B-36 Readied For ‘Mission’ Flying museum urged for U.S. 200th,” Evening Tribune (9/15/73) & photocopy of Meyers K. Jacobson, “The B-36. Production Begins, 1946 - 1948,” The American Aviation Historical Society Journal (Vol. 17, No. 3, 1972), pp. 163-173; 1 copy of the AAHS Journal (Vol. 17, No. 3, 1972); photocopies of notice of Bd. of Dir. meeting for 11/28/72 & minutes of Bd. of Dir. meeting for 10/2672; stapled packet containing corresp. (June - Oct. 1972) from Congressman Wilson & Col. E. F. Carey, Jr. (Pres., IAHF), IAHF brochure, Western Union telegram from Maurice A. Kimball (Pres., Aero Club of So. Calif.) & news article by Lee Grant, “Air Pioneers Due Honors,” The San Diego Union (8/3/72) re/ “Honors List of the International Aerospace Hall of Fame for 1972” & “Awards banquet in San Diego on October 14, 1972 -- General H. H. Arnold, Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, John K. Northrop, Otto Lilienthal;” small, stapled packet containing corresp. (Feb. - Mar. 1972) from Congressman Wilson, RAdm D. K. Weitzenfeld (Vice Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, USN), Pat Quinlan (Advisory Bd, S. D. Aerospace Museum Historical Council) re/ inquiry into obtaining a WW II F4U Corsair for the museum & attempts to “obtain the support of the city to rehabilitate the Ford Building in Balboa Park;” 1 copy of a letter from Congressman Wilson to Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin (7/1/72) re/ “Many thanks for your courtesies in receiving us during the recent presentation by the International Aerospace Museum of the Award for your Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin;” stapled packet containing corresp. from Congressman Wilson, Col. E. F. Carey, Jr., David M. Abshire (Asst. Sec. for Cong. Rel., Dept. of State) & M. R. Engler, Jr. (Pres., IAHF) (Nov. 1971 - July 1972) re/ replacement flags for Great Britain, Canada & NASA for the Hall of Fame & discussions over presenting the Yuri Gagarin award to Ambassador Dobrynin for transmittal to Mrs. Gagarin; 1 photocopy of news article “San Diego Presents Russian Space Award,” Evening Tribune (6/27/72); stapled photocopies of minutes of Bd. of Dir. meetings for 6/27 & 3/23/72 & attached list of Bd. of Directors for 1972 - 1973 & Advisory Bd.; stapled copies of letters from Congressman Wilson & Col. E. F. Carey, Jr. (1/72) re/ Wilson presenting IAHF Award to Michael Collins; stapled packet containing corresp. (Ap. 1971 - Ap. 1972) from Col. Owen F. Clarke (Ex. Dir, Aerospace Museum), Congressman Wilson, “Memo For the Record,” Major Charles L. Moore (Chief of Leg. Liaison, Dept. of the Army) & Major Robert V. Schwartz (Acting Asst. AG, USAF) re/ Wilson’s presenting the Aerospace Museum with “a Chinese Communist 7.62 Carbine” he had been given while in Vietnam in 1971 & the corresp. necessary to arrange this transaction; large packet containing extensive corresp. regarding the possibility of having the S. D. Aerospace Museum “designated a National Repository for Government aircraft exhibits” -- photocopy of news article by Linda Dudley, “National Air, Space repository linked to victory for Prop. A,” Evening Tribune (10/30/71), “Memo to Boss” (11/2/71 & 1/19/70), letters (Dec. 1970 - Nov. 1971) from Congressman Wilson, S. Dillon Ripley (Sec., Smithsonian Inst.), Col. Owen F. Clarke, Hugh P. Price (Legislative Attorney, The Library of Congress), F. C. Durant, III (Asst. Dir. Astronautics, Nat. Air & Space Museum), news release for 8/4/67, “Historic NASA Spacecraft To Smithsonian Institution” & copy of 91st Congress, 1st Session, H. R. 10771 (4/3069) -- “a bill to create a permanent NASA Aerospace Museum ....;” three copies of San Diego Aerospace Museum brochures (n.d.); letters from Col. Owen F. Clarke to Congressman Wilson (Nov. 1970 - Dec. 1971) re/ “appreciation for your membership contribution;” “Memo To the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress from the Office of Bob Wilson, 2235 RHOB” (12/11/70) re/ “assistance in determining the requirements for designating the San Diego Aerospace Museum as a National Repository for Government aircraft exhibits, etc.”