Scope and Contents A collection of letters, memos, notes, telegrams, news clippings, newsletters & other items. These are not filed systematically from January through December. As with previous folders in this box, most are concerned with various examples of Wilson’s congratulatory letters & accompanying news clippings or other explanatory material. Some selected examples are: letters & news clipping (Jan.) re/ congratulations to Harold B. Starkey on his promotion to Chairman of the Board of...

Scope and Contents A collection of letters, telegrams, news clippings, announcements, news releases, memos & postal cards. These are filed from January through December. Selected examples are: Telegram & news clipping (1/22) re/ International Printing Week banquet at Kona Kai Club and Wilson sent a telegram – “As a longtime advertising man, I wish I could be in San Diego this evening to join in honoring the men and women in San Diego’s printing and publishing industries;” news clipping & letter...

Scope and Contents An assortment of postal cards & letters requesting Congressional Directories: examples are: a letter (9/11/58) from Percy Anthony & Elmer L. Johnson(President & Vice President, Unit 23 of the National Assn. of Retired and Veteran Railway Workers) re/ information of about increasing annuities for retired RR employees and widows, Congressional actions, receiving “tear sheets from the Congressional Record for August 23rd” & “It just not seem right that Mr. O’Hara (Republican}...

Scope and Contents Wilson’s “Congressional Directory List – 86th Congress, 2nd Session, 1960” with names of those who receive copies of these directories & an assortment of letters & notes requesting the current directory; Examples are: a letter (1/4) from Harold F. Cary (Asst. to the President of the Van Camp Sea Food Co.) re/ a request to Margaret Young (Wilson’s Secretary) for a copy of the Congressional Directory. Cary, as a Wilson constituent, but sometime resident of Long Beach, indicated that...

Scope and Contents An assortment of letters, notes & cards requesting the 87th Congressional Directory – Examples are: letters (1/3 & 1/13) re/ constituent Norman Smith is informed by Wilson that “Due to the small number of Directories allocated to me. . . . it will not be possible to send a copy to you;” letters (1/5, 1/11, 1/16 & 1/24) re/ politically conservative Mrs. Jo Poland’s request for information on the Urban League taken from “page 2088, Volume 5 – of the report of the House Committee on...

Scope and Contents A small number of letters, notes & other items related to requests for a copy of the Congressional Directory. Examples are: a copy of a “Congressional Directory List – 87th Congress – 2nd Session 1962” with 21 names, some of these had been checked off by Wilson’s staff or eliminated; letters & news clipping (Jan.-Feb. – ’62) re/ information from Wilson about the Directory and what he receives to pass to constituents, plus constituent O. B. Nehls’ negative remarks about President...

Scope and Contents This is a large collection of letters, postal cards, memos, telegrams, news clippings & brochure. These are filed from September back to January, but are not always in correct order. Some examples of persons, topics & issues are: office note (9/25) from Leon to the “Honorable Bob Wilson Room 209 Main Post Office Building, San Diego, California – Pat said no Told Dutch;” postal card & letters (Aug. & Sept.) from Ed Warns (Chairman, CCAS), Wilson, C. Frank Keyeser (Library of...

Scope and Contents 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...

Scope and Contents This is a small collection of letters & telegrams. These are filed from October to April. They all appear to address issues related to expediting passengers through customs at their Ports of arrival. Selected examples are: 4 letters (Oct.) re/ Wilson requests “Courtesy of the Port” in San Francisco to the arrival of constituent Mrs. Mary E. Billick “who will arrive San Francisco aboard Pan-American Flight 121 at 10:30 AM, Friday, October 17th;” letters & telegrams (July-Aug.) re/...