OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE,, 1960-1977.

For most of HAW's tenure in the Senate, his staff retained at least one carbon copy of outgoing correspondence filed apart from incoming correspondence. These copies were in addition to the copy maintained in the office's main correspondence files with any associated incoming correspondence. For most years this extra copy was filed alphabetically, usually by correspondent, though also by department, organization, or other key affiliation. OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE includes select documents retained by the archivist from these files. Copies were retained of HAW's correspondence directed to U.S. presidents, vice-presidents, cabinet secretaries, other senators, members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation, and New Jersey governors. Documents were also kept for select individuals with eventual connection to Williams in the Abscam matter, including Alex Feinberg, Henry (Sandy) Williams, and Angelo Errichetti. Correspondence with Rutgers presidents Mason Gross and Edward Bloustein were also retained. Given the topical structure of the correspondence series, OUTGOING CORRESPONDENCE is useful for viewing HAW's correspondence with key individuals and, where coding is present on the carbon, for tracking into the topical files for original correspondence.

No alphabetical files were maintained by the staff after 1975. For 1976 and 1977, chronological files were retained. For 1978 through 1982, no file copies at all were maintained.