Sub-Series VI: Publicity,, 1954-1956.
Dates
- 1954-1956.
Scope and Contents
Publicity is comprised principally of HAW press releases and constituent newsletters from his House office. The sub-series also includes releases from the New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Independents for Williams, and other groups related to HAW's 1956 re-election campaign. Some HAW statements are also in the sub-series.
Foreign affairs dominate as a theme in the material, particularly in terms of the Cold War and the United States' ideological confrontation with the Soviet Union. Civil rights, highways (especially highway safety), flooding, school construction/aid, and political affairs are also significant themes.
Language of Materials
Undetermined .
Physical Description
(0.25 cubic feet)
Arrangement
Publicity is arranged in the following order: A set of folders of newsletters, press releases, etc. categorized by subject by HAW's office opens the sub-series. These folders are followed by general files of press releases and newsletters from HAW's House office. The sub-series closes with releases and statements related principally to the 1956 re-election campaign.
Appraisal and Discard Information
Unlike the other sub-series of HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICE FILES, Publicity is not an original set of files from HAW's House years but was constructed by the archivist. A subject-oriented set of files were found together in a box of material taken from HAW's office in 1982; the folder descriptions are from the original labels. The rest of the material came from two sources: a Federal Records Center box sent to storage by HAW's Senate staff in 1974 and from the bottom of a large box of loose newspaper clippings donated by Jeanette Williams in 2006, which were likely originally collected by HAW's mother. Because of preservation problems with the originals stored with the clippings, these were discarded, but photocopies of select items were used to fill gaps in the material from the Fed Records Center box.
Part of the New Brunswick Special Collections Repository