General Files,, 1949-1990

Summary: Documents Mary G. Roebling's general interests and involvement in organizations, companies, government, and events as well as personal correspondence and connections. Also contains information on trips she took and special events such as the Apollo II launching, plus documentation of scholarships and awards given and received by Roebling.

Document types include personal and professional correspondence, maps, tour guides, pamphlets, information booklets on companies and foundations, newsletters, catalogues, reports, minutes, memoranda, and magazine and newspaper clippings.

This series contains information that shows Roebling's interest in religion, education, the armed forces, politics, social issues, women's issues, government (from the local level to the national level), business, banking, antiques, foreign policy, historical sites, cultural heritage, fine arts, hobbies, patriotism, and economics. The bulk of these materials fall between the years 1953 and 1977. Of particular interest are files documenting Roebling's service on the Mercer County Improvement Authority from 1967 to 1977; the New Jersey Small Business Advisory Council, 1966-1968; the New Jersey State Museum Advisory Committee; and the Margaret Sanger Institute of Human Reproduction and Development. Prominent correspondents include mayors Robert Wagner of New York and Carmen J. Armenti of Trenton, New Jersey governors Alfred E. Driscoll and Willam T. Cahill, New York Archbishops Terence Cardinal Cooke and Cardinal Spellman, journalists Drew Pearson and Ben Reese, Sr., writer James Michener, actress Joan Crawford, Trenton philanthropist Alice Kuser, publisher Samuel I. Newhouse, and Winthrop Rockefeller.