C Karsten, Frank M. (1913-1992), Papers, 1943-1968 3485 54 linear feet, 2 rolls of microfilm MICROFILM This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more information, please contact us at [email protected]. INTRODUCTION Constituent correspondence and congressional committee material from Karsten's terms as Democratic congressman from Missouri's 1st District, 1947-1968. DONOR INFORMATION The papers were donated to the University of Missouri by W. Walter Wicker for University of Houston at Clear Lake City on 5 November 1973 (Accession No. 3936). BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Frank Melvin Karsten, Democratic representative from the first congressional district of Missouri (January 1947 through January 1969), attended the St. Louis public schools and graduated with an LL.B. degree from National University in Washington, D.C. He became a member of the Bars of the District of Columbia and the U.S. Supreme Court. He married Opal Osborn and they had two children, Mrs. John William Brown and Frank, Jr. Karsten served as congressional secretary to Congressman John J. Cochran from 1934 to 1946, during which time he also served as chief of staff for the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments and the Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives. He was elected to his first term on November 6, 1946, and was a member of the 80th through 90th Congresses, assistant majority whip, member of the Committee on Ways and Means, of the United States Territorial Expansion Memorial Commission, and of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The papers have been arranged into the following ten series: Correspondence; Congressional Bills; Immigration; Migratory Bird Conservation Commission; Service Academies; Subject Files; Veterans’ Affairs Cases, 1943-1967; Legislative Correspondence; Committee Material; and Microfilm. For more complete series descriptions, please see folder list. C3485 Karsten, Frank M. (1913-1992), Papers, 1943-1968 Page 2 FOLDER LIST Correspondence Series f. 1-2015 General Correspondence. Correspondence concerning social security benefits, civil service jobs, veterans’ benefits, Vietnam, immigration, military procurement, civil rights, courts martial, patronage jobs, service discharges and deferments, Small Business Administration loans, unemployment compensation, welfare, IRS problems, railroad retirement, financial assistance for college. Often the original letters to Karsten are missing. f. 5 Action Committee to Increase Opportunities for Negroes f. 11-14 AFL-CIO f. 36-38 Americans for Democratic Action f. 40 American Legion f. 43 American War Dads f. 52 Anheuser-Busch f. 63-65 Associated Allied Metals f. 98 Barger, Edward f. 132 Beaury, Charles G. f. 160 Big Signal Radio Board and Black Business f. 168 Bi-State Development Agency f. 183-185 Board of Education f. 244-249 Brotherhoods of Railroad Workers f. 267-268 Building and Construction Trades Council f. 333-336 Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis f. 337 Chamber of Commerce, Missouri State f. 338 Chamber of Commerce of the United States f. 382 Congress of Racial Equality f. 388-391 Conservation Federation of Missouri f. 469 Democratic Women’s Campaign Conference f. 483 Demonstration Experiments Program, Opportunity House f. 513 Downtown St. Louis, Inc. f. 546-548 Education Programs, St. Louis Board of Education f. 563-564 Emerson Electric Company f. 592-594 Federal Barge Lines f. 692 General Electric Company f. 743-744 Greater St. Louis Arts and Education Council f. 1057-1060 KMOX-TV, St. Louis f. 1080 KWK Radio Station, St. Louis f. 1081-1154 League of Women Voters of Missouri f. 1174-1176 McDonnell Aircraft Corporation f. 1201 Magdala Halfway House for Women f. 1267 Missouri Air Conservation Commission f. 1270 Missouri Agriculture Department f. 1271 Missouri Conservation Department C3485 Karsten, Frank M. (1913-1992), Papers, 1943-1968 Page 3 f. 1272 Missouri Employment Security Division f. 1274-1276 Missouri Federation of the Blind f. 1278 Missouri Pacific Railroad f. 1280-1287 Missouri, State of f. 1289-1290 Missouri State Highway Commission f. 1358-1360 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People f. 1361 National Association of Letter Carriers f. 1362 National Association of Postal Supervisors f. 1365 National League of Cities f. 1406 Ozark Airlines f. 1862 Union Electric Company f. 1863 United Auto Workers f. 1864-1865 United Federation of Postal Clerks f. 1866 United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers f. 1915-1917 Washington University f. 1929 Webster College f. 1936 West End Urban Renewal Project f. 2016-2071 Critics’ Correspondence. Includes correspondence about nuclear testing, United Nations bonds, aid to communist countries, communism, opinions on Vietnam, membership in the United Nations, Medicare, relations with the U.S.S.R., China, Cuba, Venezuela, Israel, prayers in schools, disarmament, wiretapping, situation in the Congo. f. 2016 A f. 2017-2019 B f. 2020-2021 C f. 2022 D f. 2023 E f. 2024-2025 F f. 2026-2031 G f. 2032-3035 H f. 2036 I f. 2037-2039 J f. 2040-2042 K f. 2043-2045 L f. 2046-2051 M f. 2052 N f. 2053 O f. 2054-2055 P f. 2056-2057 R f. 2058-2061 S f. 2062 T f. 2063 U-V f. 2064-2070 W f. 2071 Z C3485 Karsten, Frank M. (1913-1992), Papers, 1943-1968 Page 4 Congressional Bills Series Bills introduced by Karsten, including pertinent correspondence and reference material. f. 2072-2081 85th Congress f. 2072 HR 2157 Post Office; HR 2158 Extraterrestrial Exploration; HR 2222 Tax Relief. f. 2073-2075 HR 4924 Aid to the Blind f. 2076 HR 5265 American War Dads; HR 5266 Jurisdiction of Tax Court. f. 2077-2078 HR 6138 Fraud f. 2079 HR 6894 Tariffs f. 2080 HR 8659 and HR 8798 Admissions Tax f. 2081 HR 9028 Narcotics; HR 9143 Unused Leave; HR 13239 Aid to Blind; HR 13243 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. f. 2082-2085 86th Congress f. 2082 HR 470 Bi-State Development Agency; HR 529 Narcotics. f. 2083 HR 529 (continued) Narcotics. f. 2084 HR 2882 Railroad Retirement; HR 2883. Unused Leave; HR 3547 Unemployment Compensation. f. 2085 HR 3973 Taxes; HR 3974 Aid to Blind; HR 4589 City Taxes; HR 5579 Internal Revenue Service; HR 10384 Post Office; HR 11523 Compensation Increases. f. 2086-2087 87th Congress f. 2086 HR Res 565 clean up month; HR 3048 Unused Leave; HR 3113 Relief; HR 4313 Medical Care. f. 2087 HR 5298 Davis-Bacon Act; HR 7077 Relief; HR 10324 Aid to Blind; HR 12230 Migratory Bird Conservation Commission. f. 2088-2089 88th Congress f. 2088 HR 718 Honoring Clarence Cannon; HR 1803 Ozark National Rivers; HR 4245 Aged Benefits. f. 2089 HR 6171 Entertainment Expenses; HR 8449 Non-Resident Alien Withholding Tax; HR 8520 Federal Employees Group Life Insurance; HR 9323 Federal Firearms Act; HR 9471 Federal Firearms Act; HR 12703 Relief. f. 2090 89th Congress. HR 2052 Federal Employees Group Life Insurance; HR 2148 Relief; HR 4832 Spectrometer for St. Louis University; HR 4955 Internal Revenue Service; HR 6520 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial; HR 9434 Relief; HR 12982 City Earnings Tax; HR 14611 Spectrometer for University of Missouri at St. Louis; HR 14686 Internal Revenue Service; HR 15132 Moving Expenses. f. 2091-2092 90th Congress f. 2091 HR 2688 Relief; HR 3771 Social Security for Federal Employees. f. 2092 HR 4119 Moving Expenses; HR 5768 Migratory Bird C3485 Karsten, Frank M. (1913-1992), Papers, 1943-1968 Page 5 Conservation Commission; HR 5833 Relief; HR 9263 Federal Classifications; HR 10018 Federal Employee-Management Relations; HR 17659 Relief. Immigration Series Correspondence with person involved, interested parties, and immigration officials regarding citizenship, naturalization, immigration, visas, visits of aliens and other alien problems, 1949-1966. f. 2093-2095 A f. 2096-2103 B f. 2104-2115 C f. 2116-2122 D f. 2123 E f. 2124-2127 F f. 2128-2131 G f. 2132-2134 H f. 2135 I f. 2136-2137 J f. 2138-2141 K f. 2142-2147 L f. 2148-2164 M f. 2165-2167 P f. 2168-2171 R f. 2172-2181 S f. 2182-2183 T f. 2184 U f. 2185-2186 V f. 2187-2189 W f. 2190-2191 Y f. 2192 Z Migratory Bird Conservation Commission Seires Correspondence regarding meetings, programs for hearings before the commission, minutes from previous meetings and reports on various existing and proposed refuges, photographs, charts, geological maps, annual reports of the Commission. Arranged chronologically. Correspondence and information regarding specific refuges arranged alphabetically by state. f. 2193-2199 1963 f. 2200-2202 1964 f. 2203-2210 1965 f. 2211-2219 1966 f. 2220-2226 1967 C3485 Karsten, Frank M. (1913-1992), Papers, 1943-1968 Page 6 f. 2227-2232 1968 f. 2233 Illinois, House Shoe Lake f. 2234 Indiana, Hovey Lake f. 2235-2241 Indiana, Wabash National Wildlife Refuge f. 2242 Minnesota, Sherburne County Wildlife Refuge f. 2243 North Carolina, Mattamuskeet Wildlife Refuge f. 2244 North Carolina, Scaup Duck Provisions f. 2245 Virginia, Hunting Creek Service Academies Series Correspondence about appointments. f. 2246-2258 General Correspondence f. 2259-2260 A f. 2261-2272 B f. 2273-2276 C f. 2277-2280 D f. 2281-2283 E f. 2284-2288 F f. 2289-2290 G f. 2291-2295 H f. 2296 I-J f. 2297-2303 K f. 2304-2305 L f. 2306-2313 M f. 2314 N f. 2315 O f. 2316-2320 P f. 2321-2324 R f. 2325-2329 S f. 2330-2333 T f. 2334 U-V f. 2335-2337 W f. 2338 Y-Z Subject Files Series f. 2339-2890 Requests for information, correspondence with government agencies, and reference data concerning education, housing, civil service, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, post office, and St. Louis area affairs. f. 2344 Adult Education f. 2393-2395 John Birch Society f.