DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY ABILENE, KANSAS Dwight D. Eisenhower: Records as President White House Central Files, 1953-61 LEGAL SIZED CASE FILES Pre-accession and A86-15 Processed by: TB Date Completed: November 1989 Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 55.2 Approximate number of pages: 102,800 These records were reviewed under provisions of the instrument of gift of Dwight D. Eisenhower signed April 13, 1960. Under terms of the instrument of gift the following classes of documents are withheld from research use: 1. Papers that are security-classified until such classification shall be removed. 2. Papers the use of which may be prejudicial to the maintenance of good relations with foreign nations. 3. Papers containing statements made in confidence unless the reason for confidentiality no longer exists. 4. Papers relating to family or private affairs. 5. Papers containing statements which might be used to injure, harass, or damage any living person. Scope and Content Note This series of the White House Central Files consists primarily of oversized attachments to correspondence that is filed in other series of the Central Files. Most of the Central Files were stored in cabinets designed to hold letter-sized (8 ½ x 11) documents. In many cases, however, the correspondence received in the Central Files was accompanied by oversized or multiple copies of attachments. If the attachments were too bulky or numerous to retain with the correspondence, the case file would be divided. The original correspondence was filed in the main files after it was annotated to show the attachments had been removed. The attachments were placed in the Legal Size Case with a cross reference sheet to show the location of the original correspondence. Material in the Legal Size Case was filed in chronological order by the date of the latest correspondence. If the correspondence was undated, or if there was no accompanying correspondence, the material would be filed by the date on which it was received in the Central Files. Due to the chronological arrangement it is very difficult to locate material on specific subjects. Access to material in the Legal Size Case should be gained by searching the correspondence in the OF, GF and PPF series of the Central Files. These will bear annotations which will refer researchers to related documents in the Legal Size Case. The annotations are usually in the form of a handwritten note at the bottom of the first page of a case file which reads “Oversized Attachments filed Legal Size Case.” The Legal Size Case also contains several files of original correspondence. Members of the White House staff frequently sent folders of correspondence to the Central Files for storage. In most cases the documents were removed from the folders and filed in the main files. However, if the staff member requested that the documents be kept together, the folder would sometimes be file in the Legal Size Case, particularly if it was a large folder. Several such folders were found in the course of processing this series. They are listed below to facilitate their retrieval. 1955 May 3 (Box 44) Files from office of Gabriel Hauge on wool tariff matters and US- Australian relations. 1958 Jan. 14 (Boxes 87-88) File from office of Robert Schulz on the Quetico-Superior Wilderness area, 1953-56. Subsequent correspondence on this subject was filed in OF 133-A-1. 1959 Oct. 8 (Boxes 104-105) File from office of Wilton Persons containing his records of Presidential meetings with legislative leaders and meetings of the Legislative Council, 1953-57. These documents are mostly duplicate copies of material in the Legislative Meetings series of the Ann Whitman File. 1959 Oct. 27 (Boxes 108-109) File from office of Jack Z. Anderson relating to Agriculture Department matters. Container List Box No. Contents 1 1952 OF 154-G [analysis of US press coverage of Korean was] 1952 Oct. 20 GF 109-A-6 1952 Oct. 24 PPF 1-Y Republican Clubs I 1952 Oct. 25 GF 122 France [architecture of SHAPE headquarters at St. Germain] 1953 Jan. 26 PPF 1-EE DC 1953 Jan. 28 PPF 31, S 1953 Jan. 30 Alpha Spiegel, Mrs. Joseph M. 1953 Jan. 31 GF 109-A-6 Contributions 1953 Feb. 5 OF 51 [audit of Tennessee Valley Authority] 1953 Feb. 5 GF 122-BB, M 1953 Feb. 5 GF 150-G [strategic materials in the Gold Coast; Volta River Project] 1953 Feb. 6 OF 120 (1)-(3) [public housing] 1953 Feb. 6 GF 146 1953 Feb. 6 PPF 257 2 1953 Feb. 11 GF 110-A (1) (2) 1953 Feb. 12 PPF 1-B, K 1953 Feb. 12 PPF 22-C Columbia University 1953 Feb. 16 GF 114-C 1953 Feb. 18 OF 62 Pioneer Air Lines (1)-(2) [airline route case] 1953 Feb. 20 OF 28 1953 Feb. 20 PPF 1-L, T 1953 Feb. 21 OF 4-K-1 [audit of Alaska Railroad] 1953 Feb. 21 OF 124-D-1 American Locomotive Co. [labor dispute in Dunkirk, NY] 1953 Feb. 26 PPF 1-L, A 1953 Feb. 26 PPF 47 4-H Clubs 1953 March 4 OF 116-H-4 1953 March 11 PPF 53 1953 March 13 OF 104 3 1953 March 13 GF 151-C-1 (1)-(2) 1953 March 16 OF 4-K-3 [audit of Virgin Islands Corporation] 1953 March 16 OF 25-E [audit of Public Housing Administration] 1953 March 16 OF 44 [audit of Reconstruction Finance Corporation] 1953 March 17 OF 44 [disposal of government-owned rubber producing facilities] 1953 March 17 PPF 1-L, G (1)-(2) 1953 March 19 OF-17 [audit of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation] 1953 March 19 PPF 20-D, P 1953 March 26 OF 6-G-2 1953 March 30 OF 103 1953 March 30 OF 116-E [effect of immigration laws on foreign seamen] 4 1953 March 31 OF 239-A File I (1)-(2) [proceedings of White House conference re governmental functions and fiscal resources] 1953 March 31 OF 239-A File II [reports on intergovernmental relations compiled by American Municipal Association] 1953 March 31 PPF 1-G-1 1953 April 1 PPF 1-L, D 1953 April 2 PPF 47 American Association for the United Nations 1953 April 7 OF 116-H-4 [State Department material re Bricker Amendment] 1953 April 10 PPF 505 1953 April 11 OF 54 (1)-(2) [Tariff Commission reports on chalk whiting, pregnant mares urine and wood screws] 5 1953 April 11 OF 54 (3) (4) 1953 April 13 GF 127-A-2 1953 April 13 PPF 22-C Japan International Christian University 1953 April 14 OF 15 [audit of Export-Import Bank] 1953 April 16 OF 4-C [audit of Bureau of Land Management] 1953 April 16 PPF 1-L, P 1953 April 18 OF 260-A 1953 April 19 PPF 44 Rowan County 1953 April 20 Uncoded Report Copy 1 (1)-(3) [report by Subversive Activities Control Board re Communist Party in US] 1953 April 20 Uncoded Report Copy 2 (1) 6 1953 April 20 Uncoded Report Copy 2 (2) (3) 1953 April 21 OF 2-G [audit of Inland Waterways Corporation] 1953 April 22 OF 103-A (1)-(5) [recommendations of President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization] 1953 April 22 PPF 53-B-1 First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem 1953 April 23 OF 62 Pioneer Airlines (1)-(2) 1953 April 23 PPF 1-L, H 1953 April 24 PPF 47 Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels 7 1953 April 25 OF 34 [audit of National Capital Housing Authority] 1953 April 27 OF 104 1953 April 28 GF 116 Mental Health Week (1)-(2) 1953 April 29 OF 149-B-2, M [Tariff Commission report on woodwind musical instruments 1953 April 30 OF 103-G [audit of Government Services, Inc] 1953 April 30 GF 137-D, K 1953 April 30 PPF 497 [Cornell University] 1953 May 1 OF 4-K-2 [report on Alaska Road Commission] 1953 May 4 OF 1-F [audit of Commodity Credit Corporation] 1953 May 4 GF 109-A-6 1953 May 7 OF 99-E [National Labor Relations Board] 1953 May 7 OF 102-F-1 Citizenship Day 1953 May 11 OF 134-E-7 (1)-(2) 8 1953 May 11 OF 134-E-7 (3)-(5) 1953 May 14 PPF 1-L, A 1953 May 15 GF 142-F 1953 May 15 PPF 1-W, D 1953 May 16 PPF 1-P, W 1953 May 18 GF 137-A-1 [analysis of motion picture industry] 1953 May 19 OF 196-C [private aid to Korea] 1953 May 19 PPF 1-L, N 1953 May 20 GF 118-D, F 1953 May 20 PPF 1-L, B 1953 May 20 PPF 1-L, G 1953 May 20 PPF 1-L, M 1953 May 20 Uncoded Report [budget of Post Office department] 9 1953 May 21 OF 155-E-9 (1)-(2) [dams in Texas] 1953 May 22 Of 116-H-4 1953 May 25 PPF 1-L, A 1953 May 28 PPF 1-F-5 1953 May 29 GF 6-Q, H 1953 May 29 GF 80 1953 June 1 OF 103-A 1953 June 1 PPF 1-EE Florida 1953 June 3 PPF 47 United Negro College Fund 1953 June 4 OF 1-J-1 [audit of Farm Credit Administration subsidiaries] 1953 June 5 PPF 47 Lamb’s Club 1953 June 8 OF 9-I [audit of the Office of the Treasurer] 1953 June 9 OF 105 1953 June 10 OF 8-A-1 [audit of Institute of Inter-American Affairs] 1953 June 10 PPF 22-C 1953 June 12 PPF 1-F-5 10 1953 June 16 GF 117, T (1)-(2) 1953 June 19 OF 9-C [audit of Bureau of Engraving and Printing] 1953 June 19 PPF 1-AA, I 1953 June 22 PPF 20-T, Pro J 1953 June 25 GF 3-A-5 HR 4294 1953 June 25 PPF 1-L, C 1953 June 26 OF 4-K-4 [audit of Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration] 1953 June 26 OF 55-C [audit of Veteran Canteen Service] 1953 June 26 PPF 53-B-1 First Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA 1953 June 29 OF 144-F 1953 June 29 Of 156-B 1953 June 30 PPF 1-L, W 1953 June 30 PPF 47 Professional Golfers Association of America 1953 July 3 GF 109-A-4 1953 July 3 PPF 53-B-3 1953 July 3 Alpha Bliss, Robert L.