17/1/5 Washington Office Director Correspondence, 1943-90 Box 1: Monthly correspondence files, arranged chronologically, October 1945 - March 1948 (31 folders) October, 1945 November, 1945 December, 1945 January, 1946 February, 1946 March, 1946 April, 1946 May, 1946 June, 1946 July, 1946 August, 1946 September, 1946 October, 1946 November, 1946 December, 1946 January, 1947 February, 1947 March, 1947 April, 1947 May, 1947 June, 1947 July, 1947 August, 1947 September, 1947 October, 1947 November, 1947 December, 1947 January, 1948 February, 1948 March, 1948 April, 1948 Box 2: Monthly correspondence files, May 1948 - August 1949 (17 folders) May, 1948 June, 1948 July, 1948 August, 1948 September, 1948 October, 1948 November, 1948 December, 1948 January, 1949 February, 1949 March, 1949 April, 1949 May, 1949 June, 1949 July, 1949 August, 1949 Reports on Activities of State-Federal Relations Committees 1946-47 1947-48 Names of Interviewers, 1947 Libraries who sent bookmobile pictures, 1947-48 Includes “A County Library and On the Trail of the Book Wagon: Two Papers Read at the Meeting of the American Library Association” by Mary L. Titcomb, June 1909 State Committees correspondence files, alphabetically by state, Alabama - New Jersey, 1946-48 (37 folders) Alabama, 1946-49 Includes a Huntingdon College postcard and “Library Handbook: A Guide to the use of The Air University Libraries” by The Air University Maxwell Air Force Base, January 1949 Alaska, 1948 Arizona, 1946-49 Arkansas, 1946-49 Includes “A Program for the Development of Library Service in Arkansas” by the Arkansas State Library Commission, October, 1945 California, 1946-49 Includes “California Parent-Teacher”, Founders Day, February 1948 Colorado, 1946-47 Includes “Library Lens” by the Colorado State Library, Volume 3, Number 4 and 5, 1946 Colorado, 1947-49 Connecticut, 1946-49 Delaware, 1946-48 Florida, 1946-49 Includes Florida Library Association Annual Meeting Program, 1946 Georgia, 1946-47 Includes “Building Roads with BOOKS’ by Luke Green of Georgia State Department of Education Geogia, 1947-49 Includes “Georgia’s Human Resources” Volume 3, Number 4, 1947 Idaho, 1947 Illinois, 1946-47 Illinois, 1947-49 Includes “Illinois Libraries” Volume 28, Number 4, by the Illinois State Library, and “Planning for Library Service in Illinois, 1943-", by the Illinois State Library, 1947 Indiana, 1946-49 Iowa, 1946-48 Kansas, 1946-49 Kentucky, 1946-49 Includes “A University of the People” by Charles P. Farnsley, “Stechert-Hafner Book News” Volume 3 Number 8, 1949, and a brochure for The Filson Club of Louisville Louisiana, 1946 Includes newspaper clippings Box 3: Louisiana, 1946-47 Includes “The Pelican” by the Louisiana Federation Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, February 1947, “Bulletin of the Louisiana Library Association”, Volume 10 Number 3, March 1947, and “Not for Public Libraries Only” by Mildred Hogan, 1947 Louisiana, 1947-48 Maine, 1946-49 Maryland, 1946-49 Massachusetts, 1946-49 Includes Meeting of Conference on State Aid for Libraries in Massachusetts meeting minutes, 1948 Michigan, 1946-47 Includes “Michigan Library News”, Volume 6 Number 2 and Volume 7 Number 1, 1946-47 Michigan, 1947-49 Includes “Michigan Library News”, Volume 7 Number 2, 1947, and Michigan Library Association 56th Convention Reports, 1947 Minnesota, 1946-47 Includes the Minnesota Statewide WPA Library Project’s“The County Library: How It Operates”, “The County Library: What It Can Do”, “The County Library: How to Get It”, and “The County Library: What Is It?”, and Austin Daily Herald, Austin, Minnesota, “County Library Supplement”, page six and seven, March 7, 1941 Minnesota, 1947-48 Mississippi, 1946-49 Includes “Library News” by Mississippi State Library Commission, Volume 11 Number 1, 1947, and “Mississippi Libraries Need State Aid” Missouri 1946-47 1947-49 Montana, 1946-49 Nebraska 1946-46 1947-49 Nevada, 1946-48 New Hampshire, 1946-48 New Jersey 1946 1946-48 Includes Newark Public Library’s “The Power of Print” and a tentative draft of “Suggested Plan for Library Demonstration in New Jersey” New Mexico, 1946-48 Includes the University of New Mexico Library’s Library Book List, 1948 New York 1946-48 Letter to NY State Members, A.L.A., and Replies, 1947 North Carolina 1946-48 1946-49 North Dakota, 1946-48 Includes “Library Notes and News” by State Library Commission, 1949 Ohio 1946-49 1948-49 Oklahoma 1946-48 Oregon 1946-47 1947-49 Includes Biennial Reports of the Oregon State Library, 1943-47 Pennsylvania (2 folders), 1946-47 1947-49 Rhode Island, 1946-48 South Carolina, 1946-49 South Dakota, 1946-49 Tennessee 1946 1946-49 Box 4: Texas 1946-48 1946-49 Utah, 1946-47 Vermont, 1946-49 Virginia, 1946-49 Washington 1946-47 1947-49 West Virginia, 1946-48 Includes West Virginia Libraries Volume 1 Number 3 and Volume 2 Number 4 Wisconsin, 1946-49 Wyoming, 1946-48 Federal Relations Committee, 1945-47 National Relations Office Correspondence Alabama to Kentucky, 1946-48 Louisiana to Michigan, 1946-48 Minnesota to New York, 1946-48 North Carolina to Wyoming, 1946-48 Federal Relations Committees, 1943-48 Includes state coordinators, directives and address lists Newspaper clippings file regarding the Library Development Fund, 1944-45 Carl Vitz, Federal Relations Committee Chairman, correspondence regarding Library Demonstration Bill and Library Development Fund, 1946 Library Public Demonstration Bill publicity file, 1946-47 Includes circulars, Federal Relations Newsletters, correspondence re publicity in magazines and newspapers, statement read by Paul Howard at Congressional hearing, 1947 Paul Howard, Director, Washington Office, correspondence, 1947 Includes information about re public works, Educational Facilities Bill, research, legislation, Library of Congress, federal aid, surplus property, and postal rates Mary C. Tuomey, Federal Relations Assistant, correspondence, 1947 Library Demonstration Bill resolutions, reports, and letters to states, 1947-48 Bookmobile photographs, c. 1946 Paul Howard, correspondence with J. H. P. Pafford, University of London, 1949 Correspondence Includes information about transferring the National Relations Assistant to the Washington Office, Washington D.C. and New York trips, and program publicity Monthly Report, May 1956 Public Education Plant Facilities Aid, 1939, 1945-1946 Includes Senate Bill S. 1305, S. 2499, and two analysis of the principal features of H. R. 4499 and S. 1719 A Charter for the A.L.A. National Relations Office, 1945 Surplus Property, 1945-1946 Public Library Demonstrations, 1946, 1949 Includes “Public library Service Demonstrations with Federal Aid: Preparations Needed in the States for Securing and Using Federal Grants” by H. Marjorie Beal, Essae M. Culver, and Mildred W. Sandoe Correspondence and Articles on Legislative Policy, 1952-1969 The Library Services Bill & Library Services in Rural Areas, 1953-1957 Includes “The Federal Government and the Public Library” report by6 the Ohio Library Association Federal Relations Committee, 1953, and “Knowledge is Power: Let’s Keep America Strong” brochure Higher Education Facilities Act, 1957, 1962, 1963 Library Services and Construction Act, 1966 Statements Before the Senate, House Committee, and other government agencies, 1966, 1974, 1981, 1983 Legislative Day Memoranda, 1976, 1979, 1980-1982, 1986, 1988 Library and Information Science Research Agenda for the 1980s, 1981 ALA Response to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management regarding Tentative Standards for the GS-1409, GS-1410, and GS-1411 Series, 1982 Public Lending Right (S. 2192), 1984 Office of Management and Budget Circular on Management of Federal Information Resources, 1986 Box 5: General Correspondence 1965-1969 1970-1974 1975-1979 1980-1985 1986-1990 Box 5 is 0.20 empty.