Indexed Register of Catherine May Congressional Papers 1959-1970

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Indexed Register of Catherine May Congressional Papers 1959-1970

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The collection consists of the Congressional office files of Catherine May during her tenure as United States Representative from the Fourth Congressional District of Washington, between 1959 and 1970. Correspondence with constituents, federal, state, and local officials and other members of Congress; correspondence, notes, memoranda and other papers re: government operations, legislation and committee work; drafts and manuscripts of news releases, radio broadcasts and newletters; correspondence and other papers re: voter questionaires; photographs and clippings; reports and other papers re: National Commission on Food Marketing.

400,000 items.; 558 containers.

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)

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Bedell, Catherine May, 1914-2004

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