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John Raymond Pillion papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2458

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, speeches, card files, news releases, legislative bills, tape recordings, clippings, scrapbooks, and questionnaires relating to Pillion's work as an assemblyman and congressman.

Included are correspondence with constituents; alphabetical card indexes of actions taken on each constituent’s request; and correspondence, hearings, justifications, and working papers concerning appropriations for government departments, commissions, and agencies. Also, legislative and general correspondence and information files concerning state or local projects; the Antarctic Treaty and Pillion's trip to Antarctica in 1959; his opposition to statehood for Alaska and Hawaii; national issues; and foreign policy and international affairs. There are also copies of bills he introduced into Congress, speeches, news releases, tape recordings, questionnaires, clipping scrapbooks, and loose clippings.

Dates

  • 1947-1965.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Lawyer; legislator.

John R. Pillion served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1941 to 1950 and United States Congressman from 1953 to 1964.

Extent

53.3 cubic feet. (53.3 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, card files, news releases, legislative bills, tape recordings, clippings, scrapbooks, and questionnaires relating to Pillion's work as an assemblyman and congressman.

Physical Description

Correspondence, legal documents, news clippings, scrapbooks, audio recordings, and printed material.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
February 2016
EAD encoding:
Marcie Farwell, February 2016
Date modified:
RMC Staff, February 2016
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
Date
February 2016
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)