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Howard Robison papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3394

Abstract

Personal papers and clippings from years in office as a member of the House of Representatives. Papers include files relating to campaigns and elections, constituent requests, general files, files relating to bills, invitations, files relating to military and social security cases, military academies, veterans, gun control, the Vietnam War and the draft, aging and senior citizens, and files relating to local issues such as post offices, local airports, floods, interns, federally-funded projects, and Cornell University.

Dates

  • [ca. 1956-1974]

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Restrictions on use:

Case files are available to legitimate scholars with the understanding that the identity of individuals in these files is not to be published or otherwise released in such form that any individual mentioned in the records can be identified. Reference can be made to individual cases, but only on an anonymous basis.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Congressman.

Howard W. Robison practiced law in Owego, N.Y., served as county attorney of Tioga County, N.Y. from 1946 until 1956 when he was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of W. Sterling Cole; he was reelected and served in the House of Representatives until his retirement in 1974.

Extent

239.4 cubic feet. (239.4 cubic feet.)

23 audiocassettes. (23 audiocassettes.)

Physical Description

Correspondence, invitations, and personal papers.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
RMC Staff
EAD encoding:
Evan Fay Earle, July 2007
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by RMC Staff
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)