VI. General File, 1941, 1958-1974
- Extent:
- 76 box(es) and (37.75 linear feet)
- Scope and content:
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John W. Davis Papers, Series VI: General File contains a variety of material and correspondence, reports, press releases, and grants especially in the early years. The General File, as well as, Legislative, reflect the increasing sophistication of Davis' filing system. In the years 1961 to 1968 (87th - 89th Congresses) General Correspondence-Subject Files includes legislative correspondence. The 1969 and 1970 material is filed together, as was 1971 and 1972. However, 1973 and 1974 were both filed separately (with the exception of the federal agencies and county files which were maintained together). Topics include roads and interstates (I-75), water resource management (Carters Dam and Coosa River), Lockheed Corporation, rural electrification, busing for integration and civil rights, county grants, housing, Medicare, and science and technology.
The correspondence contains correspondence, clippings, and reports, and 7th district cases and projects championed by Davis. Federal Agencies and Department files contain correspondence and material in which Davis attempts to facilitate communication between his constituents and the Federal government. Also housed here are agency clarification of policy and reports on agency activity in the Seventh District. The county files contains primarily constituent request for assistance in getting Federal funds, Davis grant releases (duplicates of ones found in Series I. Speech-Press), Federal agency releases, clippings about grants. Some non-grant correspondence about the county is also contained. For the years 1972 to 1974, the county file contains much of the same type correspondence as Series XII. Federal Funding. Though some shifting of material in the General File was done to establish consistency, the categorization of the files by years is not always precise. For example, some of the later months of 1968 are found in 1969 to 1970.
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