U.S. House - Correspondence

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These files were generated by Claude Pepper's Washington, D.C. and Miami District Offices during his tenure as U.S. Representative. They include colleague and constituent letters and copies of letters, memos, greeting cards, telegrams, interoffice memos, and various enclosures such as articles, newspaper clippings, reports, lists, photos, books, booklets, legislation and bills, financial records (invoices, bank statements, etc.), issues of periodicals, speeches, resumes, itineraries, press releases, programs, "Trip Details," maps, statistical information, transcripts of hearings, tickets, membership cards and certificates, government documents, form letters, general information and/or data, transcripts of radio programs or television interviews.

The most extensive files in this series include acknowledgments, colleague mail, district office mail, favors, invitations, public relations, recommendations, referrals, requests, and thank-yous. Prominent topics are agriculture, Cuba and Cuban refugees, Dade County, the Democratic Party, employment, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Impeachment of President Nixon, Interama, the Interparliamentary Union (IPU), Israel, labor and labor unions, Miami, Miami Beach, the National Parkinson Foundation, the Pepper Club, Social Security, veterans, and Vietnam.

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