Box 1

Scope and Contents From the Series: Although the date span of this series is from the 1940s to 1996, the bulk of the correspondence dates from the late 1970s to 1996. These files are arranged by type of correspondence (e.g. congratulatory letters, invitations, personal, and professional correspondence) and then chronologically. Official correspondence includes both incoming and outgoing correspondence with U. S. Presidents, Ambassadors, and other U.S. government officials, as well as state officials of Illinois....