Abstract

Files of Barber Conable, generated during his tenure as New York State Senator and United States Congressman. Also, a narrative account of his experiences with the World Bank.

Scope and content Early papers consist of correspondence and printed matter concerning his years in the Assembly, much of which pertains to his work with organizations devoted to interstate cooperation; among the subjects dealt with are aviation, discriminatory laws and trade barriers, fisheries, forestry, water diversion on the Delaware River, highway safety, interstate villages, civil defense, labor, liquor control, law enforcement and crime, marriage laws, milk control and agriculture, social welfare and...