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...

Abstract Ives's papers, which pertain chiefly to his service in the U.S. Senate, include correspondence, memoranda, and other material from constituents, fellow legislators, executive departments, and the general public concerning appointments, bills sponsored or co-sponsored by Ives, committee hearings, education, federal agencies, commissions, and departments, foreign affairs and foreign aid, labor and public welfare, international organizations, national defense and internal security, patronage,...

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Collection includes correspondence (1951+) with constituents, colleagues, and members of the state administrative departments, mainly concerning pending legislation on education, railroad and other labor issues, dairy industry, and public works; scrapbooks, (2 v., 1940-47, 1949-53) of clippings, photographs, and other items dealing with election campaigns and Assembly activities; also, mimeographed and printed material.