John Raymond Pillion papers, 1947-1965.
Collection Number: 2458

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
John Raymond Pillion papers, 1947-1965.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2458
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, card files, news releases, legislative bills, tape recordings, clippings, scrapbooks, and questionnaires relating to Pillion's work as an assemblyman and congressman.
Creator:
Pillion, John Raymond, 1904-
Quanitities:
53.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Lawyer; legislator.
John R. Pillion served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1941 to 1950 and United States Congressman from 1953 to 1964.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, speeches, card files, news releases, legislative bills, tape recordings, clippings, scrapbooks, and questionnaires relating to Pillion's work as an assemblyman and congressman.
Included are correspondence with constituents; alphabetical card indexes of actions taken on each constituent's request; and correspondence, hearings, justifications, and working papers concerning appropriations for government departments, commissions, and agencies. Also, legislative and general correspondence and information files concerning state or local projects; the Antarctic Treaty and Pillion's trip to Antarctica in 1959; his opposition to statehood for Alaska and Hawaii; national issues; and foreign policy and international affairs. There are also copies of bills he introduced into Congress, speeches, news releases, tape recordings, questionnaires, clipping scrapbooks, and loose clippings.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

John Raymond Pillion papers, #2458. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
SUBJECTS

Names:
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly
United States. Congress. House
Places:
United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1953-1961.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Appropriations and expenditures.
New York (State) -- Politics and government.
Hawaii -- Politics and government.
Antarctica -- Description and travel.
Alaska -- Politics and government.
Subjects:
Politicians.
Politics, Practical.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Link to a partial finding aid.
Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.