(4) Sonic Booms, 1964

File — Box: 47, Folder: 6

Identifier: CAC_CC_038_8_47_6_0000

Staff Only

Although Mike Monroney was in Congress from 1938 to 1968, the collection has very little material from his years as a representative. In 1973 Monroney had over 90 percent of his early papers destroyed by the National Archives. All that remains from his years in the House are a few folders of speeches and reports on the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. His first years in the Senate are spotty too, by far the bulk of his collection being from 1962 to 1968.

The Monroney collection is ninety-eight cubic feet and divided into nine series. The Congressional Reform files contain slightly more than two boxes of reports, bills, hearings, clippings, and a few letters and speeches from Monroney's involvement in this issue during the 1940s and 1960s. The Elections and Privileges Files comprise less than one box, of which half concerns Millard Tydings's election to the U. S. Senate in 1950. The box labeled "Joseph McCarthy" contains speeches, correspondence, reports, and clippings on Monroney's feud with the Wisconsin senator, and that titled "Adlai Stevenson" has correspondence and other materials on the nomination of the former Illinois governor as the Democratic presidential candidate in 1960. There is also a box on Monroney's 1957-1958 involvement in the Federal Aviation Act and another on the International Development Association, 1958-1964.

The Monroney Collection is 98 linear feet in addition to audio-visual and oversize materials. Although Mike Monroney was in Congress from 1938 to 1968, his collection has very little material from many of his years of service. In 1973, the National Archives destroyed over 90 percent of his early papers. The bulk of the surviving collection is from the years 1962-1968. For the most part, the series divisions demonstrate what topics the collection covers.