B. Invitations File, 1953-1964

Extent:
6 box(es) and (3 linear feet)
Scope and content:

As the title of this subseries suggests, it contains invitations, in the form of letters, memos, notices, and formal engraved invitations, arranged chronologically. It must be noted here that Pilcher included notices of congressional committee and subcommittee meetings in this file. This subseries has been sampled, using the following scheme:

All invitations extended by J. L. Pilcher, those that have substantive personal correspondence, or resulted in speeches or televised appearances, have been kept. All invitations extended by the president or government officials of Cabinet rank have been retained. All notices of meetings of congressional committees and subcommittees, and those invitations, either formal or informal, to discuss congressional business (as opposed to the purely social) are in this subseries, as are all memoranda of invitations.

Two to three engraved invitations in each of two categories-­declined and accepted-- have been retained per month for each year.

Two to three invitations in each of two categories--declined and accepted --have been kept in each of the following divisions and their subdivisions per year: Political, Economic, Education, Civic Organizations and Events, Veterans, Military, and Personal. As a result of the sampling, 2.5 boxes (approximately one linear foot) of material has been discarded.

Contents

Access and use restrictions

Parent restrictions:
VII. Academies and VIII. Case Files are closed. Restricted files have been removed from II. Meigs Office, III. Miscellaneous File, and VI. Post Office and are housed separately from the rest of the collection.
Parent terms of access:
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