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(Boxes 8-13 and Oversize Boxes 1-9)

Biographical material; personal and official correspondence; memoranda; financial papers; programs, announcements, and invitations; campaign material; reports; newspaper clippings; magazine articles; press releases; congressional and other miscellaneous publications; legislative bills; awards; certificates; plaques; memorabilia; twenty-six pens used by Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson in signing legislation; notebook; and printed and typed material pertaining to bills and resolutions debated by the U.S. House of Representatives and to the work of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Box 8

 1. Biographical material.
 2. Identification/membership cards, name tags, savings book.
 3. Family correspondence--Mrs. Harris to Oren Harris, ca 1939-1969 (1 of 2).
 4. Family correspondence--Mrs. Harris to Oren Harris, ca 1939-1969 (2 of 2).
 5. Family correspondence--children and grandchildren to Oren Harris, ca early 1950s-1980s.
 6. Family correspondence--other, ca 1937-1970s.
 7. Semi-official correspondence, ca 1939-1983.

Box 9

 1. Miscellaneous official correspondence, ca 1943-1986.
 2. Oren Harris Chair of Transportation--Resolution.
 3. Oren Harris Memorial Fund, 1964-1966.
 4. Distinguished Service Award (United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc.), 1964. See also Series 2, Oversize Box 2.
 5. Programs, announcements, and invitations (1 of 2).
 6. Programs, announcements, and invitations (2 of 2).

Box 10

 1. Awards, fellowships, and certificates (1 of 2). See also Oversize Box 1.
 2. Awards, fellowships, and certificates (2 of 2). See also Oversize Box 1.
 3. Plaques and memorabilia.  See Oversize Boxes 2-8.
 4. Presidential pens.  See oversize Box 9.
 5. Presentation of the Oren Harris portrait, 1960.
 6. Campaign material.  See also Oversize Box 1.
 7. Bills--farm, 1966.
 8. Activity report, 1st Session, 86th Congress, 1965.
 9. Opening Statement on H.R. 1716, H.R. 6400, and S. 1540.
 10. Statement on rating services, 1965.

Box 11

 1. Report on Mexico (1 of 2).
 2. Report on Mexico (2 of 2).
 3. Sam Rayburn Testimonial, Mar 24, 1959.
 4. Bangs Disease Vaccination, 1964.
 5. D.C. Stadium, ca 1964.
 6. Civil Rights (1 of 3).
 7. Civil Rights (2 of 3).

Box 12

 1. Civil Rights (3 of 3).
 2. Judicial Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, Sep 19, 1965.
 3. Milwood Dam and Reservoir Dedication, Dec 8, 1966.
 4. Press releases and radio network, 1943, 1965.
 5. Newspaper clippings, ca. 1950s-1980s.
 6. Magazine articles.
 7. Editorial/political cartoons.  See Oversize Box 1.
 8. United States News, 1943.

Box 13

 1. Congressional Record, 1941, 1943.
 2. Miscellaneous congressional publications, ca 1940s-1960s (1 of 2).
 3. Miscellaneous congressional publications, ca 1940s-1960s (2 of 2).
 4. Other miscellaneous publications (1 of 2).
 5. Other miscellaneous publications (2 of 2).
 6. Notebook on indictments.

Inventory of presidential pens:

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

 1. H.R. 12162, the District of Columbia Stadium Bill, 1958.
 2. S. 1, Federal Aid to Airports, 1959.
 3. S. 1898, An Act to amend the Communication Act of 1934, 1960.
 

President J.F. Kennedy:

 1. S. 2034, An Act to amend the Communication Act of 1934, Sep 1, 1961.
 2. S. 2268, An Act to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, Sep 5, 1961.
 3. International Travel Bureau, 1961.
 4. Airport Construction Act, 1961.
 5. S. 1552, An Act to protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Oct 10, 1962.
 6. Educational Television Act, 1962.
 7. H.R. 12, The Aid to Medical Education Bill, Sep 24, 1963.
 8. H.R. Public Law, Oct 31, 1963.
 

President Lyndon B. Johnson:

 1. S. 1153, An Act to amend the Federal Airport Act, Mar 11, 1964.  See also Oversize Box 1, Folder "President Lyndon B. Johnson."
 2. S. 1642, An Act to amend the Securities Act of 1933, Aug 20, 1964.
 3. H.R. 11241, An Act to amend the Public Health Services Act, Sep 4, 1964.
 4. H.R. 2, An Act to protect the public health and safety by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, July 15, 1965.
 5. H.R. 2985, An Act to authorize assistance in meeting the initial cost of professional and technical personnel for comprehensive mental health centers, and for other purposes, Aug 4, 1965.
 6. S. 510, Public Health Service Act, Aug 5, 1965.
 7. H.R. 2984, An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act, Aug 9, 1965.
 8. S. 949, An Act to promote commerce and encourage economic growth ..., Sep 14, 1965.
 9. S. 1588, An Act to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to undertake research ..., Sep 30, 1965.
 10. S. 596, An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act, Oct 6, 1965.
 11. S. 306, An Act to amend the Clean Air Act, Oct 20, 1965.
 12. H.R. 7169, An Act to amend the Securities Act of 1933, Oct 22, 1965 (3 pens).